Darth Vader was the galaxy’s greatest Jedi killer during the era of the Empire, killing
hundreds of them throughout the 2 decades.
But there were a few times where the Jedi Vader was hunting actually defeated him.
So who were these Jedi and how did they beat him?
For this video we will only go over the cases where the Jedi defeated Vader to the point
where he was at their mercy or was forced to flee, we won’t be including any draws
or inconclusive duels.
First is Celeste Morne.
She was an ancient Jedi Master who had concealed herself inside a stasis pod in an attempt
to contain the Sith artifact known as the Muur Talisman, which had the power to turn
unwilling beings into mindless creatures known as Rakghoul which could then be controlled
by the user.
She remained in stasis for thousands of years until Darth Vader discovered her and set her
free.
When she found out that Vader was a Sith Lord, she immediately attacked him.
At first Vader didn’t wish to harm her for he had other plans, he wanted her to become
his apprentice.
But she of course refused and continued to attack him.
Not holding back anymore Vader showed her the true power of the dark side and overwhelmed
her quickly and demanded she surrender.
Fearing the destruction that would be unleashed if someone like Vader were to get his hands
on the Muur Talisman, Celeste for the first time gave into the power of the Sith Artifact
and used it to turn all of Clone Stormtroopers into Rakghoul.
Once they all transformed into the mindless beasts, she commanded them all to attack Vader.
Knowing he risked death if he stayed and fought, Vader fled the ruins and got onto his ship
and left the planet.
Second is Galen Marek, codenamed Starkiller.
Originally kidnapped by Vader to be trained as his secret Sith Apprentice, Galen eventually
turned to the lightside after being betrayed by the Sith and became a Jedi like his father
before him.
After failing to protect the founding members of the Rebellion, Galen fought his way through
the nearly completed Death Star in an attempt to free them and kill his former Sith master.
When he reached the throne room his duel with Vader commenced.
The two fought long and hard, with the first half of the duel seeming to be going to no
one side.
Although Vader was stronger than his opponent, Galen was faster and more focused, and his
biggest advantage was that he was fighting his teacher.
He knew how Vader fought and the tricks he would do in his duel as he had already witnessed
them from their countless training sessions many years ago.
During the long duel Galen finally got the upper hand and made a critical blow onto Vader
and from there everything went downhill for the Sith Lord as he kept getting pummeled
by his former apprentice.
Finally Vader was down on his knees and at the mercy of Galen.
But before he could give the killing blow, Galen decided to save his friend Rahm Kota
from Palpatine, resulting in him sacrificing himself for the Jedi and the senators as they
made their escape.
The duel with Galen was probably the most punishment Vader’s body sustained since
his duel with Obi Wan on Mustafar.
Third is Starkiller.
A near perfect clone of the late Galen Marek, Starkiller was one of many that Vader created
in hopes of creating the perfect Sith Apprentice.
Starkiller eventually escaped Kamino after failing Vader’s final test and he sought
out the Rebellion.
After learning who he was and of his past, or the past of the person he was cloned from,
Starkiller joined the Rebellion’s attack on Kamino.
During the attack Starkiller confronted Vader who had kidnapped his lover, Juno Eclipse.
Threatening to kill her if he didn’t obey him, Vader forced Starkiller to bend the knee.
But before he could carry out his first order, Juno made a quick dash at Vader with a lightsaber
and sliced his chestplate, resulting in Vader force pushing her through a window.
Seeing his lover being tossed by Vader, Starkiller attacked him out of pure rage.
Although Vader had the upper hand for most of the fight, he let his guard down once he
believed Starkiller had been defeated.
As a last ditch attempt at winning, Starkiller used the lightning storm and the conductors
around him to his advantage by embracing the electricity from the storm and merging it
with his own and blasting it at full force at Vader, overwhelming his defenses and his
suit and effectively bringing him down to his knees.
Preparing to finally kill him, Starkiller was stopped from making the final strike by
Kota who convinced Starkiller that they needed him alive so he could reveal the Empire’s
secrets and stand trial for his crimes.
Third we have the 8 Jedi on Kessel.
They were Jedi that got together shortly after Order 66 to discuss their future actions as
Jedi and what they should do with the Sith taking over the galaxy.
Unknown to everyone there, the host of the meeting actually leaked their location to
Darth Vader in an attempt to force some of the pacifist Jedi to fight him once he arrived.
When Vader came he swiftly took out 3 of them with ease, but then started to get overwhelmed.
After 2 more Jedi fell, the last 3 remaining Jedi stared down the injured Sith Lord.
With their combined power they threw boulders and mining equipment at his direction, crushing
his body and leaving him to their mercy.
Right when they were about to strike him down, the 501st Legion came for the rescue and fired
upon the Jedi, taking them out.
Finally we have Obi Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker, the first and last Jedi to defeat Darth Vader.
With Obi Wan the two fought all over the place making it seem like the duel would last forever,
but then Vader made one huge mistake by not respecting Obi Wan’s high ground and everything
went downhill for him after that, including his limbs and body.
With his final duel with Luke Skywalker, he fought with his son in front of his own master
in the Imperial throne room of the second death star.
During the duel Vader tried to lure out the darkside from within Luke by taunting him
and by later threatening to turn his sister.
This ended up being a mistake as when Luke taped into the Dark side he was able to overwhelm
his father, but lucky for him Luke was able to stop himself in time and turned back from
killing him.
And those were all the known Jedi that have defeated Darth Vader in battle.