Originally posted by Arhael
Try to prove otherwise. During combat Yoda have to channel Force into his old body. To produce strong TK, he would need to stop jumping around and settle on the ground to remove need of revitalizing his body.
I think the last time I cared to prove anything otherwise to someone who could read the same material as me and disagree... was like... 2009...
Originally posted by Nephthys
Yes it does. They barely got out of the way in time. He almost blitzed them.
IIRC, that was because they were shocked that he tanked all of Raskta's attacks and not due to his speed, which is still considerable. By comparision, Yoda can keep up with a Sith Lord who did blitz two Jedi and killed a third one mere seconds afterwards.
lol, he's all about Warhammer now.
And is this the exceprt you were reffering to Neph?
"As they burst into the room a man who could only have been Darth Bane charged recklessly toward them. In any other instance the move would have spelled a quick end to the encounter, as Raskta raced ahead of Farfalla to carve the Sith to pieces.
Raska's blue blades flickered too quickly for the eye to see, neutralizing her enemy's initial, wild attack then landing half a dozen lethal blows to his chest and abdomen. But instead of toppling, the big man kept coming, never even breaking stride. He would have plowed straight into Raskta, trampling her under his heavy boots, had she not cartwheeled to the side at the last possible instant.
Bane never stopped, his momentum carrying him straight toward Farfalla. The Jedi Master had a moment to register the strange armor coat of hard, shiny shells he wore beneath his clothes. Then he, too, leapt to the side to avoid being crushed, surviving only because his reflexes were heightened by Worror's power."
That's really not that impressive when it comes to speed. His feat in PoD where he defeats Sirak is far better.
Originally posted by ares834
lol, he's all about Warhammer now.And is this the exceprt you were reffering to Neph?
"As they burst into the room a man who could only have been Darth Bane charged recklessly toward them. In any other instance the move would have spelled a quick end to the encounter, as Raskta raced ahead of Farfalla to carve the Sith to pieces.
Raska's blue blades flickered too quickly for the eye to see, neutralizing her enemy's initial, wild attack then landing half a dozen lethal blows to his chest and abdomen. But instead of toppling, the big man kept coming, never even breaking stride. He would have plowed straight into Raskta, trampling her under his heavy boots, had she not cartwheeled to the side at the last possible instant.
Bane never stopped, his momentum carrying him straight toward Farfalla. The Jedi Master had a moment to register the strange armor coat of hard, shiny shells he wore beneath his clothes. Then he, too, leapt to the side to avoid being crushed, surviving only because his reflexes were heightened by Worror's power."
That's really not that impressive when it comes to speed. His feat in PoD where he defeats Sirak is far better.
The feat with Sirak was very impressive and showed that Bane can blitz people and overpower them with sheer speed, but Bane had to build up his energy while fighting Sirak and release it to be able to do that.
In the above quote he would have killed his opponents and ended the fight immediately if not for the Battle Meditation. You say that the reason was that they were stunned he was still moving, but that is not even hinted at in the text. All indications point to speed.
Originally posted by Nephthys
In the above quote he would have killed his opponents and ended the fight immediately if not for the Battle Meditation. You say that the reason was that they were stunned he was still moving, but that is not even hinted at in the text. All indications point to speed.
Sure it is. Rastka is not only able to react but to use half a dozen attacks. As for Farfalla it's debatable.
Originally posted by Nephthys
If you're not convinced by that though I'll bring up Banes feat of being described as 'so fast it seemed as if he wielded a dozen blades at the same time'. The only character with that kind of speed feat in the mythos other than Bane is the Battle Melded Luke when he solo's that Vong army.
Fast, but others have the same kind of feat. For example:
"Mace pressed back the darkness with a relentless straight-ahead march; his own blade, that distinctive amethyst blaze that had been the final sight of so many evil beings across the galaxy, made a haze of its own: an oblate sphere of purple fire within which there seemed to be dozens of swords slashing in all directions at once."
And hell, one could argue that the Mace one is more impressive as it mentions "dozens of swords" rather than "a dozen". However, personnaly, once you get to character wielding several blades I take them all as roughly equal.
Because its told from Anakin's perspective as he watches the fight. Which contradicts the movie because Anakin doesn't arive until after the fight is over. Theres no way that Anakin could see that Mace's blade was moving that fast.
As for Raskta, of course she could react to him, I've never said that she couldn't. But that she only gets out of his way at the last moment suggests to me that were it not for the BM, she would have been in the same position as Farfalla would have.