Luke's feat in Dark Nest

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Luke's feat in Dark Nest

But this time Luke was ready, he placed his own hand in front of Raynar's, rooted himself in the heart of the force. And when he did that he became the very essence of the immovable object. Nothing could dislodge him; not one of Lando's asteroid tuggers, not the Megador's 16 ion engines, not the blackhole at the center of the galaxy itself. Luke stood that way waiting, fully aware that the remaining bugcrunchers were moving into defensive positions.

This doesn't sound like hyperbole to me. mmm You don't usually double down on hyperbole and go out of your way to basically say "hey I actually mean this", at least not in the tone of the narrator here. It isn't that hard to believe given that Luke was fighting UnuThul, who had the Force potential of the entire Killik species:

The pain of losing an arm might have forced a common Jedi to stop fighting, but Raynar was no common Jedi. He had the Force potential of the Colony to draw on, and he did that now, swinging his remaining hand up to hurl Luke down the corridor as he had done before.

of trillions to draw on:

The Chiss would grow even bolder and attack deeper into Colony territory. Trillions of Killiks and millions of Chiss would die, and the war would continue more ferociously than before.

and had bent entire turbolaser barrages:


A few moments later a turbolaser barrage streaked toward the frigate. A deep pang of sorrow washed over Leia as she awaited the coming explosion. Whatever Raynar had become among the Killiks, he had once been a Jedi and a close friend of her children, and she knew that his loss would leave her feeling empty and dismal.

Then, as the strike neared Raynar's vessel, the dark weight inside vanished, and Leia's strength surged back. Still gasping, she was about to report who was aboard, but the turbolaser barrage suddenly veered away and blossomed in empty space.

Grendyl cried out in astonishment, a murmur of disbelief rose from the survivors on the command deck, and Leia finally understood why the Killik gunners were such bad shots.

They weren't trying to hit the Ackbar.

When the second volley of turbolaser fire also veered away at the last instant, Bwua'tu narrowed his eyes and turned to Leia.

"What is it?" he asked. "Some sort of new shield?"

Leia shook her head. "It's Raynar Thul," she said. "And I think he's coming to take your ship."

turbolasers have been described as lightspeed weapons (with sublight tracers) in the AOTC: ICS, and to my knowledge no technological construct has managed to do this except for Centerpoint Station:

Turbolaser fire curved impossibly; one blast bent back on itself, slamming into the shields of the cruiser that had fired it.

- LOTF Fury

The language implying that curving turbolaser fire is basically impossible.

Is this the best combat feat in Star Wars? If not, it's a strong contender IMHO. Thoughts?

So:

-Luke and Kyp both moved artificial singularities
-Luke ragdolled a guy who drew on the Force potential of trillions to bat aside turbolaser barrages
-Luke is suggested to be immovable by the black hole at the the centre of the galaxy

Yeah pretty badass.

Oh yeah thanks for reminding me, Luke then ragdolls UnuThul:

Luke did not budge, and finally Raynar stopped struggling and met his eyes with a stunned and anguished gaze.

The Master sighed and shook his head. “What am I going to do with you, Raynar Thul?” he asked. “You learn nothing from your mistakes.”

Luke deactivated his lightsaber and picked Raynar up by the collar and slammed him against the wall. He used the Force to pin him there, waiting for an answer to his question, watching as the expression in his captive’s pained eyes turned from astonishment to anger to calculation.

He also stomps Lomi Plo right after that.

Luke is supreme.