The Dark Side vs The Power of Grayskull. Ok here are the rules: Darth Vader has his Lightsaber and He-Man has his Power Sword. Other than that, run with it. I assume that the lightsaber would not be able to cut though He Man’s power sword. He man also is alot stronger, but then again Darth Vader can use his force powers.
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Evidence of the Paranormal !
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Does he man get to use his cat? That makes a big difference.
He-man’s a hero; Vader’s a villain. In childrens’ TV, the hero always wins.
How many confrontations do they have before we learn how they’re related.
My money’s on Vader. On the basis that anyone that is willing to kill has the upper hand.
Whose toys sell better? He’s the winner in the eyes of the corporate masters.
Useless analysis:
He-Man was originally designed as an action figure for the movie Conan the Barbarian. It was rebranded and reheaded as He-Man when the toy manufacturers realized not a lot of 9 year olds were going to see Conan.
James Earl Jones plays Thulsa Doom in Conan. He kills Conan’s parents, and later in the movie even claims to be Conan’s father: “For who now is your Father if it is not me?” Conan kills Thulsa Doom in the end.
So by the transitive property - He-Man over Darth Vader.
You big dummy.
He-Man isn’t real.
Didn’t I hear #21 and #24 having this argument?
Let’s look at each contender’s strengths:
He-Man has:
- A magic sword.
- Uber strength.
- An extremely weak secret identity.
Vader has:
- The Dark Side of the Force.
- A killing streak a parsec wide.
- The entire Imperial Star Fleet at his command.
All Vader has to do is find out He-Man’s secret identity (which’ll take what, 5 minutes?), drop onto Eternia in a stealth Sith pod, and storm into any royal event where He-Man is in his normal mode – then Force-grab the sword away. Vader in straight sets, followed by the sort of body count that ends the “kid show” slot.
What Scuba_Ben said, with the added theory that he’d also kick the shit out of a Skeletor for being such a two-bit villain.
Then Eternia would be ripe for the Imperial pickings.
(And I suspect that Palpatine would take Teela as an Imperial concubine, and send Mara Jade after She-Ra.)
ETA: Consider too the fact that Vader was the ONLY one able to destroy Sideous in the end. Even friggin Yoda wasn’t able to do it.)
who’s got the higher ground?
On the basis of the relative coolness of their costumes, Vader in a walk.
Vader easily. Not even a contest. He’d probably slice through He-Man’s sword in the first swipe, then it would be all downhill from there. And if the cat was around, he would be tossed away with a simple swipe of Vader’s hand.
Doesn’t He-Man have to say something to activate his powers?
Because Vader could use the Force to choke him first.
Which suggests that our Darth could be doing a Sudoko puzzle, ordering subordinates about, leering at Princess Leia and still thrash He-Man.
He says something like “By the power of Grayskull, I HAVE THE POWWWWWWWEEEERRRR!” By then he’d be in pieces. But you gotta let him already be He-Man when the fight starts. Still no contest.
I think that Darth Vader would cut off He-Man’s hand, take his magic sword, and become He-Vader.
He-Man, embittered by the experience, would turn to the Dark side and become Darth Man.
Then they would team up to kill Orko.
Jar-Jar vs. Orko. Discuss.