Originally posted by The Ellimist
Apparently if X contradicts Y, we automatically decide that whichever happens to fit NewGuy's opinion counts as the right option, and the other one is the "inconsistency".
Actually, no, not really; when it comes to the big picture, consistency between SW media falls entirely into the hands of the interpretations of different authors; which, of course, makes literally comparing/debating it itself fundamentally redundant. Which is part of why getting seriously involved with SW debate isn't particularly appealing to a lot of people here anymore.
I explained why I tend to lean towards the more grounded interpretation of things; because in the overwhelming majority of cases, objects don't react with one another in duels as they would if they were moving at sub-light speeds--even amongst the top tiers. But, if you wanted to argue that ages-old 'Palpatine can run at near-lightspeed because Saesee Tiin could react to spaceships but not him', it's not like the argument itself wouldn't have any basis in the text.
Fourthly, the analysis I was doing was really just a logical argument on top of some really, really basic assumptions about how strong gravity is wherever Cade was (which is clear enough in how he could stand, lol). The rest was just questioning how fast the freighter had to move to pose a threat, it was a tactical assessment, not some sort of complex math. It's no fundamentally different from every other feat we look at.
I understand what you were trying to do; but in making the analysis that you did, you're essentially arguing that Kyp threw the freighter at speeds comparable to other spaceships. So, how fast are you arguing that is, exactly? Massively hypersonic speeds? Sub-light? How far are you going to stray from what you (seemingly; not trying to put words in your mouth) believe to be the authorial intent?
Do you have any idea how good Gaalan is, aside from his being on Kyp's level as a duelist? Do you have any idea how good slayers are?
Well, only the fact that they're below top-tier fighters like Luke or Caedus by several orders of magnitude.
That's nice, but you completely cut out the part where he beats out Luke in black hole manipulation - a powerscaling notion independent of the particular question of how impressive said manipulation is in an absolute sense - and just trolling around that fact doesn't negate its existence.
I snipped the quote itself, but my reply still applied to this. Everyone knows that Kyp has unnaturally huge force reserves; it's his lack of impressive combat feats that undoes his record as a warrior.