Nihilus vs Abeloth

Thinking about it further, for a Sith to surpass Palpatine he would have to show an absurd amount of power. Which is incidentally one of my biggest problems with much of the EU. I find using the force to destroy planets, to summon wormholes to tear apart fleets, or other displays of such power to be ridiculous and outlandish. I prefer keeping the Jedi and Sith to be more inline with the movies and make lifting an X-wing to be a grand gesture of power. Once again I don't care if such a thing is surpassed but making a character rip down Star Destroyers is too much.

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
I think the era is exciting and has potential. Certainly far more than the thirteen minutes of the Clone Wars they haven't filmed left, or the time where Luke did something vague in the future.

Oh, certainly. I may like Luke but the vast majority of post-RotJ EU is terrible and contains some of my least favorite material.

Blame all the Sidious fanboys who decided to make a story where Sidious opens a ****ing wormhole in time and space to destroy a fleet of ships, setting a precedent for bullshit Force nonsense.

At least Nihilus has the decency to be not so much a character, but more akin to a Dark Side abomination, a force of nature that is controlled by his power. As well as, yes, being from a long-past time of Force wielders and using a Sith technique that was apparently lost, so it could be handwaved as the older Sith and Jedi simply being more powerful since the modern ages have lost much knowledge.

Sidious is just teh uberest of teh Sithz who ttly razes planetz with his Force bewmz. I nearly shit myself when I found out that, rather than being a pretty fast and powerful psychic with a lightsaber of dewm, the dude could drain planets and open destructive wormholes in space in the ****ing EU.

IMHO, Sidious's power in the EU is just so much more jarring than Nihilus's, because Nihilus provides a disconnect from the films, even if Nihilus may be overall stronger or whatever.

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