Like how many times has this guy nearly screwed up the world with freaking junk or a piece of alien tech? I feel Animo is low key a menace for a streer tier villain.
Both in their primes. Caedus with both hands.
Force abilities
lightsaber
all out
Knightfall Vader during operation knightfall is a bit underrated
I feel people genuinely don’t know how strong Anakin was during this time. Anakin is explicitly stated by Palpatine to be the most skilled sith lord of his time multiple times.
This same Palpatine went on to admit he doesn’t know shit about saving someone from death so it’s very unlikely he was just praising Anakin.
***"Lord Vader, your skills are unmatched by any Sith before you. Go forth, my boy. Go forth, and bring peace to our Empire."***
*Source: Revenge of the Sith*
“You have done well, my new apprentice. Do you feel your power growing?” “Yes, my Master,” Anakin said, and Obi-Wan shuddered. “Lord Vader, **your skills are unmatched by any Sith before you**,” the cloaked figure said. “Now go, and bring peace to the Empire.” -Revenge of the Sith Junior Novelisation
Cin drallig is a battlemaster who knows all 7 forms so anakin beating him is by no means an easy feat. Cin is also credited for being able to fight grievous and to be either an unparalleled swordsman or an elite swordsman
***But I pity you should you have to face off against any of the Council Masters.*****"**
**He called into hand his courtly, curve-handled lightsaber and drew a rapid X in the air - - a Makashi flourish.**
**"*****Do I need to demonstrate what responses you can expect from Cin Drallig or Obi-Wan Kenobi? From Mace Windu or, stars help you, Yoda?*****"**
**He flicked his blade quickly, ridding two of the guards of their staffs, then placing the glowing tip a millimeter from Grievous's death-helmeted visage.**
**"*****Finesse. Artfulness. Economy. Otherwise, my friend, I fear that you will end up beyond the repair of even the Geonosians. Do you take my meaning?*****"**
*Source: Labyrinth of Evil*
Star Wars: Insider 87
Anakin proceeded to basically blitz him
“Stone-faced, Obi-Wan watched younglings run into the room, fleeing a storm of blasterfire; he watched Cin Drallig and a pair of teenage Padawans—was that Whie, the boy Yoda had brought to Vjun?—backing into the scene, blades whirling, cutting down the advancing clone troopers with deflected bolts.
He watched a lightsaber blade flick into the shot, cutting down first one Padawan, then the other. He watched the brisk stride of a caped figure who hacked through Drallig’s shoulder, then stood aside as the old “Troll fell dying to let the rest of the clones blast the children to shreds.”
Excerpt From
Revenge of the Sith
Matthew Stover
https://youtu.be/-S0CE9yAjWs?is=R2eFFdUhHW52muTv
Shaak Ti we all know how strong she is with various sources Shaak Ti with her being a very powerful jedi. Anakin proceeded to essentially stomp her and is explicitly stated immensely more powerful than Shaak Ti was and she barely escaped with her life. Meaning she stood no chance.
***Shaak Ti was at the Jedi Temple when Vader attacked, and narrowly escaped death at the hands of the immensely more powerful Sith Lord.***
*Source: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection #51*
This shaak ti was very likely a bit stronger than the one Galen fought. Why? Because of order 66
*Obi-Wan reached out to the Force to find him, but met only the thin stirring of a barren world. It was strange to live in a galaxy now that had no Jedi in it. He hadn't realized that he had once felt a humming presence, alive with the Force-ability of his fellow Jedi. It had fed him, and he hadn't even known it.*
**-The Last One Standing**
*As Yoda approaches 900 years old, he is slowed down not by age but by a spirit broken after the destruction of the Jedi Order.*
**-Star Wars Head-to-Head**
*In his contest with Sidious, Yoda realises he is overmatched and deserts the fight, perhaps because his spirit has been broken by so many Jedi deaths.*
**-Star Wars: Episode III Visual Dictionary**
*Eyes closed, Yoda gave himself up to the Force. Yes, there it was — the sense of someone reaching for him. Almost, he succeeded. Something brushed close to Yoda … no, someone, someone who felt familiar. And then, suddenly, shock waves ripped through the Force. Jedi are dying.*
**-Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Junior Novel**
*Since most, if not all, of the Jedi were no more, that was all the sweeter, though Vader was convinced that Obi-Wan had remained hidden all these years, as had Yoda, assuming the latter had not finally shuffled off into death. Yoda had been very old, after all, and the defeat and deaths of the Jedi could not have helped him age any easier. He could be dead. But it was unwise to make such assumptions about such a powerful Jedi Master.*
**-Star Wars: Death Star**
*Still, he (Ben) hated hiding while Jedi after Jedi was killed by agents of the Emperor’s New Order. He heard every scream of death echo in the force, and his heart broke a little more.*
**-Heir to the Empire Sourcebook**
Order 66 essentially weaken the Jedi spiritually and very much affected their powers by a good margin
These two jedi i would wager could only lose to mace or Yoda or Palpatine to such a degree. Obi-wan is not beating jedi of that caliber that easily.
Anakin during operation knightfall is explicitly stated as well as having boundless power
***Palpatine elevated himself to the position of Emperor, and dispatched Vader as his ultimate enforcer. With his unparalleled Force abilities, Vader swept through the Jedi Temple.***
*Source: Databank (old): Darth Vader*
And is also stated as Palpatine’s greatest weapon.
As the Clone Wars rage on, Anakin Skywalker becomes seduced by the dark side and betrays his fellow Jedi and all that he once held dear. Obi-Wan Kenobi must now battle his former Padawan, who has become**the Jedi’s most formidable threat.** \-Episode III DVD Collection: Jedi Knights Action Figure
As the Clone Wars rage across the galaxy, young Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker falls to the dark side of the Force and **becomes the most powerful enemy ever faced by the Jedi.** \-Hasbro Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Villains Collectors DVD, Narrated by Anthony Daniels wrote:
The man who was Anakin Skywalker will be extinguished, and in his place will rise **the most powerful and evil Sith Lord the galaxy has ever seen.**”
Based on Obi-Wan’s account of what had occurred on Mustafar, Anakin’s survival didn’t seem possible. But perhaps Obi-Wan had underestimated Anakin. Perhaps Anakin’s **peerless strength in the Force** had allowed him to survive -Rise of Darth Vader
Anakin became a powerful Jedi, but was later seduced seduced by the Emperor and the dark side of the Force to become **the most powerful Sith Lord the galaxy had ever known** \-Star Wars Saga Calendar 2009
Darth Vader will prove to be **the most deadly character in the film**. Pablo Hidalgo, Just The Facts - Episode III, TheForce.net
For perspective anakin at this time has more statements of being stronger and more skilled than Palpatine than vice versa. Anakin gets weaker in mustafar which is when Palpatine gets most of his goat statements but Anakin was stronger during Knightfall or at least on his tier.