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This is a good find indeed, but does Gillard's word hold any weight in new canon? He did make it a point to say "at the time" (meaning he was talking about when the film was originally made and the intent back then)
Not that I have a problem with Sidious > Mace, because I've always found it odd to think that he could do what even Yoda could not. Just curious.
Yeah, canon has left the Mace/Palpatine battle ambiguous. Maybe Palpatine intentionally threw the fight; maybe Mace legitimately beat him... We don't really know one way or the other.
So even though Gillard's opinion may not hold much canonical authority, it doesn't really contradict anything, either.
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There’s also this quote from Star Wars Encyclopedia (De Agostini) 83 Lightsabers and Jedi Equipment, which is apparently canon:
“The lightsabers may well have been unbreakable, but that did not prevent one of them from being lost during Palpatine’s battle with Mace Windu. Toying with the Jedi Master in anticipation of the arrival of Anakin Skywalker, Palpatine was willing to allow himself to be disarmed to appear more vulnerable when his soon-to-be apprentice arrived. His office window was shattered, and the weapon fell from his hands and down into the depths below when he deliberately left himself open for Windu to deliver a kick to his chest.”
Oh f*ck yeah, that's the leaked video I wanna see on Liveleak.
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Doesn't this clash with Lucas' own statements about Mace vs Palpatine?
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Glad Disney has decided to double down on Palpatine being a boring invincible villain-sue. I preferred the notion that despite all his cunning and strategy, actually fighting Mace and Yoda in single combat was the closest Sidious came to being foiled, and even his prescience wasn't able to determine the outcomes of those fights. Buuuut I guess "muahaha losing was part of my plan all along" is just as good. How dull.
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Last edited by Tzeentch on Mar 31st, 2022 at 05:01 PM
With how Disney has doubled down on wanking the absolute shit out of Vader, yet still going out of their way to show us that he is still less than nothing to Sidious, it really doesn't surprise me to learn that he was toying with Mace.
It also cements Yoda's status as the Jedi's #1 swordsman during the PT..... By a lot.
Mar 15th, 2022 01:49 PM
