is vader more powerful than palpatine?
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Sidious is more powerful than Vader- in the suit. Anakin, pre-suit, had the potential to be twice as powerful as Yoda or Palpatine. ... Since Darth Vader is “more machine than man,” he lacked the amount of midichloriuans to adequately communicate to the Force, and so, was unable to become more powerful than Sidious.
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Anakin was physically more powerful than Obi Wan, and far more agressive, with more force power too. ... Obi Wan's wisdom and patience allowed him to grow power, without the ambition to even use it. Obi Wan had far more lightsaber combat experience and was one of the most powerful duelists ever.
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Depends on what you mean by stronger, but given that Zeus defeated his father Cronus in a physical contest, a wrestling match of sorts, it would seem Zeus was stronger. Cronus ruled in place of his father also, after castrating Uranus in his sleep.
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In Legends he's superior to all of the ancient Sith, and is capable of defeating the vast majority of prequel Jedi Masters. In canon he scales even higher when compared to other characters as he's in the top 5 most powerful Star Wars characters if we're excluding the Ones, and the Force Priestesses.
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8 AHSOKA IS MORE POWERFUL: VETERAN OF MANY WARS Ahsoka is proof that Force heritage or family background isn't everything when it comes to being a Jedi. She's gone through a lot more trials and has risked her life more times than Rey. Ahsoka has notably fought more too and is more experienced.
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Meanwhile Luke did what anakin could never be. So luke is actually still the most powerful and strongest ever. ... Lucas stated that Anakin had the potential to be twice as powerful as Palpatine. He also stated that Luke had the same potential and would be what Anakin couldn't because of the injuries from Kenobi.
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A recent Star Wars theory has become pretty viral, if just for it's seemingly bizarre concept. The idea: Jar Jar Binks is actually the most powerful Sith Lord in the galaxy. ... In the Sith Jar Jar Theory, he was actually using Jedi mind-control and helping to will the events of the first movie to his favor.
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11 Darth Nihilus It's not hard to see why this Sith Lord was one of the most powerful ever in existence. ... Realizing his potential, Darth Traya trained Nihilus in the ways of the Dark Side, which culminated in his nearly single-handedly exterminating the entire Jedi Order to fuel his power.
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Emperor. The name doesn't matter. The important part is that Sheev Palpatine, the biggest and baddest of all of Star Wars' big bads, will return in Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker. ... Well, here's the secret: in the Star Wars universe, dead doesn't always mean dead.
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Well that wasn't the OP's question but the answer remains the same. And since you don't believe that Palpatine could see the future… From Wookieepedia: Darth Sidious was highly adept at foreseeing the future, often utilizing the power to see his plots to fruition, ensuring that all would proceed as he had envisioned.
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Goku would be just as powerful during an eclipse or at any other time, unlike Superman. While Superman can go into space to be closer to the sun and therefore more powerful, Goku could just as easily call on the energy of every living thing in the universe. Checkmate.
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Mace Windu is more powerful than Yoda. In Revenge of The Sith, Mace Windu easily defeats Darth Sidious. ... Yoda, on the other hand, has a difficult time fighting Sidious. His fight with him is much longer and ends with Yoda being disarmed himself and forced to retreat.
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Palpatine is also now completely unable to block attacks directed towards him, making him weaker in a straight-up fight. Palpatine's force lightning attack behaves a little differently in that it is now a two-part attack.
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There are no Sith that are more powerful than a fully trained Jedi. NONE, ever. A fully trained Jedi Master is not able to be defeated by the sheer power of a Sith. ... Mace lost because he was Betrayed, not because Palpatine was more powerful, and Palpatine was the most powerful Sith there has ever been.
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If Merus is really an angel like Whis and Vados, it is highly likely that he is stronger than Son Goku, Vegeta, and even Universe 7's God of Destruction Beerus. ... Aside from giving them more time to train, Merus said that he can unleash his full power in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber without being noticed by anyone.
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As of now, there is currently no proof that MUI Goku has surpassed Beerus. Whis says there's a universe that has a mortal a God Of Destruction can't beat. This is referring to Belmond not being able to beat Jiren, Whis then states... "Belmond was stated stronger than Beerus!
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Goku is already stronger than Beerus. He did surpass him when he mastered UI. Also yeah, Goku has already Mastered the UI, just can't activate it by will. Beerus can't use Hakai on Goku since it doesn't work on stronger forces than itself as we have seen in the ToP with Vegeta Overpowering Toppo's Hakai.