Cal Kestis vs. Ezra Bridger

DarthAdi wrote:Cal in all.

> Korriban wrote:Ezra beats Kashyyyk first mission Cal. That's it, after Cal learns double jump, he basically ragdolls.

Consider 8th brother stomping ezra and Cal being superior to the 9th sister

SithSauce wrote:Actually Ezra could potentially take force. Still not sure as of now as his combative use of the force isn't well established. Post Rebels Ezra has a high chance of taking Cal though.

DarthDuelist9 wrote:Ezra in all rounds, the logic that some people use just doesn't make any sense. BoD has done a good job highlighting most of it but I'll list my arguments.

In terms of lightsaber combat Cal's best achievement is to defeat the Second Sister by the end of the game which is impressive considering her standing within the Inquisitorius. Ezra on the other hand is more difficult to actually use pure feats as his last fight was vastly pre-prime (season 2). The scaling we can use is starting from there, by the season finale (and previous episodes) Ezra showed he could in some way compete with the Inquisitors and while not quit on their level he wasn't getting ragdolled in most occasions (neglecting the 8th brother who mostly BFR him). Now that's before undergoing a massive jump in power and skill to the start of season 3 (6 months later) where has continuously been improving (leading missions, learning from the Sith holocron, constructing a new lightsaber,...) so logically he's vastly above his season 2 version.  That growth continues all the way until season 4 (roughly 2 years later from the start of season 3) where we can see that he's able to fight Rukh in a superior capacity compared to Kanan (a more powerful version of the one dat did defeat for example the 8th Brother). For me this would put them on equal footing, both should be capable of taking on Inquisitors. However, the main difference is that the Inquisitors that Ezra's faced are far more experienced than the one's Cal fought. At least 10 - 12 years of fighting and hunting down Jedi should definitely improve the combat prowess of the Inquisitors which in my opinion makes it more impressive. It's still a good fight based on pure feats but I'd favor Ezra.

In terms of Force power I believe Ezra's pure TK output is just plain better, by the finale of season 4 he was collapsing temples and lifting (and throwing around) a large amount of debris which should put him solidly above Cal (but nothing to extreme).