Originally posted by Gideon
No, Nebaris, it isn't. Darth Bane, however talented, is eclipsed in both mastery and raw potency by Palpatine.
Firstly, your claim was "No, it isn't." in response to "1 question Gideon, are you attempting to pass of Byss's transformation directly to Palpatine's strength in the dark side? A natural side effect of his power?
And mastery is measured primarily through control, and Bane's subatomic manipulations with the Force remains the greatest such display by miles."
For your statement to have made sense, you would have had to have been referring to "And mastery is measured primarily through control", not "and Bane's subatomic manipulations with the Force remains the greatest such display by miles.", where the appropriate response would have been "No it doesn't."
Letting that little error slide, Bane has both displayed a subatomic level of control with the Force, and power, that he would have access to at any given moment, of a planetary scale, where he absorbs, contains (whilst protecting himself internally) and redirects energy of a planet busting magnitude. And logic would quite clearly dictate that he's improved tremendously in both areas since. Palpatine, the guy who I'll remind you was barely competing with Yoda, a MOVIE established street level combatant, not too long before with little to no signs of improvements since doesn't compare in either department. Remotely.
This isn't a valid argument. Coruscant was home to the Jedi Temple, a structure that was the central headquarters for ten thousand Jedi and their most powerful Masters for centuries;
This isn't a valid rebuttal. Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Lord Nyax makes it explicitly clear that the nexus of lightside energies that had resulted from the Jedi stationed on the Planet was completely sealed away beneath the temple, only released once Nyax purposefully exposed it. With that sealed away, Coruscant was, for all intents and purposes, a neutral planet just like Byss. And yet no such transformation. If it was the direct response of Palpatine's presence, wouldn't it make sense that the same effect would have taken place on a planet he "rarely left," if not to a greater extent?
that said, the Dacho District on Coruscant (more commonly referred to as the Works) was very strong in the dark side of the Force according to both Labyrinth of Evil and the Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia. Palpatine is identified as the reason why. Also keep in mind that Starkiller experienced a shroud of dark side energy during his ill-fated assault on the first Death Star, to which he attributed to the Emperor's influence. Leia Organa Solo, during the Thrawn Trilogy, visited Endor; when she did, her shuttle passed through the spot in space where Palpatine died and she was rendered unconscious. The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia mentions that a cloud of dark side energy was rendered in orbit due to the Emperor's demise.
Never denied that there was no such transformation, the point is that the transformation/s in question weren't on a planetary scale. This was all entirely irrelevant.
The point remains that, if, on a planet he -- according to you -- rarely visited, such a transformation took place as a direct result from his very presence (something he's not in control of), then common sense would dictate that the same should have happened on a Planet he -- again, according to you -- rarely left, only to a much higher extent.
And, lastly, Palpatine's very presence was enough to blunt Jedi sensitivity with the dark side on a galactic scale for decades.
Except it was never once supported that it was a direct result of his presence, and it's entirely plausible that it may have been a direct result of a ritual or something he was only capable of after gathering energies in deep meditation, or relying on the use of power enhancing/focusing talismans. Point being, the circumstances surrounding that entire "feat" (if you can even refer to it as that) are entire unknown, and as such we cannot use it as evidence for what he's capable of at any given moment with no preparation time.
No.
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Edit: Still not a valid argument. Palpatine was not the first Sith Lord to reign individually, and keep in mind that even he was the Master of four apprentices for much of his career. Yet no one else has replicated his feats.
That was entirely irrelevant. My point was quite obviously that the fact that it was done single handily helped the process. That was it. And the bit about his apprentices? Even more irrelevant. The point was that he was the single dark side presence on the entire planet, and as such would have been able to tap into the dark side to a greater degree at such a location.