He didn't really "smoke" Vader, though. At best it was an even duel.

Orrrrrr Luke is a BOSS

So in the upcoming v-set there might be a new Luke that can be viable for NR besides master of the order?

A Luke with Ambush and Indiscriminate Rage?

Yeah, this is how I saw it too.

As long as I don't have to write a multi-paragraph glossary entry, I'm usually okay with it.

Okay, so I'll admit I was taking some licence by saying he 'smoked' Vader. I'll downgrade that to Luke 'attacked one who was probably not wanting to kill him but rather draw him into some evil web, but somehow the mighty Sith Lord of some 19 years was at first surprised and then completely bested by a boy with about 4 years Jedi training (including a week from a 900-year old teacher, a training droid and a ghost) and lost his hand in the process of being smoked' Vader.

Nope, still can't say without using the word smoked. I'll have a rethink and get back to you.

"For the first time, the thought entered Vader's consciousness that his son might best him. He was astounded by the strength Luke had acquired since their last duel, in the Cloud City - not to mention the boy's timing, which was honed to a thought's-breadth. This was an unexpected circumstance. Unexpected and unwelcome. Vader felt humiliation crawling in on the tail of his first reaction, which was surprise, and his second, which was fear. And then the edge of the humiliation curled up, to reveal bald anger. And now he wanted revenge."

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"'You are unwise to lower your defenses,' Vader warned. His anger was layered, now - he did not want to win if the boy was not battling to the fullest. But if winning meant he had to kill a boy who wouldn't fight... then he could do that, too. Only he wanted Luke to be aware of those consequences. He wanted Luke to know this was no longer just a game. This was Darkness."

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"This accusation really made Vader angry. He could tolerate much from the insolent child, but this was insufferable. He must teach this boy a lesson he would never forget, or die learning. 'Once again, you underestimate the power of the dark side ...'"

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"'I will not give you the advantage that easily.' Vader felt his intentions increasingly ambiguous in this conflict; the purity of his evil was being compromised. The boy was clever indeed - Vader knew he must move with extreme caution now."

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"'Never!' he screamed. His lightsaber flew off Vader's belt into his own hand, igniting as it came to him.

He rushed to his father with a frenzy he'd never known. Nor had Vader. The gladiators battled fiercely, sparks flying from the clash of their radiant weapons, but it was soon evident that the advantage was all Luke's. And he was pressing it. They locked swords, body to body. When Luke pushed Vader back to break the clinch, the Dark Lord hit his head on an over-hanging beam in the cramped space. He stumbled backward even farther, out of the low-hanging area. Luke pursued him relentlessly.

Blow upon blow, Luke forced Vader to retreat - back, onto the bridge that crossed the vast, seemingly bottomless shaft to the power core. Each stroke of Luke's saber pummeled Vader, like accusations, like screams, like shards of hate.

The Dark Lord was driven to his knees. He raised his blade to block yet another onslaught - and Luke slashed Vader's right hand off at the wrist."

U seriously had to write 4 posts? Couldn't edited it into first one?

Looks like I'm going solo against the world :P