What if all the people in all the eras are actually equal?
Like, let's see.
Greatest an hero
TotJ - Nomi Sunrider
TOR - Revan
RotE - Yoda
NJO/early Legacy - Luke Skywalker
Legacy - Kol Skywalker
The main bad
TotJ - Exar Kun
TOR - Valkorion
RotE - Palpatine
NJO/early legacy - Darth Caedus
Legacy - Darth Krayt
The shining star of the era
TotJ - Ulic Qel-Droma
TOR - Hero of Tython
RotE - Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader
NJO/early Legacy - Jaina Solo
Legacy - Cade Skywalker
mind blown
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They are angry because they have been forced to recognize that their hour has arrived; that the time has come to surrender power to Shimrra and the new order."
They are angry because they have been forced to recognize that their hour has arrived; that the time has come to surrender power to Shimrra and the new order."
Personally, I don't think the eras vary as much as many do- the amount of inborn potential isn't going to change much, nor is the level of talent in lightsaber dueling (which unlike force wielding, doesn't need as much trained knowledge to get tops in), and etc..
Not quite equal, but not as huge gaps as many assume.
The Star Forge was only a factor because Revan found it and used it against the Republic. Malak was only a threat because Revan pushed him into the dark side. Vitiate's Sith Empire was only a threat because Revan's war had weakened the Republic enough and depleted the Jedi enough that they couldn't have possibly beaten it. They wouldn't have needed 300 years if he hadn't ****ed up.
Valkorion is only a threat because Revan revived him.
Revan and Malak attacked the Republic because Vitiate made them, and they only went after the Star Forge because Vitiate made them. If it wasn't those two, it would have been two others.
Actually, at some point they broke free from his control, but they were already so dark-sided up that they just said "**** it", and continue down their dark path. Don't think Vitiate had anything to do with the Star Forge, if he wanted it so badly, he could have gotten it himself, and still used Revan and Malak as the puppets, no one would know it was him.