Kas'im vs. HoT vs. Mara Jade (sabers only fight)

Who trained them is less important than who received it. The Hero is an obvious prodigy miles beyond Mara.

Scourge had over 300 years of experience. :T

Anakin's a prodigy too. Didn't work out too well for him.

And Experience, again, counts for a lot. More years is more years.

Anakin would beat Mara.

Scourge has 300 years on the Hero. Didn't work out too well for him. Pointedly, Scourge was already a master of 3 saber forms after just 30 years. 😉

I feel jaded that noone's vouching for Kas'im,.

Also, that Caedus fight doesn't suggest much about Mara's saber abilities. By the time they get to crossing blades he's massively injured, weakening fast and by his own admission is pretty much just flailing.

Originally posted by Angelalex242

And Experience, again, counts for a lot. More years is more years.

Oh, but it does.

With Luke, for example, the father you get along the timeline, the stronger he gets. There's no point in his life where he was better last year then he is this year.

Mara's the same way. She gets better every year that goes by. By Sacrifice, she's at her peak.

And yes, Caedus was injured when Mara finally crossed blades with him. The difference is, Mara caused all those injuries herself. Full credit for having sense enough to weaken your badass opponent before going head to head.

Also, Anakin only wins on those flat, featureless planes. Put Anakin vs. Mara on, say, Mustafar...and the poor boy's going to Obi Wanned all over again.

Yeah, experience is really important. But clearly it isn't the be all.

Mara caused all that in her ambush and by dropping a tunnel on him, not with her saber skills. Up against HoT in a duel, it's pretty irrelevant.

Yeaaah, cause Ambush is what she DOES. She's got rogue levels. She likes using them.

Mara jade

Originally posted by Angelalex242
Sure, but the Force gets stronger over time.

In general, every era of Force user that goes by seems to be stronger, in general, then the last. On both sides.

While this is demonstrated most obviously during Bane's Rule of 2, it's also true in general.

Yeah, no.

Got to say, I've never heard that one before. NJO characters are better because the Force is stronger, lulz.

It's based on the idea that if life creates the Force (see, Yoda, ESB, and if anyone knows what he's talking about, it's Yoda...)...there's more living beings alive now then there was in say, the TOR Era.

Consider the exponential population growth in real life, now multiply it by all the planets there are, and you get an idea of why the Force itself might be growing stronger over time.

Except Force use is dictated by midichlorians, not how much force energy there is in the galaxy.

Also with the amount of wars in the galaxy the population of the galaxy is in constant flux.

Originally posted by Angelalex242
there's more living beings alive now then there was in say, the TOR Era.

Eh? Based on?

Exponential population growth as seen on Planet Earth in real life.

Wars happen in real life too. But there's still more people on Earth today then there was in 1000 AD, despite all the wars.

Lulz. What Neph said.

Kas'im's easily the worst. The Knight probably has greater raw talent with a blade but Mara's more unorthodox a fighter. Could go either way.