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Anakin Skywalker is one of the most powerful Jedi in history. Known as “The Chosen One”, Anakin was created by the Force itself. Having a midicholorian count of 20,000, higher than any known Jedi, this means his Force potential was unmatched in the entirety of the Jedi order including masters Yoda and Mace Windu. Anakin was also one of the finest lightsaber duelists in the universe, ranking among Yoda, Mace Windu, Count Dooku, and Darth Sidious. He also has one of the most iconic character themes in fiction.
I’ll be using scans, scenes from the films and TCW, and quotes from novelizations. Hopefully I will continue to add to this as well! Been working on it for about 4-5 hours but there's more I want to include. Before anybody asks: Yes, EU content that is not contradicted by higher tiers of canon is still canon even after the Disney merger!
Force Powers:
Anakin collapses a building (Between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith): “"Dooku!" he howled, with such force and wrath that the ceiling of the vast hall began to collapse.“
Anakin launches a Tusken Raider 30 meters (Attack of the Clones): "A third came at him, thrusting forth a spear, but Anakin lifted an empty hand and set up a wall of Force energy as solid as stone. Then he shoved out with that hand, and the Tusken spearman flew away, fully thirty meters, smashing through the wall of yet another hut."
Anakin manipulates a boulder as large as a tusken hut (Attack of the Clones): "Soon none were standing against him, all trying to flee, but Anakin would have none of that. He saw one group rush into a hut and reached out across the way, to a large boulder in the distance. It flew to his call, soaring across the sand, smashing one fleeing Tusken down and flying on. Anakin dropped it on the hut full of Tuskens, crushing them all."
Anakin manipulating a massive starship. Obi-wan’s ship compared to the starship in question for scale.
Anakin (With the assist from Obi-Wan) clearing a massive gap via Force jump.
Hurls hundreds of pieces of shrapnel at Durge, who had just finished stomping Obi-Wan in combat
Combat Feats:
Anakin’s Speed as a young child (between Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones): "Never had Obi-Wan seen such a display of the Force from a Padawan. From the great Jedi Masters, yes. From Qui-Gon, near the end of his life.But from someone so young? Anakin's power astonished him. He had glimpsed it before, but now he had seen it unfurl, and it staggered him.He had not had a chance to move, to help. Anakin had been a blur. He had seemed to be everywhere at once. He had destroyed ten attack droids, disarmed his aggressors, and disabled two laser cannons without hesitation, with even a slight smile on his face."
Anakin easily evading an army’s worth of blaster bolts: "It seemed as if Tonith's entire army was firing at Anakin, but as he ran at full speed over the uneven ground that separated the communications facility from Tonith's command bunker, not a single bolt touched him. The troopers following hugged the ground and crawled painfully onward while their commander stood erect and ran unscathed through the burning trajectories of death. “
Anakin’s speed as a Padawan moving so quickly that his lightsaber’s blade engulfs him: "I'm a slow learner," Anakin replied coolly, and he came on then, so suddenly, so powerfully, his green blade whirling with such speed that he seemed almost encased in green light.
Anakin fighting Dooku with such speed that Dooku saw the room through the blue lens of Anakin’s lightsaber: “That blue blade was everywhere, flashing and whirling faster and faster until Dooku saw the room through an electric haze.”
Dooku’s thoughts on Anakin during their duel in Revenge of the Sith: " Each parry cost Dooku more power than he'd used to throw Kenobi across the room; each block aged him a decade. He no longer even tried to strike back. Force exhaustion began to close down his perceptions, drawing his consciousness back down to his physical form, trapping him within his own skull until he could barely even feel the contours of the room around him; he dimly sensed stairs at his back, stairs that led up to the entrance balcony. He retreated up them, using the higher ground for leverage, but Skywalker just kept on coming, tirelessly ferocious. And even now, he was holding himself back; even now, as he landed at Dooku's flank and rained blows upon the Sith Lord's defenses, even as he drove Dooku backward step after step, Dooku could feel how Skywalker kept his fury banked behind walls of will."
Anakin steamrolls Barriss Offee and incapacitates her through the Force
A description of Anakin's strength in his fateful duel with Obi-Wan: "Anakin's grip on his wrists bending his arms near to breaking, forcing both their lightsabers down in a slow but unstoppable arc."
Anakin defeats Durge, who had just defeated Obi-Wan in combat.
Weaknesses:
- Anakin has a tendency to be ruled by his emotions, as seen in the "Anakin protects his lady" and "Anakin overpowers Dooku" videos. Anakin stops behaving sensibly and, in the case of Dooku, opens himself up to a devastating burst of force lightning because he was, frankly, seeing red. This flaw is also what lead to his downfall against Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar, as his emotional conflict hampered his abilities too much to overcome the Jedi Master.
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