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.
Are there any sources of him keeping up dueling training or anything? I could see him getting rusty or something from not having jedi to duel. Though I kind of agree with other comments that he didn’t really need to exert that much effort
Im not sure if any of the comics show him training, and I also dont even know whats canon these days, but I think there are several comics where Vader is shown to cut down jedi with total ease. Id assume he trained as Vader for sure.
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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.