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The Slave Who Makes Free: An Anakin Skywalker Quest

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[X] Form VI - Niman

Switching to Niman after giving it some thought. Anakin obviously has immense force abilities, this form would let us make use of them while also being quite different from his approach in canon.
 
Etranger said:
Kirook's post is why I think we should focus on really locking down Shii-Cho. Almost no one in the Jedi Order has truly mastered Form I because they all went off to explore more specialized ("better") styles as soon as possible. We can achieve an uncommonly comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals and it'll make us a much better swordsman when we do decide to specialize later. This is my serious pitch.
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You've convinced me, at least. Have a hammer, all problems are nails: have a toolbox, you can probably build a wall? idk how tools work. Or metaphors.

[X] Form I - Shii-Cho
 
Something to keep in mind for the Ataru enthusiasts (to be clear you're all very cool and based) is ergonomics. Ataru is heavy on acrobatics, and you need the space for that. It's all well and good for Yoda to do his flippy shit all over the place because there's hardly a situation where he'd be penned in. But Anakin is going to be very tall.

[X] Form I - Shii-Cho
[X] Form VI - Niman
 
By the way guys, if you want to take a deeper look at the different Lighsaber Forms you can always look at the original source that both Canon and Legends follows, the book The Jedi Path (Form 1 is explained 25 pages before)
 
[X] Form V - Djem So

Way of the Krayt Dragon. Enough said.

[X] Form I - Shii-Cho
Get those fundamentals

[X] Form IV, Ataru

Anikin has a surprising amount of finesse and reflexes at this point and the form is likely to make him even more of a monster as a pilot.
 
An Anakin who had not just had a troubling encounter with a rival and been forced to confront the dark tendencies in his nature, the dread creeping along the edges of the path he walks, would have chosen his natural inclination of Form V. But this Anakin has been forced to confront these things. It is not often that a person gets an opportunity like the one he—we—have just been afforded. We have a pressure, if we have the strength to take it, to change course.

The goal of this quest is explicitly to not become Vader. To instead be Kol-Depuan, to be the slave who makes free. I think we have two ways to do that. The first is to learn the patience and subtlety of Niman. The second is to learn the committed action of Juyo. Our Path to Juyo is closed for now, but the best way to eventually open it would be to demonstrate balance and grounding in Jedi teachings to Mace Windu through Shii-Cho. Therefore...

[X] Form I - Shii-Cho
[X] Form VI - Niman
 
[X] Form VI - Niman

I was gonna vote Djem So but the idea of both opening to more points of view and accompanying more of the Force into our combat style over pure physicality appeals to me.
 
I will be honest Juyo Fans, and to be clear I understand wanting to learn the cool shit, I think the Stars themselves would burn out before Mace Windu ever agrees to teach Anakin anything.

It's not malice on his part. Windu and Anakin are just too similar in the way that causes their raw edges to puncture into each other.
 
Upon reflection and the posts of Kirook and others, I'm going to be switching my vote to Shii-Cho.

[X] Form I - Shii-Cho
 
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