Jacen at the moment before his death is whisked away by the force, his physical body is restored to its physical prime. He also retains all knowledge, wisdom he has gained up to that point.
He is told by the force that he will be battling Luke Skywalker in one on one combat to the death. Luke Skywalker is also told by the force he will be battling Jacen in combat to the death, so both are warned.
Jace and Luke are then transported to a giant unbreakable stadium, in which each is positioned on an opposite end facing one another. Who wins in this duel where both are at their peak, and prepared to fight one another?
Wasn't Ben more of a hinderance than a help to Luke? I thought Luke would have killed Jacen if not for Ben being there.
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That's only if you're interested in a one sided account; if you prefer the full story, you'll note that in addition to hindering Luke -- surprising him and causing him to fall from a position of advantage -- Ben also stabbed Jacen in the back during the fight.
So, what we have is an enraged Luke Skywalker (note Star Wars' policy on battle rage and the advantages therein) with the advantages of surprise and his son managed to dominate his nephew with inferior experience and skill.
Luke will win, but it in terms of an actual lightsaber duel? It would be extremely close.
I would say that ending the duel is an advantage in of itself.
Not at all.
Luke has demonstrated a command of the Force that, under certain circumstances, far exceeds his nephew's. Overall, he is naturally more experienced, more skilled, and more dangerous; he'd win the fight. But the fact of the matter is that he was critically wounded by Caedus even when he had assistance, the element of surprise, and the advantages afforded by raw anger.
Ohh Snap! Now that i think about it you're right it is an advantage. Nevertheless considering it saved Jacen's rear you could say it served him better then Luke.
Better immobilized then dead, my point is that ending the duel was to Jacen's benefit more so then Luke's. Also Ive revisited Elite Hunter's blow by blow account of the duel and ive learned some interesting facts.
1. Roughly 30% of Jacen's blows to Luke would have been mitigated because their importance came from Luke being injured prior to the duel in Inferno
2.Roughly another 30% of Jacen's blows came from tendrils that are presumably not present in this setting
3. The other 40% (roughly) of Jacen's blows were completely fair.
I don't see how this will be extremely close unless by extremely close you mean Luke wins every time but usually comes out with some injury.
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Looking from this perspective, the fight seems more like a street fight then a lightsaber duel lol.
Anyway, with these conditions Luke wins. Jacen had already admitted Luke's superiority with the lightsaber, and the force power difference is also considerable. Luke had also beat him already. Luke takes it.
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