Originally posted by Skybreaker
Malgus? Maybe. But Bane as of PoD hasn't really demonstrated anything on Skywalker's level in terms of mastery or channeling of the Force. He has that one lame temple feat, and that's about it. Anakin has far more impressive building-collapsing feats, if we want to go there.It should be noted that Anakin's ability to fuel his combat with the Force has clearly progressed faster than his actual, fine-tuned telekinesis, which is equal to that of Kenobi by RotS. His former ability is repeatedly emphasized as being virtually unmatched.
Emperor Malgus is quite a lot more powerful than Anakin. And even as of PoD Bane could disintegrate people with his lightning and destroy the Lehon temple. You might not be aware of this, but the temple was shown in Swtor and in it's latest incarnation is ****ing enormous and survived turbolaser fire. Anakin's b*tchfits don't compare.
In pure sabers Bane was overcoming Kas'im in a similar manner, his ability to fuel his combat with his power. Kas'im being easily comparable to Obi-Wan and others. He's hardly outclassed.
Originally posted by Skybreaker
Um, Vader's sort of in a life suit? Like, it's emphasized by various persons working on the lightsaber duels for both films that the Anakin in RotS is the Anakin in his "prime" (that he reaches, at least) when it comes to his skill with a lightsaber. Even not buying such OOU arguments, I think RotS Anakin's saber feats speak for themselves; they are clearly superior to Vader's.
Whether or not Anakin is the overall superior duelist, I was responding to the issue of skill alone. Vader has all of Anakin's technical aptitude and more. His lightsaber knowledge and mastery should be decently higher than Anakin's as of RotJ.
Originally posted by Skybreaker
Inventing a lightsaber form is impressive but springs more from the fact that there was more room to invent more shit in Kun's age, and that Anakin didn't really need to invent anything. When he was put in his suit, he quickly developed his own new lightsaber style by incorporating elements from every form of combat; it is just a matter of necessity.Anakin's pre-zone performance against Dooku is significantly more impressive than stalemating Ulic, given that Dooku >>>> Ulic by actual feats.
Meh, that's just cobbling together a bunch of existing forms into each other. Not quite the same thing.
No, not really.