Mace objectively did worse, against a much weaker version of Sidious, as explained in the CV post:
Originally posted by Galan007
Vader is certainly more powerful now than ever -- this newfound control he's gained over his emotions/hatred seems to have provided a substantial boost(as Palpatine himself mentioned.) That said, I personally still view Palpatine as notably superior... Once he FL-TK'd Vader against the wall, he [Vader] was pretty much glued there for the rest of the skirmish, and had to rely on outside 'assistance' to get out of that situation. The impressive part was Vader blocking the FL with one arm while he was TK'ing the droids with his other arm.
Granted, Vader is obviously closer to Palpatine's level now, but does this showing necessarily prove that Vader and Palpatine have relative power? Not really, imo. Palpatine is still >. The only question is how much '>' he is. /shrug
But anyway, this issue again solidifies that Vader was at his peak by RotJ. 👆
Originally posted by Galan007
Also, the final pages implied that even with Vader's newfound powerup, he still realized that he wasn't capable of defeating Palpatine alone -- hence while he allowed the scourge to incorporate into his system immediately afterward:
https://ibb.co/j4JZfFy
https://ibb.co/DDpHG5t
"Now you see... You cannot defeat him alone... You need me."
Originally posted by Sheev
Other thing to consider is how Sidious has dealt with the force wave in general compared to Vader. Vader is just now BARELY learning how to maintain control with the wild fluctuations in the force, and he seems pressed to do so. Meanwhile, Sidious doesn't seem like he's been affected at all by it due to his superior control.
Originally posted by Underachiever59
Weirdly enough, I feel this is actually a worse showing for Vader than when he confronted Palpatine much earlier in the run. Last time Palpatine was blasting lightning at Vader, Vader still managed to advance on him, pushing through the lightning and almost reaching him before Mas Amedda and the Red Guard stepped in to distract Vader. This time around, Vader was on his back foot the whole time Palpatine was blasting away at him. Sure, it's impressive that Vader was able to block the lightning with one hand and use the Force with the other, but nothing he did really depicted him pushing Palpatine. Instead, Vader just forced Palpatine to break off his focus on Vader to deal with the scourge. Of Vader's many confrontations with Palpatine since the 2020 comic runs started, this is one of the less impressive ones in my eyes.
But in here, Vader is capable of blocking Palpatine's lightning while Tks a large area. Not saying this fight is necessarily better than the last one, just feel it's not necessarily a worse showing
Originally posted by qwertyuiop1998
Yeah, Palpatine is able to control the force wave due to he is stronger than Vader(and other force sensitives). So he neither suffered agony or was out of control of his power
Originally posted by xPRIMEx
I’d wouldn’t say Palpatine is necessarily stronger, it’s just that he has greater mastery/control of his power.
Originally posted by Underachiever59
Weirdly enough, I feel this is actually a worse showing for Vader than when he confronted Palpatine much earlier in the run. Last time Palpatine was blasting lightning at Vader, Vader still managed to advance on him, pushing through the lightning and almost reaching him before Mas Amedda and the Red Guard stepped in to distract Vader. This time around, Vader was on his back foot the whole time Palpatine was blasting away at him. Sure, it's impressive that Vader was able to block the lightning with one hand and use the Force with the other, but nothing he did really depicted him pushing Palpatine. Instead, Vader just forced Palpatine to break off his focus on Vader to deal with the scourge. Of Vader's many confrontations with Palpatine since the 2020 comic runs started, this is one of the less impressive ones in my eyes.
Originally posted by xPRIMEx
How? Vader blocked ROTJ Sidious lightning with one hand, while simultaneously ragdolling death troopers. Mace struggled with both hands, against a much weaker version of Sidious that wasn’t even using his full power.
ROTS Sidious being weaker than ROTJ Sidious is factually sound (though I'm not sure about how much weaker).
But subjective part comes in because Mace disarmed Sheev in Sabers and "seemingly" had an opportunity to kill him. Whether Mace could have actually killed him or not is a debate that's gone on for decades. Whilst everyone agrees here Vader could not have killed Sidious on his own (eve though he did 😂 ).
Well I’m not talking about mace beating Palps in sabers, that’s not really relevant if you compare to Vader’s fight because they didn’t even duel. I’m comparing how they did blocking the lightning, and Vader did much better there. He was able to block with one hand while also dealing with the death troopers. Mace struggled with both hands. And it’s confirmed that Palps was holding back and feigning weakness during that part.
ROTS Sidious's lightning also blew Yoda's saber out of his hands (and Yoda had a two handed grip). So this is definitely a notable feat for Vader considering ROTJ Sidious > ROTS Sidious.
But like others have said, Sidious is still more powerful than Vader. They might be in the same ballpark, but Vader isn't beating Sidious solo.
Originally posted by Sheev
ROTS Sidious's lightning also blew Yoda's saber out of his hands (and Yoda had a two handed grip). So this is definitely a notable feat for Vader considering ROTJ Sidious > ROTS Sidious.But like others have said, Sidious is still more powerful than Vader. They might be in the same ballpark, but Vader isn't beating Sidious solo.
I've just read the whole issue and not just he panels posted here or on comicvine and tbh thinking that Vader and Palpatine are relative after this issue is reaching at extreme levels, to use an euphemism.
First of all, Palpatine isn't in the slightest worried about Vader, the comic vine thread posted the pic of Sid ordering Vader's ship to be destroyed, which is the only panel where he looks concerned, but tbh considering what happened before and after that panel I think it's more likely Palpy was more worried about Vader's ship carrying the droid scourge and heading to the centre of Coruscant, rather than Vader himself being there.
Anyway for the rest of the issue Vader did too little to assume they're in the same tier. He managed to block Sid's lighting one time, a feat master Tiplar also managed to achieve when she fought Dooku in SoD. Vader was then pushed against a wall, but then he is seen standing up again and blocking the lightning... it's not clear if Palp went easy on him, allowed him to get up (like he did after force pushing Maul and Savage against a wall) and then attacked him again, or if Vader stood up on his own, but tbh that's all Vader managed to do: blocking lightning and being on the defensive, which is something weak characters managed to do in canon more than once. What's worse is that Sid did all that while being extremely casual. We also have Sid stating he will always be stronger than vader and even the droid saying Vader is weaker so...
If Vader is a relative to Sidious after this fight then Master Tiplar is a relative to Dooku, the Grand Inquisitor is a relative to Vader, or literally any Jedi Vader fought is relative to him.
The only thing we can assume for sure is that Vader has become a bit stronger than before due to gaining better control over his hate, that's it
Originally posted by Total Warrior
I've just read the whole issue and not just he panels posted here or on comicvine and tbh thinking that Vader and Palpatine are relative after this issue is reaching at extreme levels, to use an euphemism.First of all, Palpatine isn't in the slightest worried about Vader, the comic vine thread posted the pic of Sid ordering Vader's ship to be destroyed, which is the only panel where he looks concerned, but tbh considering what happened before and after that panel I think it's more likely Palpy was more worried about Vader's ship carrying the droid scourge and heading to the centre of Coruscant, rather than Vader himself being there.
Anyway for the rest of the issue Vader did too little to assume they're in the same tier. He managed to block Sid's lighting one time, a feat master Tiplar also managed to achieve when she fought Dooku in SoD. Vader was then pushed against a wall, but then he is seen standing up again and blocking the lightning... it's not clear if Palp went easy on him, allowed him to get up (like he did after force pushing Maul and Savage against a wall) and then attacked him again, or if Vader stood up on his own, but tbh that's all Vader managed to do: blocking lightning and being on the defensive, which is something weak characters managed to do in canon more than once. What's worse is that Sid did all that while being extremely casual. We also have Sid stating he will always be stronger than vader and even the droid saying Vader is weaker so...
If Vader is a relative to Sidious after this fight then Master Tiplar is a relative to Dooku, the Grand Inquisitor is a relative to Vader, or literally any Jedi Vader fought is relative to him.
The only thing we can assume for sure is that Vader has become a bit stronger than before due to gaining better control over his hate, that's it