Luke Skywalker vs. Saber

## Description

*These two honorable prodigies with family issues fight the darkness with blades of light, but when they meet in a Fatal Fiction, who will come out on top?*

## Interlude

Hiro: Champions of justice. Sword masters of hope. These two knights are chosen for a higher calling and they have the power to do it.

**MBStarscream: Luke Skywalker, the great protector of the galaxy from Star Wars.**

Hiro: And Saber, the king of blades from Fate. I'm Hiro Hamada.

**MBStarscream: I'm MBStarscream.**

Hiro: And it's our job to examine both warriors' strength, abilities, weapons, and weaknesses to see who would win in a fight.

## Luke Skywalker

Hiro: In the aftermath of the Clone Wars, the Galactic Republic was no more. Jedi were slaughtered left and right, Darth Sidious rose to power as Emperor of the newly formed Empire, and Anakin Skywalker, he who was supposedly destined to destroy the Sith, instead embraced the persona of Darth Vader under his new master.

**MBStarscream: But a glimmer of hope still remained. Padmè Amidala, wife of Anakin, would give birth to twins Luke Skywalker and Leia Amidala Skywalker. The twins were separated and sent into hiding, with Leia adopted by the royal family of Alderaan while Luke was raised by his aunt and uncle on Tatooine.**

Hiro: Luke spent the next 19 years of his life as a moisture farmer, until his fateful encounter with two droids from the famous Rebel Alliance, C-3PO and R2D2. In the oncoming adventure, Luke learned of the Force from the exiled Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi as he set off to combat the Empire.

**MBStarscream: His travels lead him to meet his twin sister Leia, and destroy the Death Star on his own. After some training with former Jedi Grandmaster Yoda, Luke's journey to Jedi-hood was almost complete. Only one task remained: Destroying his own father in combat.**

Hiro: Aboard the second Death Star he crossed blades with Vader, and he subdued the Dark Lord in combat, but was soon attacked by Palpatine himself. In a change of heart, Vader sacrificed himself to destroy the Sith forever and save his son. With the leaders of the Empire destroyed, Luke traveled across the galaxy, searching for knowledge that would aid him in rebuilding the Jedi Order.

**MBStarscream: One of his apprentices was his sister's son, Ben Solo, who showed great potential in the Force. But things went horribly wrong when Snoke, creation and puppet of Palpatine, manipulated and deceived Ben into becoming his apprentice and turning him against the new Jedi Order.**

Hiro: With the loss of his nephew and the destruction of his nascent Order on his conscience, a guilt-ridden Luke exiled himself to the distant world of Ahch-To...

**MBStarscream: Gesundheit.**

Hiro: ...where he would stay for the remainder of his life, believing it was now time for the Jedi to end for their past mistakes, from falling to save his father from falling to darkness, to himself causing Ben to follow in his grandfather's footsteps. He later reluctantly trained Rey until a falling-out between them about Kylo Ren's origins led to Rey heading off to try and save the fallen Solo herself.

**MBStarscream: With help from the spirit of his old master, Luke learned to let go of his guilt over his failure to save Ben and stepped up to save the day once again, by sacrificing himself to distract the First Order with a projection of himself while the Resistance made their escape. What a Jedi way to go out.**

Hiro: Being the son of the Chosen One, Luke is incredibly talented at manipulating the vast powers of the Force. Luke's Force powers are rivaled by his father Anakin Skywalker, possibly by his younger twin sister Leia Organa, and possibly by his nephew Ben Solo, at their peaks.

**MBStarscream: Luke can use the Force to lift objects with his mind to achieve varying effects, like pushing people or objects away from him, pulling them towards him, or straight up choking them from afar. He can also unleash a wave of pure Force-energy that knocks back anything within the power's blast radius or pushes multiple opponents simultaneously.**

Hiro: Force Grip lets Luke lift his opponents off their feet, Force Levitation lets him levitate himself in the air, Force Throw lets him hurl objects and other individuals toward a target at an astounding velocity, and Force Crush lets him crush objects or droids such as Dark Troopers. Luke can also probe and communicate with the minds of anyone in the galaxy with the Force, allowing him to control the minds of other sentient beings or telepathically sense and sift through their thoughts and memories.

**MBStarscream: Using the Force, Luke can detect the presences of both people around him and major events throughout the galaxy. He was able to use the Force and Grogu's connection to it to find his location from across the galaxy, allowing Luke to arrive and save both him and his friends, and to take him for training.**

Hiro: Using the Force, Luke can calm himself down and completely block out his surroundings, this allows him perfect concentration, increases his dexterity and coordination, and eliminates any traces of doubt or fear. Not only does this help his already impressive natural piloting skills, but it allowed him to accurately fire his torpedoes at the Death Star exhaust port destroying it, a feat most deemed impossible.

**MBStarscream: Luke can see visions of the past, present, and future, and channel his anger to amplify his strength, durability, endurance, speed, ferocity, aggression, and the potency of his combat prowess/attacks, though this comes with the risk of succumbing to the dark side. By carrying himself into the air, Luke can jump several dozen feet high with ease, and Force Dash lets him run at great speed.**

Hiro: He can even cut off his connection to the Force entirely, which was why Snoke and Kylo Ren couldn't sense his presence while he was exiled on Ahch-To. But his most incredible ability by far is Force Projection, which involves a user creating and projecting an illusion of themselves that can be manifested all the way across the galaxy. During the First Order's assault on Crait, Luke used this power to distract Kylo Ren long enough to allow the Resistance and Rey to escape the planet.

**MBStarscream: But using this power came at the cost of his own life, as the effort it took to manifest such an illusion from such a distance took a tremendous toll on his body, which proved too much for him to bear. Due to his immensely powerful connection to the Force and the ancient knowledge of the Jedi at his disposal, Luke was able to transcend physical death and preserve his identity through the Force. This allowed him to peacefully become one with the Force when he was killed by the strain of projecting himself across the galaxy to distract Kylo and his army.**

Hiro: Due to Luke's training with Yoda and his connection to the Force, Luke is far more agile than normal Force-users and other sentient beings, allowing him to perform amazing acrobatic feats such as flips and spins. His reflexes are much faster than normal Force-users and other sentient beings, being them superior to most, if not all members of the New Jedi Order. During the Battle of Crait, despite Luke's old age, he was able to dodge several of Kylo Ren's lightsaber strikes despite his nephew being much younger than him.

**MBStarscream: Luke learned much in the ways of lightsaber skills from his brief training with Obi-Wan and his battles with Darth Vader. Inspired from his father's style, the Jedi Grandmaster utilized a strength-based form that primarily used blocking followed by immediate counterattack. Luke also showed to be proficient in dual bladed lightsaber combat, known as Jar'Kai.**

Hiro: Luke mastered the art of manipulating others, playing with their emotions to inspire and strengthen them. His skills are so strong that he was able to free Darth Vader from the grip of the dark side that had engulfed him for two decades. His wisdom rivaled that of even Yoda, Palpatine, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Anakin Skywalker. As a Jedi Commander and the leader of the new Jedi Order, Luke is a highly skilled tactician and a very capable leader.

**MBStarscream: Luke wields a 4 ft long emerald-colored plasma blade known as a lightsaber. Lightsabers are famous for their abilities to cut through nearly anything effortlessly, and Luke's is no exception. This particular lightsaber is modeled after that of Obi-Wan Kenobi's, making it fairly easy to disassemble in combat if adjustments to the lightsaber's mechanics are needed. He also used the blue lightsaber used by his father, given to him by Obi-Wan.**

Hiro: During his fight with Darth Vader on Bespin, Luke lost both this lightsaber and his right hand. However, it resurfaced on Jakku and ended up in the possession of Maz Kanata, who passed it on to Finn after Rey refused the weapon when it was calling to her. However, Rey later claimed its possession during the fight with Kylo Ren in the forest of Starkiller Base.

**MBStarscream: Wait a second. Lightsaber. Light...saber, OH SHI--**

Hiro: Being the son of Anakin Skywalker himself gave Luke great gifts which he put to very good use. He's destroyed the first Death Star, defeated Darth Vader in combat, survived being bombarded with Force Lightning, and convinced his father to betray Palpatine and return to the light.

**MBStarscream: Since then, he's also restarted a new Jedi Order (even if it didn't last long), destroyed a group of Dark Troopers, took Grogu as an apprentice, briefly trained Rey in the ways of the Force, fought Kylo Ren as a Force projection, lifted an X-Wing fighter from the bottom of the ocean, and helped Rey defeat a resurrected Palpatine to end the Sith once and for all as a Force spirit.**

Hiro: Luke is indeed a great warrior, but he is still fallible. He was initially impulsive, reckless, and often had little regard for his own personal safety. He did get better though, becoming more patient and seasoned after his encounter with Vader.

**MBStarscream: Some of his abilities also have their downsides, such as Force Projection coming with fatal consequences, and he can be put down with damage. And is no-one gonna mention that he kissed his own sister? (shudders)**

Hiro: But his biggest failure of all came when a poor lapse in his judgment caused Ben Solo to turn on him and resulted in yet another galaxy-wide conflict. Not wanting any part of this new war that he indirectly helped to start, Luke shut off completely and isolated himself from the world on Ahch-To for years.

**MBStarscream: But it was through Rey and Yoda that he was able to rise up and atone for his mistakes by making the ultimate sacrifice to inspire others. And when the First Order was finally defeated, he gave Rey his blessing to continue his family's legacy, thus ensuring that the Skywalker bloodline will live on forever.**

Hiro: There was really no Jedi in the galaxy quite like Luke Skywalker.

*Luke Skywalker: The rebellion is reborn today. The war is just beginning, and I will not be the last Jedi.*

## Saber

Hiro: Born as the only child to Uther Pendragon, the king of Britain, Arturia Pendragon was burdened with the task of being king despite being female. Disguising herself as a man, Arturia proved to be a fair and just king. However, Camelot soon began to fall to ruin from treachery.

**MBStarscream: Arturia rode into battle at the Battle of Camlann, where she was mortally wounded and left for dead. In her last moments, Arturia gave custody of the holy sword to her last loyal retainer, Bedivere, and departed from this world. It has been said that, after death, she was carried to Avalon - the utopia, a paradise that does not exist anywhere in this world - and will save Britain again in the far away future.**

Hiro: And Arturia had the skill to pull it off. As a Servant, Artoria is much more powerful than an ordinary human, and he doesn't require food, air, water, or any other human necessities to live, as all Servants can live simply on mana. When a Servant ‘dies’, their memories and experiences are recorded to the actual Heroic Spirit that exists within The Root. However, when a Servant is summoned again from the same Heroic Spirit, the newly summoned Servant is completely different.

**MBStarscream: Servants are also technically immortal; As seen in Saber Wars II event, Servants cease aging once they have hit their physical peak. Also, a Heroic Spirits true form is held in the Throne of Heroes and Servants are merely their copies and Avatars, thus a Servant’s death will do nothing to them.**

Hiro: Saber can use Invisible Air: Bounded Field of the Wind King, a mysterious wind that hides the idenity of Saber's sword, Excalibur. It is a Bounded Field, closer to regular magic than a Noble Phantasm, presumably created by Merlin. The powerful winds around the blade distort light, rendering Excalibur completely invisible and its shape near-impossible to discern, keeping her opponents confused and unable to properly gauge its size and length, or even what kind of weapon it is.

**MBStarscream: Once they figure it out, however, it becomes useless in this regard. It takes on Excalibur's sharp edge, and Saber can use it to form a defensive wall of wind large enough to envelop a building. Once the barrier is released, the compressed wind surges around her and can be released as a single-shot weapon, known as Strike Air: Hammer of the Wind King. She can also use it to propel herself forwards at greater speeds.**

Hiro: Magic Resistance is an innate ability that grants protection against magical effects. Unlike the Resistance effect that merely rejects magical energy, this ability cancels the magic altogether.

**MBStarscream: Due to possessing the blood of dragons (how badass is THAT?), Saber has a stellar A-Rank in this ability, rendering her virtually invulnerable to all modern magi's spells and even of Caster's from the Age of Gods. This also applies to indirect magic attacks, such as magical hypnosis, petrification, and spatial manipulation.**

Hiro: Saber can infuse her body with magical energy before expelling it like a jet engine to boost her power, and has the power to "feel" the most favorable developments for oneself during battle. Saber has an A-Rank in this skill, granting her a refined sixth sense that is close to real precognition that allows her to avoid a death blow from Cu's Gae Bolg as well as Sasaki Koujirou's Tsubame Gaeshi and finding an opening in their second encounter, in addition to halving the hindrance that visual and auditory obstructions would generally provide.

**MBStarscream: Saber has the natural talent to command an army, which increases the ability of allies during group battles, and has also received the blessings of Vivian, the Lady of the Lake, who bestowed Excalibur to the young king. As a result, she can walk on water as if it were solid ground without any movement speed or traction change.**

Hiro: But Saber's best weapon is Excalibur, a magical l holy sword, which constantly emits a holy light that calms those who see it. While usually cloaked with Invisible Air to hide Saber's identity, weakening the sword in the process, when revealed, Excalibur is a holy blade of incredible power.

**MBStarscream: Excalibur's main form of attack has it convert Saber's magic energy into light, which it can then release as a giant blast of light energy capable of obliterating an entire fortress with one shot. The sword's sheath, Avalon, grants Saber access to a form of True Magic that makes her eternally young, grants her a healing factor, and teleport herself to the Realm of the Fairies to rest.**

Hiro: In combat, Saber can also use Avalon to make herself completely invincible for up to a minute. Saber also has armor formed by using Mana Burst to shape her mana into it. While not unbreakable, it is hard to break through it.

**MBStarscream: But she also has a darker side to herself; after being subjected to and blackened by the cursed mud of the Holy Grail, Saber was transformed into Saber Alter. In this more corrupted form, Saber is much stronger, capable of easily beating up Berserker, though slower in comparison.**

Hiro: Excalibur also changes into Excalibur Morgan, which can use Vortigern: Hammer of the Vile King to form a massive blade of black light around her sword before striking the opponent with it. Whether its light or darkness enhancing her ability, Saber has shown to be an extraordinary fighter. She is a master analyst, able to read a person's movements and counter them easily.

**MBStarscream: She's one of the greatest fighters in the Fourth and Fifth Holy Grail War, and has defeated the likes of Rider, Berserker Lancelot and even Gilgamesh with some help. She's fast enough to dodge Archer and fight Diarmuid at speeds Irisviel couldn't comprehend, and managed to kill Iskander, whose reality marble can overwrite the whole world.**

Hiro: Saber's kingly statue is not unearned, but even she has weaknesses. The chivalric code binds Saber as a knight, and she'd thus never rely on underhanded or more pragmatic tactics. She is also very stubborn and refuses to give up once she sets her mind to something.

**MBStarscream: Saber's soul has a dragon alignment, so anti-dragon weaponry damages her more than normal, and using Exalibur's light blast drains her of most of her energy. She also harbors a great deal of self-loathing and regret over her actions and perceived failures as the King of Britain, which can be exploited to rile her up or break her mentally.**

Hiro: But Artoria Pendragon isn't a foe to take lightly. She is the King of Britain after all, and she'll make sure her enemies know that.

*Saber: I ask of you, are you my Master?*

## Fatal Fiction

*Mario flips a coin.*

Hiro: Well, Luke has the territory advantage in this duel, but which of these prodigies will best the other here?

**MBStarscream: You could call this a Duel of the Fates. Huh? Huh?**

*Ahch-To*

On the deserted planet of Ahch-To, birthplace of the Jedi Order, a young woman with a slender physique, soft skin, and green eyes anexplored the large island as the wind blew her blonde hair. She wore shining armor with an old styled dress, made from old-fashioned blue cloth, underneath. A fitting attire for someone of royalty.

And this woman was very much royalty. She was in fact the King of Knights herself, Artoria Pendragon, or **Saber**.

She then stopped in her tracks as she noticed something up ahead. Or rather, someone. A man in his 50s with short, graying hair cladded in a black garb, meditating peacefully in a nearby cave just in front of Saber. As Saber walked closer to him, the man suddenly spoke without opening his eyes. "Who are you?"

Saber was surprised for a brief moment before she replied, "You can call me Saber."

That certainly got the man's attention. "Saber?" He repeated as his eyes opened, his meditation coming to an early end. "Yes," Saber said as the man stood up. "And you appear to be some kind of warrior. Your name?"

"To you... its Grandmaster." The man, **Luke Skywalker**, said as he took out some kind of silver object. "Hmm," Saber said, intrigued. "I look forward to seeing what becomes of this, Grandmaster." She then drew her sword, Invisible Air making it unable to be seen, and pointed it forward as Luke ignited a green blade of plasma.

**FIGHT!**

Luke and Saber both made their move, charging towards one another with their blades ready. They crossed their weapons time and again in an incredible display of acrobatic skill and masterful swordsmanship. *I can't even see her blade.* Luke thought. *What kind of power does she have?*

When the two got caught in a blade-lock, Luke managed to shove Saber back a good distance with Force Push, then rushed in to slash through her, but Saber aimed her sword forward and fired a blast of wind at him, forcing him back. Saber dashed forward, but was shocked when Luke held out his hand and Excalibur stopped inches from his face. Luke then kicked Saber in the chest, knocking her back.

Saber was then lifted off the ground as Luke leaped at her, slashing her multiple times in mid-air. As he landed on his feet, Luke sent Saber flying back, the King of Britain hitting the ground. Courteous enough to let Saber stand, Luke threw his lightsaber at her in a boomerang fashion, but Saber jumped over and charged at Luke. But Luke telekinetically held Saber in place, leaving her unable to do anything as his lightsaber came back to him, slashing through her in the process. Once his lightsaber was in his hand again, Luke made his own charge towards Saber.

Their blades met once more, both warriors even in their clash until Luke pushed Saber back with all his strength and attempted to knock the seemingly invisible sword out of his opponent's hands, but Saber quickly regained her footing and continuing clashing with Luke. After fighting for a while longer, Saber managed to launch Luke into the air with an upward slash, then hit him with another blast of wind.

Luke thrust out his hand at the same time Saber expelled a short-ranged blast of magical energy, Force Repel and Mana Burst both knocking the two fighters away. They lay there, slowly getting up while recovering from their respective attacks. When they standing again, they turned to stare at each other, both of their blades held tightly.

"Your power is extraordinary." Saber said with respect. "I can see why you like to be called Grandmaster." "You're not bad yourself, Saber." Luke said with equal admiration, having never seen anything quite like the King of Knights either. "But you gotta do better than that." "You too have room to improve." Saber replied. With no further words, Jedi Master and king fought with their blades yet again.

Luke quickly swept his leg against Saber's, knocking her down as he tried to strike her with his lightsaber. But Saber managed to block his attack before the lightsaber could touch her, and kicked Luke in the torso. She swung her sword at him, but Luke leaped back, landing a few feet away from her. He then used the Force to pull Saber forward sharply, slashing her back with his lightsaber as she passed by. Luke then charged from behind, but Saber turned around and grabbed him, then released Invincible Air, surrounding the Jedi with wind and blowing him away. As Saber rushed him, Luke telekinetically grabbed her and squeezed her in his Force Grip, making her groan in pain, then blasted her away with another Force Push.

The son of the Chosen One then grabbed a nearby X-Wing fighter with the Force as Saber got up and hurled it at the king. But a blast of wind from Saber's sword launched the X-Wing through the air, flying over Luke's head and crashing to the ground in a wreck. Briefly distracted, Luke had no time to counter Saber's assault as she slashed him repeatedly, then with a cry of "Invincible Air!" launched the Jedi back with the aforementioned attack. As she moved to slash him again, Luke blocked Saber's sword with his lightsaber and started hitting her with a series of downward slashes, with the final strike sending out a shockwave of green energy that blew Saber back.

Luke charged at Saber, and after exchanging a few blows with their blades, Saber disarmed the Jedi, but Luke used the Force to ring his weapon back to him. As they clashed once more, Saber hit Luke with another Mana Burst, disarming him again as he fell to the ground. He watched as Saber leaped into the air, but before she could strike him down, he stopped her in mid-air with the Force and got up as Saber tried to break free of his telekinetic hold. Tugging his lightsaber back into his hand, Luke threw it at Saber, telekinetically manipulating it with the Force to control it so it hit her multiple times. When he was done, another Force Push sent Saber flying away.

"Good effort, Saber." Luke said, before getting into a stance. "But you cannot defeat a Jedi."

He rushed forward, lightsaber ready.

What would have the killing blow was blocked by the sheath of Saber's sword, Avalon.

"You haven't seen my full effort yet, grandmaster."

Luke only had enough time to stare at her in wide-eyed surprise before an upward slash across his chest forced him to step back. It was here that Saber stood up and finally revealed Excalibur's true appearance to Luke, who stared in awe at the golden light it emitted.

Saber pointed her weapon at Luke before raising it towards the sky, causing the blade to glow with an even brighter and more brilliant light. "Ex..."

*May the Force guide me.*

"...CALIBUR!"

The world seemed to stop for a second before time resumed as Excalibur swung down, breaking through Luke's lightsaber. Once Luke was hit by the sword, a massive explosion of holy power shook the island they stood on.

When the dust cleared, Saber stood alone on the island, her opponent obliterated by the sheer power of her attack. Sheathing her sword, Saber kneeled, not noticing the Force spirit of Luke Skywalker materializing above her, looking down with a smile of respect.

**FATALITY!**

## Results

**MBStarscream: Oof, a Star Wars L on the 44th anniversary.**

Hiro: As much as that hurts, there were plenty of reasons why Luke fell short here. His expertise in lightsaber combat and using the Force made him a unique foe that could pull any trick, but Saber's abilities just outclassed his on many levels.

**MBStarscream: When comparing the peaks of their strength, speed and durability Saber clearly edges out by going toe-to-toe with Berserker Hercules, someone who could hold up the sky itself. Taking a beating from someone of that level of strength meant that Luke really couldn't put her down with his own abilities.**

Hiro: The lightsaber, while certainly a dangerous weapon, paled in comparison to Excalibur at its fullest potential, which could easily break through it and kill Luke with a well-placed shot, especially since it managed to one-shot Hercules. Luke's Force abilities also likely wouldn't have helped him against someone who has shown resistance to magical attacks, so he didn't really have anything that would guarantee he'd land a killing blow on Saber.

**MBStarscream: The Force may enhance Luke's physical abilities, but Saber easily beat him in stamina alone. Other Servants can fight for nearly an entire day without stopping, and as long as Saber has a steady supply of magical energy from her Master, she can keep fighting. She even fought against Vortigern for several hours straight, even as Excalibur was drained of most of its light.**

Hiro: But Avalon was what truly solidified Saber's victory. Once that was out, Luke could do nothing to break it, with Saber technically not being there while Avalon is activated making things even worse. In the end, Luke's impressive skill in the Force and lightsaber combat failed against Excalibur, Saber's magic resistance and all-around superior power.

**MBStarscream: Saber had to take the win by *force.***

Hiro: Saber wins.

## Advantages

### Saber (Winner)

* Stronger
* Faster
* More durable
* Excalibur far outclassed the lightsaber
* Resistance to magic meant that the Force wouldn't have really helped Luke in the long run
* Literally limitless stamina
* Avalon. Enough said.