Jensaarai One | Versus Series: Darth Vader Vs. Kyle Katarn (Part 2, Lightsaber Combat) @Jensaarai1 | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 5 minutes ago.
Part 1 - [youtube.com/watch?v=A_2B3qXMDEQ]
Part 3 - [youtube.com/watch?v=jz1uawUMIoA]
My analysis of the Rule Of Two Sith Apprentice Darth Vader will draw from his primary appearances in Episodes I through VI of the Star Wars saga, including the novelizations, the tie-in comics, and the visual dictionaries. In addition I will be referencing The Force Unleashed game series, including its novelizations, strategy guides, and comic tie-ins, Splinter Of The Mind's Eye and its comic tie-in, and the Shadows Of The Empire novel and comic tie-in. Furthermore, I will be referencing the following Expanded Universe novels: Dark Lord: The Rise Of Darth Vader, The Rise And Fall Of Darth Vader, the Coruscant Nights trilogy, The Last Jedi (No, no! Not that one!), the Last Of The Jedi series (confusing, I know), Death Star, and the short stories In His Image and Two-Edged Sword, among others. Then, we have the comic series Dark Times, Purge, Empire, Rebellion, Tales, and what I refer to as the Darth Vader And Something Awesome series. Lastly, I will be examining Darth Vader: A 3-D Reconstruction Log for detailed information on Vader's cybernetics.
My analysis of the New Jedi Order Battlemaster Kyle Katarn will draw from his initial appearances in the Dark Forces game series, including the tie-in novellas, and its sequels, Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy. Furthermore, I will be looking over his appearances in The New Jedi Order, Legacy of the Force, and Fate of the Jedi book series, as well as the stand-alone duology Crosscurrent and Riptide. Lastly, I will be examining the Tales comic short Equals & Opposites, and the article Legacy of the Force Preview 5 by Sterling Hershey and Gary M. Sarli. Background information will be pulled from Jedi Vs. Sith: The Essential Guide To The Force, The New Essential Guide To Chronology, The Original and New Essential Guides To Weapons And Technology, The Original and New Essential Guides To Alien Species, and the Jedi Academy Training Manual, among many others.
As should be obvious, my overall analysis will be pulled purely from Legends Continuity, completely omitting all Disney Canon material. In the case of Kyle Katarn, this is because he is not featured in any New Canon material, his existance having been retconned, while receiving an obvious derivative replacement in Kanan Jarus. Though I will concede that Darth Vader is the one character that New Canon has actually managed to get right, the official continuity's version of events is so radically different from Legends that the two sources are completely incompatible. As my analytical format is essentially biographical, assessing a character's feats chronologically in order to paint a picture, not only of what they are capable of, but how they developed over time, this incompatibility is a problem. I'm not claiming that Legends Continuity is absolutely flawless with no inconsistencies or contradictions, but these issues are minor compared to how utterly broken Disney Canon is. Furthermore, Vader is so heavily featured within Legends that New Canon material is basically redundant. There are certain fights and feats that I chose to omit to save time, and there are some that I know I missed, because Vader has fought so many people across so many storylines.
With all of that out of the way, let us get underway. Darth Vader, Dark Knight of the Empire, and Kyle Katarn, the New Republic Battlemaster. If these two warrior titans of the Post-Clone Wars era were to meet in single combat on neutral ground, who would win?
Let's begin.
Part 1 - [youtube.com/watch?v=A_2B3qXMDEQ]
Part 3 - [youtube.com/watch?v=jz1uawUMIoA]
My analysis of the Rule Of Two Sith Apprentice Darth Vader will draw from his primary appearances in Episodes I through VI of the Star Wars saga, including the novelizations, the tie-in comics, and the visual dictionaries. In addition I will be referencing The Force Unleashed game series, including its novelizations, strategy guides, and comic tie-ins, Splinter Of The Mind's Eye and its comic tie-in, and the Shadows Of The Empire novel and comic tie-in. Furthermore, I will be referencing the following Expanded Universe novels: Dark Lord: The Rise Of Darth Vader, The Rise And Fall Of Darth Vader, the Coruscant Nights trilogy, The Last Jedi (No, no! Not that one!), the Last Of The Jedi series (confusing, I know), Death Star, and the short stories In His Image and Two-Edged Sword, among others. Then, we have the comic series Dark Times, Purge, Empire, Rebellion, Tales, and what I refer to as the Darth Vader And Something Awesome series. Lastly, I will be examining Darth Vader: A 3-D Reconstruction Log for detailed information on Vader's cybernetics.
My analysis of the New Jedi Order Battlemaster Kyle Katarn will draw from his initial appearances in the Dark Forces game series, including the tie-in novellas, and its sequels, Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy. Furthermore, I will be looking over his appearances in The New Jedi Order, Legacy of the Force, and Fate of the Jedi book series, as well as the stand-alone duology Crosscurrent and Riptide. Lastly, I will be examining the Tales comic short Equals & Opposites, and the article Legacy of the Force Preview 5 by Sterling Hershey and Gary M. Sarli. Background information will be pulled from Jedi Vs. Sith: The Essential Guide To The Force, The New Essential Guide To Chronology, The Original and New Essential Guides To Weapons And Technology, The Original and New Essential Guides To Alien Species, and the Jedi Academy Training Manual, among many others.
As should be obvious, my overall analysis will be pulled purely from Legends Continuity, completely omitting all Disney Canon material. In the case of Kyle Katarn, this is because he is not featured in any New Canon material, his existance having been retconned, while receiving an obvious derivative replacement in Kanan Jarus. Though I will concede that Darth Vader is the one character that New Canon has actually managed to get right, the official continuity's version of events is so radically different from Legends that the two sources are completely incompatible. As my analytical format is essentially biographical, assessing a character's feats chronologically in order to paint a picture, not only of what they are capable of, but how they developed over time, this incompatibility is a problem. I'm not claiming that Legends Continuity is absolutely flawless with no inconsistencies or contradictions, but these issues are minor compared to how utterly broken Disney Canon is. Furthermore, Vader is so heavily featured within Legends that New Canon material is basically redundant. There are certain fights and feats that I chose to omit to save time, and there are some that I know I missed, because Vader has fought so many people across so many storylines.
With all of that out of the way, let us get underway. Darth Vader, Dark Knight of the Empire, and Kyle Katarn, the New Republic Battlemaster. If these two warrior titans of the Post-Clone Wars era were to meet in single combat on neutral ground, who would win?
Let's begin.
