Yoda vs. Vader [canon]

Started by Scizard6 pages

This is a canon thread so that no longer applies, give Vader a few more years and he would've surpassed ROTJ Sidious.

Originally posted by Scizard
This is a canon thread so that no longer applies, give Vader a few more years and he would've surpassed ROTJ Sidious.
Speculative nonsense. Luke was better than his father in every way per RotJ.

Not speculative it’s canon

Originally posted by xPRIMEx
Not speculative it’s canon
It never occurred so it is coulda, woulda, shoulda. Kylo did not need decades to kill his master.

It’s canon that Vader was a better duelist

Originally posted by xPRIMEx
It’s canon that Vader was a better duelist
Sidious did not duel since RotS. He was force powers or bust. Luke destroyed him in sabers. Further proof Kylo is the best duelist of all time. Thanks.

Originally posted by Total Warrior
Giving RotS Sheev a great fight, disarming Ventress easily with TK, lifting a mountain. Never seen Vader ragdolling anyone as easily as Yoda did Ventress
Tbf...

Vader is canonically listed above Sheev in sabers. I know a lot of people hate that, but it is what it is.

I reckon peak Vader could do the same thing to season 1 Ventress.

The mountain feat is a massive outlier -- even if taken at face value, it was still implied to be a 'oneness' moment. A guy who can legitimately move mountains wouldn't be bothered by Senate pods.

Sidious lost to Windu in a duel and disarmed by yoda. He was formidable by his force powers more so than with a saber imo. Yoda was better than sidious with a saber too not that he won despite disarming Sidious due to his fl and pod positioning.

Originally posted by quanchi112
Further proof Kylo is the best duelist of all time.

lol I wish

I tought that the mountain feat was debunked. Something with the mountain being alive.

Originally posted by quanchi112
Sidious lost to Windu in a duel and disarmed by yoda. He was formidable by his force powers more so than with a saber imo. Yoda was better than sidious with a saber too not that he won despite disarming Sidious due to his fl and pod positioning.

Agreed actually. I have Sidious below Yoda in sabers, but I think Vader might still win. It’s pretty telling that Yoda and Kenobi never attempted to kill Vader again, and there are quotes that say Vader was second in power only to Sidious.

Canon Sidious>Canon Yoda in sabers.

Originally posted by Sheev
Canon Sidious>Canon Yoda in sabers.
He was disarmed in the films and beaten by Windu. Just accept it.

Originally posted by xPRIMEx
lol I wish
I am not joking. His training, his feats, his power, his obsessive quest for power. The new trilogy was more powerful in tech, hero, villains, mega weapinsm etc. it is the Disney way.

Originally posted by xPRIMEx
Agreed actually. I have Sidious below Yoda in sabers, but I think Vader might still win. It’s pretty telling that Yoda and Kenobi never attempted to kill Vader again, and there are quotes that say Vader was second in power only to Sidious.
Hard to probably catch them alone. They were backed by an empire.

Yoda never disarmed Sidious in canon.

Vader doesn't scale down to Luke. Luke scales up to Vader. Even if that's far-fetched it is what the story demands it be, not like Star Wars really has a major focus on long training or power ranking anyway.

Pretty sure Yoda trained for weeks just to use the specific stone power on a specific stone mountain.

And Vader is said to be > Sidious as a duelist.

Originally posted by Scizard
Yoda never disarmed Sidious in canon.

Vader doesn't scale down to Luke. Luke scales up to Vader. Even if that's far-fetched it is what the story demands it be, not like Star Wars really has a major focus on long training or power ranking anyway.

Pretty sure Yoda trained for weeks just to use the specific stone power on a specific stone mountain.

And Vader is said to be > Sidious as a duelist.

So you believe he just dropped his saber. Really.

Luke won Vader did not. Palpatine wanted the better, younger more powerful Skywalker not the older, worn out one.

Yoda never lost to Luke or Kenobi. Vader on the field of battle lost a lot.

Originally posted by quanchi112
So you believe he just dropped his saber. Really.

Luke won Vader did not. Palpatine wanted the better, younger more powerful Skywalker not the older, worn out one.

Yoda never lost to Luke or Kenobi. Vader on the field of battle lost a lot.

In the canon ROTJ novelisation Vader is pushing back Luke until he uses the dark side, so it's only through a dark side amp that Vader is beaten.

Losing at the hand of Kenobi is 2 decades pre-prime, that had an advantage due to his familiarity with Anakin's form which he changed after his injuries.

If we're playing it like that I can just say oh yeah Yoda got knocked out by a bunch of kids throwning stones at him w/o mentioning the specific circumstances.

Originally posted by Scizard

And Vader is said to be > Sidious as a duelist.

Source never really specifies which iteration that is. But by ROTJ that's probably true. Yes. But ROTS Sidious still demolishes him. There's really no reason to think they wouldn't utilize the latest iteration of Sidious possible in that list.

They also list maul and Dooku, so it’s pretty clear that it means across all eras