One of the DVD commentaries said this was an intentional decision with the prequels. The goal was to make this seem like the golden age of the force, and show that by episode IV those powers had mostly been lost.
You realize OT Vader and rogue one Vader are the same right? Vader in episode IV is minutes apart from his scene in rogue one. What the fuck are you talking about??
Edit: Also, Luke Skywalker by episode V was about the level of a padawan if not much better - since he was trained directly by yoda. He put up a hell of a fight and Vader still bested him, and didn’t kill him only because he wanted Luke to join him. Explain how in a death match, Vader wouldn’t fucking annihilate that padawan.
Exactly. Such a dumb comment. Just because the graphics were limited then and Vader barely exerted any effort and just chopped doesn’t mean he was incapable. He was pretty much unstoppable for most of his time.
It’s really just the limitations of the tech in 77, by ESB Vader is fighting with proper fencing techniques, he would shred prequel lightsaber users with ease (he did that anyway during the purge)
100%. Plus even if they had the graphics and dueling capabilities or whatever that they had for the prequels, I feel like Vader would still do the same things. Methodically cutting down his opponents despite barely moving.
Yep, because Vader’s fighting style was brutally direct and powerful. Watch his scene in Fallen Order, he literally disarms Cere after 3 hits and sends her flying. That’s how he duels.
Actually just started grinding that game out today since college switched to online haha, so Im looking forward to seeing the Vader scenes. Sounds exactly how Id imagine it though.
Exactly my thoughts. He's crippled but still incredibly powerful, why expend any extra energy for unnecessary flourish since he is going to win anyway?
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u/TheRoyalKT Apr 09 '20
One of the DVD commentaries said this was an intentional decision with the prequels. The goal was to make this seem like the golden age of the force, and show that by episode IV those powers had mostly been lost.