Originally posted by Angelalex242
Well...Palpatine has himself (presumably in DE mode), and Vader. It also has his Hands, which include Lumiya. Mara Jade is less useful because she stops being evil and only teenage Mara would work for him.
Also the Inquisition, which is, like, 80 people or so, most of whom are chumps.
And if we're talking Dark Empire, then the, hehe, 'Dark Side Elite.' A really pathetic group of dark siders, a half-dozen at a time.
Plus a few other scattered ones.
Sidious actually had a surprisingly large number of Dark Side users, it's just they were scattered between multiple groups, kept ignorant, and not fully trained in the way of the dark side. Most of them are barely speedbumps and rank and file One Sith can deal with them, let alone major One Sith or Sith Troopers.
Krayt has himself and his order of Sith...but the Rule of 2 was invented for a reason. The Dark Side is like Venom...poured into many vessels, it is but an irritant. Pour them back into a single cup, and you have the power to stop a Krayt Dragon's heart.Roughly translated: Sidious and Vader can gank Krayt and his entire order.
Not really, they can't. The stuff about concentrating the dark side is a philosophical point, but we know plenty of sith from non-RoT times that can beat many RoT sith.
There's a reason why Sidious never even thought about taking the Jedi order head on, it'd be suicidal, because while he may take Mace or Yoda, he has no wish to take on the whole council plus whatever other strong Jedi they can dig up. Same problem here.
The concentration of power in rule of two is great for some purposes, but Krayt and Wyyrlok are as strong as some RoT sith, only they bring a lot of backup with them.
Plus, there's simply the matter of being in more places. If you've got two great sith, that's great, they can make a difference in two important battles. If you've also got a ton of other good sith, well, they'll make differences at all the battles they're at.
Krayt can have force-user forces present at pretty much every major event.
And when facing Vader or Sidious, he can bring 30 Sith Troopers with him to soften things up, and make sure the term 'fair fight' never comes into play.
Heck, I want to point something out: Krayt knows Dark Transfer. He can heal Vader's burns, and he knows it, and he knows Anakin. He may be able to get Anakin to switch sides.
While Krayt has better tech, it's true, he didn't really make a whole lot of planet busters, so I figure, tech side, his better stuff won't stop his planet from being blown up. And Sidious's Battle Meditation counts for a lot.
His best stuff can blow up the planet busters pretty easily, though. Dragon Ships and Annihilators can burst through the fleet defending the Galaxy Gun (a stationary target) and wreck it, and you'll be hard pressed to find something that can trenchrun any easier.
And beat the defenses of the most well-defended planets. Like, let's say Krayt's Coruscant gets blown up... but then his forces take Sidious's Coruscant. Who's really got the edge there?
Though, come to think of it, Galaxy Gun projectiles are dangerous because they're well-shielded enough that you can't shoot them down before they hit target. Annihilators pierce shields. So major planets can likely be defended against the GG at least, too, until it's blow up. Death Stars are a bit trickier but literally everyone knows the trench runs at this point, and the DS2 still isn't complete.
SunRazer
I'm aware of what Leviathans can do. Palpatine has mastered the Alchemical techniques involving the creation of Leviathans and Chrysalides as well. I can try to get you the quotes later.
He never made Leviathans, though. We saw Chrysalides deployed, but Leviathans weren't.
Vul Isen not only made Leviathans, but brand new variations of them.
That's a thing: Krayt has a lot of people. Sidious may know the techniques but it's an intensive process, he never actually made 'em. While Krayt can have an alchemist literally making Sith Leviathans full-time.
