Originally posted by Q99
Kanan's a padawan who's gotten back into practice. Knight level, yes, but not Master level.My impression is a council member would flat steamroll him, and he shouldn't be sent against masters unless they're the type promoted for diplomacy, wisdom, or something other than combat power. I do think there's plenty of Knights that could beat him 1 on 1.
I've not read those tie-in Kanan books, but since when does a padawan take in his own padawan? Again, from what I've seen, Kanan as of the beginning of season 1 is a jedi knight, taking on and training his own apprentice, being able to mind control multiple wild beasts, and pretty good showings of TK: stopping a fast rotating massive fan, manipulating a large cave and preventing it from crashing down on him and Ezra (though he did do it with Ezra's help, but he seemed to maintain it on his own while Ezra faced his fears; also, it might have been strong with the force, being an old jedi temple but it wasn't stated, so?), repulsed multiple storm troopers, and perhaps a lot more. He's improved significantly since then based on his victory over the inquisitor by the end of the season.
Joker, considering the inquisitors skills and knowledge of saber forms, his occupation hunting and killing jedi for a living, and even his feat of torturing Kanan with TP, I don't see why he wouldn't rival the average sith lord of Raskta's era? He seems like a pretty advanced force user. Ventress is no doubt above most of them, yet she doesn't hold the title, but those sith lords wouldn't hold that title in the PT/OT era either. Not arguing that he can beat her, but she gets slaughtered by 10 and even far less than that. I don't really think having "lords" under her belt would mean much, considering the quality of sith in that era.