RotS Anakin vs. ESB Vader

[CMWaters]

So something that a co-worker of mine was wondering about and I thought I'd present it to everyone here:

Since Star Wars is doing time shenanigans every now and then now (at least if going by the LEGO Holiday Special is any indication), he thought of a situation of Anakin JUST before the fight with Obi-Wan on Mustafar fighting against Darth Vader circa Empire Strikes Back, where he was arguably at his peak.

Taking out the quality or lack thereof of the films, how do you see a battle between the two going?

[Kevin Hamilton]

Vader was using half his power just to keep himself alive/bear the pain. Anakin beats him quickly.

[Magnus the Magnificent]

Anakin one-shots.
Speed kills, and Vader was slooooow compared to Anakin.

[Perpetual Nirvana]

Anakin by a mile. It's made abundantly clear that being immolated and put in the suit made him a shell of what he once was.

[Pooh Carlson]

I'd take Vader in Rogue One over Anakin. I think it's possible Vader could use Anakin's emotions against him.

[CMWaters]

Dec 30, 2020 19:17:04 GMT -5 Magnus the Magnificent said:

Anakin one-shots.
Speed kills, and Vader was slooooow compared to Anakin.

Yet somehow he was able to survive against any other Jedi that would have that advantage. If you don't want to look at comics just see his battle with Ahsoka from "Rebels".

Granted Anakin around Revenge of the Sith was probably stronger than Ahsoka in Rebels, but still.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Dec 30, 2020 19:50:40 GMT -5 Perpetual Nirvana said:

Anakin by a mile. It's made abundantly clear that being immolated and put in the suit made him a shell of what he once was.

The novelisation for ROTS is great in describing how Anakin feels as Vader compared to how he was pre-suit:

And you rage and scream and reach through the Force to crush the shadow [Palpatine] who has destroyed you, but you are so far less now than you were. You are more than half-machine, you are like a painter gone blind, a composer gone deaf, you can remember where the power was but the power you can touch is only a memory, and so with all your world-destroying fury it is only droids around you that implode, and equipment, and the table on which you were strapped shatters, and in the end you cannot touch the shadow.

In the end, you don't even want to.

In the end, the shadow is all you have left. Because the shadow understands you, the shadow forives you, the shadow gethers you unto itself - and within your furnace heart, you burn in your own flame. This is how it feels to be Anakin SKywalker... forever.

Had Anakin not been immolated, chances are he'd have overthrown Palpatine long before Luke ever came of age and would've been virtually unstoppable.

[Kevin Hamilton]

In the PS2 game of RotS, if you play as Anakin and beat Obi Wan the ending has you walking up and killing Palpatine and becoming ruler of the galaxy.