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Thus, between using the Force in such extreme ways twice-over, along with extensive fighting in the intermediate time, it is clear he is far closer to death than full strength when fighting Darth Vader.
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As my response to The Ellimist later highlights, there is no remedy to exhausting one’s Force reserves besides meditation. Note that Starkiller does not rest between this point and his confrontation with Darth Vader. Starkiller falls unconscious by doing this and, when he awakes, is so exhausted that he struggles to even stand (click for reference). The novelization notes that Starkiller fears that this feat may kill him like it did Galen Marek on the Death Star a year prior, indicating he releases almost the totality of his Force reserves. Now, I want to stress another point that, even before Starkiller destroys the cloning facility, he obliterates the Salvation. In my first post, I emphasize that, while in his thirteen-day trial, he avoids even thinking about the past because it wastes too much energy with his life at his stake. Nevertheless, since Starkiller is demonstrably on par or superior to Darth Vader while in a greatly weakened state, it logically holds that Vader is not comparable to him under normal conditions. However, Starkiller is prevented by a Force vision that flashes before him, allowing Darth Vader to escape.
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Directly thereafter, Darth Vader and Starkiller duel, yet Starkiller gains the upper-hand by attacking Vader with Force lightning and moves to strike Vader down. Consequently, Starkiller notes that he is exhausted more than ever before, which includes him surviving thirteen days without food nor sleep and sustaining himself solely off the Force. Immediately before he fights Darth Vader, Starkiller expends a vast amount of his power destroying his clones and the platforms around him. SUMMARY: This argument disproves a long-standing notion that, because Darth Vader fights comparably to Starkiller in The Force Unleashed II, Vader can replicate Starkiller’s feats or defend against his attacks.