ESB Luke I think is far stronger than AOTC Anakin. Anakin was just learning the ways of the force. So was ESB Luke for the matter. Maybe a nice long force and saber battle. Might be a stalemate.
When it comes down to sheer prowess with a lightsaber, Anakin was good enough to give Count Dooku a run for his money, he even faired better than Obi-Wan Kenobi. Let's take a look at some excerpts from the novelization:
"He came on then, so suddenly, so powerfully, his green blade whirling with such speed that he seemed almost encased in green light.
For the first time, Count Dooku lost his little confident smile. He had to work furiously to keep Anakin's blade at bay, dodging more than parrying.
He came on hard, thinking to drive Anakin back and off balance as he had driven Obi-Wan back. But Anakin held his ground stubbornly, his green blade flashing left, right, and down so forcefully and precisely that none of Dooku's attacks got through." (Attack of the Clones novel, Ch. 24).
While it's undoubtedly true that he wouldn't have beaten him, and that fatigue was eventually setting in, I'd love to see a neophyte farmboy like Luke Skywalker do the same. Obi-Wan even remarks that he'd be a fully trained Jedi by the time he was twenty, merely a year away. His power is astonishing for his minimal amount of training, as is Luke's, but Anakin has had a larger amount of time to focus in on that natural talent and turn it into pure skill.
Luke isn't even superior to Anakin in any regard, let alone "far stronger".
No, Anakin had been a practicing the Jedi way for ten years by the time of AotC, Luke had a few weeks, at best, to grasp what knowledge Yoda passed on (as Obi-Wan's lessons lasted only a couple of days in ANH).
Now, while it's certainly true Anakin still was a padawan (as well as had much to learn), he's had a vast amount of more time to train, and he has been taught formally, as opposed to Luke, who wasn't.
In regards to training, and experience, it goes directly to Anakin.
No, Anakin firmly has this match up.
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He had more training that Luke, more than enough to give him the win, but Luke's training was more intense, he was trained to be a weapon and a match for Vader fast. He was the last hope (**** you, Leia) and Yoda trained him to become powerful fast, despite the risks.
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He was also at a more emotionally and physically mature age and could likely need that extra effort to even make the same impact. Like they say, its easier to learn a foreign language when you're younger because a young mind absorbs information easier and more efficiently. So the month or however long he was on Degobah, was certainly no match for Anakin who had 10 years of formal training as yet was ahead of all his peers by a descent amount.
Anakin has this in the bag.
Advent, how would you personally rate AOTC Anakin against TPM Ob1? Just curious.
Of course it was, but I don't see how that matters (or what purpose it serves in bringing it up), as he still loses, still has less training (and informal to boot), and still has less experience, which was the entire point.
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Luke. He was just toying with Vader. He HAD to lose to him. How would Lucas profit from a 2-part trilogy?
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LOL, i almost thought you were serious for a second.
Ok, I was wondering due to the debate in the Maul gauntlet and Maul vs Anakin and Jango (?) thread...some thread where darthsith19 said that Anakin is close to TPM OB1 and not above him or something to that affect...just seeing what you thought...Do you think AOTC Anakin could take Maul?
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