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He's going to sense Kun charging up a force blast? Doubtful. No doubt he senses someone, but he isn't going to have the luxury of strolling through the door to an opponent like Dooku, who isn't allowed to kill him. If this is the same scenario as RotS, Kun knows Skywalker is coming and one-shots him.
Originally posted by RealistRacism
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Context? Let's just look at two from Nova's respect thread:
Gillard also reports that the duel will explain how Obi-Wan is able to defeat his protege, even though Anakin has been established as the most powerful Jedi who ever lived.
Combative context.
"Skywalker is arguably the most powerful Jedi alive, and he is still getting stronger."
Clearly not talking about potential, given the "arguably" qualifier and "still getting stronger".
Now you could argue that Exar Kun wins through greater mastery, sorcery, or something, but you'd have quite the steep hill to climb because we're talking about an absolutely astronomical gap in actualized power (given that Exar Kun is far below SF Malak). Anakin has far better dueling feats, and Exar Kun hasn't actually done much with his sorcery or force abilities off-nexus against well-established characters. I'm inclined to take Skywalker, then, on his far greater raw power and established combat feats, which include absolutely tooling Dooku in a matter of seconds where the Sith Lord couldn't do anything and was basically described by Stover as being helpless in every possible way.
Originally posted by RealistRacism
He's going to sense Kun charging up a force blast? Doubtful. No doubt he senses someone, but he isn't going to have the luxury of strolling through the door to an opponent like Dooku, who isn't allowed to kill him. If this is the same scenario as RotS, Kun knows Skywalker is coming and one-shots him.
Originally posted by The Ellimist
Context? Let's just look at two from Nova's respect thread:- The Making of Revenge of the Sith
Combative context.
- Revenge of the Sith novelization
Clearly not talking about potential, given the "arguably" qualifier and "still getting stronger".
Now you could argue that Exar Kun wins through greater mastery, sorcery, or something, but you'd have quite the steep hill to climb because we're talking about an absolutely astronomical gap in actualized power (given that Exar Kun is far below SF Malak). Anakin has far better dueling feats, and Exar Kun hasn't actually done much with his sorcery or force abilities off-nexus against well-established characters. I'm inclined to take Skywalker, then, on his far greater raw power and established combat feats, which include absolutely tooling Dooku in a matter of seconds where the Sith Lord couldn't do anything and was basically described by Stover as being helpless in every possible way.
Thanks for already pointing out the 'arguably.' It may be argued that Anakin's the most powerful Jedi who ever lived, but based on all available evidence, I don't think that's true. George's quote claiming that you need to be Yoda or Mace to compete with the Emperor, with Anakin having his chance to do so some time in the future, is telling. There's also Sidious telling Yoda: "Darth Vader will become more powerful than either of us." Obviously pointing to superiority in the future. If Malak is above Kun, then Malak is above Anakin.
Anakin's better duelling feats are what? Regarding Dooku, this is after the Count had been duelling both Kenobi and Anakin and was exhausted, whilst Anakin was "getting stronger." So he has superior stamina to Dooku when he draws on his rage? This is the point you're going with to prove superiority to Kun, who can stalemate the greatest Jedi of his era potentially *for hours*?