Originally posted by KingD19
In Episode 3, Obi-Wan was launched 40+ feet across a room at high speed, slammed into a metal walkway hard enough to dent the metal(probably durasteel), fell about a dozen feet to the floor, then had that walkway(hundred of pounds at least) dropped on his legs. He was ko'd, but aside from that he was perfectly fine.
Luke appeared to be hurt by a couple of the rather slow moving objects that vader hit him with during their fight in ESB.
Originally posted by KingD19
And? That doesn't take away from the multiple showings of Force User durability shown.
Well, as the whole point of this was in regards to whether or not Palpatine's lightning would hurt Thor...I'd say showing that Luke, a guy that survived a prolonged blast of it didn't have very impressive durability, is fairly good evidence that Thor won't have any problems.
That and Thor withstood a massive lightning strike in the first movie just before fighting the Destroyer.
Yes and no. When he fell out of Cloud City onto that weather vane, that fall probably would have killed anyone else. Or at least ripped them apart when they tried to catch themselves.
But there are more showings of Jedi and Sith having enhanced durability than their are of Luke not having it. And clearly the time/cgi difference let Lucas do more in the sequels.
Originally posted by focus4chumps
force lightning and regular lightning are possibly not the same at all. you cant just presume that thor is immune to it.
True. But considering that Thor shrugged off a repulsor blast and Luke was able to withstand force lightning for some time, the closer guess would be that Thor could withstand it easily.
I'd actually think that regular lightning is more powerful.
Personally I think Palpatines best bet to win is to get in close and fight lightsaber to hammer. Yes Mjolnir will hurt Palpatine, but a lightsaber should cut through Thor without much trouble, and Jedi/Sith were shown to be able to fight as such as superhuman speeds (Thor has not). In the end Ill still support Thor to win more than not, but Palpatine definately does have his chances to win as well.
Actually as we use the most current version, He's slow as hell.
Originally posted by focus4chumps
force lightning and regular lightning are possibly not the same at all. you cant just presume that thor is immune to it.
That's shitty logic. Here's why:
"Force lightning and regular lightning are possibly the same. You can't just presume that Thor is not immune to it."
Originally posted by FrothByte
I'd actually think that regular lightning is more powerful.
I agree. It looks more like the "lightning" from this:
That shit will still kill you but you might be able to survive a shock or two...or three...before your heart stops.
Originally posted by Silent Master
Actually as we use the most current version, He's slow as hell.
Uh, OK, well if this is Thor vs. RotJ Palpatine, then yes Thor wins every time. Palpatine from RotS, thats another matter (again, Id still say Thor wins more than not, but Palpatine makes him work for it).