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Warning ! This Emily Post contain SPOILERS for Star Wars : Jedi Knights # 2Star Warsjust gaveYodaone of his most brute lightsaber duels ever … and he lose . Despite being one of the most powerful and skilled Force users of all time , the Jedi Grandmaster just met his peer thanks to a new and incredibly powerfulStar Warsvillain with connections to the original Expanded Universe . While Yoda of course go the conflict , it ’s a rather remarkable and rarefied mo in the established canon when Yoda in reality loses a competitiveness ( on a point he never really has before ) .
In the newJedi Knights # 2by Marc Guggenheim and Madibek Musabekov , Yoda and the brand - new Jedi Knight Vetna Mooncrest are shown investigating the moon of Veeros , having learn rustling of dark genetic experimentation being carry by the newStar Warsvillain Atha Prime . Prime was a big bad mail - return key of the Jedicharacter primitively flip by the Kenner towlineback in 1986 whom Lucasfilm initially scorn , only to finally debut now in the canon before the prequels . To that end , Yoda terminate up duel Atha Prime face - to - face , reveal the lawful power of this dark new geneticist in full :
Atha Prime has created horde of genetic monsters that are essentiallyStar Wars’version of Xenomorphs , intending to cull entire public he deems unfit . However , it ’s confirmed that Atha Prime is quite the warrior who ’s capable of going toe - to - toe with Yoda himself .
Atha Prime Bested (And Even Wounded) Jedi Grandmaster Yoda
An Incredibly Rare Feat in the Star Wars Canon
As Yoda and Atha Prime duel , it ’s quick proven just how strong the newStar Warsvillain is . Wielding an impressive staff , Atha Prime ultimately jab Yoda in the chest , physically wounding the Grandmaster in a way that has n’t really been picture before in the establishedStar Warscanon . As such , it ’s certainly a memorableStar Warsmoment anda testament of how dangerous Atha Prime is to the rest of theStar Warsgalaxy .
While they ’re somewhat rare , here are some of Grandmaster Yoda ’s beneficial lightsaber conflict across the Star Wars timeline , ranked ( on - screen and strip ) .
The only other time Yoda has really faced such a brutal defeat was his affaire d’honneur with Emperor Palpatine at the remnant ofRevenge of the Sith . Dueling Darth Sidious in the Senate Chambers , the Grandmaster sustain his own but in the end fell to the base below , retreating and going into exile . That enunciate , not even Palpatine was able-bodied to physically wind up Yoda the mode Atha Prime has in this newStar Warsissue .
Despite His Loss, Yoda Still Got An Epic Hit On Atha Prime
Damaging His Mask
Although Yoda lost his newest lightsaber duel and Atha Prima manage to escape with a big collection of his genetical monsters , the Grandmaster still got in some impressive hit . Even after he was jab by the dark geneticist , Yoda threw his lightsaber and strike Atha Prime right in his visit masque , collapse it open to expose his atrocious facial expression within before Yoda was shed against a nearby paries . free-base on the way out ’s conclusion , this is n’t the last we ’ve seen of Atha Prime , which hopefully means that Yoda and his Modern arch - foe will eventually get a rematch in future issues ofJedi Knights .
Star war : Jedi Knights # 2is on sale now from Marvel Comics .
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