Originally posted by Bashar Teg
holding back is not the same as outright refusal to fight. two totally different concepts. also while vader did indeed hold back in rotj, this was never discussed between them or even hinted at until luke's "your thoughts betray you, father".vader knew that luke had trained since then, his skills were complete, he was indeed powerful, so he wouldnt fall for the cheap tricks like the noob he was in esb. all he did in esb was throw stuff at luke. hardly a challenge for a jedi to counter with a completed skillset.
they considered themselves to be above the jedi, obviously. so by "completing his training" they were directly referring to their plan to turn him to the darkside. they obviously believe (falsely, as yoda would assert) that the darkside enhances/completes a
jedi's power, so that could be the full meaning right there. if not then the only other explanation is that vader and palp were contradicting eachother.
i never said luke reached his full potential. vader said that his skills were now complete, or rather that he had completed his training. completing ones training/learning a skill is not the same as mastering one's skill, which is never a completed process in any context.
I really don’t get your reasoning.
First off they both weren’t holding back equally. Luke threw the first attack and was the aggressor throughout the whole match. How was Luke refusing to fight? What because he said he didn’t want to and decided to run as the fight heated up? Luke ran because he was having trouble controlling his anger.
Vader showed Luke as I stated before what he could do with the force. Since it is so easy to block objects being thrown at you by a Jedi (as you say), tell me what feats Luke has that suggest he would be able to do so easily?
Yoda, was able to do so to Dooku because he was more powerful, but not easily. Yoda, had to doge pods sent from Sidious until he got in a position to counter. So once again what examples do you have that show it is easy to block a telekinesis attack from someone as powerful as Vader?
Luke has no feats that show he would be able to complete with Vader in such a contest. Let alone win. Vader absolutely did nothing to hurt Luke in that fight while Luke was the aggressor.
Luke only chance of winning is to keep the battle a battle between sabers. Then again Vader has shown ability to fight with a saber and use telekinesis at the same time.
From your own words if Luke finish his training how is he on the same level as a veteran like Vader?