Originally posted by samappo
Lucas says in the making of Ep 3. that you need to be Mace or Yoda to CONTEST with Sidious. He added that [b]If Anakin hadn't gotten beaten up on Mustafar, he would've beaten the emperor.Not sure if Lucas meant like straight away or in the future, but I'm more inclined to believe the former. [/B]
Yes thats up for interpretation. But when we add in Gillards rankings from The Making of ROTS, and the Mortis arc from TCW, it seems pretty clear Peak Anakin is capable of competing with the likes of Yoda and Palpatine.