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  • jeff @beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Did you just say Pickard can kick Skywalkers ass? Luke is a jedi. And a trained knight who has fought many battles.

    Pickard is a desk jockey who sits in a fancy chair. It’s not even close.

    Sure, the enterprise can best the falcon, but in a 1v1, there is zero chance of Pickard taking out Luke

    • woteorin@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I think you’re underestimating Picard. Like, not only was the man a wild punk in his youth before Starfleet straightened him out, but it’s shown throughout the series that he’s more than capable of bluffing opponents with access to things like literal time travel.

      If nothing else, if he fights Luke, he’s not going to fight on Luke’s terms if he can help it.

      • jeff @beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Bluffing isn’t going to stop a lightsabre through the face.

        In all honesty, I’m probably over estimating Pickard. Luke can force choke him from across the room while Pickard is doing his fancy speech

        • woteorin@beehaw.orgEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          You mean the same Luke Skywalker who threw his lightsaber away while confronting the most powerful men in the galaxy on board their planet-killing superweapon? And also tried to talk down the ruthless crime lord who had both his sister and her boyfriend as hostages? :P

    • SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.orgEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      There’s no need to get into a fight when you can call for a site to site transport an intransigent Jedi into a hard vacuum.

      “Mr. Worf, please facilitate Mr. Skywalker coming to a more complete understanding as to the relativity of his position by transporting his lower spine two feet to the left.”

      • Pigeon@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        We haven’t established the parameters of this fight well. If outside/friend help is not allowed, Skywalker wins. If outside help is allowed: Picard wins

        Also it is canon now that jedi can survive a hard vacuum for a moment at least, per Leia in The Last Jedi (iirc). But Picard is definitely smarter so he’d find a way I think. Probably.

        • SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.orgEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Hard vacuum is survivable for a short amount of time, but The Force won’t really help Luke if he’s half a light minute away from the closest breathable atmosphere.