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willbrooker1574 karma

With prep, I think Batman would be able to find a way to disrupt and neutralise the Force - using ysalamiri, if we were still in the old Star Wars EU - which would reduce any Force user to simply a very good duellist with a light saber.

Batman is also a great hand-to-hand duellist, having fought Ra's al Ghul with scimitars (I'm not going to be able to provide links and scans here), so I think he would be able to best, for instance, young Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, Anakin in his prime, Count Dooku or Maul, if their Force powers were neutralised, and if Batman was also armed with a light saber.

If Batman couldn't find a way to neutralise the Force abilities, I think the strongest he could beat is Vader in A New Hope, as he looks pretty slow and rusty. Even against Vader in Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, I think Batman could disable Vader's mechanical suit with an electromagnetic pulse easily enough, rendering him helpless, and could probably even hack into Vader's life support.

Whether this would work against the Vader who seems to be in his prime at the end of Rogue One is a different matter.

Without prep, encountering a Force user for the first time, I think Batman would lose.

With prep, I think he would have a good chance against anyone we see in the official movies, and could 8/10 Darth Vader in all films except Rogue One.

That's my quick answer.

willbrooker1365 karma

That's a very fair question, and I am glad I can honestly say that I didn't touch it.

I think it was started by someone in Australia whom I've never met. I looked up the author because I was curious about who would have started a page about me. You can look up the contributors.

I did ask one of my PhD students to add a couple of details, for the sake of accuracy, so the most anyone could say is that by proxy, I made some contributions to it through someone else. But I didn't write any of that -- just said something like 'can you make sure this book is mentioned, and can you correct the bit about where I first studied.'

I don't tend to read it as it feels embarrassing and I'm aware that anyone could add hostile or negative details to it, which I'd rather avoid.

willbrooker1361 karma

Yes. He shot first in that he literally shot first in the original version of the film.

Also, however much they revise the films, my personal headcanon would always insist that he shot first, because it makes sense in terms of his character arc.

If Han was always a great guy who fights fair and only uses his weapon in retaliation, it wouldn't make sense for him to soften by ROTJ. The whole point is that when we meet him in ANH, he only looks out for himself and his co-pilot, and only cares about money and his own survival.

willbrooker840 karma

Batman with prep can beat Superman, so I think he is a formidable opponent.

willbrooker496 karma

Exactly, and you definitely aren't allowed to start your own.