Ashin Varanin
Professional Enabler
[member="Silara Kuhn"]
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"He must have been trained by Count Dooku," Mace had said, "so you can
expect Makashi as well; given the number of Jedi he has fought and slain,
you must expect that he can attack in any style, or all of them. In fact,
Obi-Wan, I believe that of all living Jedi, you have the best chance to
defeat him."
This pronouncement had startled Obi-Wan, and he had protested.
After
all, the only form in which he was truly even proficient was Soresu, which
was the most common lightsaber form in the Jedi Order. Founded upon
the
basic deflection principles all Padawans were taught-to enable them to
protect themselves from blaster bolts-Soresu was very simple, and so
restrained and defense-oriented that it was very nearly downright passive.
"But surely, Master Windu," Obi-Wan had said, "you, with the power of
Vaapad-or Yoda's mastery of Ataro-"
Mace Windu had almost smiled. "I created Vaapad to answer my
weakness:
it channels my own darkness into a weapon of the light. Master Yoda's
Ataro
is also an answer to weakness: the limitations of reach and mobility
imposed
by his stature and his age. But for you? What weakness does Soresu
answer?"
Blinking, Obi-Wan had been forced to admit he'd never actually thought
of it that way.
"That is so like you, Master Kenobi," the Korun Master had said,
shaking his head. "I am called a great swordsman because I invented a
lethal
style; but who is greater, the creator of a killing form-or the master of
the classic form?"
"I'm very flattered that you would consider me a master, but really-"
"Not a master. The master," Mace had said. "Be who you are, and
Grievous will never defeat you."
-from the Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization. Obi-Wan may be nothing special in Ep1 or Ep2, but by Ep3 he's the one they trust to tackle Grievous solo.
expect Makashi as well; given the number of Jedi he has fought and slain,
you must expect that he can attack in any style, or all of them. In fact,
Obi-Wan, I believe that of all living Jedi, you have the best chance to
defeat him."
This pronouncement had startled Obi-Wan, and he had protested.
After
all, the only form in which he was truly even proficient was Soresu, which
was the most common lightsaber form in the Jedi Order. Founded upon
the
basic deflection principles all Padawans were taught-to enable them to
protect themselves from blaster bolts-Soresu was very simple, and so
restrained and defense-oriented that it was very nearly downright passive.
"But surely, Master Windu," Obi-Wan had said, "you, with the power of
Vaapad-or Yoda's mastery of Ataro-"
Mace Windu had almost smiled. "I created Vaapad to answer my
weakness:
it channels my own darkness into a weapon of the light. Master Yoda's
Ataro
is also an answer to weakness: the limitations of reach and mobility
imposed
by his stature and his age. But for you? What weakness does Soresu
answer?"
Blinking, Obi-Wan had been forced to admit he'd never actually thought
of it that way.
"That is so like you, Master Kenobi," the Korun Master had said,
shaking his head. "I am called a great swordsman because I invented a
lethal
style; but who is greater, the creator of a killing form-or the master of
the classic form?"
"I'm very flattered that you would consider me a master, but really-"
"Not a master. The master," Mace had said. "Be who you are, and
Grievous will never defeat you."
-from the Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization. Obi-Wan may be nothing special in Ep1 or Ep2, but by Ep3 he's the one they trust to tackle Grievous solo.
