Noble Ire:
Nevertheless, the feats we see Mace exhibit do seem to be major outliers compared to his skill in battle we see in other sources. Then again, that is really the only instance in the series I can remember that can't be rationalized easily or is really beyond the scope of observed Jedi power.
How do you figure Mace was arguably the most powerful Jedi in the order. According to Anakin he's powerful, where as Yoda is wise. He's easily more powerful than Ankin in ROTS, thanks to Palpatine telling Yoda that Vader will read "eventually" be more powerful than them.
If you want to talk wanking look at some of Luke's uber feats before he even declared himself a master! Look at Revan, or any number of Sith. The simple fact is the feats in that episode are not outliers. Jedi can be that powerful. Witness Luke unload on the Vong at the end of NJO. Look at Anakin Solo, maxing out against the Vong just prior to his death.
There is plenty of evidence that Mace is very high end for a Jedi. More than a dozen jedi including masters didn't dare to fight him in the CW: comics. Soburq and Ventress flat out ran from him. In the CW cartoon he crushes Grevious without so much as a thought. He battled Sidious to a stand still and won. He took a lightsabre through torso. In short is is one bad man.
Before we start yammering about tossing out evidence and saying that that the episode was uber exagerated. I think a little perspecive is in order. Mace tossing around those droids is hardly uber, its not like the mass a ton each. Have we forgotten that padawan Obi-wan could toss droids for meters in TPM. Anakin similarly toss tusken raiders nearly 100 feet in the AOTC novelization. Mace's leap could have been exagerated but lets not forget we've seen padawans make 30 meter vertical leaps in TPM. Nevermind that the Nightsister, who are collectively nowhere near Mace's power level could fly!
Oh yeah and force-fu has a name Teri Kasi. The steel hands, force assisted martial arts. Its not like he was using his bare hands after all. Perhaps, this method of fighting that way is just more intuitive and efficient.
Mace, after all spent more time honing his martial skills that most Jedi. Finally, its not as though Mace never exhibited any other unique talents that no other force user has demonstated. Shatter-points, channeling the Darkside etc. Since he can used the darkside without falling, its no surprise that the "veil of the darkside TM" would net effect him as much as the other Jedi.
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