The only thing Desann has going for him is that he was able to sneak up on Luke. Luke says to Kyle "I couldn't even sense him until he was right on on top of me" or something to that effect. Which means that Desann is so good at sneaking up on people that he fails to kill them...
And actually fighting Luke... he sucked at it. They crossed sabers, jumped off a catwalk, Desann pushed Luke away and dropped said catwalk in front of him. Then ran away to destroy Luke's Jedi Order. Since Luke hopped out a few seconds later, standing up straight and mournfully shaking his head, then talking in a calm, NOT-out-of-breath voice to Kyle... I'm gonna go with "Luke was totally unscathed".
Now... either Desann was so piss-poor in the Force that he couldn't sense that Luke was still alive (and completely unharmed), or, he figured that leaving behind the leader of the Jedi he despises so much that he's going off right now to kill them all, is a pretty fantastic idea. And leaving him inside his base of operations to boot--WTF?
Desann is either a terrible combatant who runs away. Or he's a terrible combatant who's also really stupid. It's one of those two. Actually, given Desann's entire plan was to attack a fortified planet with just a single troop carrier and a couple of TIE fighters (and this was after Daala's failed attack with an entire fleet), I'm leaning more towards the stupid option. But he also sucks as a fighter too.
Originally posted by SiniousJust to summarize: thinking you won (or running away from combat, whichever), is not the same as actually winning.
Check that part again, Desann wins there.
Originally posted by NewGuy01
It should also matter that they duel for a certain amount of time before jumping off the catwalk. We see a good 30 seconds of duel there, and we missed the beginning. It's still legit.
Also... In the video I watched, Luke was getting his ass kicked by Desaan's AI. C;
The saber fighting is randomized every time. The scripted part comes after they jump off the catwalk. Speaking of:
That there is Desann doing absolutely no damage to Luke whatsoever before running off like a little b*tch.
You know the fact of the matter is that Desann's skill with the saber(or lack there of if your a dumbass) allowed him to survive an encounter with Luke while others have failed or been injured, regardless of how you view Luke's saber skill it is impressive as im sure we all know how Luke has defeated many skilled lightsaber duelist. and while he may not have won against Luke, he didn't lose either. how many other people have stalemated Luke? and how many of them were highly skilled and masterful duelist?