Originally posted by Aede Madavan
1. He was not charging up his power for the entire fight, he was holding back his rage until it became almost painful to continue doing so at which point he released his fury into that final maneuvre. At best you could claim that at that point in time, the required state of his emotions that enabled him such a flurry of speed, was quite possibly something he couldn't channel at a moment's notice, but the power he required was summoned in an instant and required no such channeling of power.2. Not that you claimed otherwise, but there's no indication given that the single set of moves was all he was capable of whilst operating at that level of speed (that single set of moves was all that was required to achieve his goal of defeating Sirak).
3. Aside from the fact that "bluring speeds", as far as what it actually means, would accomodate a vast range of potential speeds, the lower end of which would equate to sub-human speeds, as well as being entirely subject to hyperbole or metaphorical expression, if you're referring to the DE audiotape I can now verify that pretty much every claim made by the likes of Lightsnake and Gideon on the matter were completely false. I'm not saying they were lying (though Lightsnake probably was and Gideon was probably getting his information from Lightsnake) but they were most definitely wrong.
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2.5. Regardless of the circumstances behind the showing it still demonstrates a capacity for speed that hasn't come close to being matched or surpassed.
However, Banes ability CANT be downplayed in this speed matter, he was a force user for MONTHS, tops, the others, well, Mace: One of the most powerful PT jedi, Yoda: Most powerful PT jedi, Sidious: Most powerful sith to ever live, Luke: MOST POWERFUL FORCE USER EVER
I think Bane is a bit unique in this matter, that a Sith Lord couldnt see him, and he toyed the second best student at an academy for Sith, granted very WEAK sith
Also, in all of Banes musings, he called Sirak weak. Granted they are biased, Sirak thought he would need 2 others, himself, and Githany to take out an UNARMED Bane. Bane was by no means defenseless, even without Githany's help, he had a chance to win.