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Anakin and Obi-Wan vs Darth Vader.

Gillard's already confirmed Vader is an inferior fighter to the TPM crew. Placing him below TPM Kenobi who would be eviserated by either prime Obi Wan or Anakin:

What was the most difficult fight sequence in any Star Wars movie?` `The first one, because it had been so long since the last movie. I may have been a bit flippant. I liked the fight with Obi-Wan and Darth Maul, but some seven years on, it's evolved so much. I've taken it so much more seriously. I understand it much better, so once I got to Obi-Wan versus Anakin, I really let it rip. But also keep it so true. On The Phantom Menace, it's the first time we've seen them fight that well. But by this last one, I think we had it in the bag, everybody knew how they should be. Everybody knew how it should look. There's so much pressure as well, because millions of fans also know how it should look, and you've got to try to stay true for them too.
Source: http://www.theforce.net/videogames/story/Nick_Gillard_Talks_ROTS_Game_92147.asp
Just gonna give some more support to Vader winning here. In Shadows of the Empire, it is stated that RotJ Luke is at least comparable, if not superior to RotS Anakin.

Meanwhile, Vader has multiple statements saying that he could’ve bodied Luke if he wanted to. Luke himself stated (in The Courtship of Princess Leia) that if Vader had wanted to kill him, he would’ve gotten stomped.

So Vader >> Luke >= Anakin, and Obi-Wan is significantly beneath Anakin. He was pretty consistently overpowered by Dooku, who is stated multiple times to be beneath Anakin, and before someone mentions the Mustafar duel, it is stated in Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader that Anakin was weakened during that duel.

Also it has been stated more than once that Vader, even at his weakest, is still superior to Dooku (as stated in Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader and an interview with George Lucas) who is stronger than Obi-Wan.

TL;DR Vader is FAR superior to Luke and even FARTHER superior to Dooku, who are superior to Anakin and Obi-Wan, respectively.
actually read the arguments before saying something stupid. 🤨
 
Either Kenobi or Anakin can solo.

Multiple statements have suited Vader being drastically weaker than his pre-injury self in accordance with Lucas’s vision:

“Under Palpatine's supervision, surgical droids transformed Vader's mutilated body into an armored cyborg. Although the Dark Lord was entirely dependent on his armor's life support systems, and his formidable powers were drastically reduced by his injuries, he remained strong with the Force for the rest of his life.” -Stars Wars Blueprints - The Ultimate Collection

“Darth Vader was encased in sinister black armor. The man underneath was mortally wounded in a lightsaber duel, and the dark suit includes extensive machinery to keep Vader alive. The sounds of his mechanical lungs accompany his every step. Such injuries greatly diminished his ability to use the Force, but Vader is still very powerful.” -Star Wars Encyclopedia — Darth Vader

“And you rage and scream and reach through the Force to crush the shadow who has destroyed you, but you are so far less now than what you were, you are more than half machine, you are like a painter gone blind, a composer gone deaf, you can remember where the power was but the power you can touch is only a memory, and so with all your world-destroying fury it is only droids around you that implode, and equipment, and the table on which you were strapped shatters, and in the end, you cannot touch the shadow.” -Revenge of the Sith

“Where Darth Sidious had gained everything, Vader had lost everything, including—for the moment, at least—the self-confidence and unbridled skill he had demonstrated as Anakin Skywalker.” -Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

“It was a great pity, Darth Sidious thought, controlling his anger, but perhaps not irreparable. Even diminished, Darth Vader would still be very strong, and there were no Jedi left to challenge him. Darth Sidious had seen to that himself. So he kept walking until he could bend over the body. And to his surprise, his apprentice was still alive.” -Revenge of the Sith Junior Novelization

“An epic duel made impossible by time. The fully grown Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker crosses lightsabers with Anakin Skywalker before his brutal defeat on Mustafar. Both Skywalkers are at the peak of their powers.” -Star Wars Head-to-Head

This lines up with relative feats in-universe as ANH Vader gets out-duelled by a TPM Maul clone on Kalakar Six, then proceeds to be defeated by Luke with minimal training in ROTJ.

He also struggles with numerous lesser Jedi post Mustafar, despite being so dominant in ROTS (even killing Cin Drallig 1 handed while fighting two other Jedi simultaneously, Drallig being the order’s battlemaster and among its greatest fighters), further reinforcing the idea he has been hobbled. These include Bol Chatak, Jastus Farr, Tsui Choi, Bultar Swan, Sha Koon, and Roan Shryne.
 
Either Kenobi or Anakin can solo.

Multiple statements have suited Vader being drastically weaker than his pre-injury self in accordance with Lucas’s vision:

“Under Palpatine's supervision, surgical droids transformed Vader's mutilated body into an armored cyborg. Although the Dark Lord was entirely dependent on his armor's life support systems, and his formidable powers were drastically reduced by his injuries, he remained strong with the Force for the rest of his life.” -Stars Wars Blueprints - The Ultimate Collection

“Darth Vader was encased in sinister black armor. The man underneath was mortally wounded in a lightsaber duel, and the dark suit includes extensive machinery to keep Vader alive. The sounds of his mechanical lungs accompany his every step. Such injuries greatly diminished his ability to use the Force, but Vader is still very powerful.” -Star Wars Encyclopedia — Darth Vader

“And you rage and scream and reach through the Force to crush the shadow who has destroyed you, but you are so far less now than what you were, you are more than half machine, you are like a painter gone blind, a composer gone deaf, you can remember where the power was but the power you can touch is only a memory, and so with all your world-destroying fury it is only droids around you that implode, and equipment, and the table on which you were strapped shatters, and in the end, you cannot touch the shadow.” -Revenge of the Sith

“Where Darth Sidious had gained everything, Vader had lost everything, including—for the moment, at least—the self-confidence and unbridled skill he had demonstrated as Anakin Skywalker.” -Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

“It was a great pity, Darth Sidious thought, controlling his anger, but perhaps not irreparable. Even diminished, Darth Vader would still be very strong, and there were no Jedi left to challenge him. Darth Sidious had seen to that himself. So he kept walking until he could bend over the body. And to his surprise, his apprentice was still alive.” -Revenge of the Sith Junior Novelization

“An epic duel made impossible by time. The fully grown Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker crosses lightsabers with Anakin Skywalker before his brutal defeat on Mustafar. Both Skywalkers are at the peak of their powers.” -Star Wars Head-to-Head

This lines up with relative feats in-universe as ANH Vader gets out-duelled by a TPM Maul clone on Kalakar Six, then proceeds to be defeated by Luke with minimal training in ROTJ.

He also struggles with numerous lesser Jedi post Mustafar, despite being so dominant in ROTS (even killing Cin Drallig 1 handed while fighting two other Jedi simultaneously, Drallig being the order’s battlemaster and among its greatest fighters), further reinforcing the idea he has been hobbled. These include Bol Chatak, Jastus Farr, Tsui Choi, Bultar Swan, Sha Koon, and Roan Shryne.
First of all this is a serious necro, secondly VSB currently accepts RotJ Vader as being the strongest Anakin has ever been in his life aside from the Mortis Amp he got.
 
First of all this is a serious necro, secondly VSB currently accepts RotJ Vader as being the strongest Anakin has ever been in his life aside from the Mortis Amp he got.
As per discussion rules there is no time limit on versus threads as long as the characters are not outdated.

And the currently accepted VSB scaling chains means very little as much of it is in question and under revision and has been for years.
 
As per discussion rules there is no time limit on versus threads as long as the characters are not outdated.

And the currently accepted VSB scaling chains means very little as much of it is in question and under revision and has been for years.
That's still what's currently on the page and we're not allowed to argue stuff that's not on the profiles, so for now RotJ Vader is him at his strongest aside from Mortis.
 
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