MARTIAL ARTS
Something that can not be ignored in this match-up is the respective teams cohesiveness and ability too work together. On the Jedi side of things, you have, well, Jedi: They have all shown themselves capable of working perfectly with others, fighting in perfect harmony with people they never even met before, not to mention that two of these Jedi fought in a war side by side. As for the Sith? Bane and Krayt hate each other, Vitiate is to condescending towards "lesser life forms" to bother, Malgus will ignore everyone and just charge in and the fact that he is utterly insane will ruin Palpatine's chances at teamwork. In short, the Jedi might have there differences but they have proven capable of setting these aside when the situation calls for it. The Sith work together about as well as you would expect. However, the Sith do perform much better in an individual sense.: Although I do believe his skill has atrophied since ROTS, I would still peg Palpatine as a better duelist than Satele Shan: She won't be speed-blitzed and will last for a significant amount of time, but ultimately she would fall to the Dark Emperors blade. The Sith also come out on top with Cade vs Malgus, where I actually believe Cade to be the better swordsman, but Malgus is the better warrior, which ultimately is significantly more important in a battlefield engagement such as this. However, the Sith have no such luck when it comes to Krayt versus Windu as, for all his skill, Krayt is exactly the kind of warrior Vappad (And Windu) is optimized to defeat. This finally leaves us with Luke vs Vitiate and Bane vs Yoda: Although the first is something of a forgone conclusion (Vitiate has no more chance of beating Luke with the blade than he did the Hero of Tython) the second bears a closer look, as both Yoda and Bane are master swordsmen and duelists. However, although Bane is certainly skilled, his skill set simply wasn't made to overcome a warrior such as Yoda, while the Grand-master will have bo such limitations as he has faced Bane's kind before. With a margin of two to three, I give the martial arts edge to the Jedi team.
FORCE POWERS
Considering that we have ten of the most powerful Jedi/Sith here, a comparison not only between the characters involved, but between the Light and Dark sides themselves. Since I have offered my opinion on this subject before more than once, I will be brief here: Although the Dark Side does offer more flashy and grandiose powers, it is not necessarily more powerful: The Light Side may not offer the ability to destroy planets, but it is longer lasting and ultimately more influential: the Dark Side burns bright, but it burns short. However, philosophical advantages won't save you in a combat situation and the ability to destroy a planet is more combatively applicable than peace of mind. Anyways, on to the actual Force Powers edges. Although she is certainly a Master of the Force, Satele Shan is sorely outclassed by Palpatines power, as with most Jedi (and Sith). Darth Bane and Master Yoda are much closer as, although I would consider Yoda to be the much wiser and enlightened of the two, this has not provided him with anything Bane can't match. Although Vitiate is mostly reliant on rituals for truly impressive displays of the Force, he still has enough skill and power to match Luke, at least from this point in Skywalker's life. Malgus and Cade are polar opposites when it comes to the Force: Cade is a natural with the Force with a comparatively small amount of training, while Malgus has a good deal of experience, with comparatively little natural ability and ultimately neither can really claim the advantage. And finally you have Mace Windu and Darth Krayt, both of whom are near equally skilled in both arcane and more standard abilities, although Windu does have much greater telekinetic power. With three ties and both the Jedi and Sith each taking a single advantage a piece, I declare the Jedi and Sith equals in terms of Force Powers.
PHYSICAL SKILLS
Unlike the two previous edges, there isn't really anything more I can think to say about the differences between the Jedi and Sith when it comes to physical skills. As such, I see no reason why not to just get to who gets the physical advantage and why. First and most obvious, the practically unkillable but still swift and agile Darth Bane gets a major edge over the swift but fragile and well past his prime Yoda. Although Vitiate can survive his physical death, he can only do this with great effort and it does not even out the difference between him and the much younger Luke. Although Krayt is tougher than Windu, the Jedi is no weakling and is younger and much faster. Cade may be in more than reasonable condition, but Darth Malgus is pretty much the definition of the human tank and is just as quick as Cade. Satele Shan may not be quite as fast as Sidious, but she also doesn't have his physical or mental instability, evening things out. With two, admittedly minor edges, to the Sith's one edge and one tie, the Jedi get the mostly pointless Physical edge if I am completely honest: Force Valor kind of makes this category pointless, at least to some extent.
EQUIPMENT
Since I have been putting comparatively little focus into the edges in general and pretty much glossed over the physical skills, I think you can guess how in depth the weapons & equipment edge is here. Although Windu has experience against dual wielders, Krayt still has twice as many options thanks to his second blade. Cade Skywalker's blaster may be rather pointless against Malgus due to the Sith's skill with blast deflection, but the firearm does give him at least slightly more options. Although Darth Bane's Lightsaber is a much more advanced weapon than Yoda's short and simplistic design, I think all we have to do is ask Count Dooku if this really makes a difference. Luke almost never uses his Shoto so this won't give him any lead over Vitiate and Palpatine is familiar with Saberstaffs, which removes Shan's weapons shock value, leaving it with no real advantage over a normal blade. Although the Sith do get the equipment edge two to one, the importance of this should be questioned.
THE VERDICT
Before we get to the verdict, I would like to once again apologize for the relative briefness of this video. There was simply no way I was going to realistically be capable of covering these ten in depth. I hope you are all familiar enough with these characters that it isn't that big of a deal. Anyways, on to the finale! These two teams are made up of some of the most prevalent and powerful members of the Jedi and Sith and it's time to see who wins this. The Jedi will immediately Realize that there greatest strength is to combine there strength and advance on the Dark Siders as one. The Sith on the other hand argue and attack each other before they notice the Jedi. Realizing that they would fall in short order if they attempted to fight as a single unit, the Sith instead each pick out a target and charge. The Headstrong Cade and Malgus are the first to collide, with Windu and Krayt not far behind. Shan ducks around the other Sith but is drawn into a duel with Palpatine, while Yoda, pegging him as the biggest threat left, attacks Bane. Finally, Luke and Vitiate face each other bantering, before Luke deflects his attack and draws his blade. The battlefield quickly becomes a blur of Lightsabers and Force powers as the two teams of juggernauts collide. The first serious blow is leveled against the Jedi: Palpatine briefly compliments Shan's dueling skills, before disarming her (Literally) in the blink of an eye. With an almost casual ease, Palpatine obliterates her mind, killing the Grandmaster. However, Palpatine pragmatically decides not to aid his fellow Sith: he has no reason to help his potential rivals and is confident in his ability to kill whatever Jedi survives. Not long after, Vitiate lets lose a furious howl which is quickly silenced: Luke has knocked the Emperors weapon away and is now rebounding his Force attack back at him. With an explosion, Vitiate is consumed by his own Force energy. Not waiting around, Luke sees Cade beginning to falter under Malgus's onslaught but his path is blocked by Palpatine. Realizing that the Jedi are actually likely to win and unite against him, Palpatine decides to step in. Luke furiously tries to get around Palpatine, but he is not quick enough and Malgus fells Cade. A now ticked off Luke turns his attention to Palpatine and begins hammering him back. Meanwhile, Krayt is finding himself increasingly overwhelmed: For all his skill, Krayt is playing right into Windu's hands, fueling his Vappad and failing to stop his use of Shatterpoint. With a last desperate move, Krayt leaps away towards the duel between Bane and Yoda. However, both Windu and Yoda see this and simultaneously leap to aid there fellow Jedi. The two Masters jump past each other and strike at Bane and Krayt, both of whom moved to block the other Jedi instead. The creators of both the Rules of One and Two are finally equals, as they are both felled. Yoda and Windu both recover and turn to aid Luke, who has been knocked backed by Palpatine. The Dark Emperor is stopped from from delivering the fatal blow by Yoda and Windu's Force pushes. Palpatine gets back up, but is faced by all three Jedi with there Lightsabers ignited, ready to end the fight. Malgus, watching from afar, tactfully decides to let Palpatine deal with the Jedi, while he will live to see another day. Cowardly, sure, but Malgus really did not want to require another rebuild. Palpatine snarls and draws one of his fallen comrades blades to his hands. He knows the battle is lost for the Sith, but by the Force he will take the Jedi down with him. Palpatine charges and... at this point I feel I should point something out. The way I am presenting this, A Jedi victory is reliant on there ability to work together and aid there own. However, while this is certainly an advantage, it is NOT necessary. Yoda, Windu and Luke can each more than handle there foes. Although Palpatine will pretty much destroy Shan and I give Malgus the likely victory over Cade, these two Sith are not anything the remaining Jedi can't handle. Luke just needs a small push to beat Palpatine, and he is probably the least powerful Jedi left standing. As for Malgus, yeah: That's not happening. In short, whether you take these teams as individuals or as a, well, team, the Jedi are the superior Force. I declare Masters Shan, Windu, Yoda Skywalker and Skywalker the winners.
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