Darth Vader vs Novel Vitiate

Originally posted by Rockydonovang
👆 Zen's excuses are irrelevant

Not really excusing it, other mediums I don't really mind it because Dave doesn't have control over those.

But when he says that he doesn't want Force Users being superhero like and then turns right around with Vader withstanding a huge superweapon explosion apparently....well then you see where there's confusion.

I mean he is helming the Rebels show after all, so...consistency with his words and what is on screen would be nice. Are Force Users superhero like now or are they not?

Which is it Dave? I'm more questioning his stance on things, than the feat itself.

feloni works in mysterious ways

Originally posted by Zenwolf
But when he says that he doesn't want Force Users being superhero like and then turns right around with Vader withstanding a huge superweapon explosion apparently....well then you see where there's confusion.

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
Or could it be he didn't resist it. mmm

Why I said apparently, frankly there's not much to see what actually went on. We just get the explosion and then the aftermath, nothing inbetween.

I'm sure it'll be elaborated on somewhere...at some point. But I mean since people wanna believe this, well...for now.

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
Or could it be he didn't resist it. mmm

Originally posted by Zenwolf
Why I said apparently, frankly there's not much to see what actually went on. We just get the explosion and then the aftermath, nothing inbetween.

I'm sure it'll be elaborated on somewhere...at some point. But I mean since people wanna believe this, well...for now.

That obelisk was certainly a triggering mechanism for the superweapon (i.e. the Dark Temple itself) but it could only be activated through the holocron (in possession of Ezra) and she removed it on time after learning that something was off.

Abrupt removal of holocron destabilized the triggering mechanism (however) and the obelisk in question exploded consequently. And we see that it did not cause much damage since much of the Temple was intact and Darth Vader and Ahsoka Tano walked out from it.

Originally posted by carthage
Vader withstood the explosion of Cymoon 1,

Originally posted by carthage
Palpatine's lightning,

Originally posted by carthage
the explosion of the Sith superweapon, fire from AT-ATS

Originally posted by carthage
Vitiate's lightning isn't doing shit.

Revan - a peer of Darth Nihilus in strength - and capable of countering Darth Nihilus's powers without breaking a sweat who in turn overwhelmed Lord Scourge and Meetra Surik simultaneously among which Surik was able to tackle Darth Traya who in turn destroyed 3 of the renowned Jedi Masters of her time in a fight - was not able to withstand Vitiate's powers and would have been reduced to a pile of ash if T3-M4 had not intervened.

A single bolt of Vitiate is potent enough to instantly disable/fry a military-grade aircraft. His charged attack would be relatively much more potent.

Sorry my friend, Darth Vader doesn't stands a chance here.

And tanking conventional explosions is an entirely different kind of feat than tanking Force lightning with entirely different set of defenses coming into play in both cases.

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
Because it suggests that the blast wasn't what it's implied to be if the temple was still intact. 😬

Seems like a pretty ****ing weak blast.

Or the temple was really durable 🙂