Do not underestimate an old man in an organization where many die young.

“It’s over young one, I have the low ground” - Yoda

*”Only in your mind, my very young Apprentice.”*

In a serious duel, Yoda would simply take away his saber from his hands like how he did to Ventress.

Yoda has a reverse height advantage. I wouldn't worry about losing an arm, i.e. against a tall opponent like Dooku. You'd likely find both your legs gone at the knee in a few seconds of dueling Master Yoda.

Obi Wan be like "Sure bud, i wouldnt test that tho considering I wooped your ass"

OBI-WAN: If you'd spend as much time working on your saber skills as you do on your wit, young Padawan, you would rival Master Yoda as a swordsman. ANAKIN: I thought I already did. OBI-WAN: Only in your mind, my very young apprentice.

That's the Dark Side in Anakin talking

Considering George Lucas was worried he wouldn't be able to pull off Yoda and Duku fighting and make it believable for the audience, I don't find it all that surprising that Anakin would think along the same lines especially before seeing him in a fight. Anakin thinks Yoda would just be overpowered due to his small size, or kept constantly out of reach of his foe while being inside the reach of his opponents due to his own small reach. And these are real disadvantages Yoda has to use the force to overcome, force ability that could otherwise be used elsewhere in the duel if he wasn't as small. Basically, Anakin's is either underestimating Yoda's ability in the force, or the forces ability to account for these weaknesses.

I bet before Anakin hit the hot lava he said to himself, damn I shoulda learned all those Yoda flips 😢

to be fair, anyone who didn't understand the jedi or how the force works would also assume the same about Yoda based on his short stature and old age... with that said, anakin was definitely speaking out of ignorance and saying things that make me feel like he was starting to drift towards the dark side at the time.

Anakin was unconscious during Yoda's duel with Dooku

RIP Carl Weathers. Mando season 4 won't be the same without you

Ah teenagers. Too bad yoda didn't use a fraction of his powers to defeat anakin then in seconds. But good prodigies always overestimate themselves when they don't see the true power of their teachers to understand how much they have to learn to become skilled enough to reach that level.

When the spice kicks in

Anakin was quickly disarmed in his fight with Dooku, and against Obi-Wan he didn’t even have a leg to stand on.

“The Chosen One” just means the fool picked to be a kamikaze pilot.

Yoda most likely knew Anakin felt this way about him (I'm sure over centuries many padawans have) and judging Yoda's personality from what we've seen over the years, he was most likely incredibly amused by it. He knew who and what he was but was humble, but Yoda also had a sense of humor. Probably thinking "awww bless your heart, kiddo lol..." 😂

Only in your mind, my very YOUNG apprentice

He was also a teenager. They are cocky as hell ha

Anakin had to be smoking spice and death sticks when he thought of that 🐂 💩

Suggestion: Use Grenades, Sonic Screamers, Cluster Rockets and Plasma Charges, Mines, Gas Attacks, activate any energy shields you possess, try to snipe him and use cover, and attack him indirectly. Kill his allies, or place them in jeopardy. And do not over plan the assassination of Yoda.

Yoda's Ataru offense is that of Three Jedi knights attacking at different angles, and his defense is a unique weave and simple if he wanted to, yet he knows what is best for him.

Cause anakin was on that spice and death sticks when he said that sh*t.

being a martial artist myself. what you learn in class can be applied in real life situations. it's like your study guide for tests you take in school

Honestly this reminds me of ATLA how Zuko’s fire-bending was sourced through his anger and muscles. Then when Zuko and Aang learn the true understanding of fire-bending, he actually became MUCH stronger than he ever could be, had he continued to only use muscles and anger.

Yes I was Waiting for this one keep up the great work

That was a damn good video right there. Almost emotional. Brought us full circle. By the end of the video, hell I was feeling humbled by Yoda's performance 😢. I really connected with Anakin on this one.😊👌

That's why Yoda was scared and rejected Anakin Skywalker joining the council members, nor cos he join the sith, but he doesn't want a kid to outshine and steal his seat at the head of the table

Man, I throughly enjoyed the time between episode 1 and 2, reading all those novels coming out between them. Good times.

ARMY Infantry we called it "muscle memory" 💪🤘

Honestly I wish Anakin was awake in episode 2 so we could see his reaction to seeing Yoda dueling dooku and how foolish/stupid he was

It's interesting that Anakin would have dared to question Yoda's size when he himself was a great podracer even though he was so young. How much of a difference does he think advanced age makes for making someone weak? In any case, Yoda seems to have taken the Force Lightning from Dooku and used it to give himself a special adrenaline boost(or something similar) for the battle.

"Give me size and power any day and keep your heart."

To be honest in Episode Three they should of had Anakin battle Dooku by himself with Obi Wan pre occupied fighting Grievous that way each have both fair one on one fights without interuptions or disruptions hopefully but before that have Anakin have real life training sparring matches with lightsaber combat and force powers with Yoda because if Anakin could beat Yoda one on one on even ground in those sparring matches then that could determine Anakin was ready to fight and beat Dooku with moderate difficulty because Yoda was the only Jedi that was able to best Dooku in both force sparring and lightsaber sparring matches even by TPM Era and Dooku And Yoda got even better at it as time went on yeah.

The way Anakin was talking about Yoda. He was just begging to be humbled.

I cannot say the teachings of the Jedi would ever be a style i consider worth my time. I rely upon no one honestly so i couldn't do so. The same philosophy that martial artist practice in the offline world is similar to those shared by Jedi. To silence emotions is not strength but weakness to me. To work in tandem with your emotions in harmony is true strength. I couldn't say stature is something making a difference and on that Anakin was very wrong but to silence your inner true self instead of wielding it in harmony with all else is weakness.

I'd definitely wanna know why obi wan requested to duel sidious snd I also wanna know what would have went into sidious's mind had obi wan showed up with yoda instead of goin to mustafar. I always see several fan theories online but I think you would understand alot more as I enjoy watching your videos and I admire your teachings master.

Fantastic.

Anakin was a teenager at this time, and I would say this was his state was more so out of ignorance than it was arrogance. Please keep in mind master mace window, and master. Obi-Wan did not want Anakin to advance in his force powers, so there were many things he did not understand.

"it's over Master Yoda, I have the high ground"

He got his ass kicked by Obiwan

Anakin was correct on one point. Theory is sifferent from IRL, street level. Grew up military, dad was my instructor on self defense. 22 as a marine, black belt in 2 disciplines. We're both average height, he goes 160, I'm around 200. One a trained killer who passed his knowlede down. The other did the same, as did his wife. Only 2 of her exes ever decided to F around and find out. Poor, dumb SOBs. Size matters not. One of my favorite lines, right after this one. Do. Or do not. There is no try. Been a double amputee 2 years. AKA, right leg, partial left foot. Attend with our goddaughter, lost her right leg to cancer. A new task comes up, Ihesr " I'll try, " that's what I tell her. Disability is not about your illness or injury. It's about your heart and your mind. Want it enough, you find a way.

Poor litte Ani, sadly, I Have the Highground 😂

Anakin mentioning how he prefers, power and size is more relevant than the video mentions as it seems to be Darth Vader's go to tactic to use his power and size to defeat Jedi.

Let's be honest, Anakin in top shape... It's unstoppable.

Let's be honest, many of us were thinking the same thing about how laughably amusing the idea was of Yoda dueling would be until we saw Attack of the Clones in theaters, lol.

People seem to forget that Anakin was 22 in ROTS. The guy was already arguably top 3 in the order with a saber at 22. How good would he have been when he got to kenobi's age or Windu's?

My only goal wpuld he to draw the fight out. Tax his endurance, and dont let it become a force duel, keep it to blades.

He was correct as it pertains to FLYING. IF he was right on any of the Masters' fighting styles it had to do mostly with their styles. Would assume Yoda, has trained.. an sparred with. Basically any an everyone couple times. From what we've seen.. Anakin was TOTALLY WRONG about Yoda's abilities seeing as Yoda battled Dooku very well an either woulda caught or ended Dooku had he not escaped via a distraction. After Anakin wasn't proved able to handle him in Ep2.

The young often underestimate the old . An old dog doesn’t become old for no reason in an environment or mini die young

yep i totally can see anakin saying this and i can also see him being blown away when watching the little guy actually fight lol

Anakin thinks because of how short Yoda is, he’ll always have the high ground.

As someone who took martial arts for a long time and tried hard to find the most effective ones (grew up in the third ward, you want every advantage) I can agree with anakin. In real life practice is not putting into practice. Aikido is useless because no one is riding a horse into battle anymore. Boxing is great to know for form on punching but are you going to use it? No, Muay thai is excellent utilizing everything at your disposal. The only thing I dont agree with him on is speed and power. I've seen plenty of large strong people be put to their knees by people half their size not because they were weaker, because they lacked application and knowledge and put themselves in the exact scenario that wouold lead to their defeat.

He was young and brash. He soon learned the truth.

being an old man in this verse by itself makes you cool

“Imagine what Yoda would’ve done to you”

Yoda's record 1-1-1 beat ventress, tied Dooku, lost to Sidious. I would say Anakin saw Yoda's flaws more than most. Arrogance was the flaw of many Jedi.

He didn't learn his lesson, he was humbled again by obi-won

I don't usually side with Anakin, but i tend tobsee at least a small bit of his reasoning here. The Jedi were not warriors; many of them practiced lightsaber combat merely as a component of Force training, and meditation, like katta, and while this certainly isnt nothing, many never actuality tested that skill in real, consequences-for-failing battle. The Masters, and the Council, even less so. They werent even on the streets, performing Jedi business, but doing things in the Temple. The Sith had been gone for centuries, and few Jedi ever even expected to see another lightsaber-wielding foe, or real battle. I feel many of the "Generals" of the Clone Wars learned this the hard way, as they were now thrust into conflicts well beyond the scope they had trained for. Not to say Anakin was right, but it's not hard to see his side, in ways. Even Yoda had never seen a Sith, or seemingly battled such foes, nor did he seem to dedicate effort to hining his bladework for real combat; he'd rather talk his way out, or orherwise avoid it, and that was sensible, bit could easily color Anakin's perception. Mace Windu and Dooku were both amazing, but a whole element of that was that they elected to devote such effort to lightsaber combat, when most Jedi would have seen no reason to, or even thought it courting violence. Still, glad Anakin DID learn his lesson, as the likes of Dooku, Windu, Yoda, and Sidious would have spanked him in a "real duel", no matter hiw amazing the "Chosen One" had been led to, ir chosen himself, to believe.

The real irony is that in a real life sword fight, Anakins point of view is pretty true.

Wonderful.

skywalker was lowkey a naturally attune to the dark side tbh😭

Dude really looked at Yoda and said “Nah, I’d win,” then lost to Count Dooku. 😂

Someone pls make a fanmade animation of yoda vs anakin in his prime

Tldr - anny had the high ground😂

Yoda knew lightsaber theory and was an amazing duelist in real life battles. Anakin's belief about Yoda being a good instructor but not a good real world duelist was true about Master Cin Drallic though. For being the primary lightsaber dueling instructor of the Jedi Temple he sure got his ass handed to him quickly

i know from experience in Battlefront 2. yoda is no joke

It's the same concept of military training. I'm an Infantry veteran, and I can easily say that everything you are taught in OSUT/Basic isn't the stuff that you use in real firefight. All the training is for you to get physically stronger and to get your body ready to do remedial actions. Stuff like raising the weapon, firing, clearing a malfunction, reloading, switching weapons, and other stuff like that. Yet does that make the Drills only good in teaching? Nope. Not one bit. They 99% of the time could whup up on ANYONE they are training. And on top of everything? Yoda is 870ish years old when Anakin says this. By the time of episode one there had been no serious sightings of sith for 1000 years. No, Yoda may not have fought Sith in his younger years, but I can 100% bet he's fought dark/fallen/errant Jedi that weren't Sith but so badly wanted to be one.

Imo, Knightfall Vader is more than capable of defeating Master Yoda. He has the war experience under his belt, and is most certainly capable of lasting longer in this duel. If he faced Yoda with how young he is, he might be able to actually defeat him. If he’s capable of taking someone like Maul at that level. He could stand and possibly defeat Yoda. Obi-Wan’s statement is interesting considering he couldn’t possibly guess what Anakin would do against Yoda. Anakin is doing much the same, however he IS a duelist first before he is a force user. As a duelist, he could possibly have a chance of winning. Count Dooku could possibly take Yoda at his prime, considering he’s more duelist than force user. Anakin’s loss to Count Dooku was due to Dooku using the force to augment his abilities. Anakin is capable of doing the same, whether he’ll do it mid fight is anyone’s guess.

Yoda is one of the greatest Jedi Masters in history and the strongest Grandmaster in history

So... Yoda's inherent weakness is his lack of reach and physical strength. To compensate for this he uses Ataru in a way that almost mirrors the aggression of Juyo, allowing him to get in on opponents and use the momentum of his attacks and flourishes to put extra power behind his strikes when needed. But there is a weakness to doing this in and of itself, and that's the fact that such a heavy, all-out use of Ataru is taxing on one's stamina. This basically means that Yoda needs to win quickly, otherwise he will eventually tire himself out, even with using the force to bolster his stamina. Thing is, in order to take advantage of that you'd have to last long enough against a flying green buzz saw. Which means that of any of the Jedi, Obi-Wan is the most likely to beat Yoda thanks to his mastery of the defensive form of Soresu.

Obi wan said it best when he said “only in your own mind”

thank you. so many anakin glazers ignore the reason anakin felt held back. bc he refused to learn his lessons. even ROTS anakin had flaws in his development of force power powers and discipline. vader put the time in. thats why he is over all better minus potential

I agree though, I feel like Yoda never really showed us what he can do everything is always heresy and what happened with palpatine. For Yoda to be so strong he sure did a lot of nothing

Yoda still has a major flaw, he uses form 3 which requires the user to use the force to amplify their agility to best utilize the form at all, which is very draining and taxing on an older user of the form, so all a duelist has to do is outlast Yoda stamina wise and be younger than him and you could defeat Yoda, may take awhile to do so but it can be done

Only in your mind Anakin

Bruh yoda is a literal green spinning bayblade

(I know I'm late) let's not forget that Anakin himself decided to and became a blade master able to best Dooku in just three years 😭👌

I just realized that Anakin technically defeated the three force users we see him lose lightsaber duels to in the films, making his record against each of them 1-1. That’s a BIG technicality though. Lol.

Anakin Clearly never played Goldeneye and experienced the dread that Odd Job brough to the battlefield

pre cybernetic arm anakin lol

I think Yoda will just use his telekinesis technique and swing Anakin left and right till he vomit his arrogance 😅

Basically: Dad strength

Anakin made mistakes, which his son never did. That’s why Luke became not only the strongest Force User, but also the best duelist there ever was. Anyways i do think that in ROTS , Anakin could go toe to toe with Yoda and maybe win. If you’ve ever played the ROTS videogame, then you know that Anakin fought Mace Windu and Mace lost. I would say that this would make Anakin the same league as Palpatine and Yoda. Not to underestimate Obi-Wan, but have not he had Plot armor and have not Anakin be so arrogant, then he would get killed and Anakin would really become more powerful than Sidious or Yoda.

"Give me strength and power any day," coming from a man who’d become a 7 foot tall cybernetic monstrosity, with strength enough to lift a grown man over his head with one arm, and crush a lightsaber hilt in his bare grip, but weaker in the Force than he'd ever be in his life.

Let's not forget about that offhand comment he made DURING Attack of The Clones where he considered Obi-Wan to be "As wise as Master Yoda and as powerful as Master Windu", implying Yoda would not easily clap Mace in seconds lmao

And then of course this same arrogance led to him losing the duel against Obi-Wan, costing him his other arm and both legs. He relapsed.

Well when people see yoda they judge him for his size

Honestly I will always be skeptical of someone’s skill until I see them applied in combat . Been to too much mcdojo’s to not side with Anakin on this .

anakin skywalker turn off his lightsaber to make yoda miss the target to fall over the ground.

Day 387 of asking for a part 3 of what if anakin was trained by qui gon

Anakin may be harsh, but he's not wrong. Yoda does have many handicaps in terms of lightsaber skill. Of course I know better than to judge solely on handicaps, but it would be foolish not to consider them. Especially when reach alone is historically the strongest determining factor in battle. Yoda is all too familiar with his shortcomings, so chose his fighting style and specialization in force abilities in order to compensate for his weaknesses.

I usually take the personal thoughts of SW characters seriously but I don't take anything of what Padawan Anakin thought. That guy had an ego and an obsessiveness bigger than the Eiffel tower, no logical thinking or gratitude.

If size and power do not matter, why is boxing divided into weight classes?

Imagine saying that someone who's 900 yrs old lacks experience in their respective fields 😂

Yoda’s skills with a lightsaber comparing to his mastery of the force would be his weaker attribute, but could Anakin match him I doubt it.

I think the point Anakin was making was you shouldn't train one way and fight another. Your training should be ingrained in your muscle memory that way. Timing is a matter of your choice not your opponent. Being disrespectful to the grandmaster was wrong though.

Who was lost to count dooku

Funny that Anakin says he'll take size and power any day and that's exactly what he got as Darth Vader