Originally posted by Unbowed
Maul's potential was second only to the Chosen One's. If things took a different turn on Naboo there's no doubt in my he would have surpassed Sidious.
Originally posted by DarthDuelist9
IIRC the nightsister do actually use the Force in canon
Originally posted by Beniboybling
Talzin tried to suck Living Force energy from the Bardottans to make herself stronger in The Disappeared, and described herself as a Force wielder in that same episode. She uses the Force, yeah.
Talzin learned how to use the dark side (and thus the Force that we think of) thanks to Sidious.
"As a Bardottan, you possess a strong connection to the Living Force, a connection that will now be mine. With the combined power of your spirit and my dark magick, I will become more powerful than any Sith or Jedi."
Actually, this suggets Talzin lacked a connection to the living Force. That makes sense, since Dave said the Nightsister magick is very physical in nature.
Perhaps we can conclude that Talzin has an immense command of the Cosmic Force, but lacks a connection to the Living Force.
Originally posted by Beniboybling
No lol, that's conjecture, they just swapped techniques.But yeah, Mother Talzin's "magicks" is said to derive from the power of Dathomir, a Force nexus. It's all Force energy, there is no other existing in the galaxy. She also describes herself as a Force wielder in terms of "dark magicks".
Originally posted by DarthAnt66
Dave stated that George said they don't use the Force - at least not like how the Jedi and Sith and the Force-users we've seen use it. Their magick is enviroment-linked and "weaker" than true uses of the Force, hence why Mace says "magick is just an illusion" to Talzin. Some sourcebooks might claim otherwise, but I'd take Dave's word on it since he's the one making that canon. The sourcebooks are just interpretating it. Besides, Son of Dathomir made a clear distinction between the dark side and the magick also.
Not in the traditional sense yeah but even in Rebel Maul said the Nightsister's were Force wielders and he studied nightsister magick intensly over the years after the Clone Wars.