Certainly, Krayt is more experienced, but Anakin's innate aptitude with a lightsaber unquestionably exceeds his.
Ching, care to back up why Krayt can match Anakin's strength and speed? If one takes the RotS novel's narration, which labels Anakin as the fastest and strongest in the galaxy, I'd imagine it'd be difficult to place Krayt on such a level.
Originally posted by SunRazer
Ching, care to back up why Krayt can match Anakin's strength and speed? If one takes the RotS novel's narration, which labels Anakin as the fastest and strongest in the galaxy, I'd imagine it'd be difficult to place Krayt on such a level.
Well we know that isn't true because he can't speedblitz 2 Jedi masters at the speed of light. Amped Mace is also faster, as is Yoda.
Drallig's the one who's listed as being unparalleled in combat, not Tiin or Kolar. Drallig was the one named amongst the top Jedi swordsmen (Obi-Wan, Mace, Yoda etc.) by Dooku, not Tiin or Kolar. Drallig was also better than Shaak Ti.
One could argue that Tiin and Kolar are better, but to suggest that Drallig can't compare to either of them (especially Tiin) is ludicrous.
Originally posted by SunRazer
Certainly, Krayt is more experienced, but Anakin's innate aptitude with a lightsaber unquestionably exceeds his.Ching, care to back up why Krayt can match Anakin's strength and speed? If one takes the RotS novel's narration, which labels Anakin as the fastest and strongest in the galaxy, I'd imagine it'd be difficult to place Krayt on such a level.
Reborn Krayt is far, far more powerful than he was on Tatooine.
Originally posted by Unbowed
We saw A'Sharad Hett being able to hang with Kenobi for a while, the same Kenobi that defeated Anakin in his prime.Reborn Krayt is far, far more powerful than he was on Tatooine.
You mean in a fight that had more circumstances than lightsaber moves? Hett vs Obi-Wan was also filled with circumstances - in Hett's favor.
Anakin's confirmed, repeatedly, to be better than Obi-Wan as a swordsman. He's an entire tier above his master - a tier being the gap between TPM Kenobi and RotS Obi-Wan.
Originally posted by SunRazer
You mean in a fight that had more circumstances than lightsaber moves? Hett vs Obi-Wan was also filled with circumstances - in Hett's favor.Anakin's confirmed, repeatedly, to be better than Obi-Wan as a swordsman. He's an entire tier above his master - a tier being the gap between TPM Kenobi and RotS Obi-Wan.
Anakin is more powerful, yes, but it was Kenobi's skill that allowed him to take advantage of the "circumstances".
And I fail to see how Hett had any advantage. He clearly had lost his way, as Obi-Wan himself says. He couldn't fight with the calm and clarity of a Jedi, and had no way of taking advantage of the Dark side inside of him like a Sith would.
Obi-Wan won because his mentality was better and Anakin's overconfidence led him to mistime his leap.
Otherwise, even Obi-Wan conceded that Anakin would beat him:
As Anakin’s lightsaber hummed toward him, a calm certainty filled Obi-Wan. Anakin was going to kill him. Oh, he’d make Anakin work for it. He’d fight with everything he had. But he was positive, with the sureness that came from any Force-driven insight, that he would die at Anakin’s hands.-- Revenge of the Sith Junior Novelization
Not to mention:
"Hayden in this film has gone up to a level nine. He's gone past Obi."
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PAOPveZtoE
"Obi-Wan has gone up one level from Episode I to Episode III, but it’s a huge jump from one level to another. It’s not just about a style of fighting—it’s mental as well. Anakin has gone up probably four levels from Episode II to Episode III. So he’s gone beyond Obi-Wan, but he hasn’t gone beyond him mentally."
--http://www.theforce.net/episode3/story/nick_gillard_talks_rots_game_92147.asp
'Obi-Wan taught Anakin and Anakin has gone past him,' he notes.
-- The Making of Revenge of the Sith
"Obi knows that Anakin is better than him, but because he taught him, he knows emotionally how he’s going to behave."
-- http://www.theforce.net/episode3/story/nick_gillard_talks_rots_game_92147.asp
And:
"Anakin's style has changed completely between Episode II and Episode III. He now no longer cares. He knows he's unbeatable. He's far more dangerous than anybody in the universe."
-- http://www.theforce.net/episode3/story/nick_gillard_talks_rots_game_92147.asp
This is Anakin Skywalker:The most powerful Jedi of his generation. Perhaps of any generation. The fastest. The strongest. An unbeatable pilot. An unstoppable warrior. On the ground, in the air or sea or space, there is no one even close. He has not just power, not just skill, but dash: that rare, invaluable combination of boldness and grace.
He is the best there is at what he does. The best there has ever been. And he knows it.
-- Revenge of the Sith
There's no denying it. Anakin's flat-out better than Obi-Wan.
As for Hett, yes, he was at the advantage. Obi-Wan was slightly out of practice then, and Hett had the environmental advantage as well:
He did not think about how long it had been since he had last used his lightsaber in combat. Nor did consider that he was older than Hett by at least a decade, or Hett's considerable skills with his own weapons, and that the Tusken was far more experienced at fighting in the desert.-- The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi