Among the Jedi, Yoda was #1 with Mace/Dooku at #2.
But Mace's showing against Sidious muddies the waters a bit, because a Dooku-level fighter would have been throttled by Sidious.
Though IIRC in canon Mace wasn't given the clear win against Sidious. They kind of left it ambiguous as to whether or not Mace legitimately beat him.
Can't say I agree with that one. We don't have any evidence that a high level force user can just pummel another high level force user yet tbh.
Vaapad's ability to re-direct power in canon is also seriously in question considering it's never mentioned along side Vaapad in canon.
There's a source saying that Yoda is the most powerful Jedi though, and what I wonder is how are we defining powerful here, is that overall or just the force? 😑
Nothing suggests Sidious threw the lightsaber duel. I believe he feigned weakness when he was disarmed to force Anakin to choose though.
Mace even said it himself: “Mace’s blade bent so close to his face that he was choking on ozone, ‘Anakin, he’s too strong for me’”
If Sidious hadn’t let up and feigned weakness he would have killed Mace, but he needed Anakin to choose.
Originally posted by xPRIMExIs that from the novel?
Nothing suggests Sidious threw the lightsaber duel. I believe he feigned weakness when he was disarmed to force Anakin to choose though.Mace even said it himself: “Mace’s blade bent so close to his face that he was choking on ozone, ‘Anakin, he’s too strong for me’”
If Sidious hadn’t let up and feigned weakness he would have killed Mace, but he needed Anakin to choose.
Originally posted by relentless1That quote from the canon Fact File I posted earlier says he was the top duelist but I can't find the scan.
Yoda is number one overall, this is stated from several sources that worked on the PT films.
Sidious threw the fight with Mace in order to force a choice from Anakin.
I think Sidious also held back in a lightsaber duel, let alone all out. He was stalling, calculating to happen exactly as it happened. Stalling in a lightsaber duel, then playing to be defeated and weak (again it was just stalling)... he did everything because of Anakin... for Anakin to choose. When Sidious duel Windu, he never had intention to defeat Windu, he never planned to kill Windu during the fight, just to create circumstances for Anakin to chose. It would be a different story if Sidious went all out with lightsaber without having in mind to get Anakin on his side.
Yoda wins against Windu in every category.