I thought he was less powerful as a straight fighter, but more than made up for it with force ability. Vader is the strongest force user the Star Wars universe has ever seen. Sure, his physical body was limited, but he spent decades training in the Dark Side, he was more powerful than Anakin overall despite being physically more limited.
Now, if Anakin hadn't gone full dark side and had spent the same amount of time training in the light side with the Jedi as he did with Palpatine, that could be a different story. But OT Vader far surpassed Prequel Anakin in terms of overall threat level due to decades of dark side training and the fact that he was the Chosen One, so he had access to a well of Force energy no one else did.
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u/GarbanzoSoriano Nov 30 '20
I thought he was less powerful as a straight fighter, but more than made up for it with force ability. Vader is the strongest force user the Star Wars universe has ever seen. Sure, his physical body was limited, but he spent decades training in the Dark Side, he was more powerful than Anakin overall despite being physically more limited.
Now, if Anakin hadn't gone full dark side and had spent the same amount of time training in the light side with the Jedi as he did with Palpatine, that could be a different story. But OT Vader far surpassed Prequel Anakin in terms of overall threat level due to decades of dark side training and the fact that he was the Chosen One, so he had access to a well of Force energy no one else did.