Originally posted by Q99
On force knowledge, Exar Kun did have only a month or two learning under Freedon Nadd. He had a lot of raw omph, he was a prodigy, and his amulets allowed him to use the force in some specific ways, but his breadth of dark side knowledge should probably be the least of any major sith lord.
Yet he overpowered Vodo.
Originally posted by Jmanghan
Yet he overpowered Vodo.
Sure- he was Vodo's best Jedi student and had the amulets on top. I'm not saying he wasn't uber, especially as a duelist, but he had a lot more Jedi training than Sith.
Also of the masters at the time, I think Thon is higher than Vodo. He was better remembered later on (not sure how Arca compares).
Actually, Exar Kun was a Sith Lord about six months on his own. Not much, but his raw power speaks for itself. Also, in that time Exar Kun made super massassi, sith critters of all shape and size, and designed the hundreds of temples his slaves erected in his honor.
The one thing he wasn't doing that time was being assisted by a breathing machine or being inferior to his former self. He stomps.
I was looking up Kun's feat's from his respect thread created by Silver, and I also stumbled across this thread: http://www.comicvine.com/forums/battles-7/darth-vader-vs-exar-kun-718125/. If this analysis is accurate, then Vader is the one who might stomp, especially if we include his TFU feats, such as tanking blasts from SK's amped lightning to an opening in his armor among other things, along with his newer Dark Times feats, such as force crushing a tie fighter while the ship was in mid-flight. I trust Silver's argument, considering that I think Kun is among his favorite characters (he made a respect thread for Kun, and he usually makes those for characters he likes, so it seems), and was once of the opinion that Kun could potentially defeat Yoda (IIRC), so I don't think his assessment is a case of Bias for Vader.
Also, this http://www.comicvine.com/images/1300-3416334
The jedi are featless, but it's still impressive considering Palpatine gives them prep by handing them their sabers, allowing them to ignite them in order to attack, while he turns his back to them, and he still manages to drop three of them with one swipe of his own saber before they were able to react despite giving them prep.