Greatest Jedi Masters

[OzzyKP]

Basically though, it's Luke. He defeated a Sith Lord and Apprentice alone whilst barely trained then refounded the whole Jedi order and became mega powerful.

I'm with MikeH.

[Lorizael]

Qui-gon never existed. Those movies were never made. Do not argue.

Aren't you only slightly older than TPM?

[MikeH]

I'm with MikeH.

Always two there are a master and his apprentice.

[Elok]

Not too long ago, I watched ROTJ for the first time in a while. When I got to the final fight scene, where Luke screams "no" and starts thrashing around while the OoooOoooOooo choral music plays in the background, I felt horrible. Even as a kid I thought he looked awful undisciplined in that fight, and I guess that's the point, that it's a wild attack, but damn. He never even comes close to hitting Vader. He beats up a number of railings and floors, looking like a flailing muppet in the process, and at the end Vader sinks down awkwardly to one knee without Luke even touching him. It's the worst choreography I've ever seen. *I* could have beat Luke in that fight.

[Kuciwalker]

Revan.

[Tupac Shakur]

Plo Koon

[Tupac Shakur]

Kit Fisto, of course, is the sexiest Jedi Master.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

All pale in comparison to teh Kirk.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Really?

[Nikolai]

Basically though, it's Luke. He defeated a Sith Lord and Apprentice alone whilst barely trained then refounded the whole Jedi order and became mega powerful.

I voted Yoda, with Qui-Gon second for the ghost thingie. But this is a very, very good argument.

[MikeH]

Not too long ago, I watched ROTJ for the first time in a while. When I got to the final fight scene, where Luke screams "no" and starts thrashing around while the OoooOoooOooo choral music plays in the background, I felt horrible. Even as a kid I thought he looked awful undisciplined in that fight, and I guess that's the point, that it's a wild attack, but damn. He never even comes close to hitting Vader. He beats up a number of railings and floors, looking like a flailing muppet in the process, and at the end Vader sinks down awkwardly to one knee without Luke even touching him. It's the worst choreography I've ever seen. *I* could have beat Luke in that fight.

Yeah, it's rubbish but most importantly, unlike his father, he resists the call of the dark side, controls himself and even turns Vader back from the dark side. It's a very Jedi way to win.

[Proteus_MST]

While there are good arguments for Luke, I voted for Yoda.
Luke was powerful, but he never underwent a formal education as a Jedi-Master (aside from the brief crash course by Yoda).
Therefore I am sure he misses a lot of the techniques and knowledge that had been developed by the Jedi order over the course of numerous centuries.
So, while he was strong in the force and (after ROTJ) was partially able to make up for his lack of education/knowledge by inventing his own techniques, I think that his lack of knowledge is still too big, to be considered to be equal to Yoda and the other Jedi Masters of the old republic

[MikeH]

It's much easier to learn something than it is to invent/discover it. So that is also in Luke's favour.

[Lorizael]

Yeah, it's rubbish but most importantly, unlike his father, he resists the call of the dark side, controls himself and even turns Vader back from the dark side. It's a very Jedi way to win.

iirc, Luke does go to the dark side in the EU.

[DaShi]

EU doesn't count.