*shrugs*
@Rocky: Please don't quote this sentence by sentence as a response. I'm not debating. This isn't aimed particularly at you - just my overall thoughts to everyone, really.
Should be noted that, if we are doing Canon vs Legends, characters in Canon are generally far less powerful than their Legends counterparts. The only two exceptions would be Yoda and Darth Vader, but that's simply because they are portrayed in a comic medium, if you ask me. I wonder if their feats would transfer fluidity into a TV or film setting, or if they are exaggerated like the microseries was in the eyes of Canon creators like Dave Filoni. I'm inclined to believe the latter, since we know from the TV series that a character of Dooku's power would be unable to shield himself or telekinetically dominate thirty pirates trying to attack him without a lightsaber.
In regards to Canon Darth Vader, he's blatantly not as powerful as his The Force Unleashed incarnation, but he is better than all his other ones. His confrontations with the cyborgs in the first season of his comics was not impressive, however. His telekinetic feats were great, but I also wonder if telekinesis is being used as a great indicator of Force power like it was in Legends. For example, Darth Vader's telekinesis might be the greatest of the Canon Sith Lords, but Darth Sidious would still be more powerful than him with the Force, which would then be explicitly demonstrated with his Force lightning that is capable of matching Yoda. It seems that the Sith Lords are a lot more specialized than generalized, if you get what I mean. Anyway, I repeat that Darth Vader surviving Malachor is not a feat because we do not know the circumstances behind it. Attributing it as a feat is ridiculous, since you could easily write that feat off as better than probably anyone has ever did ever. The reality is we don't know what happened, but Filoni has commented that a lot went down. It's just as possible Ahsoka Tano helped shield Vader as a final sacrificial act.
Originally posted by DarthAnt66
Anyway, I repeat that Darth Vader surviving Malachor is not a feat because we do not know the circumstances behind it. Attributing it as a feat is ridiculous, since you could easily write that feat off as better than probably anyone has ever did ever. The reality is we don't know what happened, but Filoni has commented that a lot went down. It's just as possible Ahsoka Tano helped shield Vader as a final sacrificial act.
That is why we go with Occam's Razor. The temple blew up with Vader right in the middle of the blast. Later on Vader is seen walking out of the ruins, injured but very much alive. The conclusion to draw from that is painfully obvious; anything else is baseless speculation.
Legends Vader has arguably better feats anyway.
Originally posted by DarthAnt66
I wonder if their feats would transfer fluidity into a TV or film setting, or if they are exaggerated like the microseries was in the eyes of Canon creators like Dave Filoni. I'm inclined to believe the latter, since we know from the TV series that a character of Dooku's power would be unable to shield himself or telekinetically dominate thirty pirates trying to attack him without a lightsaber.
Probably considering Dark Jedi Lycan killed a casino full of about 30+ beings without even making a gesture and there's instances of guys taking on near or greater than 30 people in Legends.
Ya know the thing that gets me the most is....of all things, why pirates?.
I'm more confused than mad about it, though it still bothers me.
They could have done that a little better, mercenaries would have made a little more sense and would been better.