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Episode 6 Ben Kenobi from Kenobi
ROTS Dooku

force sabers all out

Good one! sabers kenobi but force powers probably Dooku...

Kenobi ragdolled Vader, so unless you think Dooku > Vader, I don't see why Obi-Wan would lose the Force battle.

Assuming Ben after his resolve was strengthened by his desire to protect Luke and Leia. If that's the case, then absolutely Ben.

I was waiting to make this thread myself!

Honestly, I'm split. In many ways, I still view their battle from ep 6 very similar to rots. The whole theme of the show and how they portray Anakin's weakness is his need for victory blinds him and so long as he feels the need to prove himself, he will always be the learner. Episode 5 of Kenobi drew great parallels between the flashback and how present day, it's clearly still the case. Vader in Kenobi still has a lot to learn.

Even after their duel in episode 6, he's telling Sidious he'll stop at nothing to find him, showing that even after all the events of the Kenobi TV show, he's still blinded by his need for victory. Sidious confirms this when he says something along the lines of how he feels Vader's feelings have clouded his judgement, and he questions if he can let go of the past. It's only when Vader is able to let go of his past that Vader truly swallows Anakin (for the most part until rotj). By ANH, he tells Obi-wan that he's the master - he has finally overcome his weaknesses and will destroy him. To me, THAT is peak Vader.

These weaknesses, coupled with the fact that Kenobi/Vader still know their fighting styles inside and out (Kenobi ep 6 duel clearly shows this), has me believing that Kenobi is still the inferior duelist, but is STILL the master and finds a way to win via taking advantage of Vader's weaknesses. He does this in the physical sense too, as he attacks his central control panel, which was a huge turning point in that duel.

Therefore, I feel Kenobi would still be beat by the likes of Dooku. The REAL question to me is, how would ep 6 Kenobi stack up against rots Kenobi? I for one feel he scales above him, as he was able to defeat a more powerful Vader.

I can still be convinced otherwise, but I feel the underlying themes of the story helped me arrive to my opinion.

I mean, that sounds nice and all but simply not what happened. Kenobi beat Vader through brute force not some clever trick when Vader was blinded by his own hatred. Kenobi simply hurled hundreds of boulders at Vader and Vader was all but helpless before that onslaught.

He got clean shots on Vader 100%, not taking anything away from him. He beat Vader twice now, ****ed him up even more and gave him that nice little scar we see on his head at the end of rotj. There's more than just sheer power/dueling ability that goes into the outcome of sw fights - honestly, it's more about what's driving the story.

If Vader didn't have cybernetics, that would have been no different than punches to the gut. I think Kenobi is smart enough to realize that's a weakness of Vader. They both had their displays of force power in the duel, but in my mind, the control panel was the turning point.

In terms of sheer power and dueling abilities:

OT Vader > Rebels Vader > maybe rebels/ANH obi-wan? >rots Anakin > Dooku > "Kenobi" Obi-wan > rots obi-wan

In the end, Dooku is a true Master of the dark side, and doesn't have the same weaknesses as Vader to exploit. Coupled with the fact Dooku is very familiar with Kenobi's fighting style (canon), I don't think Kenobi would beat Dooku even now.

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Wasn't it said that Rebels!Vader is in fact a prime Vader?

Anyway, there is no answer at the moment. Many depends of the authors. For example, Stover and Luceno. First is the one to make Force users more OP, in his mind those guys are fast as lightning. Luceno doesn't like it as much. So, Stover's version of any character will be stronger then Luceno's. But there are other differences between them: for example, Stover agrees with prievous concept of Lucas, that Anakin lost much of his powers, potential I mean, on Mustafar. Luceno, on the other hand, suggested that those were just a mental blockades in Vader's mind. His final version of Vader would possibly has inferior showings to Stover's Vader, yet he would be still more powerful.

Filoni at some point believed, that ROTJ Luke was inferior to guys like Fisto. Now he possibly changed his mind, yet if it would be and younger Filoni and he would be a director... hard to tell what the outcome would be.

Anyway, it's not an answer, but one clear thing for me is:

ROTS Anakin/Vader > ROTS Dooku > ROTS/Kenobi!Kenobi > Kenobi! Vader

At least in dueling.

Originally posted by ares834
I mean, that sounds nice and all but simply not what happened. Kenobi beat Vader through brute force not some clever trick when Vader was blinded by his own hatred. Kenobi simply hurled hundreds of boulders at Vader and Vader was all but helpless before that onslaught.

This. After the AOTC flashback, I thought Obi-Wan would outsmart Vader or take advantage of his overconfidence or something. I never imagined Kenobi would just overpower him (both physically and with the Force) and beat him down. I honestly felt sorry for Vader at the end.

Originally posted by Psychotron
This. After the AOTC flashback, I thought Obi-Wan would outsmart Vader or take advantage of his overconfidence or something. I never imagined Kenobi would just overpower him (both physically and with the Force) and beat him down. I honestly felt sorry for Vader at the end.


Its clear Kenobi got a serious upgrade.

Even the flash back scene in the same series shows Anakin was always stronger, but Kenobi might just outmanoeuvre him.

But the Kenobi finale Ben was just a different beast altogether.

How/Why he got that upgrade though was pretty lazy writing.

Kenobi beat the shit out of Vader, imo Obi-Wan was out-dueling him the entire fight.

It's Vader's fault for not being able to protect his control panel, Obi-Wan took advantage of a weakness, as most people do in a fight they really want/need to win, fictional or otherwise.

Originally posted by Jmanghan
Kenobi beat the shit out of Vader, imo Obi-Wan was out-dueling him the entire fight.

It's Vader's fault for not being able to protect his control panel, Obi-Wan took advantage of a weakness, as most people do in a fight they really want/need to win, fictional or otherwise.

true plus Vaders feelings got in the way which declined his force powers further.. i think when Obi also threw the rocks on Vader i think that also stuffed up vaders breathing apparatus slightly.. i think i heard a slight weeze in his breath but have to re watch that part

Dooku in a neutral scenario

Not sure Dooku could win even before he got into the zone.

Like Jmanghan said, Kenobi was outduelling Vader the entire fight.

If Kenobi is in full "I must protect the childrens" mode, he should sweep Dooku.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
Not sure Dooku could win even before he got into the zone.

Like Jmanghan said, Kenobi was outduelling Vader the entire fight.

Even Vader stated that Kenobi regained his strneght. That suggest that he was beating Vader while he was about his level in ROTS. And that suggest that Vader is "crippled half-mashine half-man".

Anyway, that stupid, silly "sword ranking" that puts Vader above Palpatine is not even funny now. Rather pathetic.

Dooku would still ragoll him... Dooku has his number and are you forgetting that Obi-Wan was a childs play to Dooku.

And what was so impressive about force powers in Episode 6? Vader feat in Episode 5 was fas more impressive.

Disney just wanted to embarass Vader and nothing else.

I dunno guys, im now questioning if Obi-Wan at the end of ROTS when he beat Anakin was on the same level as Obi-Wan at the beginning of ROTS when Dooku beat him.

I mean the guy can level up mid fight, let alone in the span of an entire film.

It's rather suggested that in that final fight Vader was below his standard level.

Originally posted by Galan007
If Kenobi is in full "I must protect the childrens" mode, he should sweep Dooku.

Flashbacks of Leia (with one obligatory flashback of Luke) make Obi-Wan have the best TK showings in the entire Jedi Order and mysteriously rob Vader of his own superior TK showings. It also causes +10 to Vader Uncertainty, and causes Vader to suck at fighting.

P.S: the choreography in Kenobi is utterly stupid. I know the PT basically turned the Jedi into wushu-meets-Errol-Flynn morons, but Kenobi has everyone fight like they're afraid of breaking a nail.

Originally posted by ozz81
true plus Vaders feelings got in the way which declined his force powers further..

Yeah, he looked SO weak when he was ripping apart that ship...

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
Flashbacks of Leia (with one obligatory flashback of Luke) make Obi-Wan have the best TK showings in the entire Jedi Order and mysteriously rob Vader of his own superior TK showings. It also causes +10 to Vader Uncertainty, and causes Vader to suck at fighting.

P.S: the choreography in Kenobi is utterly stupid. I know the PT basically turned the Jedi into wushu-meets-Errol-Flynn morons, but Kenobi has everyone fight like they're afraid of breaking a nail.
i thought kenobi vs vader was fantastic cherography and really what the prequel fights should have looked more like

It makes sense they'd be afriad of breaking a nail since they're literally dealing with death sticks

Originally posted by Rockydonovang
i thought kenobi vs vader was fantastic cherography and really what the prequel fights should have looked more like

It makes sense they'd be afriad of breaking a nail since they're literally dealing with death sticks

I've seen people disagree with me, but really it's because the fighting is better than the ST and that's a bar so low it might as well be a tripwire.

The problem with Kenobi series fights is a few things, so I'll clarify:

1. Vader moves badly in the suit. This is a big one. A lot of his dodges and movements seem to be Hayden compensating for a lack of peripheral vision and ease of movement in the suit. IIRC he's gone on record as saying it's hot and heavy to work in, and that's going to limit his ability. Really, this is a callback to the OT's Vader outfit and how it limited David Prowse's ability to move his arms much above shoulder level. The difference is David Prowse was a massive, strong man and he carried the weight better and knew how to make his greater weight impactful in his acting style. When watching Kenobi, I was struck by how jerky and fast-paced Hayden came across compared to the gravitas and intimidation of Prowse's Vader.

In turn, Prowse could use his greater strength to compensate for less flashy moves. At one point while filming ANH, he tagged Alec Guinness so hard the guy went flying. Vader's dueling style, largely one handed, worked in the OT because a strongman was in the suit. Hayden's just an above average height dude with a modest build, and he just doesn't quite match up.

2. There's some good thrusts in the fights and even some good ripostes, but a lot of what happens is badly telegraphed. You see Vader, Obi, and Reva dodging in almost real time to attacks that are supposed to be Jedi quick. There's a sense of no one is in good shape, or they're slowed down by their outfits, and so everyone's waddling around like overweight LARPers, trying to dodge attacks and look cool. Reva's super spin attack which took all of three seconds to charge up was casually dealt with by Vader and it just took me out of the fight.


3. The fights are too damn dark, ffs and zoomed out at the wrong times. Or shaky cam. All of this takes you out of the fight and ruins its flow. The difference between say, even a PT fight and a Kenobi fight is how the former actually convinces you there's some people near each other, fighting. Kenobi sometimes comes off as badly post-processed found-footage.

Really, my standards are a bit high these days. I've seen better duels replicated by fans, or actual fencers/swordsmen who are interested in the subject.

Actually, if you haven't seen it already, there's a really good YT video here of a more realistic lightsaber duel, complete with more traditional choreography. It's less than five minutes long and arguably has a better premise than anything I've seen since Disney took over.

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
Flashbacks of Leia (with one obligatory flashback of Luke) make Obi-Wan have the best TK showings in the entire Jedi Order and mysteriously rob Vader of his own superior TK showings.



Yeah it really was a very lazy way to have Kenobi powering up a level or two.

Originally posted by Psychotron
This. After the AOTC flashback, I thought Obi-Wan would outsmart Vader or take advantage of his overconfidence or something. I never imagined Kenobi would just overpower him (both physically and with the Force) and beat him down. I honestly felt sorry for Vader at the end.

I hear ya.

However, even in the flashback, we see Kenobi turning the tables on Anakin without even having a saber to fight with. Visually, it appears Kenobi just straight out beat him in combat. However, the whole purpose of that flashback (and that episode as a whole) was to show how so long as Anakin/Vader feels the need to prove himself, he will always be the learner. His sole focus on victory is what blinds him. That came straight from Kenobi's mouth. Kenobi appeared to just flat out beat him in their present-day second fight too by smashing his control panel - the overall theme of Anakin's weaknesses are the same.

These instances are the only time Kenobi "stands a chance," as he very much made it clear in the flashback that under NORMAL circumstances, Kenobi doesn't stand a chance - the only way that Anakin/Vader loses to Kenobi is when he beats himself.

While the show certainly had some instances of lazy writing, I thought this theme was brilliant. If you connect the themes of the show to the duel, it's not lazy and actually makes sense.

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
I've seen people disagree with me, but really it's because the fighting is better than the ST and that's a bar so low it might as well be a tripwire.

The problem with Kenobi series fights is a few things, so I'll clarify:

1. Vader moves badly in the suit. This is a big one. A lot of his dodges and movements seem to be Hayden compensating for a lack of peripheral vision and ease of movement in the suit. IIRC he's gone on record as saying it's hot and heavy to work in, and that's going to limit his ability. Really, this is a callback to the OT's Vader outfit and how it limited David Prowse's ability to move his arms much above shoulder level. The difference is David Prowse was a massive, strong man and he carried the weight better and knew how to make his greater weight impactful in his acting style. When watching Kenobi, I was struck by how jerky and fast-paced Hayden came across compared to the gravitas and intimidation of Prowse's Vader.

In turn, Prowse could use his greater strength to compensate for less flashy moves. At one point while filming ANH, he tagged Alec Guinness so hard the guy went flying. Vader's dueling style, largely one handed, worked in the OT because a strongman was in the suit. Hayden's just an above average height dude with a modest build, and he just doesn't quite match up.

2. There's some good thrusts in the fights and even some good ripostes, but a lot of what happens is badly telegraphed. You see Vader, Obi, and Reva dodging in almost real time to attacks that are supposed to be Jedi quick. There's a sense of no one is in good shape, or they're slowed down by their outfits, and so everyone's waddling around like overweight LARPers, trying to dodge attacks and look cool. Reva's super spin attack which took all of three seconds to charge up was casually dealt with by Vader and it just took me out of the fight.


3. The fights are too damn dark, ffs and zoomed out at the wrong times. Or shaky cam. All of this takes you out of the fight and ruins its flow. The difference between say, even a PT fight and a Kenobi fight is how the former actually convinces you there's some people near each other, fighting. Kenobi sometimes comes off as badly post-processed found-footage.

Really, my standards are a bit high these days. I've seen better duels replicated by fans, or actual fencers/swordsmen who are interested in the subject.

Actually, if you haven't seen it already, there's a really good YT video here of a more realistic lightsaber duel, complete with more traditional choreography. It's less than five minutes long and arguably has a better premise than anything I've seen since Disney took over.

The bar i'm comparing it to is the revenge of the sith duel between anakin and kenobi where the vast majority of the duel provided little to nothing in terms of narrative or combative progression. Simply by not being multiple times longer than the timeframe they actually had substance to fill, kenobi vs vader(both fights) have a signifcant advantage.

Additionally the music syncs up much better with their movements/lightsaber whizzing and there's much greater visual variety. The da da da, da da da, works better as a theme between the two imo as it is distinct in timbre from the grand operatic themes for broader world-shifting narrative moments. Starting from a simpler sound with less instruments and then building works better for me then opening with a grand operatic theme and never really changing it up

It's visually much stronger as well imo as we get to see the fight from a variety of angles while also seeing a clear continuity of motion. The surrounding cinematrography is much stronger with the shadowy blurs behind them and the lighting of the sabers reflecting on their faces is a nice touch.

There's also a much clearer sense of momentum and "the winds shifting" largely because there's a much clearer sense of impact and harm done towards the fighters. Seeing the fight from the vantage point of the fighters themselves helps and generally makes the experience more engaging imo. You say it was "too dark" but personally i was able to make out everything visually and i think the range of solid things to blury things in the background fits them well.

I also like that they actually bothered to use the force here and vader ramming kenobi into rocks personallly felt cooler to me than any moment of the prequel duels. The fighting actually shows character/emotional stuff narratively while when anakin and kenobi fought in rots, nothing was really narratively communicated until there were lulls in combat.

Kenobi vs Vader also benefits from not having garbage ****ing dialogue. "The weakness remains was kind of dumb" but "FROM MY POINT OF THE VIEW THE JEDI ARE EVIL" is comically stupid.

There's finally alot of "aiming for the saber" which to me is more jarring than the telegraphed moments you point out.

I'd agree it doesn't look techanically as impressive and from the combatants perspective it's more impressive. I'd also agree in the second fight(not the first fight) "lightsaber styles" really aren't respected but since neither movie actually brings those up i don't really care. Those differences are really just aesthetic as far as I'm concerned.

So all in all, i don't really think preferring the prequel fights is a matter of having a "higher standard". I'd say kenobi vs vader is much stronger for all the other stuff. I am not talking about the sequel fights as a whole but the three main duels here(not reva) were way more interesting to watch for me than the prequel duels even if the story around it was bad

Originally posted by Psychotron
Kenobi ragdolled Vader, so unless you think Dooku > Vader, I don't see why Obi-Wan would lose the Force battle.

"You can't just go right into the sword fight, so I decided to go back to The Empire Strikes Back of throwing things at each other, even though I knew they were equal to each other, so it was a hopeless gesture and they would've figured that out in two seconds. But for the audience it's nice for them to go through this process of throwing everything around." - Lucas about Dooku vs Yoda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzzckJOwSlk

So unless you think that Vader or Kenobi > Yoda, I don't see why Dooku would lose the Force battle.

^ Yeah think that quote is a little outdated.

Wasn't IT after rots anyway?

As I can't care less about shitsney, they did a good job with Vader. Some shit-authors may hype him, but 'Kenobi' tv show has shown, that - as Lucas said - Vader is just half machine, inferior to his current master, as well to a former. How Lucas answered that question about Vader not using his Force Powers in ANH? Because he is a level 4 and Kenobi is 5 in the Force?

It should be a joke or half-joke. But, as always, Vader has a shit-shoowings against Forcu users who are above medicore. And in that moments he can put his hype in his own ass

Originally posted by McP
Wasn't IT after rots anyway?



I suppose. But it was before TCW. First episode of TCW Yoda freezes Ventress. Dooku clearly wasnt capable of that when he faced Ventress.

He was also casually force choked by Palpatine, who provably was Yodas equal in the Force.

Originally posted by McP

As I can't care less about shitsney, they did a good job with Vader. Some shit-authors may hype him, but 'Kenobi' tv show has shown, that - as Lucas said - Vader is just half machine, inferior to his current master, as well to a former. How Lucas answered that question about Vader not using his Force Powers in ANH? Because he is a level 4 and Kenobi is 5 in the Force?

It should be a joke or half-joke. But, as always, Vader has a shit-shoowings against Forcu users who are above medicore. And in that moments he can put his hype in his own ass


Yeah if we just ignore Vader burying Kenobi with his clearly superior force powers before Kenobi got his focused amp. And he buried him AFTER noting Kenobis strength had returned. IOW ROTS Level.

Vader also ragdolled Kenobi in episode 3, but that was a mentally broken Kenobi.

And thats ignoring all the insane ripping ships apart he does.

So yeah lets not pretend Vader is all hype with nothing to back it up under Disney.

Well, Sidious didn't ragdoll Dooku in actual fight. It was more like punishing him for his failures.

Anyway, yeah, Vader might has superior TK to Kenobi, IT was a semi-joke. But in that show Kenobi is just a superior fighter. Vader took an asvantage due to Kenobis' mistake with trying to over power him with TK. In a middle of a sword fight Vader was too hard-pressed to being able to use his TK succesfully.

Originally posted by McP
IT was a semi-joke.


I thought it might be. Lol

Have to admit though, Kenobi was winning the Saber fight almost the entire time. So that to me suggests ROTS Anakin was a better saber duellist than Vader at this point in time.

But clearly this Vader could ragdoll ROTS Kenobi and his force abilities are above Dooku's.

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I'm not sure that Vader could ragdoll ROTS Kenobi. For me, ROTS!Kenobi and Kenobi!Kenobi are comperable.

Actually, I have no idea if Vader created that hole in the ground or was it some mine below them and Vader just use the Force to collapse it. It was a very good feat, but I don't think that it would work again.
Vader has shown superiority over Kenobi as he managed to overpower him with TK while using in saber fight. Kenobi then overpowered him with his own TK, but it was mostly due to fact that Kenobi was winning duel and Vader was really hard-pressed.

This fight has shown another thing - Kenobi wasn't bad at offense at all. It's confirmed, that he burried his saber and didn't train. It might be a best evidence for Dooku. While he was able to overpower Kenobi in a saber fight, as was shown in their last fight in TCW and as was suggested in ROTS novel and ROTS comic (a some kind of "what if?" questin), it was always lowballed with counters like:

"oh noes, Kenobi lost because he had Anakin on his side so he had to be agressive and couln't use his masterful Soresu"

And many other like that. In that case, Dooku has shown that he is capable of beating Kenobi - a strong Ataru user who could always switch to his even greater Sores - who was supperted by Skywalker - possibly the greatest master of Djem So.

This, combined whith Dooku's - at worst -slightly superiority over Kenobi in TK, and perhaps slightly ifnferiority to Vader's TK (but could be his equal as well) would place Dooku well above this version of Vader for me.

Good point about how good Obi-Wan is on the offensive. That really does take away the previous excuses for him against Dooku.

But im not buying Vader only buried Obi-Awan due to a mine underneath lol. I realise youre semi joking again, but seems clear to me that Vader is just on another TK Level

He is tbh. But Obi-Wans overall combat ability was superior which make it hard for Vader to use TK succesfully. That mine is just a guess. Not even sure if it was some moon or a planet after all. I'm just saying, that if there was something like a mine or a hole, then it makes that feat a bit less impressive. If Vader split a ground with his TK and made that hole by his own, it would be far more impressive. And It was possibly this.

Look at Obi-Wan and Anakin performances against Dooku in last two fights. In TCW both Anakin and Obi-Wan attacked Dooku with combined Force push. Possibly raw power superior for Dooku to defend, so he evade. But before, Dooku attacked them with his own Force push, they both defended themselfs, it pushed them a little back though. How to rate this? How to rate that Dooku in ROTS was still able to Force push Kenobi, while Anakin was there? And that this Vader wasn't able to do that in a single duel?

Was Dooku on another TK level then Kenobi or even Skywalker? I'm serious, as I'm a big fan of "combat ability" case. A clear superior was Yoda to Ventress. Even Sidious couldn't - in my opinion - do everything he wanted with Maul.

I like most of shots that were cut off, like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIe2A-SnXlY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3z_qsodVpA - from 0 two 1:20, there were to shots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3mg-YtwbgQ - 1:22 - 2:44

^ I think Dooku was just good at taking on multiple opponents. He was clearly > Kenobi in the Prequel era though. And thats no small feat especially by ROTS.

And yeah it seems Anakin was stronger in Sabers than this incarnation of Vader 10 years post Sith.

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You answered a bit before my edit, have you seen those deleted shots? TCW yeah, I'm sure, but rots/tpm?

Btw, still, when I've see your answer I have in mind "Darth Power"

Originally posted by McP
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You answered a bit before my edit, have you seen those deleted shots? TCW yeah, I'm sure, but rots/tpm?

Btw, still, when I've see your answer I have in mind "Darth Power"


I think Dooku was just a more skilled fighter than Kenobi tbh. Getting a force push is a standard move in a saber fight, so even if their TK were equal, still Dooku was getting in more hits. But yeah given that choke his TK did seem superior to Kenobis.

Hard to say with Skywalker. I know he stalemated Kenobi in a force push, but he clearly had access to more raw power (as showcased on Mortis).

Oh and it was DARTH POWER