Originally posted by ares834
I'm not the one trolling here. You asked a question and I answered truthfully. That's not the action of a troll.
I do understand what I read.
Tell me, what the cited description explains.
Here:
Abeloth harnessed the power of nexus of the planet and triggered volcanic activity. Of-course, volcanic eruptions are momentous and destructive events.
Originally posted by ares834
I merely answered your question truthfully. Perhaps, if you don't wish to be insulted, don't ask such questions.
Also, you did not answer my question.
What are Abeloth's actions in the provided description? Explain.
Below is an explanation of the cited event:-
Originally posted by DarthAnt66
"I don't know," the woman cried. "Please ..."A sliver of darkness appeared along her skin. For a second, Luke simply thought it another track of her tears, revealing darker skin beneath the white dust.
But then he realized what it was.
They couldn't help Tola Annax anymore. She was already dead.
The crack widened, and more darkness was revealed-darkness that was luminous, pulsating. Abeloth had somehow managed to harness all, or close to all, the dark-side energy that permeated this world, and compress it into this one pitiable being. What had once been Tola Annax now contained unfathomable dark-side energy waiting to be released. It had been both a trick and a test. Had they attacked her, leaping into the pit and slicing her to ribbons with lightsabers, they would have been at the center of the explosion. No one would have survived-and they might yet not survive.
All this registered in a fraction of a heartbeat. "Retreat!" cried Luke, wasting no more breath on words, instead sending a shock wave of urgency in the Force and an image of their initial landing area. There was no time to comm Ben; instead Luke focused on visualizing his son and sending him the same urgent missive: Retreat. Get to safety. Get out.
Everyone responded at once, without question or hesitation, and began to race back toward the gate. The ground began to shake again, yet more violently, and Luke heard the sound of laughter-Abeloth's laughter-following them as they ran for their very lives.
The cloud above them changed. Force lightning struck the ground, struck the ships in the air, struck the Jedi using the Force to give them added speed and distance as they ran. All around them, buildings crumbled to dust. Luke deflected a chunk of a wall hurtling toward him, directing it to slam into another boulder that was heading straight for Seha.
Saba was a few meters ahead of him as they ran. The ground cracked open a scant step in front of her. Without breaking stride, she Force-leapt easily over the suddenly manifesting chasm, landed on the other side, and kept going. Luke, Jaina, and the others did likewise.
The explosion behind them hurled them all into the air. Luke himself had to scramble so he didn't land hard. Even as he twisted to land on his feet, he reached out in the Force and cushioned the fall for some of the less experienced Jedi Knights. He ended up facing back the way he had come, and his eyes widened at what he beheld.
The dormant volcano was dormant no longer. Gouts of orange magma spewed kilometers into the air and rained death down along the side of the mountain. It was a terrifying sight, but what alarmed Luke even more than the racing lava was the cloud above it. It looked like smoke, churning and billowing, gray and thick, but it was nothing so benevolent as mere choking ash. He knew what he was looking at.
Rock so hot it had turned into foam five times hotter than boiling water, moving at more than a hundred kilometers an hour. If this pyroclastic surge overtook them, they would be incinerated instantly, their bodies turned into charcoal.
And it would overtake them within minutes.
Their masks prevented the inhalation of the poisonous gases and thick, blinding ash, but could not cool the suddenly superheated air. Luke used the Force to cool it as best he could as he inhaled. Beside and in front of him, he saw two Jedi suddenly start clawing at their throats, falling an instant later. They had inhaled without cooling the air, and Luke felt sympathetic anguish at the agony in which they had died, drowning in their lungs' own fluid. He squeezed his eyes shut and created a barrier around them with the Force to protect them, running forward now using only his other four senses and the Force.
Fear, determination, pain-all arose around him as the Jedi raced to outrun the cloud of dark side oblivion that was hard on their heels. Some of them would not make it-some already had not. But most of them would.
He forced his eyes to open briefly. Saba Sebatyne, the one with the longest legs of them all, had already reached the gate. Not bothering to raise it, lest it be lowered again on them, she had simply blown the durasteel portcullis apart with the Force. Jedi raced through the hole, even as the walls that held it started to crumble.
Joy and gratitude washed through Luke as he saw dozens of vessels landing and taking on the nearly exhausted Jedi ground force. Others kept going, heading for their own StealthXs. He reached for his comlink, shouting to be heard over the rumble.
"Ben! Ben, can you hear me?"
There was only silence. Luke cursed, clicked the comlink again. "Raynar! Can you take on more passengers?" Most of the Jedi had flown in their own StealthXs, but there had been several larger ships included in the fleet. Raynar had piloted one such, and could get to the tunnels before Luke even reached the Jade Shadow.
"Yes, Master Luke, where do you wish me to go?" Thul's voice, calm as ever.
"Go to the entrance of the caves. Get Ben, Vestara, and Natua. Right now!"
"Adjusting course, Master Skywalker."
"Thank you," said Luke, permitting himself to feel a slight sense of relief. Just as he clicked off the comlink, a sudden vision flashed into his mind: the image of the multilegged, red-eyed creature carved onto the ancient wall. He suddenly realized what it was, and a new, horrible apprehension for Ben's safety seized him.
Find my son, he thought desperately, as he ran with flagging strength toward where he had left the Jade Shadow.
Find my son.
Abeloth harnessed the entirety of the dark side energy of this world and compressed it into a single individual as a bait for the Jedi. However, the Jedi realized the trick and decided to flee. Abeloth, on noticing this, released the energy harnessed by her earlier, in raw form, causing destruction and activating a volcano nearby in the process.
The remainder of the devastation is a description of aftermath of volcanic eruption.
NOTE: Read about volcanic eruption and its effects and you all will understand my point.
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Abeloth's feat is undoubtedly impressive but it is important to understand the content.
Originally posted by The Merchant
The reason why Anakin beat the Son/Daughter was because he tapped into his true potential, which surpasses even the Father. So I don't see why you're trying to downplay Abeloth beating those two by bringing up Anakin when the context of the episode made it very clear it was a one-time power-up.
Originally posted by S_W_LeGenD
Here: http://www.starwars.com/databank/anakin-skywalker
Oh, just thought I'd say, that's overruled by TCW.
TCW States him to be more powerful than any known Jedi.
Originally posted by Nephthys
Yet Abeloth is twelve times as strong as Luke, who according to Lucas has nearly the same potential as Anakin, who also according to Lucas had the potential to be twice as powerful as Sidious.