Jensaarai One | The Broken and The Sage - 10 Year Anniversary Remaster @Jensaarai1 | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
[00:00] Introduction
[05:02] Martial Arts Training
[20:08] Physical Capabilities / Handicaps
[22:55] Force Abilities
[35:51] Armament & Equipment
[38:28] Final Verdict
My first long form Versus Video was Darth Vader versus Grandmaster Yoda, titled the Broken and the Sage. As of Octover 22nd, 2022, that video is now 10 years old. Unfortunately, it has since been blocked due to copyright infringement, specifically music. YouTube was a much different landscape back then. To commemorate the anniversary, and to return this classic to the fans, I have prepared this remastered version using the original voiceover.
This video, and the match-up in general, has been one of my most controversial, and I will admit that I did deliberately cultivate that. No such thing as bad press. But regardless of what you think about my argument and conclusions, there is no questioning that this was a seminal work, the first 40 minute versus video. The first demonstration of just how far we could take this.
However, in retrospect, I wish I had been more moderate and balanced in both my arguments and my delivery, and built up to my conclusions more gently. Instead, I am having to backpedal from a very extreme position that was predicated on both an unreasonable anti-Yoda bias and my own tendancy towards black-and-white reasoning. In summary, I still believe that Darth Vader would defeat Grandmaster Yoda, but rather than the curbstomp victory outlined in this video, I believe he would be pulling a Teneb Kel and scraping by against an opponent who outclasses him, with his victoy being heavily predicated on Yoda's complacency and arrogance. I regard Yoda as the ultimate example of a big fish in a small pond, and I don't think he would take Vader seriously, instead treating him like Dooku and playing with his food instead of going in for the kill, in the process handing the tactical initiative to Vader.
Though Antoine Bandele's 2017 Rebuttal video and EvanNova95's 2019 Who Win's video were both addressed to my 2017 remake, rather than the original 2012 version, I am well aware that people want to hear my thoughts on them. In my opinion, Antoine's rebuttal demonstrated a pro-Yoda bias that was every bit as extreme as my anti-Yoda bias, with his following Yoda versus Luke Skywalker video making quite clear that Grandmaster Luke is the only character within the Star Wars setting that Antoine is willing to acknowledge is capable of defeating Yoda, and even that admission was loaded with caveats. As for Evan's Who Wins video, I found it to be much more balanced, addressing many of the core points in both my video and Antoine's while also providing his own argument, and I've actually rewatched this video several times just for the viewing pleasure. Evan may have ruled in favor of Yoda, but he at least acknowledged Vader's threat level, and stressed that Yoda would not be able to take him lightly.
Before I move on to the video proper, a few notes on the analysis. It follows my outdated format from the early 2010s, and was created prior to both the Expanded Universe purge of 2014 and my own decision to omit the 2008 Clone Wars animated series from most of my discussions of Clone Wars era characters. As I've discussed before, my vitriol towards the series comes from me being a disillusioned fan who started out liking it. In the case of Yoda, his early seasons appearances were actually fun additions, while his later season appearances, which post-dated this video, came at the direct expense of various significant Expanded Universe storylines that form major lynchpins in my analysis of Yoda. You cannot reconcile Yoda: Dark Rendezvous or the 2002 Clone Wars microseries with seasons 6 and 7 of TCW, whereas the longstanding contradictions between the microseries and Labyrinth of Evil are comparatively minor.
Anyhoo, I think I've prattled on for long enough.
Please enjoy the video.
[00:00] Introduction
[05:02] Martial Arts Training
[20:08] Physical Capabilities / Handicaps
[22:55] Force Abilities
[35:51] Armament & Equipment
[38:28] Final Verdict
My first long form Versus Video was Darth Vader versus Grandmaster Yoda, titled the Broken and the Sage. As of Octover 22nd, 2022, that video is now 10 years old. Unfortunately, it has since been blocked due to copyright infringement, specifically music. YouTube was a much different landscape back then. To commemorate the anniversary, and to return this classic to the fans, I have prepared this remastered version using the original voiceover.
This video, and the match-up in general, has been one of my most controversial, and I will admit that I did deliberately cultivate that. No such thing as bad press. But regardless of what you think about my argument and conclusions, there is no questioning that this was a seminal work, the first 40 minute versus video. The first demonstration of just how far we could take this.
However, in retrospect, I wish I had been more moderate and balanced in both my arguments and my delivery, and built up to my conclusions more gently. Instead, I am having to backpedal from a very extreme position that was predicated on both an unreasonable anti-Yoda bias and my own tendancy towards black-and-white reasoning. In summary, I still believe that Darth Vader would defeat Grandmaster Yoda, but rather than the curbstomp victory outlined in this video, I believe he would be pulling a Teneb Kel and scraping by against an opponent who outclasses him, with his victoy being heavily predicated on Yoda's complacency and arrogance. I regard Yoda as the ultimate example of a big fish in a small pond, and I don't think he would take Vader seriously, instead treating him like Dooku and playing with his food instead of going in for the kill, in the process handing the tactical initiative to Vader.
Though Antoine Bandele's 2017 Rebuttal video and EvanNova95's 2019 Who Win's video were both addressed to my 2017 remake, rather than the original 2012 version, I am well aware that people want to hear my thoughts on them. In my opinion, Antoine's rebuttal demonstrated a pro-Yoda bias that was every bit as extreme as my anti-Yoda bias, with his following Yoda versus Luke Skywalker video making quite clear that Grandmaster Luke is the only character within the Star Wars setting that Antoine is willing to acknowledge is capable of defeating Yoda, and even that admission was loaded with caveats. As for Evan's Who Wins video, I found it to be much more balanced, addressing many of the core points in both my video and Antoine's while also providing his own argument, and I've actually rewatched this video several times just for the viewing pleasure. Evan may have ruled in favor of Yoda, but he at least acknowledged Vader's threat level, and stressed that Yoda would not be able to take him lightly.
Before I move on to the video proper, a few notes on the analysis. It follows my outdated format from the early 2010s, and was created prior to both the Expanded Universe purge of 2014 and my own decision to omit the 2008 Clone Wars animated series from most of my discussions of Clone Wars era characters. As I've discussed before, my vitriol towards the series comes from me being a disillusioned fan who started out liking it. In the case of Yoda, his early seasons appearances were actually fun additions, while his later season appearances, which post-dated this video, came at the direct expense of various significant Expanded Universe storylines that form major lynchpins in my analysis of Yoda. You cannot reconcile Yoda: Dark Rendezvous or the 2002 Clone Wars microseries with seasons 6 and 7 of TCW, whereas the longstanding contradictions between the microseries and Labyrinth of Evil are comparatively minor.
Anyhoo, I think I've prattled on for long enough.
Please enjoy the video.
