When Bane fought less powerful Kasim, he took time to gather power and gave Force blast capable to shatter all bones and liquefy flesh. Yet, Kasim managed to put barrier and block it.
And we have Marek giving several instant Force blasts that overpowered Sidious.
So we have Bane unable to Force blast less powerful opponent, even though he took time to gather power. And we have Marek, whose instant Force blasts put on the floor the most powerful Sith of all time.
If Bane can take any advantage over Marek, that would be in lightsaber combat but not in the Force.
Originally posted by Arhael
When Bane fought less powerful Kasim, he took time to gather power and gave Force blast capable to shatter all bones and liquefy flesh. Yet, Kasim managed to put barrier and block it.And we have Marek giving several instant Force blasts that overpowered Sidious.
So we have Bane unable to Force blast less powerful opponent, even though he took time to gather power. And we have Marek, whose instant Force blasts put on the floor the most powerful Sith of all time.If Bane can take any advantage over Marek, that would be in lightsaber combat but not in the Force.
The technique of shielding oneself from a force blast seems to be one that was much more understood and widely taught during the Old Republic. Not sure if it was lost or what but with most of the battles in the "modern" era I don't really recall accounts of opponents deflecting force blasts from attackers. This is just off-hand, so as any proof to the contrary is welcome.
Originally posted by Arhael
When Bane fought less powerful Kasim, he took time to gather power and gave Force blast capable to shatter all bones and liquefy flesh. Yet, Kasim managed to put barrier and block it.
This feat is less impressive when you take into account the fact that Lehon was a Force nexus that apparently put Korriban to shame.
Originally posted by Ascendancy😆
The technique of shielding oneself from a force blast seems to be one that was much more understood and widely taught during the Old Republic. Not sure if it was lost or what but with most of the battles in the "modern" era I don't really recall accounts of opponents deflecting force blasts from attackers. This is just off-hand, so as any proof to the contrary is welcome.
Originally posted by Pwned
Korriban was weak at that time. It was hardly even a nexus anymore.
Book of Sith confirms that Korriban continued to lose potency well into Sidious's reign as Emperor. It is still referred to as a dark side nexus in all the source material and is potent enough to hamper the likes of Luke and Jaina during their battle with the Sith in Fate of the Jedi.
Originally posted by Ascendancy
An excellent, well thought-out retort. I commend your efforts.
I dunno, just doesn't seem like it was utilized to the same extent, or maybe it's just that in some of the newer era novels it's not described as vividly. About to finish up LOTF and a lot of the duels just seem to be lacking intensity. Could all come down to the writing I guess. I mean, for whatever reason it feels like after reading about one Force user pushing an entire fleet of Star Destroyers out of orbit, albeit at the cost of his life, something seems to fall short.
Maybe I'm just high on Bane, no? Could happen to anyone.
Except for the Mandalore's actually getting some characterization, yeah, pretty much a total let-down.
I do think I need to read the books for Ep I-III and the off-shoots that happpen between though because I recall more than one person mentioning that you get a much better idea of all the Force-users abilities.
Originally posted by Nephthys
You should definately read the RotS novel. ****ing amazing in my opinion.
LotF has some good duels! Luke/Caedus
Spoiler:was pretty intense, and I consider the fight that Mara won to be one of the finest in the mythos.
with Ben spectating
FotJ has the worst Jedi fight scenes ever. Anytime a lightsaber is lit, the narration turns into "they fight." Han/Leia get some cool combat feats, though ;\
Originally posted by Ascendancy
I dunno, just doesn't seem like it was utilized to the same extent, or maybe it's just that in some of the newer era novels it's not described as vividly. About to finish up LOTF and a lot of the duels just seem to be lacking intensity. Could all come down to the writing I guess. I mean, for whatever reason it feels like after reading about one Force user pushing an entire fleet of Star Destroyers out of orbit, albeit at the cost of his life, something seems to fall short.Maybe I'm just high on Bane, no? Could happen to anyone.
Anytime a lightsaber is lit, the narration turns into "they fight.That's at least something. In Luke's case he shows up and then walks with already unlit lightsaber among dead bodies. The only Luke's portrayed lightsaber fight I remember was against Abeloth, when he blocked single lightsaber strike and next instance Force pulled her on his lightsaber.
Her fight with Lumiya? That was kind of cool I guess.Headbutting Lumya's metal chin was the most epic part. 😄