In all fairness, Ahsoka is hardly invincible. She’s unable to defeat Darth Vader during their “Star Wars Rebels” fight, and while she does technically win the World Between Worlds duel in “Ahsoka” Episode 5, her former master’s spirit is clearly more interested in teaching her a lesson than anything.
Of course, even if her opponent is what amounts to a tutorial-mode Force ghost, the fact that Ahsoka can beat Anakin Skywalker in a spirit realm duel is a decent achievement, especially since Anakin fights her with a combo platter of his ruthless Vader power and the fluid technique of his younger days. As such, Ahsoka losing soundly to Baylan implies that Master Skoll packs some serious strength.
There’s one problem, though. Ahsoka doesn’t have a real-world victory over Anakin, which means fans can call shenanigans whenever someone talks up Baylan’s powers based on the lightsaber duels in “Ahsoka.” This is precisely what happened in the replies when @MyTimeToShineH speculated on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Baylan is the strongest based on the aforementioned “Ahsoka” fights. “Batman defeated Superman. Bane defeated Batman. Does it make Bane the most strongest villain who ever lived?” user @TheNeosx asked, referencing the DC Comics universe to point out the flaw in this logic.
Besides, even if we accept that Baylan might be powerful enough to defeat Darth Vader, it wouldn’t automatically make him the strongest dude in the galaxy. After all, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) fights Anakin four times and wins two of the duels. You don’t see many people suggesting Obi-Wan is the be-all and end-all of Jedi power, so “can beat Darth Vader in a fight” seems like an insufficient measuring stick.
Fortunately, Baylan has another thing going for himself — and it’s a show of strength that no canon Jedi to date has an answer to.
