@Zandris Hugal your on drugs dude. Jaden Korr defeated marka Ragnos muh dude. he also defeated Tavion (then got possessed by Marka Ragnos), Rosh Penin, the Vothos Twins and faced boba Fett.
@Zandris Hugal the only reason oppress killed Gallia was because of his sheer physical power, when he charged at her with his horns as a mindless raging monster he is; and, as shown by her and kenobi, maul, and sidius, as well as that random jedi, he is weak against hand to hand combat. also, sidius was toying with him, and plo koon only lost when he was distracted and had his mast taken from him by savage. and dooku noted him as being sloppy. Yes, savage has skill and is certainly to be respected for whatever he has achieved, but his story would have been a lot shorter than it was under different circumstances
@Zandris Hugal Prior to the events of the books, Jaden was offered the rank of Master, but he declined since he didn't consider himself ready. Using Opress' "fight" with Sidious already shows that you have no real arguments. Sidious was toying with him. He was literally side stepping all of Opress' attacks while laughing his ass off. Beating Marka Ragnos already blows anything Opress did away. Ignoring the fact that Jaden had barely few months of formal training under his belt, he did this after cutting his way through scores of Disciples of Ragnos. What's more, the fight took place on Korriban, a powerful dark side nexus, which means that Jaden was not at his best when fighting Ragnos, while Ragnos himself was amped.
@@kirillzakharov7336 "the only reason Opress killed Gallia was because of his sheer physical power" you say that like it undermines the feat of killing a council member? It doesn't. His sheer power being able to overpower her skill is a great feat. Also, you say he's bad at hand to hand combat? I don't know if you mean actual hand to hand or lightsaber combat. If you mean hand to hand, than no, by no means is he bad at hand to hand combat. If you mean lightsaber combat, he is still not bad. Being able to keep up with Obi Wan, Anakin, etc. Is honestly really impressive, considering the fact that he hasn't actually had any real training with it. He also has no problem deflecting blaster bolts. And his force power is absolutely insane, he managed to force choke both Asajj Ventress AND Count Dooku at the same time and they had no defense against it. Now you can make the excuse that they were caught off guard, which I completely disagree with because there is no way Dooku is caught off guard that easily, but even if that is the case, he ALSO put both Anakin and Obi Wan on their asses when he dueled them for the first time, and there's no excuses for that one because they were clearly on guard. He also kept up with Palpatine, which I know Palps was toying with him, but it's still impressive, maybe only slightly but still.
EvanNova95 Fair enough. Good video by the way. I thought it would be a much less even matchup in favor of Jaden, but you’ve managed to review Savage’s feats in a balanced way which I can agree with overall.
While I do agree with your veredikt I just think that everyone underrestimates savage skill in a lightsaber duel cuase the only true defaets opress have faced is agents opponets in the highest teir in lightsaber combat and sorry if my english is bad english isen't my mother languesh
Love that you're including Jaden Korr in a versus; he's criminally overlooked. 1:51-2:02, I mean, we know it resisted blaster-fire, and from the look of it, where Kenobi amputated Savage, that very well could have been located in a gap in the armor... so I at least have no issue with the notion that his armor, specifically the spots where it protected him, was indeed lightsaber-resistant. That said, I don't think it was anywhere near comparable to cortosis or beskar in its degree of resistance to lightsabers. 2:58, great find! You've improved so much since you first began, especially with your sourcing. It's super appreciated. 18:22, to be fair, while you make a solid point that Ragnos indeed had centuries of experience over Korr, it's also worth noting that Ragnos hadn't physically wielded a weapon in thousands of years, so... needless to say, he'd have been rusty AF. XD While Korr's feat of besting a Ragnos-possessed-Tavion is of course impressive no matter how you slice it, it's nowhere near as impressive as it appears on a surface-glance. I've seen people use that fight and its outcome to try to diminish Ragnos, but when factoring in all the circumstances, it's clearly more impressive of Korr than embarrassing for Ragnos, what with Ragnos likely being as rusty as he was, and not being able to draw upon anywhere near the amount of power he would have possessed in his prime. While I ultimately think it wouldn't affect the outcome in either lightsaber dueling or the overall verdict, I think Jaden's missing fingers would be a small detriment specifically when defending against power blows. 34:43, it's important to note however that against Ventress and Dooku, they were both distracted, and Savage had a rage-amp going for him. Against Anakin and Kenobi directly following, the prior wasn't the case, but the latter still was. When did Savage breach Maul's Force defenses? Ah, in that one pic from the comic. Gotcha. Pretty sure Maul wasn't defending against Savage though, and, like Ventress and Dooku, was caught off-guard there. 42:45, since when is exploding corpses into "a shower of bone and dried flesh" "atomizing"? I'd liken this feat more accurately to be a slightly-diet version of a pre-prime Bane exploding dozens of technobeasts, or Vader exploding lyleks, whose thick carapaces were resistant to blaster-fire, with TK. Aside from most of my above nitpickings, this may be one of your best videos. Props!
I wasn't sure how this match would go when I first clicked on it. On one hand, Savage could have basically freight-trained his way through Jaden like he did with Adi Gallia, while on the other hand Jaden could have outmaneuvered and outplayed Savage in a similar manner that Sidious did (though without all the dark-side craziness). Suffice to say, I'm very happy with the outcome and a great video as usual.
Really would love to see a VS battle Involving Ben Skywalker. Easily one of my favorite EU characters and would certainly be a capable contender for plenty of battles. Keep up the good work Evan, extremely happy to have you back.
Honestly, I have a feeling that Jaden Korr would take the win but after more explanation on Savage Opress with his physical, martial, and force capabilities I was questioning there if Opress could really beat Jaden. I had no idea that he was stronger than Maul in the force either. The guy has raw talent but he hasn't had many years to hone it and relies too much on what worked for him in the past. When he gets angry also he does get sloppy but when his telekinesis is unleashed he does cause some damage. Sometimes the matches you do I judge is one sided but they aren't as one sided as I thought.
Hey Evan can we see Mandalorian war era Jedi Knight Revan against Ruusan/Thought Bomb era, Lord Hoth? Two of the greatest battlefield tacticians we've seen among Force users, the chess match of lightsaber duels.
My prediction: Savage will take the edge in physicality & (possibly) weaponry, but Jaden Korr mops the floor with him via edges in martial arts & force abilities. LET THE SEASON COMMENCE!!!!
Very intresting video as always Evan, Love your videos! This season will without a doubt be as great as the rest! Keep doing what you do, and may the force be with you.
Rewatching this video again, I noticed in the clip showing him sparring with Dooku, it looks like Savage is using the Outer Ring of Defence, you’ll notice how he holds the blade matches Corran Horn’s description of the style in I, Jedi. Couple that with Savage’s consistent flat footed manoeuvres and wide sweeps he favours leads me to believe that he was an instinctual practitioner of the Strong style rather than one specifically trained in that style. The closest analogue I can compare him to martially is Bane during the early days of his lightsaber training, when Kas’im observed him practicing the basics and decided that Bane would be best suited to Djem So. Savage just never got a style to focus on and so kept to what he knew. Also, I don’t why most sources cite that his lightsaber resembled Dooku’s when to me it looks more like a double-bladed but simplified version of Anakin Skywalker’s lightsabers: a solid casing with a slanted emitter and the signature thick ridged handgrip of all the lightsabers constructed by Anakin and Vader. This weapon design could support my theory that Savage was indeed a user of an unrefined variation of either Djem So/Strong style or the Outer Ring of Defence Sorry for the long post, Savage was one of my favourite characters to come out of TCW 😅
Maciek Ciepły I think that both Kyle and Vader are evenly matched as duelists, but I’d say Vader would win because of his slightly greater tactical outlook, though he wouldn’t win easily
Even Vader stood taller than Palpatine. Count Dooku slightly more than Palpatine as well. Though Maul seemed to be near his height if you look at Phantom Menace.
Galen Marek vs Jaden Korr: two warriors powerful in the force that operate a general purpose combatants who utilize multiple complimentary styles to exploit an opponent’s weakness instead of emphasizing their own personal strengths. Aside from Sora Bulq or Wolf Sazen, this is the match I desperately want for Marek as these two are as similar as they are different and happen to be my favorite characters of their respective lifetimes.
Congrats on the new season Evan. I very much agree with your assessment of both characters here. Can't wait for more. Hope you or the other Fanalysis council members do: 1) Mara Jade vs. Shaak Ti 2) Lumiya vs. Nomi Sunrider 3) Corran Horn vs. Yareal Poof 4) Darth Krayt vs. Exar Kun 5) Ferus Olin vs. Zayne Carrick 6) Aurra Sing(Legends) vs. Ventress(Dark Disciple) 7) Rahm Kota vs. Even Piell
These look interesting: 1) Mara. Her alternative disciplines, sidearms, and force abilities should beat out Shaak Ti. Quite close though. 2) idk. Lumiya can whip Nomi to death but Nomi stomps as force wielder. Probably Nomi because Sever Force=hax. 3) Horn is the superior duelist and can deal with illusions but Poof has some solid hax. For example, Poof uses combustion to literally burn Horn to death. 4) Have discussed this many times. Darth Krayt in an asspull if this is post resurrection Krayt. IF Vong Infested Krayt then Kun. 5) Zayne. He has supernatural luck/probability manipulation which is top tier hax. 6) Not touching. Hate Dark Disciple 7) idk.
Jade in a close fight via broader array of tools and greater Force power. Nomi stomps via Force sever, if she doesn't Lumiya tears her to pieces. Weird matchup, I kinda like it. Leaning Corran on the basis of his lightsaber skills but Poof's got some fairly hax abilities in his arsenal. Skip. Olin holds a commanding skill advantage but Zayne's probability manipulation could make that moot. Leaning Kota personally, Piell's short stature and lack of reach is a pretty big liability against opponents that can compete with his skill.
Hey Evan I just stumbled upon your liked playlist, and one of the videos you liked was to do with suicidal thoughts. I hope you are ok , and just remember, you have a fanbase who loves you and admires your work! Stay strong!!!!
I also think you have improved your videos in as a whole taking from source material and good conclusion based on it for your verdict and assessment of each characters capabilities, This was very interesting match up i listened to the whole video and was impressed i hope in the future you can do team battles ( i know they can be a headache to do) BEST VIDEO OF YOURS I HAVE SEEN, I WAS HAPPY TO WATCH IT, THANK YOU EVAN.
Great video! Always good to see nuance given to characters like these, given they're so often sensationalized to be more than they are, or otherwise completely dismissed. One thing, though, regarding Jaden's feat against Ragnos...I can't help but wonder whether lightsaber duelling is like many other martial arts, wherein people who were dominant 100, 50, even 10 years ago would be outclassed today because the study moves just that fast. I don't think it's unseeable that what qualified as a master duellist in Ragnos' time might be something that a prodigious talent with the NJO's knowledge base to pull from could pick up much more quickly. It's not that he's doing something he shouldn't be able to do--it's that the art REALLY matured with time. A couple requests: Plo Koon v. Jerec, Darth Caedus v. Darth Malgus, and Jedi Purge A'Sharad Hett v. Vindican.
After hearing mentions of Alpha a part of me wishes for a match up of "Alpha vs Savage Opress". Or which ever character is suitable to be put against Alpha, i found his wiki page too.
I’ve been following your channel for years. I’m making a Star Wars the clone wars republic commando fan film. Thanks for breaking down savage oppress for me. I’ll be sure to thank you in the credits.
Have you (or anyone else on the fanalysis council) ever used Ben Skywalker in your versus series? Ben Skywalker vs Galen Marek Ben Skywalker vs Ahsoka Tano
Some requests for future verses vids: Ulic Qel-Droma vs Plo Koon Exar Kun vs Darth Krayt Malgus vs Dooku Asajj Ventress vs Satele Shan Darth Maul vs Kyle Katarn Lumiya vs Qui Gon Sora Bulq vs Darth Nihl Satele Shan vs Shaak Ti Saba Sebatyne vs anybody Jax Pavan vs Ferus Olin Kir Kanos vs Alpha 17 Kir Kanos vs Jango Fett Han and Chewbacca vs Dengar and Bossk Great vid by the way! I’m glad to see that you’re back and making vids again
1. Plo Koon by the skin of his teeth. 2. If this is pre-resurrection (Vector) Krayt, then Kun. If this is post-resurrected Krayt, then he stomps (he's literally on par with Palpatine). 3. Malgus 4. Shan stomps with her Force Powers, after foregoing her lightsaber. 5. Katarn, after getting annoyed with Mauls resilience and stomps him with the Force. 6. Lumiya. 7. Nihl plays shadow tag, like Tholme, only more aggressive, and ambushes Bulq. 8. Shan stomps with the Force, because she gets tired of Ti's hit and run tactics. 9. Pavan, as a fully trained Knight, wins but Olin makes him work for it. Dont care about the rest....
Koon. More varied and proactive force wielder. Krayt in an asspull. Jensaarai1 did that. Shan stomps if GM. Even as a Jedi Knight, she can catch lightsabers and destroy 1/3 or so of a mountain. Kyle. Lumiya whips Jinn to death. Bulq is more skilled +expereinced, Nihl is more underhanded. idk right now. Shan if GM. Force power Dif is ridiculous. Jax probably. Can deflect laser beams, and has time manipulation. Kir Kanos because he is more badass. Kir Kanos idk.
Rob George i could legitimately argue that ventress would beat Satele. She’s a better duelist by a solid margin and is atleast somewhat comparable in the force. And her aggressive fighting style wouldn’t allow Satele to rev up her Tk attacks. As for the mountain feat, she was amped by the energy she absorbed when she used Tutaminis on Malgus’s saber
11:50 His strength does make him difficult to defend against. Galia can only block him with considerable leverage and only when he's not really putting his strength behind it. When he puts his strength behind it all she can do is get out of the way.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Oppress only have force training after his transformation by the night sisters? If so he did exceptionally well for someone who has relatively no training compared to his opponents, most of whom were training since they were small children in the use of the force. It also explains why his defenses seem to be lacking in that regard
I think Savage could greatly benefit from dedicated training in Form 3. If he could be disciplined, it would give him the defense/patience he so DESPERATELY needed, and if handled similarly to Darth Zanah, he could not only turn his opponent’s leverage against them, but amplify it to unstoppable degrees. He truly had enormous potential as a duelist
My first introduction to jaden was super strange, my brother showed me jedi knight academy and they literally said my name (which is jaden) and it freaked me out but was super cool
Bruh!!! Haven’t watched Even’s videos in so long! I’m glad I’m able to watch this matchup. Jaden Korr for the win, as savage wasn’t properly trained unlike Maul.
10:44 I'm sorry, but Maul's side says that under "Force abilities:" he has Force Lightning. ... Um... what? Okay, either Maul's just simply never used it in his entire life in any form of media, or that magazine is wrong and he can't use Force Lightning. Just a small thing, but this left me scratching my head.
Antares Draco vs Lucien Draay: two master duelists with gray morality at best. Both are also powerful force users who focus on basic skills taken to their extreme.
I’m very happy to see you use Jaden Korr been hoping to see him in the series Ideas Starkiller and Rahn Kota vs Darth Maul and Savage oppress Kit Fisto vs lucien Dray
Go back and forth on this one but leaning on Caedus. Alt weaponry and appears to be a better swordsman should overcome Plague's physical advantage. Windu but Kyle puts up a solid fight.
17:14 I would like to point out that Kell Douro is marveling at the power of Jaden Korr's soup. That is all. Yes I know now that he refers to brains as "soup".
Nomi Sunrider vs. Revan? it’d be an interesting match, since Nomi is missing and likely dead in KOTOR, but at that time she would not have been old enough to die of natural causes, and the only person who likely would’ve been strong enough to kill her would be Revan him/herself. So this is a duel we can reasonably assume to have happened, albeit offscreen! Keep in mind that Nomi would likely be in her 60s at the time :)
It is good to have you back Evan. As always here are a few of my suggestions Darth Sidious vs Darth Kryat Aayla Secura vs Luminara Unduli Ahsoka Tano (Rebels) vs Plo Koon Kyle Katarn vs Obi Wan Kenobi (ROTS)
So I have to ask, isn't saying that someone practiced a hybrid of Soresu, Ataru, and Djem So basically saying that they have no particular specialty? The three forms basically cover all of each other's weaknesses. This isn't a criticism or anything, I'm just wondering if there's anything in particular that you would say about someone like that other than that they're well-rounded.
What do you think that the characters tier rankings are I personally believe that savage is a tier 5 whose super strength and natural force potential let him engage hire tiers and that Jaden is a tear for roughly on par with Quinnlan Vos.
Savage: Physicality: tier 1.5. Zabrak species traits grant him superior resiliency compared to humans. Lightsaber skills: tier 5. His tremendous strength, as Evannova stated, negates any shortcomings his lack of understanding the sophistication of lightsaber combat. If you really want to push it, then I would say he’s 4.5, but I feel that is way too high for even him at his level of skill. Force abilities: tier 3 when he’s in a berserker rage. Otherwise, tier 4.5. Extremely powerful blunt instrument
Savage Opress vs ROTJ Luke Skywalker Both received "flash training" from various teachers without the traditional lengthy master-apprentice relationships common with both Sith and Jedi Orders.
Luke destroys. Savage's only real advantages against other force users are his strength and endurance. Luke has shown comparable or greater strength and endurance through his fights with Vader. On top of this, Luke is faster, more agile, smarter and more skilled. He takes this pretty easily
Super Headcanon but: I always felt that Savage was most likely not using Force Based Physical Augmentation, and instead his magically enhanced baseline was enough to match Council Master Level force users like Ventress, Obi-Wan, Anakin, Maul and Adi Gallia. Imagine if he could stack Force Based Physical Augmentation on top of that....
Kao Cen Darach vs Count Dooku: the battlemaster and the duelist . Even as a short this would be fun since Darach symbolizes everything dooku hates about lightsaber combat. Plus even if you view it as a mismatch, Darach was able to hold off an opponent of dooku’s caliber and dooku wouldn’t be able to exhaust him like malgus did. Bare minimum dooku would have to slowly widdle down darachs defense while exhausting himself. And in terms of force ability darach is below him, but has enough power to stay in the fight
Apprentice Malgus was at least a full tier below where he'd be at the time of Deceived, let alone his later False Emperor incarnation. Kao is a peer of people like Qui-Gon Jinn, Rahm Kota, K'asim, etc. but Dooku is way above his paygrade. He's not beating someone who holds their own against Yoda and Windu.
Skorr vs the grand inquisitor: the impulsive servant of dooku vs the calculating servant of Vader. Skorr was skilled enough to challenge Quinlan Vos, survived two encounters with a tuk ata and the grand inquisitor Faced Vader , kanan , Ezra and Jocasta . He was superior to kanan and Ezra separated or together and similar to Darth Maul was defeated by arrogance instead of a lack of skill. He overpowered Jocasta ( though she was not exactly an expert duelist) and the second Vader started trying he curb stomped the inquisitor.
While I approve using Tol Skorr in a matchup, the Grand Inquisitor is just a damn joke. Him facing Vader is meaningless if we're talking about a pre-prime Vader who was just toying. Kanan ALWAYS managed to get away and gave him a progressively harder time with each encounter. And counting Jocasta Nu is laughable due to her pitiful dueling skills. He's downright pathetic, it makes one wonder why the hell was he the Grand Inquisitor and not the much more powerful Trilla.
@@dannybodros5180 Yeah no. Jaden has nothing to kill Opress except for a lightsaber stab through the gut and Oppress has shown the ability to tank force lightning shown by his duel with dooku. His zabrak species traits make him a tank and Opress would force jaden to actually put effort into killing him. Jaden can't reliably one shot opress and his first inclination isn't to open out force abilities first. You understand nothing about either characters if you think jaden would just one shot opress or curbstomp him
This is a far more balanced and fair view of Opress's capabilities and I both applaud that large improvement and agree with the result of this video. Also excellent quality as usual it's a treat to watch by the way. That being said we really have to stop this pretense that during their duel Plo was the one at a disadvantage because he simply was not. Plo was not the opponent outnumbered in that fight nor was he the opponent being shot at whilst also dealing with a high calibre Jedi master. Opress on the other hand was and he was able to contend on roughly even footing with the Kel Dor council master despite these disadvantages. Plo allowing himself to become distracted in life or death 1v1 is also not a mark in his favour considering it allowed Opress to seize an exploit a tactical advantage which almost cost Koon his life.
Nope lol time for some perspective and context. Plo Koon had not faced Savage Opress before that engagement and before we get into that fight I will remind you Anakin Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi working in tandem were both thrown around by Opress in the 1st and 2nd engagement they had with him. The first time Savage Opress was simultaneously force choking someone not even phased by them and after he threw them off overpowering both easily. ua-cam.com/video/izHmAPQ0qPY/v-deo.html
The second fight Anakin and Obi Wan didn't gain an inch of ground the entire engagement and were both driven back not to mention each sent flying by Opress's force waves. ua-cam.com/video/Go4ixBWw_As/v-deo.html
Savage Opress also staggered back Dooku sending him flying before being subdued by Dooku’s force powers. ua-cam.com/video/7s3x8ox2ToE/v-deo.html
1v1 in a later season after 2 prior engagements Savage Opress staggered Obi Wan Kenobi and manhandled him breaking his defenses outright with only one blade then subdued him with physical strikes. ua-cam.com/video/7tbnBw6X3AU/v-deo.html
So trying to pretend that Plo Koon did badly when in his FIRST fight with Opress he took him head on blow for blow, on his own, gave little ground at all, tanked a kick to the head, then actually landed a saber strike amidst Opress's bulldozer assault is a lot better than anything Kenobi and Skywalker together managed their 1st and 2nd fight and is way more substantial than Obi Wan being tossed around 1v1 lol after 2 prior engagements. This does not even mention the fact Dooku was also sent flying by Opress’s blows so anyone able to even hold remote ground is setting a bar at this point because he's just so stifling. As for the Clones if you look at the comic Opress blasted back the clones immediately and the fight was one on one until the Clone trooper came back and distracted Plo Koon. In a 1v1 without outside interference that would never have happened. Plo Koon proved he can take everything Savage was bringing to the table and even responded by breaking his defenses while under constant fire. Even if in a 1v1 Savage Opress wasn’t going down and Plo Koon didn't possess the sheer kinetic force to compete physically enough to actually overwhelm him (possible I concede) the second Plo Koon turned to his force abilities namely electric judgment the fight would have ended. Savage Opress proved he has no defense against energy based attacks and doesn't even know to use his lightsaber. ua-cam.com/video/7s3x8ox2ToE/v-deo.html
Plo Koon only lost because of circumstances and rating his relative performance alone against Opress he did better than both Anakin and Obi Wan did in their first few engagements.
What would a Yautja Jedi be like? Just thought I’d give ya an interesting idea of a mini video. Here’s another one...what would happen if the AVP universe crossed over with the Star Wars one? Or Yautja vs Trandoshian vs Wookie?
Evan, I don’t know if your familiar with scaling characters. But could you give me a power gauge on where you hold the following characters in the verse relative to eachother. Example: Luke > Sidious > Vitiate > Plagueis (All assumed prime) Luke Sidious Vitiate Plagueis Vader Bane Caedus Dooku Maul
You way underrate Caedus, he's Plagueis level or above. Kun and Krayt also need placement in your table--Kun likely above Vader but below Plagueis, and Krayt just under Vitiate.
I don't think I've ever seen an NJO character lose a single match-up against a non-NJO character since I've been binge-watching this channel. Are all the NJO characters power-creeped to the high heavens? For the record, I like the channel; it just feels like I know the end result of every NJO matchup and I don't even disagree with this videos end result or the Corran Horn vs Warb Null video.
Control in regards of raw Force potential, Caedus gets the edge for...obvious reasons, but in terms of combative application, I’d say its a draw. As lightsaber duelists, I believe Caedus would win because unlike Plageus, Caedus is more willing to use his lightsaber in one-on-one combat
Yay you're alive! Ok evan, before I watch this video I just want to ask where were you for the last year or so and how often do you intend on posting now that you seem to be back? Also I wanted to ask do you feel yourself straying from star wars? Probably not since ur probably an old guard, but as a millennial I just see more and more od Disney corruption and not the star wars of the olden days. Mayhaps it's time to move on?
Think Evan released a video explaining what had been going on in his life and how that affected his upload schedule. I'm not Evan but Star Wars is one of those franchises that I don't think any of us can ever truly give up, it's part of us and many of its stories helped inform who we are today. It deserves more than to be dropped and forgotten about, at least in my view.
While not confirmed anywhere, I believe that Halsey was a practitioner of Ataru, judging by his use of acrobatics and integrated unarmed combat. If that's so Savage possesses enough agility to evade the rapid strikes of Form IV for several sweeps before countering with his enchanted pike, not once attempting to parry the attacks with it. He is not lacking in agility but he just prefers to rely on his brute strength. *this* is where I see the similarity between him and Bane: both are physical powerhouses but neither are lacking in terms of agility (of course I rate Bane as being faster, given his dedicated training in Form III in his later years. That being said I would be interested to see how Savage Opress would fare against Path of Destruction Darth Bane. Bane reached his potential, Savage never got that opportunity.
great video as always, but i always have and will consider Savage as nothing more than a crude instrument. How about a match between Grand master Skywalker and Darth Kryat or Kryat vs Palpantine. I mean reborn Kryat when he was at his peak. Or Kirlocca vs Saba sebentyne
@Emperor Vowrawn That all depends to which version of Kanan we're using. Season 1-2 Kanan ? He would struggle more, and probably get away ending the fight in a draw. Blind Kanan would definetely own him.
@@ariesstorm9577 Since my old comment got deleted, here's the general gist : Kylo is very VERY similar to Savage on how he conducts himself. A really crude Shii Cho/Djem So practitioner, whereas Kanan was a middling Soresu/Ataru hybrid practitioner, perhaps also had Shien in his repertory. If the match was with Season 1-2 Kanan vs TRoS Kylo (at his supposed "peak"), Kanan can contend but Kylo ultimately wins via cheapshoting him with a Force ability. If it was Blind Kanan, I see the fight more in his favor. In either scenario, it would be brutal and drawn-out, but Blind Kanan has more versatility in his usage of Force powers than Kylo ever did. Kylo's tactics boil down to either brutalizing you like a caveman, or immediately dispatching you with one swift but blunt Force attack.
roman Republic Not possible. There are ZERO known feats for either combatant when they were alive. The key word there being “alive”, as Marka Ragnos possessing someone as a spirit and fighting through them isn’t exactly an accurate gauge of his power. As for Tulak Hord, all that’s said about him is that he was a great warrior. But, such praise of the character’s abilities is meaningless when there aren’t any feats that back this point up.
@GENERALKENOBI2 I agree. Mainly because Vitiate is a shit swordsman. Valk vs ROTS Sidious in a pure force ability duel is a more balanced and interesting contest (to me).
I never leave comments on videos (see the embarrassing profile name from middle school), I can't stay silent. While I agree with your verdict and generally enjoy your content, I'm seeing a trend that worries me. You knew when you picked this match-up that Jaden would win. You make as much clear throughout the video that you don't see Savage as a match for him. It'd make more sense if you stated that the match was one requested by fans. Instead, it looks like you picked it to fill an episode. I'd also like to point out that in the same video in which you admit to having a negative bias against Savage you proceed to dump on him at any given opportunity. Your snide little comments throughout the video stating your clear belief that this fight shouldn't even be taking place. It'd be one thing if the video was some form of visualization of the fight, providing the viewer a visually entertaining match that is nonetheless one-sided. Your videos, however, are all about fight analysis. It does not make for an entertaining video (to me, at least) when your analysis video is biased and one-sided. You can claim all you want that you gave Savage a fair shake, but considering that his main advantage comes from size and power, it's awfully irritating that you proceed to reference Yoda saying that size doesn't matter. If size didn't matter then why bring it up? In some rare instances, it matters, but it doesn't in most. And since it's Savage's only real bragging point, it's clear that the fight was never a question. Having said all of that, I still enjoy your videos. I just don't like clicking into an hour long video where the outcome is clear ten minutes in.
He also mocked 15 year old Jaden to be able to do what he did in Jedi Academy. Also Savage isn't really that strong of a force wielder. That being said I agree with you on one thing. Several times Evan has done this kind of matches, when you look at the title and you know the victor.
unfortunately, visualizations and a mock up play of the fight costs time and money if animators are up for hire. Something I doubt evannova or any other versus content creator would want to spend on. They aren't big UA-camrs and UA-cam isn't their job. They don't receive money from making these videos and the star wars versus series is at best a small fanbase that wouldn't garner attention. If you want it badly, the best you could do is just imagine the fight between them. I'm not saying I hate it or don't want it. I do, but animations of these would take time and money.
@@lapplandkun9273 Of course they would. But that's why you don't pick vs. fights in which the winner is obvious. And yeah he was very impressed about 14-15 years old Jaden defeating Marka Ragnos. But both in this and especially in other videos on Jaden he did downplay it - because let's be honest it Was Marka Ragnos Ghost that was not even at full power. As much as I love Jaden, he wouldn't stand a chance against full power Sith Lord of ancient times.
Without even watching.
Jaden took on multiple force users pumped up in similar ways to Savage. I'm gonna go with the one trained by Kyle and Luke
to be honest savage never was properly trained by any of is master compare it with jaden who was trained.
@Zandris Hugal your on drugs dude. Jaden Korr defeated marka Ragnos muh dude.
he also defeated Tavion (then got possessed by Marka Ragnos), Rosh Penin, the Vothos Twins and faced boba Fett.
@Zandris Hugal the only reason oppress killed Gallia was because of his sheer physical power, when he charged at her with his horns as a mindless raging monster he is; and, as shown by her and kenobi, maul, and sidius, as well as that random jedi, he is weak against hand to hand combat. also, sidius was toying with him, and plo koon only lost when he was distracted and had his mast taken from him by savage. and dooku noted him as being sloppy. Yes, savage has skill and is certainly to be respected for whatever he has achieved, but his story would have been a lot shorter than it was under different circumstances
@Zandris Hugal Prior to the events of the books, Jaden was offered the rank of Master, but he declined since he didn't consider himself ready.
Using Opress' "fight" with Sidious already shows that you have no real arguments. Sidious was toying with him. He was literally side stepping all of Opress' attacks while laughing his ass off.
Beating Marka Ragnos already blows anything Opress did away. Ignoring the fact that Jaden had barely few months of formal training under his belt, he did this after cutting his way through scores of Disciples of Ragnos. What's more, the fight took place on Korriban, a powerful dark side nexus, which means that Jaden was not at his best when fighting Ragnos, while Ragnos himself was amped.
@@kirillzakharov7336 "the only reason Opress killed Gallia was because of his sheer physical power" you say that like it undermines the feat of killing a council member? It doesn't. His sheer power being able to overpower her skill is a great feat. Also, you say he's bad at hand to hand combat? I don't know if you mean actual hand to hand or lightsaber combat. If you mean hand to hand, than no, by no means is he bad at hand to hand combat. If you mean lightsaber combat, he is still not bad. Being able to keep up with Obi Wan, Anakin, etc. Is honestly really impressive, considering the fact that he hasn't actually had any real training with it. He also has no problem deflecting blaster bolts. And his force power is absolutely insane, he managed to force choke both Asajj Ventress AND Count Dooku at the same time and they had no defense against it. Now you can make the excuse that they were caught off guard, which I completely disagree with because there is no way Dooku is caught off guard that easily, but even if that is the case, he ALSO put both Anakin and Obi Wan on their asses when he dueled them for the first time, and there's no excuses for that one because they were clearly on guard. He also kept up with Palpatine, which I know Palps was toying with him, but it's still impressive, maybe only slightly but still.
Jaden says hello
Savage threatens to kill Jaden
Savage ceases to live
Jaden goes home and cracks open a cold brew with Kyle
yes, but no
Jaden>Darth sidious
For this D&D fans out there, this is what you can call this battle. Level 5 Berserker Barbarian vs. Level 15 Eldritch knight Fighter.
lmao
Ehhhh argue level 8 for the fact savage lasted againist level 20 wizard palpatine.
@@darak1455maul carried
Darn it Evan, I was just about to go to sleep. Why you gotta do this to me?
There is no sleep. There is only the Force.
EvanNova95 Fair enough. Good video by the way. I thought it would be a much less even matchup in favor of Jaden, but you’ve managed to review Savage’s feats in a balanced way which I can agree with overall.
@@EvanNova95 that, that is why people fall to the dark side
Jaden is awesome! The EU is just so awesome for picking up his character and expanding it with good novels.
i had no idea there were comics with jaden in them thats crazy, loved jedi academy a lot
@Wes Bradley-Taubner If I did the sequel trilogy it would have been based on JKA.
Let the Season begin! Just wanted to say thank you for all the support regarding this video's delay issues. You guys really are the best! :)
I like your vids alot.thank you.you are awsome i mean it
Hey great to see you back!! Loved the breakdowns in the video but I'd love to see another narration type ending 🙏🙏🙏
Isn’t the winner a bit obvious
While I do agree with your veredikt I just think that everyone underrestimates savage skill in a lightsaber duel cuase the only true defaets opress have faced is agents opponets in the highest teir in lightsaber combat and sorry if my english is bad english isen't my mother languesh
Kyle Katarn vs Obi-Wan Kenobi
Love that you're including Jaden Korr in a versus; he's criminally overlooked.
1:51-2:02, I mean, we know it resisted blaster-fire, and from the look of it, where Kenobi amputated Savage, that very well could have been located in a gap in the armor... so I at least have no issue with the notion that his armor, specifically the spots where it protected him, was indeed lightsaber-resistant. That said, I don't think it was anywhere near comparable to cortosis or beskar in its degree of resistance to lightsabers.
2:58, great find!
You've improved so much since you first began, especially with your sourcing. It's super appreciated.
18:22, to be fair, while you make a solid point that Ragnos indeed had centuries of experience over Korr, it's also worth noting that Ragnos hadn't physically wielded a weapon in thousands of years, so... needless to say, he'd have been rusty AF. XD
While Korr's feat of besting a Ragnos-possessed-Tavion is of course impressive no matter how you slice it, it's nowhere near as impressive as it appears on a surface-glance. I've seen people use that fight and its outcome to try to diminish Ragnos, but when factoring in all the circumstances, it's clearly more impressive of Korr than embarrassing for Ragnos, what with Ragnos likely being as rusty as he was, and not being able to draw upon anywhere near the amount of power he would have possessed in his prime.
While I ultimately think it wouldn't affect the outcome in either lightsaber dueling or the overall verdict, I think Jaden's missing fingers would be a small detriment specifically when defending against power blows.
34:43, it's important to note however that against Ventress and Dooku, they were both distracted, and Savage had a rage-amp going for him. Against Anakin and Kenobi directly following, the prior wasn't the case, but the latter still was.
When did Savage breach Maul's Force defenses? Ah, in that one pic from the comic. Gotcha. Pretty sure Maul wasn't defending against Savage though, and, like Ventress and Dooku, was caught off-guard there.
42:45, since when is exploding corpses into "a shower of bone and dried flesh" "atomizing"? I'd liken this feat more accurately to be a slightly-diet version of a pre-prime Bane exploding dozens of technobeasts, or Vader exploding lyleks, whose thick carapaces were resistant to blaster-fire, with TK.
Aside from most of my above nitpickings, this may be one of your best videos. Props!
Just when I thought I was going to get some sleep tonight, this bad boy pops up... Season 7 is looking very promising so far.
Forklifter? Haven't seen you here before. What up?
@@anonymousbee4163 Oh, I've always enjoyed Evan's videos. I just dont always have the time to socialize in the comment section :)
I wasn't sure how this match would go when I first clicked on it. On one hand, Savage could have basically freight-trained his way through Jaden like he did with Adi Gallia, while on the other hand Jaden could have outmaneuvered and outplayed Savage in a similar manner that Sidious did (though without all the dark-side craziness). Suffice to say, I'm very happy with the outcome and a great video as usual.
Really would love to see a VS battle Involving Ben Skywalker. Easily one of my favorite EU characters and would certainly be a capable contender for plenty of battles. Keep up the good work Evan, extremely happy to have you back.
Or at least Anakin Solo as well. No reason not to.
Pheonix exalt did ahsoka tano (rebels) vs ben skywalker. I highly recommended it
Speaking of visual presentation, I loved these spear that Savage Opress used initially. It really broke up the monotony of the lightsaber.
Honestly, I have a feeling that Jaden Korr would take the win but after more explanation on Savage Opress with his physical, martial, and force capabilities I was questioning there if Opress could really beat Jaden. I had no idea that he was stronger than Maul in the force either. The guy has raw talent but he hasn't had many years to hone it and relies too much on what worked for him in the past. When he gets angry also he does get sloppy but when his telekinesis is unleashed he does cause some damage. Sometimes the matches you do I judge is one sided but they aren't as one sided as I thought.
Hey Evan can we see Mandalorian war era Jedi Knight Revan against Ruusan/Thought Bomb era, Lord Hoth? Two of the greatest battlefield tacticians we've seen among Force users, the chess match of lightsaber duels.
I think you mean Ruusan, not Russian.
@@InSanic13
Thank you.
My prediction: Savage will take the edge in physicality & (possibly) weaponry, but Jaden Korr mops the floor with him via edges in martial arts & force abilities. LET THE SEASON COMMENCE!!!!
Very intresting video as always Evan, Love your videos! This season will without a doubt be as great as the rest! Keep doing what you do, and may the force be with you.
I do agree that Savage does use a Juyo influenced version of Shii-cho in his personal style.
funny enough i'm named Jaden and i only clicked because i see a star wars character named jaden
He's from Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. Arguably the best Star Wars game in term of saber combat.
@@jayive34 duh i played that game alot
orc at war 98 good enough reason
orc at war 98 you sir have the coolest name ever
Jaden was one of my favourite characters from Legends.
And I finished jedi academy 3 times after I graduated from high school. Good times
Rewatching this video again, I noticed in the clip showing him sparring with Dooku, it looks like Savage is using the Outer Ring of Defence, you’ll notice how he holds the blade matches Corran Horn’s description of the style in I, Jedi. Couple that with Savage’s consistent flat footed manoeuvres and wide sweeps he favours leads me to believe that he was an instinctual practitioner of the Strong style rather than one specifically trained in that style. The closest analogue I can compare him to martially is Bane during the early days of his lightsaber training, when Kas’im observed him practicing the basics and decided that Bane would be best suited to Djem So. Savage just never got a style to focus on and so kept to what he knew.
Also, I don’t why most sources cite that his lightsaber resembled Dooku’s when to me it looks more like a double-bladed but simplified version of Anakin Skywalker’s lightsabers: a solid casing with a slanted emitter and the signature thick ridged handgrip of all the lightsabers constructed by Anakin and Vader. This weapon design could support my theory that Savage was indeed a user of an unrefined variation of either Djem So/Strong style or the Outer Ring of Defence
Sorry for the long post, Savage was one of my favourite characters to come out of TCW 😅
43:06, basically that scene between the scimitar-wielding baddy and Indiana Jones in Ark of the Covenant. XD
It's been way to long my friend, I'm glad you're back in business
Evan, how come you've never used Ben Skywalker before?
I've always thought that a matchup between him and Ahsoka or Ventress would be interesting.
My personal guess is the lack of illustrations, but really, he should do something with Ben.
pheonix exalt did ahsoka tano (rebels) vs ben skywalker
I think a Kyle Katarn vs Darth Vader would be interesting
@@Jensaarai1 And we're waiting ^^
Maciek Ciepły I think that both Kyle and Vader are evenly matched as duelists, but I’d say Vader would win because of his slightly greater tactical outlook, though he wouldn’t win easily
@@Jensaarai1 Im still waiting for the promised day.
Alex Ryan Vader, no contest
The Logic God it wouldn’t be an easy victory given what we’ve seen Kyle accomplished
12:28 "speaking of arms" nice pun there Evan.
Jesus Savage is over 7ft tall, he makes Palpatine look like a manlet
Even Vader stood taller than Palpatine. Count Dooku slightly more than Palpatine as well. Though Maul seemed to be near his height if you look at Phantom Menace.
@@99thJediWarrior Dooku towers palpy too at 6ft4 palpatine is around 5ft8
Palpatine just breaks through his Form 1 like a projectile
Palpatine is sm0l
Palpatine is 5'10'/5'8' (I think he's 5'10', but in ROTJ, he pretends to be 5'8').
Dooku: 6'4'.
Maul: Originally 5'9'.
Vader: Right under 6'8.
Excellent Analysis! Will we ever see the Imperial Knights from Legacy in Versus series? Antares Draco, Ganner Krieg, Sigel Dare?
Galen Marek vs Jaden Korr: two warriors powerful in the force that operate a general purpose combatants who utilize multiple complimentary styles to exploit an opponent’s weakness instead of emphasizing their own personal strengths. Aside from Sora Bulq or Wolf Sazen, this is the match I desperately want for Marek as these two are as similar as they are different and happen to be my favorite characters of their respective lifetimes.
Man I love these videos. Been watching them for years. Well done!
Congrats on the new season Evan. I very much agree with your assessment of both characters here. Can't wait for more. Hope you or the other Fanalysis council members do:
1) Mara Jade vs. Shaak Ti
2) Lumiya vs. Nomi Sunrider
3) Corran Horn vs. Yareal Poof
4) Darth Krayt vs. Exar Kun
5) Ferus Olin vs. Zayne Carrick
6) Aurra Sing(Legends) vs. Ventress(Dark Disciple)
7) Rahm Kota vs. Even Piell
These look interesting:
1) Mara. Her alternative disciplines, sidearms, and force abilities should beat out Shaak Ti. Quite close though.
2) idk. Lumiya can whip Nomi to death but Nomi stomps as force wielder. Probably Nomi because Sever Force=hax.
3) Horn is the superior duelist and can deal with illusions but Poof has some solid hax. For example, Poof uses combustion to literally burn Horn to death.
4) Have discussed this many times. Darth Krayt in an asspull if this is post resurrection Krayt. IF Vong Infested Krayt then Kun.
5) Zayne. He has supernatural luck/probability manipulation which is top tier hax.
6) Not touching. Hate Dark Disciple
7) idk.
Jade in a close fight via broader array of tools and greater Force power.
Nomi stomps via Force sever, if she doesn't Lumiya tears her to pieces.
Weird matchup, I kinda like it. Leaning Corran on the basis of his lightsaber skills but Poof's got some fairly hax abilities in his arsenal.
Skip.
Olin holds a commanding skill advantage but Zayne's probability manipulation could make that moot.
Leaning Kota personally, Piell's short stature and lack of reach is a pretty big liability against opponents that can compete with his skill.
Hey Evan I just stumbled upon your liked playlist, and one of the videos you liked was to do with suicidal thoughts. I hope you are ok , and just remember, you have a fanbase who loves you and admires your work!
Stay strong!!!!
Good to be back with a new season
I also think you have improved your videos in as a whole taking from source material and good conclusion based on it for your verdict and assessment of each characters capabilities, This was very interesting match up i listened to the whole video and was impressed i hope in the future you can do team battles ( i know they can be a headache to do) BEST VIDEO OF YOURS I HAVE SEEN, I WAS HAPPY TO WATCH IT, THANK YOU EVAN.
I was wondering when a new video was going to come out, thank you so much! I look forward to more of your work!
Great video! Always good to see nuance given to characters like these, given they're so often sensationalized to be more than they are, or otherwise completely dismissed. One thing, though, regarding Jaden's feat against Ragnos...I can't help but wonder whether lightsaber duelling is like many other martial arts, wherein people who were dominant 100, 50, even 10 years ago would be outclassed today because the study moves just that fast. I don't think it's unseeable that what qualified as a master duellist in Ragnos' time might be something that a prodigious talent with the NJO's knowledge base to pull from could pick up much more quickly. It's not that he's doing something he shouldn't be able to do--it's that the art REALLY matured with time.
A couple requests: Plo Koon v. Jerec, Darth Caedus v. Darth Malgus, and Jedi Purge A'Sharad Hett v. Vindican.
Wait... this video has the opening biographical background part cut out... and it's STILL about an hour long?! Jesus...
After hearing mentions of Alpha a part of me wishes for a match up of "Alpha vs Savage Opress".
Or which ever character is suitable to be put against Alpha, i found his wiki page too.
I’ve been following your channel for years. I’m making a Star Wars the clone wars republic commando fan film. Thanks for breaking down savage oppress for me. I’ll be sure to thank you in the credits.
Have you (or anyone else on the fanalysis council) ever used Ben Skywalker in your versus series?
Ben Skywalker vs Galen Marek
Ben Skywalker vs Ahsoka Tano
I think a Ben Skywalker vs Anakin Solo would be interesting.
Ben takes a majority against (presumably TCW) Ahsoka but loses to Marek.
I don't know why you'd offer up Ahsoka and Galen Marek to the same opponent. One's a very powerful padawan and the other defeated Vader.
How about Zayne Carrick vs Ezra Bridger (Season 4)
@@darylsdesigns6679 Zayne stomps. Probability manipulation is hax.
Some requests for future verses vids:
Ulic Qel-Droma vs Plo Koon
Exar Kun vs Darth Krayt
Malgus vs Dooku
Asajj Ventress vs Satele Shan
Darth Maul vs Kyle Katarn
Lumiya vs Qui Gon
Sora Bulq vs Darth Nihl
Satele Shan vs Shaak Ti
Saba Sebatyne vs anybody
Jax Pavan vs Ferus Olin
Kir Kanos vs Alpha 17
Kir Kanos vs Jango Fett
Han and Chewbacca vs Dengar and Bossk
Great vid by the way! I’m glad to see that you’re back and making vids again
Koon
Kun
Malgus
Satele
Katarn
Lumiya
Nihl
Satele
Dengar and Bossk.
Katie Delaney I would personally say Ventress over Satele and Dooku over Malgus
1. Plo Koon by the skin of his teeth.
2. If this is pre-resurrection (Vector) Krayt, then Kun. If this is post-resurrected Krayt, then he stomps (he's literally on par with Palpatine).
3. Malgus
4. Shan stomps with her Force Powers, after foregoing her lightsaber.
5. Katarn, after getting annoyed with Mauls resilience and stomps him with the Force.
6. Lumiya.
7. Nihl plays shadow tag, like Tholme, only more aggressive, and ambushes Bulq.
8. Shan stomps with the Force, because she gets tired of Ti's hit and run tactics.
9. Pavan, as a fully trained Knight, wins but Olin makes him work for it.
Dont care about the rest....
Koon. More varied and proactive force wielder.
Krayt in an asspull.
Jensaarai1 did that.
Shan stomps if GM. Even as a Jedi Knight, she can catch lightsabers and destroy 1/3 or so of a mountain.
Kyle.
Lumiya whips Jinn to death.
Bulq is more skilled +expereinced, Nihl is more underhanded. idk right now.
Shan if GM. Force power Dif is ridiculous.
Jax probably. Can deflect laser beams, and has time manipulation.
Kir Kanos because he is more badass.
Kir Kanos
idk.
Rob George i could legitimately argue that ventress would beat Satele. She’s a better duelist by a solid margin and is atleast somewhat comparable in the force. And her aggressive fighting style wouldn’t allow Satele to rev up her Tk attacks. As for the mountain feat, she was amped by the energy she absorbed when she used Tutaminis on Malgus’s saber
Mmmm...what about a vs video between Galen Marek and Jaden Korr? It would be an interesting matchup, if nothing else.
11:50
His strength does make him difficult to defend against. Galia can only block him with considerable leverage and only when he's not really putting his strength behind it. When he puts his strength behind it all she can do is get out of the way.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Oppress only have force training after his transformation by the night sisters? If so he did exceptionally well for someone who has relatively no training compared to his opponents, most of whom were training since they were small children in the use of the force. It also explains why his defenses seem to be lacking in that regard
Jaden korr vs Galen Marek? Or perhaps Jaden Korr vs Anakin Skywalker (pre darkside revenge of the sith)?
I think Savage could greatly benefit from dedicated training in Form 3. If he could be disciplined, it would give him the defense/patience he so DESPERATELY needed, and if handled similarly to Darth Zanah, he could not only turn his opponent’s leverage against them, but amplify it to unstoppable degrees. He truly had enormous potential as a duelist
My first introduction to jaden was super strange, my brother showed me jedi knight academy and they literally said my name (which is jaden) and it freaked me out but was super cool
Amazing video as always EvanNova95.
Bruh!!! Haven’t watched Even’s videos in so long! I’m glad I’m able to watch this matchup. Jaden Korr for the win, as savage wasn’t properly trained unlike Maul.
Not surprised Savage Oppress lost, But I do love seeing all the feats and analysis of one of my favourite TCW characters.
10:44 I'm sorry, but Maul's side says that under "Force abilities:" he has Force Lightning. ...
Um... what?
Okay, either Maul's just simply never used it in his entire life in any form of media, or that magazine is wrong and he can't use Force Lightning.
Just a small thing, but this left me scratching my head.
Yeah, probably a misprint or some writing error
to be fair the lightsaber resistant part when talking about his armor might mean against lighter saber strikes
Master vs Padawan - Kyle Katarn vs Jaden Korr
Antares Draco vs Lucien Draay: two master duelists with gray morality at best. Both are also powerful force users who focus on basic skills taken to their extreme.
Just came back to this channel after two years, good to see your still posting : D
I’m very happy to see you use Jaden Korr been hoping to see him in the series
Ideas Starkiller and Rahn Kota vs Darth Maul and Savage oppress
Kit Fisto vs lucien Dray
Nightbrothers win.
Rico Chico Malico just did that matchup.
Great Video and matchup as always.
Also I would love to see Darth Caedus Vs
Darth Plagueis and Mace Windu Vs Kyle Katarn
Very close fight, I'm leaning Caedus.
Mace wrecks Kyle.
Plagueis
Windu
Go back and forth on this one but leaning on Caedus. Alt weaponry and appears to be a better swordsman should overcome Plague's physical advantage.
Windu but Kyle puts up a solid fight.
Caedus but good fight and Windu but again good fight
Oh crap, I didn’t get this in my sub box until just now!
It's about time you're back been a long time but so glad you brought this back
17:14 I would like to point out that Kell Douro is marveling at the power of Jaden Korr's soup. That is all.
Yes I know now that he refers to brains as "soup".
Nomi Sunrider vs. Revan? it’d be an interesting match, since Nomi is missing and likely dead in KOTOR, but at that time she would not have been old enough to die of natural causes, and the only person who likely would’ve been strong enough to kill her would be Revan him/herself. So this is a duel we can reasonably assume to have happened, albeit offscreen! Keep in mind that Nomi would likely be in her 60s at the time :)
It is good to have you back Evan. As always here are a few of my suggestions
Darth Sidious vs Darth Kryat
Aayla Secura vs Luminara Unduli
Ahsoka Tano (Rebels) vs Plo Koon
Kyle Katarn vs Obi Wan Kenobi (ROTS)
Sidious would annihilate Krayt.
So I have to ask, isn't saying that someone practiced a hybrid of Soresu, Ataru, and Djem So basically saying that they have no particular specialty? The three forms basically cover all of each other's weaknesses. This isn't a criticism or anything, I'm just wondering if there's anything in particular that you would say about someone like that other than that they're well-rounded.
What do you think that the characters tier rankings are I personally believe that savage is a tier 5 whose super strength and natural force potential let him engage hire tiers and that Jaden is a tear for roughly on par with Quinnlan Vos.
Savage:
Physicality: tier 1.5. Zabrak species traits grant him superior resiliency compared to humans.
Lightsaber skills: tier 5. His tremendous strength, as Evannova stated, negates any shortcomings his lack of understanding the sophistication of lightsaber combat. If you really want to push it, then I would say he’s 4.5, but I feel that is way too high for even him at his level of skill.
Force abilities: tier 3 when he’s in a berserker rage. Otherwise, tier 4.5. Extremely powerful blunt instrument
Savage Opress vs ROTJ Luke Skywalker
Both received "flash training" from various teachers without the traditional lengthy master-apprentice relationships common with both Sith and Jedi Orders.
Luke destroys.
Savage's only real advantages against other force users are his strength and endurance.
Luke has shown comparable or greater strength and endurance through his fights with Vader. On top of this, Luke is faster, more agile, smarter and more skilled. He takes this pretty easily
Super Headcanon but: I always felt that Savage was most likely not using Force Based Physical Augmentation, and instead his magically enhanced baseline was enough to match Council Master Level force users like Ventress, Obi-Wan, Anakin, Maul and Adi Gallia. Imagine if he could stack Force Based Physical Augmentation on top of that....
How about a mix of both ?
Kao Cen Darach vs Count Dooku: the battlemaster and the duelist . Even as a short this would be fun since Darach symbolizes everything dooku hates about lightsaber combat. Plus even if you view it as a mismatch, Darach was able to hold off an opponent of dooku’s caliber and dooku wouldn’t be able to exhaust him like malgus did. Bare minimum dooku would have to slowly widdle down darachs defense while exhausting himself. And in terms of force ability darach is below him, but has enough power to stay in the fight
Apprentice Malgus was at least a full tier below where he'd be at the time of Deceived, let alone his later False Emperor incarnation. Kao is a peer of people like Qui-Gon Jinn, Rahm Kota, K'asim, etc. but Dooku is way above his paygrade. He's not beating someone who holds their own against Yoda and Windu.
Huzzah a new Versus Series vid, good things come to those who wait.
Let’s put it this way:
At best, Savage would have been a mid-boss in Jedi Academy.
Not an easy fight, but not something to write home about either.
Now let's be fair, Savage would wipe the floor with Alora.
Wolfgod 64
And Rosh, really.
Still, Savage is no Rancor or Boba Fett.
Alora vs Asajj Ventress or Rosh vs Jar Jar Binks would be more appropriate
Something Dark is Coming? Must be the final verdict
Skorr vs the grand inquisitor: the impulsive servant of dooku vs the calculating servant of Vader. Skorr was skilled enough to challenge Quinlan Vos, survived two encounters with a tuk ata and the grand inquisitor Faced Vader , kanan , Ezra and Jocasta . He was superior to kanan and Ezra separated or together and similar to Darth Maul was defeated by arrogance instead of a lack of skill. He overpowered Jocasta ( though she was not exactly an expert duelist) and the second Vader started trying he curb stomped the inquisitor.
While I approve using Tol Skorr in a matchup, the Grand Inquisitor is just a damn joke. Him facing Vader is meaningless if we're talking about a pre-prime Vader who was just toying. Kanan ALWAYS managed to get away and gave him a progressively harder time with each encounter. And counting Jocasta Nu is laughable due to her pitiful dueling skills. He's downright pathetic, it makes one wonder why the hell was he the Grand Inquisitor and not the much more powerful Trilla.
Tor Skorr is pretty much the EU version of Savage. It would be about time to see him featured in a VS match. As for the GI, he's a pathetic joke.
Jaden Korr would finish him in 2 seconds.
Similar to Sidious Vs Kit Fisto
@@@TSPH1992 more like sidious vs agen kolar
Yeah, no he wouldn’t.
@@lapplandkun9273 No, yes he would.
@@dannybodros5180 Yeah no. Jaden has nothing to kill Opress except for a lightsaber stab through the gut and Oppress has shown the ability to tank force lightning shown by his duel with dooku. His zabrak species traits make him a tank and Opress would force jaden to actually put effort into killing him. Jaden can't reliably one shot opress and his first inclination isn't to open out force abilities first. You understand nothing about either characters if you think jaden would just one shot opress or curbstomp him
This is a far more balanced and fair view of Opress's capabilities and I both applaud that large improvement and agree with the result of this video. Also excellent quality as usual it's a treat to watch by the way.
That being said we really have to stop this pretense that during their duel Plo was the one at a disadvantage because he simply was not. Plo was not the opponent outnumbered in that fight nor was he the opponent being shot at whilst also dealing with a high calibre Jedi master.
Opress on the other hand was and he was able to contend on roughly even footing with the Kel Dor council master despite these disadvantages.
Plo allowing himself to become distracted in life or death 1v1 is also not a mark in his favour considering it allowed Opress to seize an exploit a tactical advantage which almost cost Koon his life.
Nope lol time for some perspective and context. Plo Koon had not faced Savage Opress before that engagement and before we get into that fight I will remind you Anakin Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi working in tandem were both thrown around by Opress in the 1st and 2nd engagement they had with him. The first time Savage Opress was simultaneously force choking someone not even phased by them and after he threw them off overpowering both easily.
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The second fight Anakin and Obi Wan didn't gain an inch of ground the entire engagement and were both driven back not to mention each sent flying by Opress's force waves.
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Savage Opress also staggered back Dooku sending him flying before being subdued by Dooku’s force powers.
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1v1 in a later season after 2 prior engagements Savage Opress staggered Obi Wan Kenobi and manhandled him breaking his defenses outright with only one blade then subdued him with physical strikes.
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So trying to pretend that Plo Koon did badly when in his FIRST fight with Opress he took him head on blow for blow, on his own, gave little ground at all, tanked a kick to the head, then actually landed a saber strike amidst Opress's bulldozer assault is a lot better than anything Kenobi and Skywalker together managed their 1st and 2nd fight and is way more substantial than Obi Wan being tossed around 1v1 lol after 2 prior engagements. This does not even mention the fact Dooku was also sent flying by Opress’s blows so anyone able to even hold remote ground is setting a bar at this point because he's just so stifling. As for the Clones if you look at the comic Opress blasted back the clones immediately and the fight was one on one until the Clone trooper came back and distracted Plo Koon. In a 1v1 without outside interference that would never have happened. Plo Koon proved he can take everything Savage was bringing to the table and even responded by breaking his defenses while under constant fire. Even if in a 1v1 Savage Opress wasn’t going down and Plo Koon didn't possess the sheer kinetic force to compete physically enough to actually overwhelm him (possible I concede) the second Plo Koon turned to his force abilities namely electric judgment the fight would have ended. Savage Opress proved he has no defense against energy based attacks and doesn't even know to use his lightsaber.
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Plo Koon only lost because of circumstances and rating his relative performance alone against Opress he did better than both Anakin and Obi Wan did in their first few engagements.
Your new thumbnail looks awesome!
Thank you. Reti4 is officially my new Thumbnail maker and the things he can do with photoshop never disappoints.
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Yeessss! My favorite channel is beginning a whole new season! :^D
I truly enjoy seeing Jaden Korr in versus matches. I'd love to see him go up against Starkiller!
It's a good fight but I'd lean towards star killer personally
What would a Yautja Jedi be like? Just thought I’d give ya an interesting idea of a mini video. Here’s another one...what would happen if the AVP universe crossed over with the Star Wars one? Or Yautja vs Trandoshian vs Wookie?
how would you feel about doing darth revan ve exar kun? on list of top sith they’re often placed in the same spot.
Evan, I don’t know if your familiar with scaling characters. But could you give me a power gauge on where you hold the following characters in the verse relative to eachother.
Example: Luke > Sidious > Vitiate > Plagueis
(All assumed prime)
Luke
Sidious
Vitiate
Plagueis
Vader
Bane
Caedus
Dooku
Maul
You way underrate Caedus, he's Plagueis level or above. Kun and Krayt also need placement in your table--Kun likely above Vader but below Plagueis, and Krayt just under Vitiate.
Now I’m a big savage fan but this is the equivalent of pitting a poodle (savage) against a Alsatian (Haden)
Dont forget your promised "Ranking the Sith" video.
Prediction: Jaden Korr Stomps.
I don't think I've ever seen an NJO character lose a single match-up against a non-NJO character since I've been binge-watching this channel. Are all the NJO characters power-creeped to the high heavens? For the record, I like the channel; it just feels like I know the end result of every NJO matchup and I don't even disagree with this videos end result or the Corran Horn vs Warb Null video.
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Patiently waiting for Plagueis vs Caedus. Our favorite Sith scholars.
Control the textbook Niman specialists
@@darylsdesigns6679 Ik, thats why its so great. Darth Wyyrlok could even come if they wanted a 3 way.
Control in regards of raw Force potential, Caedus gets the edge for...obvious reasons, but in terms of combative application, I’d say its a draw. As lightsaber duelists, I believe Caedus would win because unlike Plageus, Caedus is more willing to use his lightsaber in one-on-one combat
Caedus but it's a good fight.
Caedus but its really close.
Without finishing, I'd say prime Jaden who defeated and battled multiple dark jedi at once, could defeat Savage.
Yay you're alive! Ok evan, before I watch this video I just want to ask where were you for the last year or so and how often do you intend on posting now that you seem to be back? Also I wanted to ask do you feel yourself straying from star wars? Probably not since ur probably an old guard, but as a millennial I just see more and more od Disney corruption and not the star wars of the olden days. Mayhaps it's time to move on?
Think Evan released a video explaining what had been going on in his life and how that affected his upload schedule.
I'm not Evan but Star Wars is one of those franchises that I don't think any of us can ever truly give up, it's part of us and many of its stories helped inform who we are today. It deserves more than to be dropped and forgotten about, at least in my view.
I subscribed just for the intro
While not confirmed anywhere, I believe that Halsey was a practitioner of Ataru, judging by his use of acrobatics and integrated unarmed combat. If that's so Savage possesses enough agility to evade the rapid strikes of Form IV for several sweeps before countering with his enchanted pike, not once attempting to parry the attacks with it.
He is not lacking in agility but he just prefers to rely on his brute strength. *this* is where I see the similarity between him and Bane: both are physical powerhouses but neither are lacking in terms of agility (of course I rate Bane as being faster, given his dedicated training in Form III in his later years.
That being said I would be interested to see how Savage Opress would fare against Path of Destruction Darth Bane. Bane reached his potential, Savage never got that opportunity.
Bane stomps savage.
Alright season 7 has now finally started. I get the feeling that 2019 will be a much better year than last year
New evannova video my day is made
great video as always, but i always have and will consider Savage as nothing more than a crude instrument. How about a match between Grand master Skywalker and Darth Kryat or Kryat vs Palpantine. I mean reborn Kryat when he was at his peak. Or Kirlocca vs Saba sebentyne
Palpatine > Krayt
GM Luke would defeat either Krayt or Sidious and Sidious would defeat Krayt.
Awesome. Could you do Kyle Katarn vs. Darth Malgus please? I’ve always wanted to see that
Nice, just checked your channel earlier this morning for a new vid and nothing :( then here you were..
Hey Evan, any chance we'll see Kylo Ren or Kanan Jarrus used in your series?
That sounds like an interesting match, Kylo Ren vs Kanan Jarrus
@Emperor Vowrawn That all depends to which version of Kanan we're using. Season 1-2 Kanan ? He would struggle more, and probably get away ending the fight in a draw. Blind Kanan would definetely own him.
@@ariesstorm9577 Since my old comment got deleted, here's the general gist : Kylo is very VERY similar to Savage on how he conducts himself. A really crude Shii Cho/Djem So practitioner, whereas Kanan was a middling Soresu/Ataru hybrid practitioner, perhaps also had Shien in his repertory.
If the match was with Season 1-2 Kanan vs TRoS Kylo (at his supposed "peak"), Kanan can contend but Kylo ultimately wins via cheapshoting him with a Force ability. If it was Blind Kanan, I see the fight more in his favor. In either scenario, it would be brutal and drawn-out, but Blind Kanan has more versatility in his usage of Force powers than Kylo ever did. Kylo's tactics boil down to either brutalizing you like a caveman, or immediately dispatching you with one swift but blunt Force attack.
Would Jaina vs Bane be a good matchup? More Jaina in versus vids though, please
I want to see Jaina vs Vaylin from Knights of the Fallen Empire/Eternal Throne.
That would be a good fight to be honest. Jaina and Bane are fair competition for each other.
If Savage had more technique, he’d have a lot more of a chance
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Please do more videos like this soon I will really like them
Please do a video on tulak hord vs marka ragnos.
lol
It is not possible
Marka win ? GM Luke vs Vitiate can be interesting.
roman Republic Not possible. There are ZERO known feats for either combatant when they were alive. The key word there being “alive”, as Marka Ragnos possessing someone as a spirit and fighting through them isn’t exactly an accurate gauge of his power. As for Tulak Hord, all that’s said about him is that he was a great warrior. But, such praise of the character’s abilities is meaningless when there aren’t any feats that back this point up.
@GENERALKENOBI2 I agree. Mainly because Vitiate is a shit swordsman.
Valk vs ROTS Sidious in a pure force ability duel is a more balanced and interesting contest (to me).
I never leave comments on videos (see the embarrassing profile name from middle school), I can't stay silent.
While I agree with your verdict and generally enjoy your content, I'm seeing a trend that worries me. You knew when you picked this match-up that Jaden would win. You make as much clear throughout the video that you don't see Savage as a match for him. It'd make more sense if you stated that the match was one requested by fans. Instead, it looks like you picked it to fill an episode.
I'd also like to point out that in the same video in which you admit to having a negative bias against Savage you proceed to dump on him at any given opportunity. Your snide little comments throughout the video stating your clear belief that this fight shouldn't even be taking place.
It'd be one thing if the video was some form of visualization of the fight, providing the viewer a visually entertaining match that is nonetheless one-sided. Your videos, however, are all about fight analysis. It does not make for an entertaining video (to me, at least) when your analysis video is biased and one-sided. You can claim all you want that you gave Savage a fair shake, but considering that his main advantage comes from size and power, it's awfully irritating that you proceed to reference Yoda saying that size doesn't matter. If size didn't matter then why bring it up? In some rare instances, it matters, but it doesn't in most. And since it's Savage's only real bragging point, it's clear that the fight was never a question.
Having said all of that, I still enjoy your videos. I just don't like clicking into an hour long video where the outcome is clear ten minutes in.
He also mocked 15 year old Jaden to be able to do what he did in Jedi Academy. Also Savage isn't really that strong of a force wielder. That being said I agree with you on one thing. Several times Evan has done this kind of matches, when you look at the title and you know the victor.
unfortunately, visualizations and a mock up play of the fight costs time and money if animators are up for hire. Something I doubt evannova or any other versus content creator would want to spend on. They aren't big UA-camrs and UA-cam isn't their job. They don't receive money from making these videos and the star wars versus series is at best a small fanbase that wouldn't garner attention. If you want it badly, the best you could do is just imagine the fight between them. I'm not saying I hate it or don't want it. I do, but animations of these would take time and money.
@@lapplandkun9273 Of course they would. But that's why you don't pick vs. fights in which the winner is obvious. And yeah he was very impressed about 14-15 years old Jaden defeating Marka Ragnos. But both in this and especially in other videos on Jaden he did downplay it - because let's be honest it Was Marka Ragnos Ghost that was not even at full power. As much as I love Jaden, he wouldn't stand a chance against full power Sith Lord of ancient times.
Great Video as always
Idea for a Match Xesh (Tao) vs Galen Marek