That's arguable. Plagueis and Palpatine both went up against the will of the force, and that is a level of will power unlike anything we have ever seen in the mythos.
Revan was able to block it.
Exactly
__________________ "The power of the dark side is an illness no true Sith would wish to be cured of" -Darth Plagueis
It's an inadequate comparison. The circumstances of upbringing and the nature of the environment differ radically between these two Sith. Palpatine, born in a time in which the Jedi were supreme, could not draw attention to himself, unlike Vitiate. This is a critical detail to Plagueis's interest in Palpatine and his Force sensitivity, if you read the book.
No, it's not hyperbole. It's something they actually did, which caused the imbalance of the force. And to Plagueis' surprise they managed to do so without being killed by the force as a consequence.
Palpatine wouldn't be prepared for sith lightning from a sith lord or what?
__________________ "The power of the dark side is an illness no true Sith would wish to be cured of" -Darth Plagueis
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It was an extremely powerful version of sith lightning, which was blocked by Revan's lightsaber.
So then I can claim that the legend about Vitiate dominating 100 dark lords is hyperbole? Or him disposing of 10 members on the council? At least we have more evidents on Plagueis and Sidious' feat.
Palpatine's will power is relevant in combat if he is to face Vitiate.
__________________ "The power of the dark side is an illness no true Sith would wish to be cured of" -Darth Plagueis
No they didn't. In fact, the novel makes it clear that the force did not fight back, at least not in the manner they imagined.
"No counterforce had risen against them" (pg 279).
It's still an icredible feat and shows their massive comand of the dark side but it really isn't apllicable to a fight. And DS it's not hyperbole. Thay litteraly willed "the Force to shift and tip irrevocably to the dark side."
Actually, it makes clear they won.
them.
"In what amounted to a state of rapture they knew that the Force had yielded, as if some deity had been
tipped from its throne. On the fulcrum they had fashioned, the light side had dipped and the dark side had ascended"
Lightsnake beat me to it. But yes it is relevant in a fight with Vitiate. Palpatine has a strong will and would likely resist Vitiate's mind manipulations.
__________________ "The power of the dark side is an illness no true Sith would wish to be cured of" -Darth Plagueis
Well, no, the force didn't just let them cause a shift in the force. Plagueis and Sidious waged an "etheric war", suggesting that the force did put up a challenging, which is why it took them months of deep meditation to do.
__________________ "The power of the dark side is an illness no true Sith would wish to be cured of" -Darth Plagueis
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