What if Anakin Fought Luke Skywalker Prime - FULL Analysis

The most difficult versus series episode I've ever done. Luke Skywalker (Mandalorian Season 2) vs Anakin Skywalker (Revenge of the Sith). Anakin and Luke are my favorite characters, so this is very tough and unbiased for me to analyse...but I believe my analysis is fair and with reasons.
Anakin Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith was still brash, arrogant, untamed. While stronger than Luke, Luke was more focused, more calm, more of a true Jedi Master...more like Qui-Gon Jinn.
Luke Skywalker (Mandalorian Season 2 version) was a much more powerful version of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Revenge of the Sith). Obi-Wan wasn't ask powerful as Anakin, yet he still won. Why? Because he waited for Anakin to make an error. He waited for the opening. He stayed consistent in his defence long enough for Anakin to faulter, and that's why he won. Not because he was more powerful, but because he was more experienced. More level headed. More patient.
I believe if Luke can take Anakin out quickly, before Anakin's rage continues to climb, then Luke wins.
If Luke drags the battle on, Anakin will continue to gain the upper hand...until...Luke loses his last real one...

New episode on Spotify, check it out right now! just type in Star Wars Theory
I promise you will enjoy it.

Join this channel to get access to perks:

[weehoo]

I think you’re failing to realize that Luke didn’t have the “Jedi Mullet” ability and therefore has somewhere between 10-30 less cool points than Anakin. This alone would be more than enough to give Ani the dub

[DonoTheGamer]

All Luke needs to bring to the fight is some sand from Tatooine. He’ll win easily. Know your enemy’s weakness.

[EmpireFanProductions]

“I’ve become more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of!”

[conradrodriguez]

As a teacher and coach myself, I think it’s safe to say that the fall of Anakin was strictly due to the Jedi Order’s fear of him. Luke was much older when he started training but the Jedi order wasn’t there to hold him back; which allowed him to grow and flourish without restraints when the jedi order feared Anakin and he was much younger than Luke was. If they would have allowed Anakin to reach his limits and pushed him to his limits of skill and knowledge as a sith would have, Anakin would have been fine. Anakin knew he was capable of much more than what the Jedi Order were allowing him. But they handicapped him, instead of allowing the student to grow and advance with his skill; allowing Palpatine to capitalize on those frustrations he had.

[RobertoBlake]

The Jedi sabotaged Anakin and Luke for that reason alone he’s more powerful hands down. They were afraid of him.

Anakin has RAW potential but was not as quick a learner as Luke naturally was. And that’s because of the mental blocks the Jedi put in place to slow him down...

[Mr.Possums]

Anakin: "This is the end for you my son"
Luke: "I kissed your daughter"
Anakin: "YOU KISSED THE WHO NOW??"

[theparkourmastergaming]

This video in a nutshell:

Anakin: Hey son! Care to join me in a sparring match?
Luke: Yeah sure, father!

[JahmezFox]

This is why we need more Luke in new canon, show him building a new order and learning from the mistakes of the past, show him performing amazing feats in the force and being the Luke that he should be

[iceyibis]

I’m pretty sure if Luke said “I have the high ground” Anakin would probably just get really sad and walk away.

[Evanader_]

WOW, you just made me like Luke even more, the explanations of him keeping his cool and describing him as a “more powerful Obi-Wan” awesome video!

[filipcesnjak]

Anakin at this point has much more battle experiance, but Luke has more control of his powers, Anakins are more like spikes...it is a very diffucilt vetdict, excellent video

[ashrimpcalledhank]

Luke took what little Saber training he had plus his loss to Vader in ESB and developed a technique designed only to overcome Vader. Pretty sharp for a kid. He learns on the fly, that is something most people only develop over time and experience. Couple that with the styles he learned that was lost over time, and Luke never was a fraud of the dark side. I swear Luke could bathe in the dark side and still come put clean. I believe that it because Luke never denied his emotions, he accepted them and learned to use them without subcoming. Like righteous anger.

[Bionicjedi]

Another advantage to Luke's credit, he has experienced the DEATH of loved ones and in the lesson taught to him on Cloud City - His hubris was sated. This removed the dam blocking his full use of the Force. Thus making him the last Grandmaster.

[JG]

“You’re over confidence is your weakness.”
Truer words have never been spoken by Luke to describe this kind of fight.

[vgoten]

Anakins wartime experience, skill with a lightsaber and raw Force ability give him the edge against Luke, in my opinion.

[ericmork]

The problem with this analysis is that we haven't seen how good Luke has actually gotten with his lightsaber combat by the time he appears Mando. We haven't seen him in a proper duel since ROTJ. And the fight choreography was much better in the prequels than it was in the OT as well. It might not really be as one sided toward Anakin as it seems based off of that. The lightsaber action was just not as good due largely to the technological limitations of the 70s and early 80s. Maybe Luke was better than he seemed even back then and they just didn't have the means to show us.

[DrAnarchy]

Legends Luke makes a point that he uses the emotion of love to fuel his powers. That is a HUGE no no for the Jedi. The Jedi were far too dogmatic. Emotion doesn’t lead to the Dark Side. Love and compassion are powerful and positive emotions, so I don’t see how it’s bad to use them. Legends Luke PROVES this.

[SpaceMonkeyBoi]

Anakin about to abuse his son again:
"This is where the fun begins"

[HyakuJuu]

I think Anakin's lightsaber combat capability is a little bit underestimated here. No amount of theory and reading will ever be the same as real practice. Anakin witnessed Yoda, Windu and other incredibly powerful individuals fighting with his own eyes. He also fought against Dooku, one of the best duelists in the galaxy several times throught the films and Clone Wars.

Yes, there is a lot to be said about Luke's mental superiority to Anakin. But I personally think when the combat prowess difference is that big, all others go outta window.

Technique becomes obsolete against overwhelming power, and I believe Anakin is simply far too powerful and skilled compared to Luke for his mental state to make any difference. Kind of like a calm, cool and collected 10 year old boy going up against a 25 year old man throwing a temper tantrum.

[kikearroniz]

I think what the Star Wars universe desperately needs is a "What if...?" series. This will answer a lot of questions and confirm a lot of fan theories.

I think your channel has the potential to reach a lot of higher people at Lucasfilm, given your history with your Vader episodes.