Can Legends Darth Vader stop this with the force?

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Poll Can Legends Darth Vader stop this with the force? (26 votes)

Yes 42%
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Can he completely slow the scarab (DCEU blue beetle) before it hits the planet? He must overpower its KE with the force.

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Basically the first moment we see it travelling in the gif screen is when he stops slowing it. He doesn’t have time before that to slow (otherwise it’d be less of a feat cuz more time taken)

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I don’t think that “feat” is legit, it’s more of just an intro to the movie. The character and scarab come nowhere close.

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I don’t think that “feat” is legit, it’s more of just an intro to the movie. The character and scarab come nowhere close.

That’s great n all but I never said otherwise. I simply asked if vader can stop it. Only thing I did was specify that it is from the DCEU blue beetle movie. So will you answer the question on topic?

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@returnkaboom232:

The answer is no from what I understand of vaders legends feats.

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any vader solo

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no he gets fodderized

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#11  Edited By frozen  Moderator

Legends Vader, much like many legends FUs, is in fact planetary.

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How fast was the object even going?

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How fast was the object even going?

How do you expect people to calculate it and why does it matter? He is stopping its KE which obviously does not correlate with real-life mechanics of KE or Newtonian and Relativistic physics.

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@frozen said:

Legends Vader, much like many legends FUs, is in fact planetary.

Of course man of course

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@returnkaboom232: Was just a question, didn’t know if there was an answer or not.

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@frozen said:

Legends Vader, much like many legends FUs, is in fact planetary.

Of course man of course

Well its been proven many times, so its up to you whether to accept it or not.

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Any high-tier force user in the EU scales way above planetary.

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@frozen said:
@returnkaboom232 said:
@frozen said:

Legends Vader, much like many legends FUs, is in fact planetary.

Of course man of course

Well its been proven many times, so its up to you whether to accept it or not.

Sure buddy

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Lol at Legends FUs being planetary.

Vader probably wouldn't be able to stop it.

Honestly, I think it's more likely that the Canon Jedi who intervened at Hetzal would have a better chance at stopping it.

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@sunshinedobbs:

Lol at Legends FUs being planetary.

It's been proven several times friend.

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@redsithdisciple: LOL

I'm guessing you somehow actually believe any of these are planetary:

Yarael dying of a stab wound while defusing a bomb?

Starkiller powering up a fusion cannon which splits an ISD in half?

Luke struggling to hold a Dovin-Basal in place?

Anakin throwing Durge into Karthakk?

If it's any of those it's just not credible.

DE Sidious and Nihilus do come relatively close to planetary though.

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Lol at Legends FUs being planetary.

Vader probably wouldn't be able to stop it.

Honestly, I think it's more likely that the Canon Jedi who intervened at Hetzal would have a better chance at stopping it.

Canon > Legends new meta at work ?

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@sunshinedobbs: I mean any group of Force Users banning together, would be capable of stopping a great deal of things.

But that said, there are planetary level FUs within the EU. Mind you, they aren't planetary in the sense of blowing up planets, so if you're thinking like that, then no. But there are showings of Force Power being in the planetary range as far as reach and scale.

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@redsithdisciple: LOL

I'm guessing you somehow actually believe any of these are planetary:

Yarael dying of a stab wound while defusing a bomb?

Starkiller powering up a fusion cannon which splits an ISD in half?

Luke struggling to hold a Dovin-Basal in place?

Anakin throwing Durge into Karthakk?

If it's any of those it's just not credible.

DE Sidious and Nihilus do come relatively close to planetary though.

None of these actually. I'm talking about scaling. To bring Sidious and Nihilus into play, there is a massive stomp gap between the two, and it goes without saying a lot of characters fall between that gap.

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Vader easily does it.

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@wolfrazer: Well to bring feats into the mix, I was thinking about Plagueis and Starkiller.

Plagueis has unbalanced planetary nexuses with his mere presence.

Later it would be said by Naboo and Gungan alike that they couldn’t recall a colder winter than the one that followed Hego Damask’s autumnal visit to their world. The rivers and even the falls below Theed froze; the rolling plains and tall forests were blanketed three meters deep with snow; plasmic quakes rocked the Gallo Mountains and the Lake Country, the Holy Places and the undersea city of Otoh Gunga; and many of the egresses of the underwaterways that hollowed the planet were blocked by ice floes.

- Darth Plagueis Novel

Starkiller covered Raxus Prime with force lightning.

"I do not feel pain," said the Core through PROXY'S vocoder, "and my thoughts encompass the entire planet. Nothing you accomplish in this room will make a difference."

- Force Unleashed Novel

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"The apprentice didn't waste energy on speech, blocking each of the Core's moves and driving the droid a step backward. Frustration made him strong, even if he presently had no outlet for that strength. Bringing down the ceiling could kill both of them and probably wouldn't have a profound effect on the Core. If it really was distributed across the entire planet, it could be unkillable."

- Force Unleashed Novel

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"He projected all his anger and grief into the surge, and the strength of it surprised even him. For PROXY, for Juno, for Kota, and for himself he fried the planetwide mind into slag."

- Force Unleashed Novel

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@redsithdisciple: Neither of those is planetary in the context of this post though. A planetary character is one who can move, split, or completely destroy an entire planet like in the OP. The Plagueis feat doesn't fit the bill, and has a pretty thorough debunk here to boot.

As for Starkiller, the "planet-wide mind" he defeated was him destroying the computer core of an AI that could monitor/hack across an entire planet. At best it's a feat for planetary range. Realistically it's just a supercomputer busting feat. And in the same passage you posted, Starkiller says he'd die from the ceiling collapsing on him; those are not the words of someone with actual planetary power.

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#30  Edited By RedSithDisciple

@number3561:

Neither of those is planetary in the context of this post though. A planetary character is one who can move, split, or completely destroy an entire planet like in the OP. The Plagueis feat doesn't fit the bill, and has a pretty thorough debunkhereto boot.

A planetary character is indeed someone with capabilities to inflict stuff on a planetary scale. Therefore, anyone who scales above Nihilus, who is of course planetary, is planetary themselves. As for this reddit post of yours, it doesn't really debunk much. The guy is trying to say that it just happened to be a cold winter after Plagueis's visit to Autumn. Using context and so they boldly emphasize how unique the Winter was and how it happened after Plagueis's visit, the book is very clearly trying to connect Plagueis and the winter, not to mention what would even be the point if it wasn't linked to Plagueis in some way? Seems like a weird writing choice to just include that when it contributes nothing to the story. And the "debunk" to this was that they were simply trying to connect Palpatine hating Naboo's winters, which makes no sense considering that Sidious is not mentioned anywhere in this part of the book other than maybe one name drop on him being the son in the royal family.

As for Starkiller, the "planet-wide mind" he defeated was him destroying the computer core of an AI that could monitor/hack across an entire planet. At best it's a feat for planetary range. Realistically it's just a supercomputer busting feat. And in the same passage you posted, Starkiller says he'd die from the ceiling collapsing on him; those are not the words of someone with actual planetary power.

This is literally said not to be the case twice. The computer says nothing Starkiller does in there will make a difference, and how it would be unkillable if it was distributed across the entire planet, which is why he then has to project all of his emotions to fry the computer on a planetary scale. As for the ceiling part, being planetary doesn't make you immortal, and it says "could kill him", not "would kill him".

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@redsithdisciple said:

@number3561:

A planetary character is indeed someone with capabilities to inflict stuff on a planetary scale. Therefore, anyone who scales above Nihilus, who is of course planetary, is planetary themselves. As for this reddit post of yours, it doesn't really debunk much. The guy is trying to say that it just happened to be a cold winter after Plagueis's visit to Autumn. Using context and so they boldly emphasize how unique the Winter was and how it happened after Plagueis's visit, the book is very clearly trying to connect Plagueis and the winter, not to mention what would even be the point if it wasn't linked to Plagueis in some way? Seems like a weird writing choice to just include that when it contributes nothing to the story. And the "debunk" to this was that they were simply trying to connect Palpatine hating Naboo's winters, which makes no sense considering that Sidious is not mentioned anywhere in this part of the book.

Again, not in this context. The OP is showing an entire planet being shattered from surface to core. Saying a character is "planetary" because they have planetary range is irrelevant here, as planet-busting power is what's obviously needed. The reddit post completely casts doubt on the notion that Plagueis was using his own power to alter the weather. Not only is the weather change after he leaves, but no such thing happens when he visits other planets. Naboo's horrible winters are mentioned in the book itself, and worst of all, there's no mention of it being Plagueis' doing at all. Being extremely charitable, you could argue Plagueis' presence caused a delayed negative response from nature via a bad omen after he left. But that's headcanon. And even then it isn't any evidence of planetary power lol. It wouldn't help him here in the slightest.

This is literally said not to be the case twice. The computer says nothing Starkiller does in there will make a difference, and how it would be unkillable if it was distributed across the entire planet, which is why he then has to project all of his emotions to fry the computer on a planetary scale. As for the ceiling part, being planetary doesn't make you immortal, and it says "could kill him", not "would kill him".

The computer was overconfident, just as many villains are. Starkiller destroyed the supercomputer Core, the source of the "planetwide" mind, destroying its connection to the outside. Note that the wiki entry agrees with me as well. "Could" means capable of. And the idea that a planetary character could be mortally threatened by a ceiling collapse is laughable. A fragment of his power would've been enough to deflect a ceiling many times over if he was actually planetary. But he isn't.

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#33  Edited By RedSithDisciple

@number3561:

Again, not in this context. The OP is showing an entire planet being shattered from surface to core. Saying a character is "planetary" because they have planetary range is irrelevant here, as planet-busting power is what's obviously needed in this case. The reddit post completely casts doubt on the notion that Plagueis was using his own power to alter the weather. Not only is the weather change after he leaves, but no such thing happens when he visits other planets. Naboo's horrible winters are mentioned in the book itself, and worst of all, there's no mention of it being Plagueis' doing at all.Being extremely charitable, you could argue Plagueis' presence caused a delayed negative response in nature after he left. But that's headcanon. And even then it isn't any evidence of planetary power lol. It wouldn't help him here in the slightest.

You're just repeating what you said in your original post. The OP is asking about if Vader would be able to counter a planetary attack, which includes planet-busting. Since he is planetary at the very least, the answer is yes. No such thing happening when Plagueis visits other planets is a terrible way of debunking this. Katarr was said to have been drained when Nihilus so much as spoke, yet when Nihilus spoke in KOTOR 2, Telos wasn't drained. It doesn't matter if it was Plagueis's mere presence that caused it or if it was he was using his power to do it. It's still a planetary feat. As for Naboo's winters being mentioned, I'm well aware. However, that doesn't help your case as it contributes nothing to saying Plagueis didn't cause a winter way colder than any the Naboo or Gungans had ever seen.

The computer was overconfident, just as many villains are. Starkiller destroyed the supercomputer Core, the source of the "planetwide" mind, destroying its connection to the outside. Note that the wiki entry agrees with me as well. "Could" means capable of. And the idea that a planetary character would be mortally threatened by a ceiling collapse is laughable. A fragment of his power would've been enough to deflect a ceiling many times over if he was actually planetary. But he isn't.

Overconfidence is irrelevant. Everything in that passage points to Starkiller not being able to directly fry the core due to how wide it spread, including Starkiller's own opinion, which is why he himself thought it was unkillable. He had to resort to frying every single individual processor that made up the entire planetwide network.

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Why are we using wiki entries here? Anyone could've written that. Hell, you probably could've written that just now and acted like someone super knowledgeable wrote it. This just makes your credibility all the more questionable considering that your other argument is based off a random subreddit that's literally centered around character hate. And again, being planetary doesn't make you immortal. Nihilus is planetary and got killed by a regular lightsaber. You argue that a lightsaber is way more fatal than a ceiling collapse? Well let's see how a massively pre-prime Starkiller fared against a lightsaber.

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From what I remember, Starkiller ended up survivng this, unlike Nihilus.

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#34  Edited By Number3561
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@number3561:

You're just repeating what you said in your original post. The OP is asking about if Vader would be able to counter a planetary attack, which includes planet-busting. Since he is planetary at the very least, the answer is yes. No such thing happening when Plagueis visits other planets is a terrible way of debunking this. Katarr was said to have been drained when Nihilus so much as spoke, yet when Nihilus spoke in KOTOR 2, Telos wasn't drained. It doesn't matter if it was Plagueis's mere presence that caused it or if it was he was using his power to do it. It's still a planetary feat. As for Naboo's winters being mentioned, I'm well aware. However, that doesn't help your case as it contributes nothing to saying Plagueis didn't cause a winter way colder than any the Naboo or Gungans had ever seen.

Of course. Because you didn't bring any new points that the debunk thread hadn't already addressed. I don't care about Nihilus right now, we can get to him later. I was just addressing your claim about Plagueis. And Nihilus at least has an established ability of draining life force from beings on a planet; there's no ambiguity. Meanwhile, the "feat" for Plagueis isn't even confirmed to be caused by his own power output, and even if it was, it's so unbelievably esoteric and non-combat applicable as to be useless in the scenario listed by the OP. And even then, it would still be worthless in this thread as it would be a feat of planetary range, not planet-busting power.

Also, way to shift the burden of proof lol. I don't need to prove that Plagueis didn't cause the winter to be colder. You need to prove that he did, and that it's scaleable to his telekinesis rather than just being a bad omen or a completely natural occurrence.

Overconfidence is irrelevant. Everything in that passage points to Starkiller not being able to directly fry the core due to how wide it spread, including Starkiller's own opinion, which is why he himself thought it was unkillable. He had to resort to frying every single individual processor that made up the entire planetwide network.

Why are we using wiki entries here? Anyone could've written that. Hell, you probably could've written that just now and acted like someone super knowledgeable wrote it. This just makes your credibility all the more questionable considering that your other argument is based off a random subreddit that's literally centered around character hate. And again, being planetary doesn't make you immortal. Nihilus is planetary and got killed by a regular lightsaber. You argue that a lightsaber is way more fatal than a ceiling collapse? Well let's see how a massively pre-prime Starkiller fared against a lightsaber.

From what I remember, Starkiller ended up survivng this, unlike Nihilus.

So you think I went to the wiki, created an account, and falsified the passage without leaving any trace so I could use it in a random internet debate? Get real. The reality is that your interpretation of events is at odds with that of the fans who wrote that article. Maybe you should ask yourself why that is instead of assuming some ulterior motive. The subreddit the debunk comes from doesn't matter; the arguments stand on their own. It's wild how your go-to is just to repeatedly attack the credibility of people who disagree with your wanky interpretations. That's a worthless discussion to have. Maybe I question your credibility because your username is "RealSithDisciple." I don't really care if he's planetary; I just find it funny how every time I look a tiny bit into some of these claims they turn out to be wildly misrepresented or straight up bullshit.

Your only argument for Starkiller being planetary is him frying the "planetwide mind." Cool, no one disputes that. Only he didn't need to project lightning across the planet to do it, since the source of the mind was in the Core. There wasn't any indication that the power surge even left that room. No mention of planet-wide lightning storms or tech combustions across cities. Just turning the supercomputer to slag, which the wiki also states. This is also completely invalidated by the fact that in that very same scene a falling ceiling was a mortal danger for Starkiller by his own admission. So apparently he's planetary one moment and sub-building level the next lmao.

Being planetary means a falling ceiling should be child's play to you. I don't know how many more ways I can say this. Showing these characters being killed by lightsabers does nothing for you, because 1) you probably think these characters swing sabers with massively superhuman stats, so it wouldn't be inconsistent even within your framework, and 2) this only bolsters my argument that these guys aren't as strong as you pretend lol.

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Of course. Because you didn't bring any new points that the debunk thread hadn't already addressed. I don't care about Nihilus right now, we can get to him later. I was just addressing your claim about Plagueis. And Nihilus at least has an established ability of draining life force from beings on a planet; there's no ambiguity. Meanwhile, the "feat" for Plagueis isn't even confirmed to be caused by his own power output, and even if it was, it's so unbelievably esoteric and non-combat applicable as to be useless in the scenario listed by the OP. And even then, it would still be worthless in this thread as it would be a feat of planetary range, not planet-busting power.

Also, way to shift the burden of proof lol. I don't need to prove that Plagueis didn't cause the winter to be colder. You need to prove that he did, and that it's scaleable to his telekinesis rather than just being a bad omen or a completely natural occurrence.

This is about being planetary. I will bring Nihilus into it if it fuels my argument. And it doesn't matter if it was "confirmed" or not. For the second time, you haven't rebutted against the passage connecting Plagueis and the Winter, and instead repeat what you've said in your prior posts and run off to the reddit post. This is not how debating works. You are supposed to do the debating, not a reddit post. And again, planetary means you can defend planetary attack I've explained this countless times yet you keep repeating what you said in your first post.

I'm not shifting anything. Using basic inference skills, the passage is trying to connect Plagueis and the Winter, and so far you've no response other than your precious reddit post which I've already debunked.

So you think I went to the wiki, created an account, and falsified the passage without leaving any trace so I could use it in a random internet debate? Get real. The reality is that your interpretation of events is at odds with that of the fans who wrote that article. Maybe you should ask yourself why that is instead of assuming some ulterior motive. The subreddit the debunk comes from doesn't matter; the arguments stand on their own. It's wild how your go-to is just to repeatedly attack the credibility of people who disagree with your wanky interpretations. That's a worthless discussion to have. Maybe I question your credibility because your username is "RealSithDisciple."I don't really care if he's planetary; I just find it funny how every time I look a tiny bit into some of these claims they turn out to be wildly misrepresented or straight up bullshit.

LMAO I'm not the one who needs to get real when you're literally trying to use a fan site to back your case up. The true reality here is that you've no proper source backing your argument up, and as soon as you realize I'm not some idiot who blindly buys into everything he reads and knows how to evaluate the credibility of sources, you start panicking. And yeah you can go ahead and read through my debates with others, see how much, or more accurately how little, I attack credibility. Hell, this might even be my first time attacking credibility and I think my opponent trying to use an article from a fan site is a justified reason to attack credibility, unlike usernames lmao. And drifting off-topic a little, my username is even more irrelevant given that if CV had the option I would've changed it months ago. And as for your final point, it's called inferring. Unlike you, I'm capable of making inferences and using basic context skills, meanwhile here you are spamming your reddit post blindly believing that the guy who wrote it somehow knows everything and that anyone who disagrees with him must be wrong.

Your only argument for Starkiller being planetary is him frying the "planetwide mind." Cool, no one disputes that. Only he didn't need to project lightning across the planet to do it, since the source of the mind was in the Core. There wasn't any indication that the power surge even left that room. No mention of planet-wide lightning storms or tech combustions across cities. Just turning the supercomputer to slag, which the wiki also states.

Did you even read the novel quote I provided? Which by the way are legit unlike your little fan article. Not only does everything in the passage point to Starkiller not being able to fry the computer directly, including his own opinion, the scan describes Starkiller frying every single processor that made up the entire planetwide network, and how he needed to use his emotions to do it, and how he was so surprised by the potency of his lightning. Starkiller prior has already accomplished several crazy feats so I don't think he'd be so surprised if it was just a few processors in that room he was frying.

This is also completely invalidated by the fact that in that very same scene a falling ceiling was a mortal danger for Starkiller by his own admission. So apparently he's planetary one moment and sub-building level the next lmao. Being planetary means a falling ceiling should be child's play to you. I don't know how many more ways I can say this. Showing these characters being killed by lightsabers does nothing for you, because 1) you probably think these characters swing sabers with massively superhuman stats, so it wouldn't be inconsistent even within your framework, and 2) this only bolsters my argument that these guys aren't as strong as you pretend lol.

As per usual, you ignore debunks to your argument and repeat what you said in your previous post. I already showed Nihilus, who we both agree is planetary, getting killed by a lightsaber, and then a massively pre-prime Starkiller survivng one, and your "argument" to this is disresgarding the Nihilus stuff, repeating what you said before, and straight-up putting words in my mouth, which is just fallacious and another credibility suicide point for you. And to address your 2nd bullet point, I'm not sure how it bolsters your argument when you're the one who's trying to argue that planetary force users should be way more durable than ceiling level, but if this is a means to cope, who am I to get in the way?

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#39 frozen  Moderator

@redsithdisciple: Good arguments. You are proving to others that Legends Vader is undoubtedly planetary.

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Indeed, and I would also say many other legends FUs could rep.

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#41  Edited By Number3561
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This is about being planetary. I will bring Nihilus into it if it fuels my argument. And it doesn't matter if it was "confirmed" or not. For the second time, you haven't rebutted against the passage connecting Plagueis and the Winter, and instead repeat what you've said in your prior posts and run off to the reddit post. This is not how debating works. You are supposed to do the debating, not a reddit post. And again, planetary means you can defend planetary attack I've explained this countless times yet you keep repeating what you said in your first post.

I'm not shifting anything. Using basic inference skills, the passage is trying to connect Plagueis and the Winter, and so far you've no response other than your precious reddit post which I've already debunked.

Nihilus doesn't fuel your arguments, because the argument we're having isn't about Nihilus lol. Why pivot to a completely different character and powerset? There's nothing to rebut because there's no clear feat occurring in that passage. A bad winter occurred after Plagueis had long left the planet. No mention of it being done through his own power, no mention of any unnatural disturbances while he's on planet, no evidence of this being part of his powerset any other time he visits the same planet. It's beyond worthless in a thread where a whole planet is being busted in the OP. And that wouldn't change even if Plagueis had performed it, as planet busting >>>>>>>>> making a harsh winter unquantifiably colder.

"Basic inference skills"? You might as well be saying "it's just common sense." Anyone could say the same. What if basic inference skills lead someone to believe that the winter was just a bad omen, like a storm brewing in the air when a villain arrives or when a big battle takes place?

LMAO I'm not the one who needs to get real when you're literally trying to use a fan site to back your case up. The true reality here is that you've no proper source backing your argument up, and as soon as you realize I'm not some idiot who blindly buys into everything he reads and knows how to evaluate the credibility of sources, you start panicking. And yeah you can go ahead and read through my debates with others, see how much, or more accurately how little, I attack credibility. Hell, this might even be my first time attacking credibility and I think my opponent trying to use an article from a fan site is a justified reason to attack credibility, unlike usernames lmao. And drifting off-topic a little, my username is even more irrelevant given that if CV had the option I would've changed it months ago. And as for your final point, it's called inferring. Unlike you, I'm capable of making inferences and using basic context skills, meanwhile here you are spamming your reddit post blindly believing that the guy who wrote it somehow knows everything and that anyone who disagrees with him must be wrong.

The wiki was just to show that there are fans who read the book and disagree with your interpretation of the feat. That's it. It's not something you need to get winded up about. And I don't know why it would make you think someone's legit panicking in a Comic Vine debate. Nothing's on the line here dude...

I don't actually think you're noncredible lol. It was just weirdly paranoid to see you saying "ignore the reddit thread because it's from a biased hate sub" and "maybe you personally edited the wiki so you could confront me with it". Maybe actually address the points rather than trying to sweep the whole thread away because it comes from a sub you don't like. It's not like it would be more or less credible just by being posted somewhere else. And who's blindly believing? The reddit thread had sources. All they did was compile them in one spot and draw a line between them to make an argument, same as anyone else. I posted it because the context it provides makes Plagueis' "feat" far less impressive than what you were portraying. And again, using your "basic inference skills" as your main evidence gets us nowhere. Because the argument is obviously about whether that inference is fair in the first place lmao.

Did you even read the novel quote I provided? Which by the way are legit unlike your little fan article. Not only does everything in the passage point to Starkiller not being able to fry the computer directly, including his own opinion, the scan describes Starkiller frying every single processor that made up the entire planetwide network, and how he needed to use his emotions to do it, and how he was so surprised by the potency of his lightning. Starkiller prior has already accomplished several crazy feats so I don't think he'd be so surprised if it was just a few processors in that room he was frying.

I forgot to address that quote, thanks for reminding. Yes, the Core's processors were fried. But you forgot to mention that those processors (the neural network) were inside the Core's lair. Aka where the fight took place, not distributed across the planet:

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We see above that the processors are in the lair and are all cable-linked, and we know that the Core needs cables to connect those processors to the outside world too:

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And we know that sending electricity through just one of the Core's cables is enough to affect every single processor in that lair:

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We're already shown earlier that Force Lightning conducts through cables just like electricity, so this wouldn't even qualify as a range feat:

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So, Galen enters the lair and sees the Core's processors linked by cables; he enters the main chamber to confront the Core; he shows that sending electricity into a single cable damages all the linked processors in that lair; we know that Force Lightning freely travels through cable; then he grabs a processor and burns through all the ones in the lair thanks to having the cables as an electric conduit. There's nothing remotely planetary about this beyond seeing the words "planetwide mind" and going into a battleboarding frenzy. The wiki's synopsis looks perfectly reasonable.

As per usual, you ignore debunks to your argument and repeat what you said in your previous post. I already showed Nihilus, who we both agree is planetary, getting killed by a lightsaber, and then a massively pre-prime Starkiller survivng one, and your "argument" to this is disresgarding the Nihilus stuff, repeating what you said before, and straight-up putting words in my mouth, which is just fallacious and another credibility suicide point for you. And to address your 2nd bullet point, I'm not sure how it bolsters your argument when you're the one who's trying to argue that planetary force users should be way more durable than ceiling level, but if this is a means to cope, who am I to get in the way?

The reason I repeat them is obviously because I don't think you've addressed them very well. We probably don't agree about Nihilus in all honesty, but discussing him at the same time as these other two would drag these replies out more than they already are. It bolsters my argument because I clearly don't think these characters are planetary, so a falling ceiling being a threat to them wouldn't be as inconsistent for me as it would for you. And again with the credibility lol.

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Not a chance in hell, FUs are not this good (legends guys cant do it)

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Not a chance in hell, FUs are not this good (legends guys cant do it)

Feats disagree.

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#44  Edited By RedSithDisciple

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Nihilus doesn't fuel your arguments, because the argument we're having isn't about Nihilus lol. Why pivot to a completely different character and powerset? There's nothing to rebut because there's no clear feat occurring in that passage. A bad winter occurred after Plagueis had long left the planet. No mention of it being done through his own power, no mention of any unnatural disturbances while he's on planet, no evidence of this being part of his powerset any other time he visits the same planet. It's beyond worthless in a thread where a whole planet is being busted in the OP. And that wouldn't change even if Plagueis had performed it, as planet busting >>>>>>>>> making a harsh winter unquantifiably colder.

Nihilus fuels my argument because he is undoubtedly planetary, and Plagueis scales above him. Simple as that. This is the third time you repeat what you said in your first post. I've said the author wouldn't bring that up for no reason if he wasn't trying to connect Plagueis and the Winter, and so far you have not provided anything of value to rebut it. And yeah I've also clarified this countless times. If a character is planetary, they can defend against a planetary attack, the thread is asking if Vader can stop it, not if Vader can perform it.

"Basic inference skills"? You might as well be saying "it's just common sense." Anyone could say the same. What if basic inference skills lead someone to believe that the winter was just a bad omen, like a storm brewing in the air when a villain arrives or when a big battle takes place?

Uh no because your inference would involve ignoring the context of the entire quote and then using some random Palpatine quote that comes 7 pages later and act like that weighs more than the immediate surrounding context.

The wiki was just to show that there are fans who read the book and disagree with your interpretation of the feat. That's it. It's not something you need to get winded up about. And I don't know why it would make you think someone's legit panicking in a Comic Vine debate. Nothing's on the line here dude...

I don't actually think you're noncredible lol. It was just weirdly paranoid to see you saying "ignore the reddit thread because it's from a biased hate sub" and "maybe you personally edited the wiki so you could confront me with it". Maybe actually address the points rather than trying to sweep the whole thread away because it comes from a sub you don't like. It's not like it would be more or less credible just by being posted somewhere else. And who'sblindly believing? The reddit thread had sources. All they did was compile them in one spot and draw a line between them to make an argument, same as anyone else. I posted it because the context it provides makes Plagueis' "feat" far less impressive than what you were portraying. And again, using your "basic inference skills" as your main evidence gets us nowhere. Because the argument is obviously about whether that inference is fair in the first place lmao.

Then... can't I do the same? There are people such as Eredin12, who is probably the most knowledgeable guy on Starkiller, who also agree it's a planetary feat. But you haven't seen me use that as an argument. Because we debate actual source material, not fan opinions.

I did address them lmao this is just further evidence you don't even read my arguments. Literally in my first response to you, I addressed your points, and so far, you have not rebutted them properly. You give off the impression that you refuse to believe anything that disagrees with it due to your repeating of your old points that I've debunked. That is all. Inference involves using context, and context is what immediately surrounds the quote, not a random character line 7 pages later claiming that he hates Naboo's winters.

I forgot to address that quote, thanks for reminding. Yes, the Core's processors were fried. But you forgot to mention that those processors (the neural network) were inside the Core's lair. Aka where the fight took place, not distributed across the planet:

Yes.

We see above that the processors are in the lair and are all cable-linked, and we know that the Core needs cables to connect those processors to the outside world too:

Indeed they are all cable-linked.

And we know that sending electricity through just one of the Core's cables is enough to affect every single processor in that lair:

Because they're all linked by the same cables.

We're already shown earlier that Force Lightning conducts through cables just like electricity, so this wouldn't even qualify as a range feat:

This doesn't prove that Starkiller wasn't manually directing the lightning with the force. Otherwise all force users would get electrocuted when blocking force lightning with their lightsabers, as both plasma and metal are conductors. Lightning works a bit differently in this fictional universe surprisingly.

So, Galen enters the lair and sees the Core's processors linked by cables; he enters the main chamber to confront the Core; he shows that sending electricity into a single cable damages all the linked processors in that lair; we know that Force Lightning freely travels through cable; then he grabs a processor and burns through all the ones in the lair thanks to having the cables as an electric conduit.There's nothing remotely planetary about this beyond seeing the words "planetwide mind" and going into a battleboarding frenzy. The wiki's synopsis looks perfectly reasonable.

All of them got damaged because they're all linked by the same cables. The lightning was not traveling freely. Based on how lightning works in Star Wars, Starkiller was very likely manually directing his lightning through the cables. And what do we also have? Confirmation that the cables and power lines do indeed go beyond the core room.

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So overall, we have Starkiller frying every single processor and cable with force lightning, that he needs to manually direct, as that's how lightning works in Star Wars, and then we have further confirmation that the cables do extend to the outside world. This feat has all the basis to be counted as planetary, and as further evidence that Starkiller is capable of such a feat, we have him matching Sidious in their fight and making him desperate. Sidious has displayed his planetary abilities through draining and mind-controlling Byss, a planet with a population of over 20 billion.

"The Sith lightning spread to engulf the two of them, fueled by both their desperations."

- Force Unleashed Novel

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“The entire population feeds me even now… slowly surrendering their life energies to add to mine.”

- Darth Sidious, Evasive Action: Recruitment

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"Emperor and his adepts used the dark side to feed off their life energies. The planet's population eventually reached almost 20 billion, and all outgoing communications were censored by security agents."

- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

The reason I repeat them is obviously because I don't think you've addressed them very well. We probably don't agree about Nihilus in all honesty, but discussing him at the same time as these other two would drag these replies out more than they already are. It bolsters my argument because I clearly don't think these characters are planetary, so a falling ceiling being a threat to them wouldn't be as inconsistent for me as it would for you.And again with the credibility lol.

That is unfortunately how debating works on the internet. As both sides bring more sources in, the replies and counters get longer with each post. I did already provide evidence of Starkiller surviving something that killed Nihilus, and since you're the one who thinks that planetary force users are supposed to be super durable, you can think that Nihilus isn't planetary, even though that's objectively false.

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#45  Edited By Number3561
@redsithdisciple said:

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Nihilus fuels my argument because he is undoubtedly planetary, and Plagueis scales above him. Simple as that. This is the third time you repeat what you said in your first post. I've said the author wouldn't bring that up for no reason if he wasn't trying to connect Plagueis and the Winter, and so far you have not provided anything of value to rebut it. And yeah I've also clarified this countless times. If a character is planetary, they can defend against a planetary attack, the thread is asking if Vader can stop it, not if Vader can perform it.

We're talking about Plagueis' feat, not Plagueis' scaling. The fact that you're pivoting to scaling now makes me wonder if you even believe this "feat" is actually planetary on its own. If he's planetary by feats, you shouldn't need scaling to convince anyone.

The repetition is due to you not adding anything new to your argument. Plagueis' prior visit being mentioned doesn't mean the cruel winter was actually caused by him. It's just as easily an order of events, as opposed to cause and effect. We have no reason to believe a several month delayed natural effect (that for some reason only happens once) is part of Plagueis' abilities. It honestly sounds silly just imagining it.

I don't think you comprehend what "planetary" means for the purpose of this OP. Having planetary range is not indicative of planet-busting power. Which you would need to stop this scarab meteor. A planetary telepath can't stop a planet-busting meteor just because his powers range across the planet. A planetary weather adjuster, which you say Plagueis is, can't either. It's like you see the word "planet" and your brain shuts off.

Uh no because your inference would involve ignoring the context of the entire quote and then using some random Palpatine quote that comes 7 pages later and act like that weighs more than the immediate surrounding context.

Dude. The context is the novel saying the winter that followed months after Plagueis' departure was particularly cold. That's actually it. No need to ignore it, as it's not particularly solid evidence in the first place. Palpatine describing Naboo's cold winters is highly relevant in a debate on whether the harsh winter was even man-made. And why couldn't it just be a bad omen like I already mentioned?

Then... can't I do the same? There are people such as Eredin12, who is probably the most knowledgeable guy on Starkiller, who also agree it's a planetary feat. But you haven't seen me use that as an argument. Because we debate actual source material, not fan opinions.

I did address them lmao this is just further evidence you don't even read my arguments. Literally in my first response to you, I addressed your points, and so far, you have not rebutted them properly. You give off the impression that you refuse to believe anything that disagrees with it due to your repeating of your old points that I've debunked. That is all. Inference involves using context, and context is what immediately surrounds the quote, not a random character line 7 pages later claiming that he hates Naboo's winters.

Given that I disagree with Eredin12 routinely on his interpretations, which usually contradict other wiki entries as well, it's not particularly convincing to have him in your corner lol. The wiki on the other hand doesn't have a vested interest in highballing or lowballing characters, so generally their input is something to take into account.

This doesn't prove that Starkiller wasn't manually directing the lightning with the force. Otherwise all force users would get electrocuted when blocking force lightning with their lightsabers, as both plasma and metal are conductors. Lightning works a bit differently in this fictional universe surprisingly.

All that tells me is that lightsabers don't always conduct external energy. What does that have to do with the fact that the cables will conduct large electrical surges regardless of intent? If someone electrocutes a piece of metal, it's not like they choose whether or not the electricity travels through each atom. It's a property of the metal, or the cables in this case.

All of them got damaged because they're all linked by the same cables. The lightning was not traveling freely. Based on how lightning works in Star Wars, Starkiller was very likely manually directing his lightning through the cables. And what do we also have? Confirmation that the cables and power lines do indeed go beyond the core room.

There's no evidence that Galen had to consciously navigate his lightning through the cables. The cables just conducted whatever he gave them to other connected processors and cables. Not that it changes my argument if he did. And nobody disagreed that the cables go beyond the room. I'm literally the one who posted that lol. That's how the Core's processors control tech beyond the lair.

So overall, we have Starkiller frying every single processor and cable with force lightning, that he needs to manually direct, as that's how lightning works in Star Wars, and then we have further confirmation that the cables do extend to the outside world. This feat has all the basis to be counted as planetary, and as further evidence that Starkiller is capable of such a feat, we have him matching Sidious in their fight and making him desperate. Sidious has displayed his planetary abilities through draining and mind-controlling Byss, a planet with a population of over 20 billion.

We have Galen frying every single processor. The processors are in the lair only. So this wouldn't be a planetary feat, as he's just grabbing the nearest processor and sending enough lightning into it to fry every other piece of connected tech inside the lair. We're not told that all the tech outside was fried, but even if we were, the range would be thanks to the conduction of the cables, not Galen emitting lightning over the surface of the planet or something.

I don't know what any of that has to do with the Core feat. If you're using scaling, just say so. We can discuss the scaling instead of the feats you think are planetary on their own.

That is unfortunately how debating works on the internet. As both sides bring more sources in, the replies and counters get longer with each post. I did already provide evidence of Starkiller surviving something that killed Nihilus, and since you're the one who thinks that planetary force users are supposed to be super durable, you can think that Nihilus isn't planetary, even though that's objectively false.

Sure, but debating also works by keeping a debate on topic so things stay focused. When we jump to different things without resolving the previous points, there's no point. My initial comment didn't say "no FUs are planetary." I took issue with two very specific feats you were using.

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#46  Edited By RedSithDisciple

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We're talking about Plagueis' feat, not Plagueis' scaling. The fact that you're pivoting to scaling now makes me wonder if you even think this "feat" is actually planetary on its own. If he's planetary by feats, you shouldn't need scaling to convince anyone.

The repetition is due to you not adding anything new to your argument. Plagueis' prior visit being mentioned doesn't mean the cruel winter was actually caused by him. It's just as easily an order of events, as it is cause and effect. We have no reason to believe a several month delayed natural effect (that for some reason only happens once) is part of Plagueis' abilities. It honestly sounds silly just imagining it.

I don't think you comprehend what "planetary" means for the purpose of this OP. Having planetary range is not indicative of planet-busting power. A planetary telepath can't stop a planet-busting meteor just because his powers range across the planet. A planetary weather adjuster, which you say Plagueis is, can't either. It's like you see the word "planet" and your brain shuts down.

I initially brought up scaling and then Wolf asked me about feats, which is when I brought feats in. And no, the feat itself proves he has planetary range, the scaling solidifies his ability to destroy planets.

Because you're not adding anything new either. I debunked the reddit post you sent me, and rather than addressing those debunks, you instead repeated what you said in your original post, which is why I've also been repeating since then. And again, it makes no sense for them to randomly bring up the Winter being colder in succession to Plagueis visiting the planet if it's supposed to just be a coincidence and contributes nothing to the story. That's just a weird writing choice.

This is so laughably easy to tear apart and just proves that you're the one whose brain has shut down. Read the definition of a planetary character and my arguments, as I have never once said this feat alone puts Plagueis capable of destroying planets.

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So yeah being able to defend against a planetary attack very much suffices as being planetary yourself. Scaling above Nihilus in power, who has planetary destruction feats, means that you are capable of doing it as well. That is how scaling works. I never once tried using the one feat to say Plagueis had the ability to destroy planets, I was using it as IU evidence that Plagueis has planetary abilities.

Dude. The context is the novel saying the winter that followed months after Plagueis' departure was particularly cold. That's it. No need to ignore it, as it's not particularly solid evidence in the first place. Palpatine describing Naboo's cold winters is highly relevant in a debate on whether the harsh winter was even man-made. And why couldn't it just be a bad omen like I already mentioned?

The context of the quote is that after Plagueis' visit to Naboo, the planet experienced a Winter colder than any of the Gungans or Naboo could recall, and now you're trying to argue that Palpatine's remark on wishing Naboo had milder winters overshadows the immediate context of the quote? Nothing points to it being a bad omen, as it foreshadows nothing. That is purely headcanonical.

Given that I disagree with Eredin12 routinely on his interpretations, which usually go against other wiki entries as well, it's not particularly convincing to have him in your corner lol. The wiki on the other hand doesn't have a vested interest in highballing or lowballing characters, so generally their input is something I take into account.

Unfortunately for you, agreeing with fan 1 more than you agree with fan 2 does not make the former any more credible than the latter. Both Eredin and the guy who wrote the wiki are just fans, and you should not be using their own opinions as part of your argument. We use legitimate sources. You can take their input into account for yourself, but if you expect to win arguments with it, you need to revise your debating techniques.

What does blocking FL have to do with the fact that the cables can conduct large electrical surges regardless of intent? If someone electrocutes a piece of metal, it's not like they choose whether or not the electricity travels through each atom. It's a property of the metal, or the cables in this case.

This isn't about blocking. If lightning worked the same way in SW as it did in real life, anyone who tried to block lightning with a lightsaber would get instantly electrocuted. Based off what we've seen in Star Wars, lightning does not auto conduct through metal and plasma like it would in real life. But if you want evidence of force users controlling the conduction of lightning, let us consult TFU 2.

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There's no evidence that Galen had to consciously navigate his lightning through the cables. The cables just conducted whatever he gave them to other connected processors and cables. Not that it changes my argument if he did. And nobody disagreed that the cables go beyond the room. I'm literally the one who posted that lol. It's how the Core's processors control tech beyond the lair.

Other than the fact we know that force lightning doesn't auto-conduct as seen every time someone blocks lightning with a saber. Based on what we know about force lightning, the cables themselves would not have auto-conducted Starkiller's force lightning.

We have Galen frying every single processor. The processors are in the lair only. So this wouldn't be a planetary feat, as he's just grabbing the nearest processor and sending enough lightning into it to fry every other piece of connected tech in the lair. We're not told that all the tech outside was fried, but even if we were, the range would be thanks to the conduction of the cables, not Galen emitting lightning over the surface of the planet or something.

I don't know what any of that has to do with the Core feat. If you're using scaling, just say so. We can discuss the scaling instead of the feats you think are planetary on their own.

The processors were fried, yes. So were the cables as they were described to be in a complete tangle and experiencing a brainstorm.

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If the tech outside was damaged from the wires, it was again because Starkiller conducted the lightning through the wires, not that the wires themselves auto-conducted Starkiller's lightning.

So then you do agree that Starkiller is planetary? I thought this debate was about Starkiller being planetary as a whole instead of just the one feat as you just prior were saying stuff like "If Starkiller is planetary, he shouldn't be dying from a ceiling collapse."

Sure, but debating also works by keeping a debate on topic so things stay focused. When we jump to different things without resolving the previous points, nothing productive is happening. My initial comment didn't say "no FUs are planetary." I took issue with two very specific feats you were using.

That's what I was thinking as well but when you brought up the whole ceiling collapse thing, that was when I thought you were disputing Starkiller being planetary as a whole.

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@redsithdisciple: Tbh I should have clarified, I was more looking at which characters you though were planetary, not feats. So that was my bad. Although I guess it helps anyway. Though honestly I think I have a more broader view on planetary, beyond just "being able to destroy a planet."

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I initially brought up scaling and then Wolf asked me about feats, which is when I brought feats in. And no, the feat itself proves he has planetary range, the scaling solidifies his ability to destroy planets.

Because you're not adding anything new either. I debunked the reddit post you sent me, and rather than addressing those debunks, you instead repeated what you said in your original post, which is why I've also been repeating since then. And again, it makes no sense for them to randomly bring up the Winter being colder in succession to Plagueis visiting the planet if it's supposed to just be a coincidence and contributes nothing to the story. That's just a weird writing choice.

This is so laughably easy to tear apart and just proves that you're the one whose brain has shut down. Read the definition of a planetary character and my arguments, as I have never once said this feat alone puts Plagueis capable of destroying planets.

What's weird is that you even admit later that this specific feat doesn't make Plagueis planetary. So I have no clue why we're even arguing here. Range is not destructive power, even if Plagueis were responsible for all this.

You didn't debunk the reddit post. Your only responses to it were either attacking the sub it came from or saying "basic inference skills" back up your interpretation. If that's a debunk in your eyes, then by all means. It makes perfect sense to bring up Plagueis' departure before the winter, because it's a chronological order of events. What doesn't make sense is for Plagueis' power to have caused a months-long delayed effect due to his presence, when it's not one of his established powers and never occurs any other time.

The funny thing is that the definition you linked is the same one I've been trying to argue for lol. Let's take a look:

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So yeah being able to defend against a planetary attack very much suffices as being planetary yourself. Scaling above Nihilus in power, who has planetary destruction feats, means that you are capable of doing it as well. That is how scaling works. I never once tried using the one feat to say Plagueis had the ability to destroy planets, I was using it as IU evidence that Plagueis has planetary abilities.

Correct, defending against an attack that can destroy a planet or destroying one yourself makes you planetary. Finally agreed. You know what doesn't fit either of those criteria? Causing an already cold winter on a planet to become unquantifiably colder. That's neither destroying a planet, or defending against a planet-busting attack. And you did try to use this feat to prove that FUs were planetary. This was one of your two pieces of proof when you responded to @sunshinedobbs and @wolfrazer.

The context of the quote is that after Plagueis' visit to Naboo, the planet experienced a Winter colder than any of the Gungans or Naboo could recall, and now you're trying to argue that Palpatine's remark on wishing Naboo had milder winters overshadows the immediate context of the quote? Nothing points to it being a bad omen, as it foreshadows nothing. That is purely headcanonical.

No, I'm saying that Palpatine saying Naboo's winters are harsh gives reason to believe that a particularly harsh winter doesn't need an unnatural explanation. Weather changes occurring during villainous appearances or decisive moments is a staple in fiction; it doesn't mean we attribute those environmental effects to the "weather-altering powers" of the characters involved. Especially not Plagueis, who's demonstrated no such ability or passive effect during any other visit. Not to mention the hilarity of the supposed feat occurring months after he'd left.

Unfortunately for you, agreeing with fan 1 more than you agree with fan 2 does not make the former any more credible than the latter. Both Eredin and the guy who wrote the wiki are just fans, and you should not be using their own opinions as part of your argument. We use legitimate sources. You can take their input into account for yourself, but if you expect to win arguments with it, you need to revise your debating techniques.

You don't see a difference between you citing one of your battleboarding friends who often has a generous view of these characters to argue their victories in VS debates, and me citing a wiki, which is contributed to by many fans and is supposed to be a neutral recounting of lore for fans from all corners of the Internet?

This isn't about blocking. If lightning worked the same way in SW as it did in real life, anyone who tried to block lightning with a lightsaber would get instantly electrocuted. Based off what we've seen in Star Wars, lightning does not auto conduct through metal and plasma like it would in real life. But if you want evidence of force users controlling the conduction of lightning, let us consult TFU 2.

Other than the fact we know that force lightning doesn't auto-conduct as seen every time someone blocks lightning with a saber. Based on what we know about force lightning, the cables themselves would not have auto-conducted Starkiller's force lightning.

The lightsaber could just be able to insulate the user from the effects of electricity. That's not evidence FL doesn't conduct. We know for a fact it conducts because people struck by it experience electricity arcing through their entire bodies, despite the actual impact points of the lightning bolts being small. There's really no debating this, it's a major point of Vader's suit in Legends.

The wiki entry on FL also agrees that it conducts and can be grounded like other types of electricity. And please before you complain that the wiki is lying, I linked one of the sources they used where FL is literally grounded by a metallic object. No one disagrees that FL users can control it, only that FL can conduct freely through things. Also, lightsabers can conduct FL. Windu's FL reflection technique is literally described as a superconducting loop. Since FL conducts through metal, there's no reason to believe Galen's is any different.

The processors were fried, yes. So were the cables as they were described to be in a complete tangle and experiencing a brainstorm.

If the tech outside was damaged from the wires, it was again because Starkiller conducted the lightning through the wires, not that the wires themselves auto-conducted Starkiller's lightning.

Yes, the cables connecting the processors were in tangles. The only thing that was mentioned to be fried were the processors, while the cables connecting the processors were in disarray or potentially damaged. Nothing about tech across the planet being fried, just the neural network in the lair. And again, FL conducts through cable, so the "range" that's occurring in this feat is thanks to the cables. The range also being the lair, not the planet.

So then you do agree that Starkiller is planetary? I thought this debate was about Starkiller being planetary as a whole instead of just the one feat as you just prior were saying stuff like "If Starkiller is planetary, he shouldn't be dying from a ceiling collapse."

I feel like I've been pretty clear that I'm responding to just these two feats. There might be other arguments for planetary Galen, but this ain't it. The ceiling collapse was just a bizarre contradiction I noticed when the passage was supposedly showing planet-busting power output.

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#50  Edited By Wolfrazer
@redsithdisciple said:

This is so laughably easy to tear apart and just proves that you're the one whose brain has shut down. Read the definition of a planetary character and my arguments, as I have never once said this feat alone puts Plagueis capable of destroying planets.

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Though question? Why are you bringing up this 'definition' when the actual link to it, just goes into the VS Wiki Tiering System? Which in of itself can be flawed?

There's various views on what is or isn't planetary level sure, it's not just destroying a planet...although I guess if we're going into specifics, I guess planetary level could be that.

But there are also characters who could be planet level, but there destructive capability isn't outright destroying a planet...but they would still be planet level.

Someone actually seemed to sum it up well, there's tiers to it. Which is how I guess I'm viewing it.

I see some SW EU characters as being planet level, but they aren't like...planet busting level, if that makes sense, but they have clear feats within the planet range. So they are still in the category of being planet level.

But regardless, I think this has been sort of a silly tangent to go off on, as Vader in this scenario isn't stopping a planetary object, he's just stopping a fast moving object, which is clearly smaller than a planet.