Originally posted by The Merchant
Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. Sidious and Plagueis turning the force towards the Dark side. There's also that one ritual Sidious did during the comic Sithis, where it affected the whole galaxy.
Originally posted by Lord Stark
Sidious and Plagueis by far. Their ritual not only allowed them to tilt the force, but also lead to the creation of the being with the greatest force potential in history.
1. "Tilting" the force and making the Jedi feel the dark side isn't quite the same as draining an entire planet and becoming immortal.
2. They did not create Anakin, that's still speculation.
Originally posted by psmith81992
1. "Tilting" the force and making the Jedi feel the dark side isn't quite the same as draining an entire planet and becoming immortal.
Correct, it's vastly more impressive. Vitiate's ritual involved hundreds/thousands of other Sith Lord participants and other Force users have planetary-level feats.
What Sidious and Plagueis did was manipulate the Force on a cosmic scale; which is unprecedented. The only act of Vitiate's that even remotely compares is his planned ritual to one-shot the galaxy. But his feat with Nathema is inconsequential in comparison.
As I said, other Force users have planetary-level feats. In fact, other Sith Lords have shown the ability to drain planets.
What Sidious & Plagueis did with the Force is exponentially more impressive: bringing about a cosmological shift in the universal Force to achieve their ends. The only thing of Vitiate's that comes close is his plot to kill galactic life.
Nathema, Byss, and Katarr are footnotes at best in comparison.
Nah. Again, Plagueis and Sidious manipulated the Force in an unprecedented way on an unprecedented scale. That it blunted Jedi foresight and enabled Palpatine to enact his plans is also proof enough that it certainly had an "actual affect" on the galaxy.
In comparison, planetary-level feats like Byss, Katarr, and Nathema are woefully minor league.