STAR WARS: Top 10 Lightsaber Duelist in Star Wars!
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Greetings from a Galaxy far far away....Have you ever wondered who was the best lightsaber combatant? Or have you ever been in a debate on who would beat who? In this blog we will be going over ( In my opinion ) who the top 10 lightsaber duelist are in the Star Wars Universe: Prequel to Sequel era. ( Episodes 1-8) ( Legends or Cannon ) We will be taking information from not only the movies, but from books, games, and other Star Wars legends as well. To begin our list we will be going from 10 down to 1. I will be analyzing only their lightsaber technique as well as tactical abilities while dueling, only physical force powers included. SPOILER WARNING AHEAD WITH SOME CHARACTERS.
Part of my opinion will be with my own experiences and lessons iv learned as a person who has practiced in swordplay for more than 10 years.
If you do not agree with my opinion ( which is totally fine) here are some other videos that shed some light on the topic as well. The Stupendous Wave has a great reputation for Star Wars Content on youtube and have a lot of interesting articles to go over. The Video will have this picture on it.
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If you do not agree with the youtube video from Stupendous Wave, there is also a top 15 list from Screen Rant titled 15 Best Lightsaber Duelists In The Star Wars Universe. Screen rant is a very trust worthy sight because they talk about in debt conversations about not only Star Wars, but other fun entertainment as well.
https://screenrant.com/best-lightsaber-duelists-fighters-in-star-wars-universe/
In my recommendation any of these blogs or youtube channels are great information guides for Star Wars debates like this, my last recommendation in this blog will be Antoine Bandele. Antoine is a great source of information for Star Wars and other Fantasy/Scifi topics and does his research really well, if you want to know anything about a Verses series then I would recommend watching his videos.
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Before we begin let me note that anyone on this list would greatly challenge the other contestants on this list as well.
Without any further delay lets dive into our Top 10 Lightsaber Combatants and their forms.
10. Asajj Ventress
Anakin ( Left ) vs Asajj ( Right ) https://www.pinterest.fr/danbogardus/star-wars/?autologin=true |
Asajj Ventress capitalized on a subset form of Niman called Jar'Kai: When a wielder will use two separate blades at the same time. This form focuses on a balance of offense and defense and depending on the usage you can go into a highly offensive barrage or if being pushed back you can utilize its defensible capabilities. Ventress made good use of the forms style and has put it to good effect against many duelist. Her tactical abilities are at first to use stealth, but if confronted she has no issue with having a conflict head to head. Ventress is one of the main adversaries in the Star Wars prequel era. Though not seen in the movies, she is seen a lot through Star Wars: The Clone Wars in both 2003 version as well as the 2008 TV show that is official canon as well as many books and magazines.
Asajj most credible feat
1. She has fought head to head with General Grevious and briefly won the cyborg general, but only by cutting off an arm.
2. Asajj has also fought multiple times with Anakin Skywalker and managed to live against the prodigies top tier blade work.
3. Asajj seemed to have an upper hand on another top duelist named Ashoka Tano as well as Jedi Master Luminara.
4.Asajj has earned her reputation as a Sith assassin well.
9. General Grievous
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The General has many many years of combat experience as he was a previous general for his own alien species before he was the leader of the droid army. Due to a fatal ship sabotage, General Grievous lost most of his organic body and was revived from the Sith Lord Count Dooku. The elegant Count Dooku decided to save the Generals life by giving him advanced cybernetics which increased his reflexes, speed, and strength, along with 4 arms. The general was so fast that he could swing up to 20 strikes per second, normally overloading an opponents defenses. The General was trained by none other than Count Dooku ( seeing a pattern? ) and became one of the most feared warriors in the galaxy. The Generals main battle style was unorthodox and randomized, but calculated. The General had absolutely no force powers at all so he had to use tactics like fear, intimidation, surprise, and unorthodox on his side in order to get the better of his opponents.
1. One of the Generals best feats is being able to duel against 4-6 Highly trained Jedi at the same time while winning the fight( Star Wars Clone Wars: 2003).
2. Facing off against Obi Wan Kenobi multiple times in the Clone Wars. ( Star Wars ROTS & Clone Wars: 2003 & 2008 Series ).
3. Being able to successfully capturing the Chancellor off of Coruscant and defeat Jedi Master Shak Ti while doing so ( Star Wars: 2003).
4. Defeating Jedi Master Koth
5. Going head to head with Jedi Master Kit Fisto, though not winning, holding his own.
8. Darth Maul
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Darth Maul was considered one of the best Sith assassins in all of Star Wars history. He is most recognizable by his dual bladed lightsaber seen in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.
Darth Maul is by far one of the best duelist you wouldn't want to come across. He has mastered multiple forms of Lightsaber combat. His specialty is in Lightsaber form 7 Juyo: The most ferocious and aggressive form in Lightsaber combat. In fact it is so aggressive that the Jedi stay away from using it out of caution to falling to the Dark Side. Juyo's greatest strength is its onslaught of its attacking abilities being able to take on multiple opponents at once. Not only is Darth Maul a great duelist in a blade, but also a master in hand to hand combat as well. Many people think Darth Maul dies in Episode 1, but he comes back into other shows such as the Clone Wars 2008 version as Obi Wan Kenobi's antagonist, but also makes a reappearance as well in Star Wars Rebels 2016. In short from a young age as a child til he was older Darth Maul was trained by Darth Sidious in the ways of the Dark Side to become the perfect Sith Assassin.
Darth Mauls Greatest feats:
1. He was able to contend with Darth Sidious for a while in Lightsaber combat, but ultimately lost. This is impressive seeing how he was taking on the most powerful Lord of the Sith in the known Cannon universe.
2. Darth Mauls other greatest feats was his killing of Jedi Master Qui Gon Jin, not only was he able to defeat a Jedi, but a Jedi Master who is one of the Jedi Orders best warriors.
3. Darth Maul was able to fight with Obi Wan Kenobi before and during the clone wars multiple times and the two seemed to be on par with each other.
4. In Star Wars Rebels even when Darth Maul was older he was still able to easily contend with much younger and capable Inquisitors and defeat them easily.
5. Darth Maul defeats Prez Vizla ( Leader of the Mandilorian race/War Race) without using the force and only his dueling abilities.
6. Darth Maul briefly fought Count Dooku and held his own.
7. Count Dooku
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Count Dooku was once a Jedi and even trained under GrandMaster Yoda. Once Count Dooku became a Jedi Master he trained Qui Gon Jin and was regarded by not only the Jedi High Council, but many others as one of the greatest swordsmen the galaxy has ever seen. Count Dooku was a prodigy among his peers and later left the Jedi order due to his frustration from their political status and mingling within the government of galaxies, but what ultimately decided his leaving was the death of his former apprentice Qui Gon Jin.
Count Dooku had Mastered a few forms, but his own favorite was his unique style not many Jedi used sense the Old Republic. Count Dooku was considered the top practitioner of Lightsaber style Form II Makashi: The dueling form, this form specialized in 1V1 confrontations and was considered a offensive, precise and elegant form. The main focus of this form was on foot work, maneuvering around an opponents inner blade work, manipulating the confrontation, and piercing. This style in order to be mastered had to have a lot discipline put behind it. The Count has had many many confrontations with Star Wars best hero's it had to offer. You wouldn't want to slip up on your guard once, other wise you might see a red flash for one last time.
Count Dookus best feats:
1. Dookus was able to go up against GrandMaster Yoda and hold his own for a while.
2. Dooku was able to get the best of Anakin Skywalker for a time in their duels during the clone wars.
3. Dooku did defeat Obi Wan in Episode II with relative ease by wounding him.
4. Dooku Bested Asajj Ventress & 2 Night Sister assassins while poisoned & blinded for a time.
5. Dooku was able to spar with Mace Windu and hold his own against him.
6. Dooku was able to fight against Darth Maul briefly.
6. Mace Windu
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Mace Windu is a master in all Lightsaber combat, but his favorite Lightsaber form is a self made varient of the 7th Sith Form Juyo calld, Vaapad: This is a highly aggressive form that requires the user to enjoy the battle and use the dark side of the forces energy against the opponent. Mace Windu was by far the top tier user of the 7th form variant and was the best of the best as they come in regards to offensive abilities.
Mace Windu's Greatest Feats:
1. Having a 1 on 1 duel with Darth Sidious, the fight was described as a battle of flashing shadows this was the ultimate Sith Lord vs Jedi Master battle.
2. Usually able to contend with Count Dooku as an equal if not be his better in sparring.
3. Windu would have defeated Sidious had Anakin not stepped in.
4. Windu Easily killed legendary bounty hunter Jango Fett.
5. Windu once decimated an entire droid army by himself using only his hands and the force and his lightsaber techniques.
6. Windu has the force ability called shatterpoint that works against an opponents openings.
5.Darth Sidious / The Emperor
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Darth Sidious's was a master in all forms of combat, but his favorite Lightsaber form was the 7th form Juyo, but only amplified more in his force abilities. This was a highly aggressive form used that would be an onslaught of attacks that could overwhelm opponents. Sidious had great skill in lightsaber dueling, but more thanks to his amplified state. To note, only the best of the best could duel against Sidious and live to tell the tale. (I would even say Obi Wan would be able to duel against him, but once force abilities came into play it would be a lot more of an uphill battle for the master.) Eventually Darth Sidious was able to meet his goals in destroying the Jedi, Creating the empire, and also gaining the strongest apprentice Darth Vader.
Darth Sidious Feats:
1. Darth Sidious is always seen fighting the most dangerous and respected characters within the saga.
2. Sidious is seen fighitng with GrandMaster Yoda in a one on one confrontation
3. Sidious is also seen fighting with Jedi Master Mace Windu and its said he was toying with him, but that was only at first, later on Sidious did have to take the fight seriously and still lost.
4. Sidious was able to fight both Darth Maul and his brother Savage Oppress at the same time and win.
5. Sidious was able to kill 3 Jedi Masters in a brief amount of time when facing 4 strong Jedi Masters.
4. GrandMaster Yoda
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Grand Master Yoda is one of the most beloved and respected Jedi in the entire franchise, not only because of his vast and eternal knowledge, but his awesome skills and abilities he is able to perform. If you saw this little green Jedi Master pulling out his blade against you, you better have the best skills ever to survive. GrandMaster Yoda is the orders oldest member and the leader of the Jedi Order. Yoda has had his hand in teaching almost every single Jedi who has come into the Jedi Order. This green master is a fan favorite and the first time you ever see him pulling out his lightsaber you were in for a treat.
GrandMaster Yoda was considered more powerful in the force than he was in lightsaber combat, but when he used his lightsaber only the best of the best would contend with him. Yoda Mastered all forms of Lightsaber combat, but his favorite was Form IV Ataru: The acrobatic form, this was being able to perform high feats of arial attacks and flips and spins to overwhelm an enemy opponent. Much like I said about Count Dooku you wouldnt want to take your guard down even for a second.
GrandMaster Yodas Greatest Feats:
1. Able to go one on one with Darth Sidious in a high intense Lightsaber duel and later duel in the force. This was considered the ultimate master vs master fight in star wars.
2. Yoda was able fight off Count Dooku in lightsaber skills in episode 2
3. Yoda toyed with Asajj Ventress by taking her lightsabers, but thats more force than lightsaber abilites, but if we speculated she would have the fight of her life.
4. Yoda was considered above or equal to Mace Windu in combat abilites
5. Yoda had the most knowledge of the force and gifted abilities.
3. Luke Skywalker
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Luke Skywalker was just like his father and took a liking in the 5th form of Lightsaber Combat called Shien/Djem-so: This was a offensive ability that offered heavier and powerful cleaving swings with a faster motion. This form was for physically stronger combatants. Luke's defensive style was Form III Soresu: This form was the 100% defensive form that guaranteed the user to live in battles, but it offered no offensive abilities so the practitioner had to create their own opportunities. Soresu's main focus was to be energy efficient and tire down the offensive opponent until they gave up due to fatigue or made a mistake in their fighting style for the defensive practitioner to capitalize on.
Luke's Greatest Feats:
1. Luke was able to defeat Darth Vader on the 2nd Death Star and turn him back to the light side.
2.Luke was able to fight Darth Vader on Cloud City after having little training, many Jedi have died doing that.
3. Luke does awesome stuff in Star Wars 8
4. Luke lives against Darth Sidious lighting a feat not many Jedi are able to walk away from.
5. Luke become a Grandmaster of the Jedi later on and is regarded as one of the most powerful beings in Star Wars history.
2. Anakin/Darth Vader
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The Chosen One, it was said in an old Jedi Prophecy of a being so powerful in the Force they would destroy the Sith and restore balance in the Force. This was the person who was foretold about Anakin/Darth Vader, because he does bring balance, he was once the light and then the dark, then came back to light again. Balance.
Anakin Skywalker was a young boy found on tatooine and was conceived without a father ( It was manipulated force energy) and was later founded by Jedi Master Qui Gon Jin who saw his amazing potential and decided to bring him forth to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Though the Jedi High Council intentionally denied to train the boy due to his fear and being to old, they later relented after Obi Wan Kenobi would take him as his apprentice and Qui Gon died in a duel with Darth Maul.
Anakin through his diligent training became one of the most gifted Force-Users of the entire Star Wars Galaxy. Anakin was so powerful in the Force he had the potential to literally become a God amoung beings in his universe. However, During his training Anakin was always prone to using the Dark Side if it suited him. His first act as Darth Vader was killing an entire village of feared warriors called Tusken Raiders after they killed his mother. ( Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones ) During that time Obi Wan was on a hunt for someone named Jango fett and was caught. Anakin later told the Jedi Council of Obi Wans capture and participated in a rescue that turned into the battle that would spark The Clone Wars. Shortly after the battle in a coliseum he engaged in a duel with the infamous Count Dooku and lost his first limb.
During the time of The Clone Wars Anakin was regarded as the hero of the republic. He was well respected and fought many many battles and highly skilled foes during the encounters. Anakin was well liked among his peers and soldiers, he was strong, brave, kind, tactful, a great pilot, and legendary warrior. He even outfought Count Dooku and killed him nearing the end of The Clone Wars Anakin fell to the Dark Side due to his fear of losing his wife Padme to death and made a deal with Darth Sidious to save his wife. Anakins turn happened when he was convinced and frightened of losing hope to save his wife by Darth Sidious and helped him kill Jedi Master Mace Windu and this ultimately turned him into Darth Vader.
From Anakins fall from grace rose the most powerful Sith Lord ever, Darth Vader. In Vader's earlier hours before he would dawn the black robotic suit he made a fierce attack on the Jedi Temple with his 501st Legion of Highly Trained Clone Troopers, there he sacked the temple killing all the Jedi that remained in there and later went on to engage in a confrontation with his former master and friend, Obi Wan Kenobi. Vader lost and was dismembered by Obi Wan Kenobi during their duel on on the volcanic planet Mustafar. His arrogance got the better of him in that fight. However after that battle Darth Vader became a much better tactical fighter instead of fighting with extreme amounts of barrages and highly offensive skills, he honed his skill in using different forms of combat.
Anakins Forms of Lightsaber Fighting:
1. Shien/Djem-so Form V: This was the form that gave great offensive capabilities with power behind the strikes that could stagger opponents, as well as be quick enough to keep up with faster forms of combat. Anakin was a prodigy with his swordsmanship and was considered to be one of the absolute best swordsmen the Jedi have ever had.
Darth Vaders Lightsabers Fighting Forms:
1. Shien/Djem-So: This was the form that gave great offensive capabilities with power behind the strikes that could stagger opponents, as well as be quick enough to keep up with faster forms of combat. However, the downfall was Vader was not as fast as he used to be, but he became stronger due to his cybernetics and he utilized the Form very well he even hybridized it with Form II Makashi: The Dueling Form: This form specialized in 1V1 confrontations and was considered a offensive, precise and elegant form. The main focus of this form was on foot work, maneuvering around an opponents inner blade work, manipulating the confrontation, and piercing. In order to master this elegant style the practitioner had to put a lot discipline into it.
Anakins Greatest Feats:
1. Killing Count Dooku in a 1v1 battle of blades.
2. Anakin fought Count Dooku as a padowan and lived ( not many would have )
3. Anakin has been in many battles in the clone wars, making him a well renounced tactician.
4. It was said that Anakin could rival Master Yoda in sparring matches.
5. Anakin defeated Asajj Ventress mutiple times, but was given scars from her.
6. Anakin Fought Count Dooku once while also fighting magna guards at the same time.
Darth Vader Greatest Feats:
1. Darth Vader was considered one of the greatest Jedi Killers in the entire galaxy and history of Star Wars due to his combat abilities.
2. Darth Vader was successful with killing all the Jedi in the Jedi Temple with help from his 501st Legion, but during his raid on the Jedi Temple, Anakin chocked an experienced Jedi with one hand while dueling Jedi Battle Master Cin Drallig (Another renowned swordsmen probably in top 25 duelist ).
3. Darth Vader was considered by Darth Sidious to be more powerful than he was when he was without his suit and could have bested him in combat.
4. Vader was capable of battling against Yoda in lightsaber combat
5. Vader was one of the smartest and best tacticians of dueling you would never want to meet.
6. Vader was smart when he would press and attack and know when to be on the defense, unlike other duelist who gave their all to either attacks or defense.
7. Defeating Luke with relative ease on Bespin/Cloud City "I am your father."
8. Having enough will power and strength to be constantly shocked by the Emperor ( Shortly dying after ).
9. Many people feared this Dark Lord of the Sith and was known as "The Emperors Fist".
10. An improved version of Anakin
1. Obi Wan Kenobi
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Now I know many of you will be shocked by this decision that I made to put Obi Wan Kenobi in this position, but let me explain before you feel this article might have been a waste of a read.
Obi Wan is the character you watch that keeps getting stronger and better as the series continues he is the person who is always growing in skill and potential to rise and meet the challenge ahead no matter how dangerous the situation is.Brief History:
Obi Wan when he was younger was considered a failure at first in the Jedi Order, and due to his lack of strength in the Force when he was younger he almost had no Jedi Masters choose him, except for Qui Gon Jin.
Qui Gon just like he saw potential in Anakin, saw great potential in Obi Wan Kenobi. He was right, through his growing up Obi Wan trained hard to prove his worth and had many adventures with his old master right before they went to Naboo to help against the Separatist invasion.
During the aid of Naboo, Obi Wan Kenobi and Qui Gon Jin engaged in a great duel with Darth Maul in the result of Qui Gon falling and Obi Wan Kenobi Emerging victorious. Afterwards Obi Wan became Anakin Skywalkers mentor, teacher, and dearest friend. Obi Wan Kenobi was then appointed to being a Jedi Knight after defeating a Sith Warrior, which hasn't happened for 1000 years.
During Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. Obi Wan does get out dueled by Count Dooku, but the reason for that is because he was still a practitioner and not the perfectionist yet at the time of a new form he adopted. Obi Wan moved from his younger form of fighting Form IV Ataru: The more aggressive form with no defensive abilities, to Form III Soresu: This form was the 100% defensive form that guaranteed the user to live in battles. However, despite Form III's advantages Obi Wan Kenobi was still relatively new to the form going up against a Jedi Leveled Master who mastered Form II Makashi.
During The Clone Wars:
During his times with Anakin the two became close and had many adventures together and faced the galaxies deadliest opponents. During the times of the Clone Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi was considered one of the finest duelist of his era. He didn't earn it by just having blessed abilities by way of prophecy or by creating his own fighting style like Mace Windu, but Obi Wan dedicated hundreds if not thousands of hours to his practices in becoming a near perfectionist in his styles of fighting with the best possible sparring partner you could have Anakin Skywalker.
During the end of The Clone Wars:
Obi Wan Kenobi had fought with General Grievous and defeated him to end the war, as well as later on fought with Darth Vader on Mustafar while the Sith Lord was in his prime and beat him as well.
Obi Wan as Old Ben Kenobi:
Obi Wan went into hiding after order 66 was executed thus killing most of the Jedi Order and later reemerged after almost 20 years, to help train the son of Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker. During a voyage on the Millennium Falcon to meet with the rebels against the empire the ship was pulled into the Death Star, while Luke Skywalker and Han Solo were off rescuing the Princess Leia, Obi Wan turned off tractor beams and later faced off against his former apprentice Darth Vader for the last time.
Obi Wan Kenobis Fighitng Styles:
Form IV Ataru: This was a highly aggressive form capitalizing on quick strikes and combing flips and martial combat into the mix along with arial strikes. Obi Wan was considered a great practitioner in this form.
Form V Nimon/Jar'Kai: Obi Wan despite not being seen with two Lightsabers at once in films, does a demonstration on how well he can use the form against two Sith Warriors, Darth Maul and Savage Oppress.
Form III: Soresu: This form was the 100% defensive form that guaranteed the user to live in battles, but it offered no offensive abilities so the practitioner had to create their own opportunities. Soresu's main focus was to be energy efficient and tire down the offensive opponent until they gave up due to fatigue or made a mistake in their fighting style for the defensive practitioner to capitalize on. Obi Wan Kenobi was not a master of the form, but THE MASTER of the form admitted by Mace Windu.
Form III also had no weaknesses compared against any other form of Lightsaber combat.
Obi Wan Kenobi's Greatest Feats:
1. He went toe to toe with Darth Vader in the battle of Mustafar and beat him in his potential prime.
2. Kenobi was able to fight with Qui Gon against the highly trained and out of his skill level at the time Darth Maul and was able to defeat him. ( Only to have him return later )
3. Obi Wan was the perfect warrior to handle the barrage of attacks from General Grievous and defeated him while being on the defensive.
4. Obi Wan Kenobi was able to meet the skills of Count Dooku in episode 3, This is discussed in the novels by how impressed Count Dooku was that Kenobi had become a Soresu Master. Dooku only beat Kenobi again by way of the force, not in swordsmanship like episode 2.
5. Because of that acknowledgement from the highly renouned Dooku, this means Obi Wan Kenobi was able to contend with the best of the best swordsmen and not fall to being outmatched by swordplay.
6. Obi Wan used the form Nimon: Jar'kai, an unfamiliar form to him and faced off against the deadly brother duo of Darth Maul and Savage Oppress.
7. Obi Wan Kenobi has had multiple duels with General Grievous and is one of the only Jedi who live from it.
8. Kenobi was able to defeat Asajj Ventress more than once
9. Obi Wan Kenobi had perfected the Form III Soresu, (lets put this short as a person who actually does swordplay, if someone has an Iron wall that cant be broken, despite the ferocity of an attack, it wont be broke so the offense becomes mute.)
10. Obi Wan Kenobi was considered one of the smartest duelist when it came to his opponents from using the high ground, to working his way inside of a rushed enemies flurry of blows, Obi Wan Kenobi is always thinking on his feet when it comes to a duel.
11.Obi Wan Kenobi has faced off against the galaxies deadliest foes and overcame them and also did so by not losing anything vital like an arm or a leg.
12. It took Darth Vader to defeat an Old Obi Wan Kenobi, though Kenobi knew he was sacrificing himself during his last duel.
Conclusion!
This is just my opinion and by all means I do think any of these Jedi/Sith characters are all extremely powerful foes who are able to contend with one another. There are no clear and clean victories for anyone here on this list. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this list and reasoning and I hope you have a great day!
What do you think?
Do you agree or dont agree with this list? If so I would like to see a comment on why you think differently ( not that I will insult your opinion, after all its yours to have ) Anyways thanks for reading this and I hope you can like and share it if you enjoyed my list and reasoning.
Have a great night readers.
Obi wan is OP.
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