Originally posted by Trocity
Dooku stomps cuz everyone thinks Caedus sucks now. 🙂
Well he does suck. And just to put the final nail in the coffin:
"He was no warrior, he was certain of that. Not like Jaina was, or Anakin had been. He was no hero like Uncle Luke or his father, no great statesman like his mother or strategist like Admiral Ackbar or scientist like Danni Quee... He remembered that he didn't have to know what he was. All he had to do was decide. "I... I guess..." he said slowly, frowning down at the weapon in his hand. "I guess... I'm a student."- Excerpt taken from Traitor
When Ant's respect thread comes out, don't get me wrong, you will see a lot of feats . More feats than any single respect thread will ever had contained, and from a nice wealth of sources. What you will also find, however, is that the majority of Jacen's feats have very little to do with combat.
"Is this what Jacen has been trying to tell us all along-that violence is never the answer, even if it seems the shortest and most direct path?"- Excerpt taken from The Unifying Force
Again, until championing the name Caedus, this was Jacen's philosophy. Yet even as a sith, we hardly see much destructive potential. He's not killing other Force users with lightning, much like Dooku did to Ventress, and he's not seen 'ragdolling', well... pretty much anyone worth their salt, like Dooku does to Kenobi. Jacen was on the loosing end of a duel to Kyle Katarn accompanied by three inexperienced neophytes. While Dooku was holding off Anakin and Obi-wan, albeit on the loosing side. So what is he excelling at that Dooku isn't?
But Jacen was inferring as much as translating, and there was so much he did not know about the Colony that it was equally possible they were talking about eating him. He shut the words out and tried to hear through the Force, as the Theran Listeners had taught him, and was relieved to sense that they were arguing over whether they should eat the dead.- Excerpt Taken from The Unseen Queen
He was an expert at the more esoteric muses of the Force. These were subtle powers that allowed him to channel his inner energies to empathise with creatures, other people and even large Force entities. These are the talents Jacen spent his years refining. Not Saber combat, Force Lightning or Dark powers of destruction. His preferred lightsaber form is unknown, but I'm almost certain it would be the diplomats form, Niman, and with it's purest philosophy in mind. While on the other hand, Dooku has spent 80 decades refining a form that specialises in lightsaber duelling. I hope Ant can vouch for me on this one, but we'll all see the truth when Caedus' respect thread is ready for viewing. The fact is, Caedus is not the near Sidious powerhouse we once thought he'd be, not even close.