Celeste forced pushed an unprepared Vader, but was quickly stomped afterwards, and that was Vader at perhaps his weakest, not being fully accustomed to his suit, and still at the beginning of his training under Sidious. Peak Vader would wreck Celeste in seconds. That being said, Celeste wins solidly only because of Muur.
Originally posted by SIDIOUS 66
Celeste forced pushed an unprepared Vader, but was quickly stomped afterwards, and that was Vader at perhaps his weakest, not being fully accustomed to his suit, and still at the beginning of his training under Sidious. Peak Vader would wreck Celeste in seconds. That being said, Celeste wins solidly only because of Muur.
This is after Vader's cut down numerous masters in his suit (like the conclave at kessel), he's adjusted quite well by this point, enough to be a very dangerous combatant.
Nor was the push unprepared- they had already clashed sabers at that point, it happened in combat.
In total, they clashed with sabers for about 7 pages (*not* counting the force push or her killing some stormies in the way). Against Vader, that's really impressive, even if he did want her alive.
And that's before she learned how to tap into the amulet without letting it take over, or spent a century mastering said control.