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Darth Vader is seen by 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Star Wars fans as one of the strongest Sith Lords ever to roam the galaxy. And they’re right, for the most pa🐠rt. Throughout the histories of Star Wars Legend and Canon, there have been a few individuals to exist who are stronger than Darth Vader. There’s also been many who have claimed to be more powerfu🐎l than Vader, who in reality, aren’t.
Once the prize Jedi Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader was born out of hate, jealousy, rage, selfishness𝓀, an🐽d ego. For years, Palpatine groomed and moulded Anakin Skywalker towards becoming one of the strongest Sith Lords to rule over the galaxy. Despite his tremendous powers, though, Vader was not t🐟he strongest Sith to ever live. This doesn’t make him weak by any means. Instead, it goes to show how truly vast the Star Wars Universe really is.
Updated May 15, 2022, by Gabrielle Huston: Star Wars fans all over the world have finished enjoying the latest season of the Mandalorian, we figured it was about time to update this list of characters who could have taken him down.
18 🀅 Galen Marek ജ
In Star Wars Legends and Canon, Galen Marek (Starkiller) is the only Jedi (other than Obi-Wan Kenobi) to put a beat down on Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker. Galen was secretly trained༺ as a Sith Lord apprentice to Vader, but returned to the light side and the Jedi.
Galen Marek is the only one who came close to destroying the Sith Lord, thanks to his vast knowledge of Vader’s fighting tactics through the many hours they trained together. In the end, Marek sacrificed his own life at the hand of Sidious so the original Rebellion leaders could escape imprisonment.
17 Obi-Wan Kenobi 🎀
Darth Vader defeated Obi-Wan in A New Hope, but it’s because Kenobi let him. Old Ben was much m🍎ore in-tune with the force and knew what path he needed to take for their second battle♌.
Despite his loss (which was really a win), Obi-Wan Kenobi defeated Anakin as Vader, before he became mostly machine in Revenge of the Sith. Kenobi also defeated General Grievous and Darth Maul (twice) in single combat. Do not underestimate the power of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
16 The Son
The Son is the physical embodiment of the Dark Side of the Force. Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka encountered him in the Clone Wars TV Show. He, his sister (the Light Side) and his father (the balance) were trapped in a re🃏alm known as Mortis.
The Son wanted to escape Mortis, and his abilities had grown because, as the Dark Side's manifestation, the Son's power was fed by the ongoing war. He'd become much more powerful than even the three Jedi combined. The only way to stop him was for the Father to sacrifice himself, thus severing the Son's connection to the Force.
As epic as Darth Vader is, it's hard to argue that he's stronger than a literal manifestation of the Force.
15 Darꦍth P🐻lagueis
The mysterious Darth Plagueis almost always never gets enough credit for being one of the strongest Sith in Star Wars history. Not only did he survive multiple attempts on his life, he also brutally destroyed his Sith Master. Without Plagueis, there is no Sidious — and without Sidious, there is no Darth Vader.
The only way Darth Sidious knew he was guaranteed a victory over Plagueis was if he took him out in his sleep. Talk about an unfair fight. Palpatine achieved his strength and power as Darth Sidious because of Darth Plagueis’ lessons and teachings. Plus, Plagueis was able to do what Vader never accomplished: bringing the dead back to life.
14 🦄 Darth Sidious 𒈔
Darth Vader beat the Emperor in the end, using one of his own tactics which he witnessed for the first time decades before, with Mace Windu. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Darth Sidious🔯 was always stronger ☂than Vader, which is why he ruled over him for almost 20 years and turned him into the Sith Lord he was.
Yet, Vader (Anakin) was always tactically gifted. Once he determined Luke could defe꧟at him by givဣing in to the dark side, he reverted to the old bait and switch maneuver Palpatine used on Windu to defeat Sidious once and for all.
13 💦 ꦚ Darth Bane
Taking strength from the teachings of Darth Revan, Darth Bane wiped out the Brotherhood of Darkness about a thousand years before the events of The Phantom Menace. The initiator of the Rule of Two, Darth Bane would go down in history as one of the strongest Sith Lord leaders.
As per his own rules, Bane was destroyed by his apprentice once he became too weak to rule any longer. It would be his teachings which would eventually influence Darth Plagueis and later Darth Sidious and Darth Vader.
12 Marka Ragnos ꩲ
Defeating his competition and taking over as ruler of the Sith, Ragnos ruled for over a hundred years without a single defeat in Legends. He is the only Sith Lord in Star Wars history to pass away of natural causes.
Like Darth Sidious, Marka Ragnos was a superb manipulator and tactician. He pitted his enemies against one another, leaving only a handful to be defeated by his own hand. After his passing, he was buried in the Valley of the Dark Lords on Korriban where his f꧃orce ghost lived on, trapped within the tomb.
11 Tဣulak Hord
Known as the Master of the Gathering Darkness in Legends, Tulak Hord reigned during the early years of the Sith Empire. Remembered as the Lord of Hate and Master of the Gathering 𓂃Darkness, Tulak Hord inspired the design of Darth Vaders all-black appearance.
According to Kreia in Legends, Tulak Hord “was the greatest lightsaber duelist of the Sith Lords.” His power during his time in the dark arts𒊎 of the force was unmatched, and his rule feared by all.
10 Ajunta Pall ♊
Leader of the Dark Jedi, Ajunta Pall conquered Sith civilization and is known in Legends as being the very first Dark Lord of the Sith. No one came close ⛦to his skills in using the Dark Side of the force or in lightsa꧋ber combat.
His battle against the Jedi was known as the Hundred-Year Darkness. Pall would lose his war against the Jedi but rule and grow his empire for deꦡcades in the Outer Realms before passing on. Nearly a thousand years later, Revan would encounter Ajunta Pall’s spirit and bring him back to the light side of the 𝓡force.
9 The Daughter 🤡
The second out of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the three Mortis Gods on this list, the Daughter is the physical manifestation of the Light Side of the Force. While we know her brother's powers were strengthened by the ongoing war, it isn't clear if it weakened the Daughter. If so, it wasn't significant, as she was able to hold her own against the Son.
Her death was a sacrifice to save her father when her brother attacked him with the Dagger of Mortis. If the Son was stronger than the Daughter, it was only because of events playing out around the galaxy; it's clear the two are meant to balance each other out, and something was seriously out of place when Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan encountered them.
And, as we said, it's hard to argue that Anakin is stronger than the Force itself in human form.