What, no Vader

If anakin had never been discovered on tatooine would palpatine still have managed to get himself into such a powerful position or would the jedi have defeated him?

sure, the Naboo thing still had to go on, but what did Tatooine do? NOTHING
The hyperdrive leaked, that was all, without that no Tatooine in the picture, meaning no Vader...

Just more

Spoiler:
clones

This depends. I rather think Palpatine COULD have done it anyway, otherwise Vader's position as ultimate hero is very tenuous- no point saving the Galaxy if you were the one who cocked it up in the first place.

but it was unavoidable, it's the prophecy

Nothing is unavoidable.

you can avoide Eskimos...

remember the Force?
the Force was the reason they found anakin, the Force led ob1 and quigon.
the force led them through naboo´s core, remember?
the force guides sensitive jedis or siths.
"it was meant to help you", remember?

the prophecy was to com true, that´s why they found anakin, that´s why there is starwars.

there is no "what if"

you must unlearn what you have learned!

unlearn? won't be hard for me then

They CLAIM the Force did that... 😉

The Force as a guiding entity is obviously an important point.

However, free will is a vital part of the Star Wars saga! Anakin didn't HAVE to turn bad but he chose to!

Everything is NOT predetermined.

Anakin didn't had to leave Tatooine eather

Indeed

Jedicouncil could all be sith

"The Force as a guiding entity is obviously an important point.

However, free will is a vital part of the Star Wars saga! "

totally agree with you!!

Good! Looks like we are all agreed then.

I think Obi-wan would have eventually kicked Palpatines ass.

Then why didn't he?

ONLY Anakin can defeat the Emperor.

*cough*bs,bs!*cough*

"only anakin can destroy the emperor"

is that true?????
i have my doubts.

i dont think he is the only one, although he IS the ONE.

anyway he needed luke to destroy him, thats what im sure of.

He needed Luke to become Anakin again.

As GL had made clear, only the Chosen One can beat the Emperor. Apparently.

woops, my post came out the same time as yours Ush, sorry