Originally posted by Beniboybling
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Two of Dooku's acolytes in The New Droid Army. On separate occasions, each incapacitate Anakin with TK.
Originally posted by DarthAnt66
Lmfao, there's no date to the dreadnaught feat.
5 months after the Battle of Geonosis. The stuff I'm referring to takes place 10 months after the Battle of Geonosis.
Dooku couldn't dominate Anakin mere weeks after AotC.
That's TCW.
For the dreadnought feat being five months after the Battle of Geonosis, I believe the comic itself indicates that.
The New Essential Chronology claims that Anakin's mission to Tatooine in The New Droid Army (which is when Saato incapacitates Anakin) takes place ten months after the Battle of Geonosis. Trenox does it afterwards on Coruscant.
I've also jumped on board the "TCW is canon" movement. I think we're much better off not combining it with Legends.
Yep, the comic states that it's five months after Geonosis:
http://static8.comicvine.com/uploads/original/12/124590/5517398-5months.png
And here's The New Essential Chronology placing the events of The New Droid Army as being ten months after the Battle of Geonosis:
http://static3.comicvine.com/uploads/original/12/124590/5517403-10months.png
So Saato and Trenox can dominate Anakin five months after his dreadnought feat, and Ventress is more powerful than them, not to mention constantly growing in power. I'm unconvinced that Malak's power edge alone is substantial enough to win this fight.
Not sure. It was some time afterwards, and that's all I can remember at the moment. Also, Trenox, who also Chokes Anakin out, is only later defeated by Anakin in a long duel, IIRC, per Fact File #116 or something. I mean, they don't have to be vastly more powerful than him, just more powerful than him - they might have exploited a lapse in defenses or something. Likewise, it's entirely possible to defeat more powerful enemies through saber combat, so that justifies Anakin's performance.
Anakin's blatantly beyond Ventress' abilities in later years, of course, but not necessarily within the first year of Geonosis (until the Coruscant battle, at least). There's a source that describes Anakin and Ventress fighting evenly on Yavin IV, although that's only four months after Geonosis.
My point is that Ventress is more powerful than Dreadnought-manipulating Anakin by a noticeable degree.
When he was enraged, yeah.
Besides, Ventress is described as constantly growing more powerful. It's entirely possible that the quote about Ventress being the most powerful acolyte is referring to 19 BBY Ventress (or right before she leaves Dooku) being more powerful than Saato and Trenox back in 22 BBY.
