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I think ROTS Palpatine would lose in a lightsaber duel against Caedus, though Caedus was still rather young for a Force-wielder (only mid-thirties?). Force-users get better with age, like wine, but remember Luke defeating reborn Palpatine at a young age, and Luke had started training in his twenties.
Interesting to note that Luke would have easily slaughtered Caedus had Ben not been in front (from Fury novel of LOTF, right)? However, don't discount that Caedus was trained from a young kid, while Luke didn't start training until the same age that his father had become a Knight. And they have the same Force potential, if Caedus doesn't potentially have more than Luke...
Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
Hmm...well, Caedus stood up to Luke in a fight, and Palpatine is out of practice for over a decade. Still though, it's a tough call for the saber fight. In Force and all out Sidious likely wins.
Yea good point. Sidious had AT LEAST 30-40 years more immersion and knowledge of Sith powers than Caedus had.
And you're right, Caedus did do reasonably well againt Skywalker, however I do recall Caedus musing about how easily Luke defeated (this was the Fury Novel, I think?) him, but that Luke had spared his life, because Ben was in front.
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lolForce knowledge is obviously a contributing factor.
Not that it matters here.
Caedus, before he became a Sith, had access to the same sort of information that Luke did: the Chu'unthor (a Jedi training ground), some scattered holocrons, access to a couple of non-Jedi/Sith Force organizations, not to mention Lumiya. This, combined with his Skywalker-class aptitude for the Force, means he has at least the same amount of Force knowledge and mastery as Palpatine.
Originally posted by Gideon
Not that it matters here.Caedus, before he became a Sith, had access to the same sort of information that Luke did: the Chu'unthor (a Jedi training ground), some scattered holocrons, access to a couple of non-Jedi/Sith Force organizations, not to mention Lumiya. This, combined with his Skywalker-class aptitude for the Force, means he has at least the same amount of Force knowledge and mastery as Palpatine.
I don't think anyone else got this sarcasm.
Caedus, before he became a Sith, had access to the same sort of information that Luke did: the Chu'unthor (a Jedi training ground), some scattered holocrons, access to a couple of non-Jedi/Sith Force organizations, not to mention Lumiya. This, combined with his Skywalker-class aptitude for the Force, means he has at least the same amount of Force knowledge and mastery as Palpatine.
I'm not sure how this is accurate.
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I'm not sure how this is accurate.
Neither did I, at first. But look closer:
[list]
[*]The Chu'unthor, which was an old Jedi Order training facility that likely possessed archives of information.
[*]Anything leftover from Palpatine's archives that Luke may or may not have found in the Imperial Palace once it was seized by the New Republic
[*]The Falanassi? Fallanassi? Whatever, you know what I mean.
[*]A couple of other Force-wielding cults visited every now and then.
[*]The possible Great Holocron and Telos Holocron; he had three years to study those.
[/list]
That's a lot of information. Now I understand that the Emperor had a lot, too, but there's no reason to conclude that there is any great disparity in terms of Force knowledge.
Originally posted by Gideon
Neither did I, at first. But look closer:[list]
[*]The Chu'unthor, which was an old Jedi Order training facility that likely possessed archives of information.
[*]Anything leftover from Palpatine's archives that Luke may or may not have found in the Imperial Palace once it was seized by the New Republic
[*]The Falanassi? Fallanassi? Whatever, you know what I mean.
[*]A couple of other Force-wielding cults visited every now and then.
[*]The possible Great Holocron and Telos Holocron; he had three years to study those.
[/list]That's a lot of information. Now I understand that the Emperor had a lot, too, but there's no reason to conclude that there is any great disparity in terms of Force knowledge.
Yea you're definitely transparent Gideon lol.