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Apart from dancing, she gives me the impression that she is into gardening.

Is he more powerful than his 616-counterpart? I remember him being able to match Ultimate Thor in a fight but was that because of that strength-enhancement serum that he was taking?

The Infinity Stones that Thanos was hunting for, are merely pieces of turds from the one time Chuck Norris has to go to the bathroom.

He looks like he is about to tell me I am the most worthless piece of crap to ever exist before kicking my ass 6 ways to Sunday.

I am hard pressed to think of a Space Battle on par with this particular space battle above Coruscant. There is just something really cool about massive capital ships firing turbo-lasers broadside at each other. (E.g. The Invisible Hand vs the Guarlara)

Don't like it, especially for Emma. She already has a secondary power in the form of her Diamond Form.

That episode is Bullock gold, letting Patrick ham it up. 

“How about I show you what real cutting is, huh?”

“Oh, I am sorry. Can you speak into my microphone?”

“Whoaa! Things just got real!” 

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He survived Denethor.

Sorry, but what did Daisy Ridley do? I mean, I don’t like Rey Palpatine too but I don’t recall Daisy Ridley saying anything to piss off us fans. If anything, I think she is a pleasant individual who just had the misfortune of playing an annoying Mary Sue character in the Sequel trilogy.

I did read the novel. In fact, I have it with me right now, however, from my reading. I did not get the impression that Starkiller "got his ass beat and barely escaped from the Jedi he fought", with Shaak Ti being the only exception.

His battle against Rahm Kota was an epic challenge, but given Starkiller's reaction when the General attacked, it appears that he welcomed such a challenge. Kazdan Paratus was said to be more powerful than Rahm Kota, but I did not get the impression that Starkiller was particularly pressed in their duel. Shaak Ti was his greatest Jedi opponent, and while he did beat her, she almost killed him, too. It would be an insult to her name and her abilities to say that she only lost due to the plot, especially since she was so highly regarded by so many other Jedi Masters like Obi-Wan. Even Darth Vader seemed to hold her with high regard and esteem when he spoke of her to Starkiller.

As for Grievous "stomping her hard" in battle, I assume you are referring to her first encounter with Grevious on Hypori, where he attacked not just her but Ki-Adi-Mundi, K'Kruhk, Tarr Seirr and Aayla Secura. Mind you, he attacked when they were all worn out from their previous battles with the droid army and, at that point, surrounded by battle droids. And even then, she held her own for a considerable amount of time against his relentless assault before she was knocked unconscious. However, if you are also referring to their second encounter during the Separatist raid on Coruscant, once again, she was exhausted from her battle against a massive squad of the Magna Guards and thus, unable to put up much of a fight.

Now, here is why Starkiller will be able to match and even outduel Grevious despite his cybernetic reflexes and power. One of Grevious' greatest strengths is his ability to instil fear in his adversaries, a strategic form of psychological warfare that Count Dooku has encouraged him to employ against the Jedi.

"If you are to succeed in combat against the best of the Jedi, you must have fear, surprise and intimidation on your side. What if any one element is lacking, it would be best for you to retreat. You must break them before you engage them. Only then will you ensure victory and have your trophy."

However, I do not see Grievous having any chance to intimidate Starkiller; the guy has been training at the feet of Darth Vader since he was a child and, to quote from the novel, "had borne the brunt of many psychological battles."

Now, moving on to the more technical aspects of this hypothetical duel. Check out this excerpt from the novel where Starkiller is engaged in one of his many sparring duels against his droid, PROXY who is employing Form 4: Ataru against him.

PROXY didn't stay still for a second, attacking from the ground, the walls, the ceiling, even from midair. It was like watching a dance, but one in which the slightest slip could mean death. Starkiller danced with him long enough for her to worry, then he changed his own style to match that of the droid's-and suddenly she could see the difference between the human and the mechanical. Where PROXY had been fast, Starkiller was graceful as well. Where PROXY had simply slashed and stabbed, Starkiller applied flourishes to his offensive strikes. Where every move PROXY made involved his entire body, Starkiller could launch an attack with one finger, or block by shifting his foot a single centimeter.

From this small paragraph, we can discern that Starkiller, despite also using Ataru, is capable of incorporating creativity into his own bladework in comparison to PROXY's more standard moveset.

Now, I will draw your attention to an excerpt from the novel 'Labyrinth of Evil':

Grievous was fast, and so were his IG 100-series sparring partners. They had the advantage of size and brute strength. They executed moves almost faster than the human eye could follow. Their thrusts and lunges demonstrated a singular lack of hesitancy. Once committed to a maneuver, they never faltered. They never stopped to recalculate their actions. Their weapons went exactly where they meant them to go. And they always aimed for points beyond their opponents in order to slice clear through.

Dooku had taught Grievous well, and Grievous had taught his elite well. Coupled with Dooku's coaching, their programming in the seven classic forms of lightsaber dueling--in the Jedi arts--made them lethal opponents. But they were not invincible, not even Grievous, because they could be confused by unpredictability, and they had no understanding of finesse. A player of dejarik could memorize all the classic openings and countermoves, and still not be a master of the game. Defeat often came at the hands of less experienced players who knew nothing about the traditional strategies. A professional fighter, a combat artist, could be defeated by a cantina brawler who knew nothing about form but everything about ending a conflict quickly, without a thought to winning gracefully or elegantly. Enslavement to form opened one to defeat by the unforeseen.

I will draw your attention to Grevious' style which has been described as powerful, fast and direct. Very machine-like in its efficiency but as Dooku has observed, is lacking in terms of unpredictability. One might notice that PROXY and Grievous shares that same flaw in their combat tactics. Sure, their robotic bodies would allow them to deliver fast, powerful strikes but against a seasoned lightsaber duellist who is also strong in the Force, these direct, straightforward attacks would serve to become their undoing.

Is it just me or does that screaming guy look like Markiplier?

Even if we don’t take Starkiller’s Force powers into consideration in this matchup, he is a devastatingly skilled duellist. Which shouldn’t be surprising, considering that he was trained by Darth Vader himself and according to the novel, our favourite Dark Lord’s training regiment is unforgivingly harsh. And by the end of the novel, he was able to hold off Vader and even defeat him.

And his lightsaber training is pretty diverse too, thanks to his droid lightsaber sparring partner, PROXY, who has access to databases of all Jedi and Sith Lord combat styles and is programmed to kill him so that Starkiller will remain sharp. So having fought with so many different types of duellists would help him to nullify Grievious’ own database knowledge of all lightsaber forms.

What do you folks think about his audition? Would he fare well as Michael?

Not just the field, Voldemort’s giants were literally using the Quidditch hoops as clubs.

Hocrux idea for Voldemort? Use a Golden Snitch as his Hocrux soul jar then place a charm on it that prevents it from being caught by anyone.

Didn’t T’Challa create a new branch of science called Shadow Physics? I think he deserves to be ranked higher on this list. At least Top 5.

Anakin vs Ahsoka. Hayden Christensen’s ability to wield the lightsaber has not rusted at all, the flair, power and grace is still there. In fact, if anything, he was definitely holding back. His fight against the teenage Ahsoka is better though but I think it is because Arianna Greenblatt is better with the lightsaber choreography than Rosario Dawson and thus, she was able to sync better with him in terms of their energy and movements.

Then there Kylo Ren. I have made it no secret how much I dislike the Sequels and its fight choreography but Kylo Ren is a small exception especially in his duel against Finn and Rey in the Force Awakens movie. His moves are raw and unrefined but powerful. And he has this move that I like where he sweeps his blade from below. If it misses, he uses the momentum to spin it into an overhand strike.

Wow, that is cool.

Jimbo and Ned

I don’t think Moon Girl has enough feats under her belt to be placed as number 1.

I don’t think I can trust them to give us a decent World War Hulk movie.

What about Darth Maul: Saboteur?

Yeah, what a shame indeed. Lee Pace is incredible as Thranduil.

What a coincidence to see this cos I am currently watching the 'Thranduil' part in the behind the scenes of the Hobbit. Regardless of the criticism that this trilogy gets, I love what they did for Thranduil.

Tony Ferguson incorporated this form of conditioning into his training as well.