Vympel wrote:Anakin was a much more skilled Padawan than Luke was a "Jedi Knight" by that time. You can see it in the way they fought. Leaving aside issues in technique, Anakin did far more impressive things far more often than Luke did.
No, he didn't. At best they were both equal in terms of abilities shown.
Both Anakin and Luke could do force jumps and acrobatic flips or somersaults. Anakin killed off an entire tribe of ruthless desert warriors; Luke killed off an entire group of ruthless criminals. Anakin tamed a horn beast thing during the arena; Luke killed a RANCOR. Anakin lost his saber not once but twice; Luke lost his saber precisely once, when the hand that was holding it was chopped off. Sorry, but clumsily dropping your saber or having it mashed while on a conveyor belt is just stupid.
However, Luke lasted much longer in his duels with Vader than Anakin did against Tyranus in AOTC; the first time he was holding his own against Vader, the second time
he was the one holding back. When Luke finally cut loose Vader was made his bitch. When Anakin got his arm chopped off he couldn't even get up and do anything else, hell neither did Obi-wan, who's injuries were light. What did Luke do when his hand got chopped off? Fell dozens if not hundreds of meters, landed and lived, then hung on to that thing under Bespin for several minutes. The cornfed farmboy has more endurance than Anakin.
Luke's far more impressive untrained than Mr "No, I'm taking him NOW!" ever was. At least at that relative skill level.
Vympel wrote:The ROTJ novelization says that Luke repelled the Emperor's force lightning for a moment or so and then failed. We don't see this in the movie however, but it is possible he was somehow protecting himself from the effects.
We see FL rebounding off Luke in the film. He's still on the floor in a heap though, but there's nothing in the film contradicting the novelisation (unless the novelisation states Luke was standing up at the time he was deflecting the energy, then it would be wrong).
As far as Darth Vader (post-suit) goes, however, he is much more vulnerable to force lightning because his limbs are cybernetic, and all the other parts that keep him alive. This is also the reason why he can never use force lightning. See the ROTS:VD. (This is not a spoiler as far as I'm concerned, its not like its in the movie or anything- but its good to be safe).
Like I said before: cybernetic prosthetics can take a blaster shot and still operate. And Vader copped a few seconds exposure to FL at most, while Luke was being zapped for much longer than that. And it was an
assumption that Palpatine automatically 'upped the power' when Vader grabbed him from behind. Palpy was bushwhacked and taken completely by surprise, and a lot of his FL went wild and was undirected anyway.
And I would like to pick up the ROTS VD to confirm, but then it's not available yet, now is it? tsk tsk. *wags finger*
However, as far as power settings goes- Dooku's force lightning against Yoda was reflected against a stone wall and created an explosion. So I think its reasonable to assume the Emperor may have been using less than that on Luke, and there's no doubt that Sidious was more powerful than Tyranus.
Perhaps he was doing a low powered thing to torture Luke, but that doesn't mean Vader caught more than Luke did. Palpatine was taken by surprise, then he got thrown over the railing.
And frankly, why would Vader walk around in a suit that's
vulnerable to FL when he knows that he's gonna have to betray the old fool eventually anyway?
"Fucking Yoda didn't warn me about THIS!!!!!. AGGHHHHHHHH"
