Originally posted by BrolyBlack
Explain how Rey was amped
Originally posted by The_Tempest
Yeah, I'm only citing the novel to corroborate stuff the film clearly depicts. We see from the film alone that Rey and Ben are helpless against Sidious even before he's restored, since he manhandles them with the Force and they're helpless against him.All the canon novelization does is literally spell it out with words what we literally see on-screen.
Same thing for Rey's amp at the end of the movie. Sidious says he's "all the Sith," but we don't see him commune with the spirits of any Sith. Instead, we see Rey try to establish communication with the ghosts of Jedi past at both the beginning and end of the film.
Then we see her experience a vision where she hears voices from Jedi past (including people she's never met before, like Mace Windu, Yoda, Kanan, Anakin, etc.).
Then she goes from being curbstomped by a weakened Sidious to being able to stand toe-to-toe with a restored Sidious. The amp is there, the novel just provides written words to corroborate.
Palpatine is definitely #1. The power he held was clearly his alone, and not some one-off/temporary amp.
Rey /w/ Jedi amp is #2. She at least had enough power in that moment to momentarily shield herself from 'omni-Sith' Palpatine's lightning and deflect it back onto him.
Not going to bother trying to rank any others, because sticking to "films only" in the new canon system seems silly to be. All material published since 2014 is on equal footing with the films, and really has to be considered when trying to put a list like this together with any sort of accuracy.
Originally posted by Galan007
Palpatine is definitely #1. The power he held was clearly his alone, and not some one-off/temporary amp.Rey /w/ Jedi amp is #2. She at least had enough power in that moment to momentarily shield herself from 'omni-Sith' Palpatine's lightning and deflect it back onto him.
Not going to bother trying to rank any others, because sticking to "films only" in the new canon system seems silly to be. All material published since 2014 is on equal footing with the films, and really has to be considered when trying to put a list like this together with any sort of accuracy.
Agreed with the above, but in this case the lack of novelization doesn't muddy the waters. The book simply puts in words what the movie puts on screen.
Originally posted by Bashar Teg
I agree that she was second only to palpatine while amped, I'm not sure she qualifies as a rightful #2; due to said amplification
Fair enough. If Rey isn't #2, then I'd probably go with Yoda or Mace.