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Anakin's Gauntlet (Read OP)
Okay, this is Anakin Skywalker. In 19 BBY (When ROTS takes place.) Now, imagine this scenario:
Qui-Gon gets killed by Maul.
Obi-Wan: "But Master Yoda, I promised I'd Qui-Gon I'd train the boy."
Yoda: "Qui-Gon's defiance I sense in you. Need that, you do not. Too young to train the boy you are. Take him as my padawan, I will."
Now, instead of having Obi-Wan's training for 13 years, he's got Yoda's. And consider that in, what, a month of Yoda's training Luke was telekinetically lifting several medium-sized objects while standing on his head, and was powerful enough to defeat Darth Vader.
So, Anakin runs the gaunlet. All characters are in peak form. Anakin gets full rest between opponents. And this is All-Out on Coruscant -
1. Ommin & Warb Null.
2. Exar Kun.
3. Mace Windu.
4. Darth Caedus.
5. Darth Bane.
6. DE Luke.
7. DE Darth Sidious.
He gets how far? Proceed...
EDIT: Jeez. Sorry about that. Could REX move this into the vs. subforum?
Come on, now. That was basically a crash course in Force-training, and Luke was already, what, twenty-three? About the same age as Anakin at the time of the Republic's fall? He's starting the training at a much older age than his father did, and he's more mature and level-headed. Not to mention that there was obviously so much room for improvement.
I don't think training under Yoda would've made Anakin some sort of powerhouse - you forget that he was basically trying to turn Luke into a weapon to defeat Vader and the Emperor, which was why he and Kenobi were so put-off by Luke's early departure from the training, even though there was "another."
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Re: Re: Anakin's Gauntlet (Read OP)
I think one thing it would have done is turn Anakin's already impressive saber skills to nigh-invincible levels. Instead of sparring against Obi-Wan for hundreds of hours, he'd be going toe-to-toe with the most powerful Jedi in history to that point.
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Dude. Don't even go there. How is Vader going to train him? He doesn't know Force Lightning and he's a slower duelist than most top tiers. Galen's rise to the near-top makes zero sense.
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Short version of what would've happened: The already vastly overpowered Luke using Dark Sider techniques and killing without mercy. The end.
Note that in Dark Empire, after Luke gives in to the Dark Side, Leia notes that [i]"the Dark Side is more powerful than ever."[i] This coming from the woman who met with Palpatine while he was vastly empowered on Byss prior to that assessment, so...
Sep 16th, 2008 01:42 AM
