Originally posted by DarthAnt66
Except he shouldn't be.
He only went to two worlds after his defeat at Malak, Korriban and Lehon. By Lehon I calculated he would be at Darth Revan's level, which Bastila Shan actually implies:
"Your mind was too badly damaged to ever full restore your memories, Revan. But your power, your strength of will, the essence of who and what you are: these things still remain!"Revan would have then surpassed his former self on the Star Forge, as Malak states when you confront him. I seriously doubt he would have also surpassed Malak by *that much* so quickly. Especially when both Drew and TORE state the battle was difficult and intense:
"Revan then confronted Datrth Malak himself in a fierce duel, but Revan prevailed and finally defeated Darth Malak."
"...that [Star Forge] battle would have been a brutal, hard fought affair spread over multiple pages."[b]Revan smacking down Malak all those times are a demonstration of Revan's powers, not a destruction of Malak's.
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You didn't take into account that Malak was fueled by the Star Forge while Revan withstood its corruption. Malak had to fire his ships at Revan, because he was too scared to face his master. Also, whenever you play KotOR, you will see in the descriptions in between loading that Revan was the stronger of the two, and Malak grudgingly took the role of apprentice.
Malak could never stand against Revan's power. By the end of KotOR, Revan alone without any help from the Star Forge was stronger than Malak, who had to steal the life energy of captured Jedi to merely survive. And Malak still lost.
Malak without the help of the Star Forge could be considered on par with an average Jedi Master. But he would never stand against Ventress, Vader, or Marek.
Revan is far beyond Malak. The only instance where Malak almost beat him without the help of the Star Forge was during the Leviathan, after Revan had taken on the entire ship of Sith. lol