Originally posted by Fated Xtasy
Well. He has a comparable, perhaps even greater command of the Force than Dooku due to his giant reservoir of knowledge and power he's amassed over the years.
Perhaps, but not enough to overcome Tyranus' advantage as a fencer, I don't think.
His fest on Lehon is often considered the best one he has, but imo it's far more impressive to me that he did this at a relatively low level and then continued to grow in power as he aged.
It's not that impressive, and certainly not better than Tyranus' showings.
He's grown more powerful, studied various Holocrons and has impressively retooled his style to make up for being a mere fraction slower. Regardless of what you may believe, Bane at this stage is leaps and bounds above his RoT(maybe not in speed/strength) and PoD incarnations. He's far more experienced, fights smarter and less like a tank.
Yes.
Merely from looking at the book, its pretty clear Bane remains a force to be reckoned with. As for your proof, I do believe Zannah states that Bane was far more powerful in DoE than when she faced him in his Orbalisks. One of the others can share the quote, I'm sure.
Fair enough. But even if Bane was more powerful Tyranus could certainly contend per his showings with the cruisers and other scaling methods. Likewise, I'm inclined to believe that his superiority as a swordsman should see him through. In a contest between two combatants where one holds the slight edge with the blade and one holds the slight edge in the Force, the former tends to triumph. I'm inclined to believe that would be the case here as well.
Not at all. The text explicitly notes that he shattered the walls and archway, and the roof of the Temple came tumbling down a second later, and that the Temple continued to implode afterwards. He set up a chain reaction that imploded the Temple - he didn't bring 100% of it down.
Granted, the supports were very large nevertheless, but as I said, that isn't a showing that eclipses Dooku's, especially not when Bane has to gather energies on a potent nexus during someone's speech to do it.
Destroying the walls of the temple is the same thing as destroying the building. A building is 80% walls and interior, especially this one. Even if he didn't destroy literally every single part of it its still the same feat.
And the wave wouldn't hit all parts of the temple at the same time so your highlight is irrelevant.
It is beyond Dooku.