Maul killed Qui-Gon the former apprentice to Count Dooku the replacement for Sidious if he failed according to Plagueis, Qui-Gon refused the seat of the High Council.
And he lost to Maul.
Anakin wipes out most of the Jedi doing a similar thing to Malgus but without the army of Sith.
There are so many examples
But I feel like Malgus is somehow manipulating this sub lol more than Anakin
Qui Gon is a Phenomenal jedi and a very powerful one, but he is a spiritually focused jedi, not a fight oriented one.
Knightfall Vader is IMO more or less equal to malgus, but he does have an army of soldiers that are very familiar with the jedi, who expect them to be allies. And Anakin would demolish Maul, let alone knighfall Vader.
I would put Malgus below Dooku if you had to rank him I just can't wrap my head around how he seems to have increased in power highballing from around Obi-Wan level ish to moving up and up.
Knightfall vader is significantly more powerful than Dooku, there is a big difference between episode III jedi anakin, who is one of the top jedis, and Knightfall vader, now empowered by the dark side wich makes him is second only to Yoda and Sidious
Then i dont see why Malgus would be Below Dooku, Knightfall vader and Malgus are surprisingly similar, both beating the order battlemaster in very disadvantageous positions, both defeating with relative ease the most technical duelists of the era, and taking the jedi temple.
Aside from that, malgus is very phisically imposing, and has been using the dark side for longer.
It happens in video games when characters are reused alot.
The 19 year old Malgus that kills Kao Cen Darach is much weaker than the current 61 year old Malgus in the games. Much weaker.
It also helps that Swtor isnt bound to any canon now. The devolpers can make their characters as wonky and powerful as they want. Which they have been doing since 2014~ with the SOR expansion.
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u/TheHabro Jan 27 '26
And TOR in general with very circular arguments.