Dovin Basils can be overridden by standard inertial compensators.
The same compensators that that can be overridden by standard impacts. So yes. It is massively overhyped.
Because Dooku scales several ragdoll gaps above a few weeks post AotC Obi-Wan who is able to outdo post NJO Luke Skywalker in power
Luke was sure. By then, he had opened himself wide to the Force, and it was pouring in from all sides, filling him with a maelstrom of power, imbuing his whole body with its energy.
A bang sounded back in the engineering bay as a power circuit overloaded, then the lights dimmed as R2-D2 redistributed shield power. Luke felt a surge of anxiety from Mara, but pushed it to one side so he could concentrate on the task at hand. He formed an imaginary picture of the Shadow's exterior, then expanded it into the Force, moving it from his mind out into the cockpit.
Mara turned around and inspected the image carefully, then said, "Looks good."
Luke continued to enlarge the image, extending it into every corner of the vessel, taking his time to absorb the attributes that made up the Shadow's sensor signature. He began to grow tired, but ignored his fatigue and expanded the illusion until it covered the entire ship like an imaginary skin.
Another bang sounded in the engineering bay. This time, before R2-D2 could redistribute power, the sound was followed by the muffled thuds of several hull hits. Mara hit the crash alert, closing all airtight doors and activating the pressure stop-loss systems, then spoke over the intercom.
"Nanna, get Ben into his vac suit."
"I've already done that," the droid responded. "We're waiting at our evacuation station now. Perhaps you should come-"
"Nanna, you short-circuit!" Ben's voice said. "We're fine. Dad said so!"
Trying not to be distracted by his son-or by the steadily growing shudder of the barrage of dartship attacks-Luke brought to mind another image of the Shadow, this time with a black, star-speckled veneer that resembled the emptiness of deep space. Instead of absorbing the ship's sensor signature, however, he blanketed it with a layer of cold emptiness.
Once the illusory skins were in place, he carefully adjusted them, drawing the masking image tight against the hull here, pushing the counterfeit out a little there. The effort of maintaining both illusions began to deplete the energy running through him, so Luke opened himself up completely, using his fear for Ben's life, his anger at the insects that were threatening it, to draw more Force into himself. Every centimeter of his body began to nettle with its sting, and a faint aura arose from his skin.
A third bang sounded from the engineering bay.
"How about that decoy, Skywalker?" Mara asked. "Our shields can't take-"
Luke released the outer skin. "Go!"
Mara shoved the throttles to overload, then, half a second later, shut down the drives. The Shadow slid out of her double and-still masked by the dark veneer Luke had constructed - glided quietly away from the Force illusion.
The shuddering stopped. Luke continued to maintain both illusions, the Force pouring through him like fire, burning more fiercely every moment. He was drawing more energy than his body was conditioned to endure, literally burning himself up from the inside. It was not really a dark side act-to a modern Jedi, the dark side was more a matter of intent than deed-but it felt that way to him. According to Mara, this was what happened to Palpatine, and Luke believed her. He could feel himself aging-his cells weakening, the membranes growing thin and the cytoplasm simmering, the nuclei coming apart.
The air around him began to crackle with static.
R2-D2 extended a fire extinguisher and started toward Luke, squealing in alarm.
- New Jedi Order: Dark Nest II
This is the same Kenobi beginning of clones wars Dooku no diffs. In fact Dooku contends with powers capable of ragdolling Kenobi and Mace simultaneously after this. And this isn't even taking into account other scaling Dooku gets which place him on this level.
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