One of the most least known but lesser-used character's in star wars debates/discussion's is "Anoon Bondara" but he is also at certain times overrated by reader's, debators and fans.
=About Anoon Bondara.
1 - The whole "his lightsabre skill's being second to none" is an exaggeration or it's not credible. First of all the statement was made by his pupil (Darsha Assent) and not a more believable individual, he may just have been a better swordsman than all other jedi Darsha saw fight, she most likely never saw Yoda or Mace or Dooku fight. She was a young inexperienced padawan who most likely didnt even see a thousand jedi fight yet while the Order had over ten thousand knight's.
2 - Qui Gon Jinn did have duels with Bondara however not one is shown or elaborated upon in the book and content which features the character of Anoon in it. Claims of qui gon jinn defeating anoon bondara are false, as the result of their sparring match's was never shown in any star wars media, these claim's have been made up by fans instead.
3 - Anoon did not know Teras Kasi the line of Darth Maul recognizing that fighting style from Anoon could be justified as a "clerical error" done by the author instead. As for Teras Kasi (the martial-art) a practitioner need's to be unarmed, but anoon was wielding a light saber when Maul supposedly recognized this form.
Note; that in the duel between both of them Darth Maul made this judgement (of Teras Kasi) based on how Bondara parried his light sabre attack's not on how he uses his fist/foot. And their is no record, example or incident where teras kasi could be used with a light saber so its clear that the author made a severe mistake.
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4 - Anoon Bondara being a Juyo stylist does make sense, because he was fighting darth maul (sith who is encouraged to use that form) as a jedi [anoon would be discouraged & conflicted about juyo's usage] he was inferior to Maul in it's use.
5 - I have not found the slightest mention of Bondara in the Plagueis novel. The only book which anoon is featured in as a character is where he has a minor supporting role isn't even as important as his own padawan & it was released before the film "AOTC" {attack of the clone's} hit movie theater's.
5A - Meaning it was written by the author without any knowledge that Mace was meant to be a big deal or that Dooku (character who was introduced first in AOTC) was the second best warrior after yoda or that Cin Drallig was the only jedi who could give Anakin a run for his money in the jedi purge when he invaded the temple.
6 - Those who term the killing of anoon bondara to be a "Good showinG" for darth maul are up-playing this feat and overrated the power Bondara possessed.
7 - Regarding his age Anoon Bondara in my opinion is at minimum 55 years old, as its mentioned he trained 3 padawans already, that his fourth padawan (darsha) has been with him for a considerable amount of time. And if we consider each padawan to have taken 10 year's then it makes alot of sense (to reach Knight-Hood status) for him to be over fifty.
But this is what i found in the book.
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8 - Though it's true as per wookiepedia Anoon was the jedi temple's battlemaster its also true that this rank of battlemaster has been accorded to other jedi like "Joclad Danva" & "Cin Drallig" one (Drallig) was mentioned as being the sword-master of the Order when Obi Wan was youngling.
And it was he who refused to let Obi Wan or Anakin anywhere near the 7th form of light saber combat (Juyo not Vaapad). So its more than likely that Cin Drallig was battlemaster from 45 bby till 33 bby then anoon became battlemaster for a few months before being killed.
After that Cin Drallig again took up the role. Cause their is no reference that anoon was a instructor for any jedi in obi wans generation except for Darsha Essent.
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Conclusion:
Darth Maul knew within the very 1st minute of his fight how anoon bondara was clearly not on his level, all he did was deflect a couple of light saber attack moves and fight on top of a vehicle, he was inferior to all of the Council Members and should not ever be considered a peer/equal of tougher jedi like Yoda, Dooku, Plo, Billaba, Gallia, Fisto.
Credit to the facebook user "adrcorrea73" for this photo.
