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Stravo wrote:
Also the entry states that by the end of the Vong saga Luke was considered the greatest saber duelist in the galaxy and it talked about him single handedly cutting his way through thousands of Vong warriors and his saber appearing like it was every where at once because he moved so fast.

Stravo wrote: I saw something about "Green Lightning" and from what I read its supposed to be a variant of Force Lightning and resembles green sparks that kills whatever it touches? Does that sound accurate?

Agent Fisher wrote:In Stackpoles book, I, Jedi, Luke takes on about eight or more (cant remember) half trained Jeensaari, without breaking a sweat. His only problem with that fight was that he didnt want to just kill them.

Cykeisme wrote: Horn was almost killed by one Jeensaari, but Luke later took out the whole bunch of them alone.. and did it effortlessly.

Cykeisme wrote:Indeed.
Even Stackpole's self-insertion, the wanked-out Corran Horn, defers to Luke's movieness in this book. Horn was almost killed by one Jeensaari, but Luke later took out the whole bunch of them alone.. and did it effortlessly.

Before the Storm: uses the Force (presumably via TK) to recreate Darth Vader's fortress on Coruscant in a matter of moments

The Courtship of Princess Leia: Luke safely lands himself, Isolder, and Isolder's fighter from an apparently freefall drop from orbit, again presumably via TK

Same source: flies the MF, operates its weapons, and manages the shields simulatanously with a skill that defies Han's and Isolder's comprehension

Spectre of the Past: contemplates tearing apart hull sections/weapon emplacements on a pirate capship, also contemplates mind-controlling the crew. Not definite but rather indicates Luke believing he could actually do that and he should have a pretty good grasp of his abilities by now.

Damn right. Horran's comment:"Off to my left, Luke moved through the Jensaarai with such skill and ease that I realized the only help he'd needed from me back on Courkrus the night we faced their brethren was for me to hold his cloak."
And that's against opponents wearing lightsabre-resistant armour.

Anguirus wrote:

Before the Storm: uses the Force (presumably via TK) to recreate Darth Vader's fortress on Coruscant in a matter of moments

I will note that all these are my subjecive opinions...but that's BULLSHIT. That tops the Emperor Reborn by leaps and bounds.

Of course, the vastly different portrayals of Luke by different authors show that it's very rare for anyone to get the character (or his powers), and the individual fan might as well pick and choose.

Same source: flies the MF, operates its weapons, and manages the shields simulatanously with a skill that defies Han's and Isolder's comprehension

Luke too has amazing, Anakin-level piloting. Pretty cool, but not the "blowing Prequel Jedi away" power usually shown.

So? As I stated beforehand it's from memory so I might be wrong but if I'm not then sorry that's what happened.

Bullshit. Under SoD Luke can do that stuff, period.

Urm-leaving alone that excepting Ben the PT Jedi piloting skills are up for grabs at least where the movies are concerned

Luke piloted, did the gunnery, AND managed the shields AT THE SAME TIME.

To an extent that baffled Han who WAS at least moderately familiar with the stuff Luke could pull off (he WAS there for the BY, you know)

It wasn't until the eighth level that Luke and his niece and nephew met with resistance, but it was clear from the ferocity with which the warriors attacked—from above, below, and through the various access corridors—that the onslaught was likely to continue all the way to Shimrra's lair, and probably inside it, as well. If the warriors constituted the first line of defense, it was difficult to imagine what might await them at the summit, assuming they could even make it that far.

In most places the stairway wasn't wide enough for the two people to stand abreast, and in those stretches Luke had to face the brunt of the attacks. He was his own vortex, deflecting amphistaff strikes, whiplike lashes, and spurts of deadly venom; dodging or redi¬recting flights of thud bugs; parrying the thrusts of coufees, to side¬step, duck, maneuver his body in ways that seemed to defy gravity. Stunned or burned by Luke's green blade, thud bugs were ricocheting from the walls and high ceiling, chipping away at the yorik coral sur¬face. Dropped in their tracks, warriors sprawled with hands pressed to stumps of legs and opened foreheads, or with black blood welling where the lightsaber had found defenseless areas between living armor and tattooed flesh.

Jacen recalled watching his uncle on Belkadan, where the war had begun, wielding two lightsabers when he had come to Jacen's rescue. But the rescue on Belkadan paled in comparison to the control Luke demonstrated now.
His single blade might as well have been ten, or twenty.
He took the steps at a lightning pace, burning his way through dilating membranes but in complete control of his momentum. Seen through the Force he was a maelstrom of luminous energy, a Force storm against which there was no shelter. And yet all his energy poured from a calm center; an eye. He made no missteps. None of his actions were interrupted by thought.
In fact, Luke didn't seem to be there at all—physically or as an individual personality.

Jacen and Jaina were astounded—but they had little time to reflect. Their lightsabers were busy, as well, turning the blows Luke dodged, or defending assaults launched from below.

On the fourteenth level, where the Citadel's exterior wings sprouted from the hull, they reached a fork in the stairway.

Luke swung to Jacen. "Which way?"

He wasn't even breathing heavily.

Mlenk wrote:In Dark Empire, didn't he basically create a clone or a "ghost" image of himself through the Force to trick Leia into leaving Byss with "him"? While not as powerful as some of the other feats mentioned here, it sounds complicated to me.

CaptainChewbacca wrote:I think my favorite Luke-Power bit is in Courtship, where he's flying the Millennium Falcon by himself. Its already been mentioned, but he fires the main cannons with pinpoint accuracy, makes impossible turns, and has reflexes so sharply honed he can successfully fire missiles with the particle shields UP.

When did he crush ATAT's? Dark Empire?

P.S. Early in the NJO Luke takes out a Vong garrison single-handedly to rescue Jacen. Second or third book, I think.

CaptainChewbacca wrote:Do we have any high-end examples of the range of TK? I mean, how far away was the Sun Crusher when Kyp Durron turned it back on? That's fine control at an extreme distance.