WHY the Emperor saves Anakin

but the point is the prophecy stands.
surely palpatine knows of it, and knows ani is the chosen one.
surely he realized that there is at least a DISTINCT possability
that he would be killed by ani. just seems that unless vader still
served a purpose, he should have been killed.
the emporer is easily threatened, thus the hiding of luke and leah.

just seems weird to me...
thats why the whole 'prophecy' thing always bugged me

Palpatine knows how to twist someone to the dark side, and once they're there, how to make them do his bidding. Bringing the most powerful Jedi under his control gives him the best enforcer he could have. Vader hunts down any remaining Jedi they can find and later on, he enforces Palpatine's will.

i'm telling you guys, i still think its as simple as them being friends. like some of you have said, palp was taking over with or without anakin. why save anakin, he didn't try to do it for maul. he could have found other apprentices outside of the jedi just like maul. so why go to the great extent of saving an apprentice who has failed you and rebuilding him less than what he was. palp calls vader old friend throughout the OT. they have developed a relationship in the PT that GL has done a poor job illustrating but its there. the prophecy never said anakin was destined to kill palp just bring balance however that may be.

No. I mean if the Emperor knew what Anakins destiny was to kill HIM.

How could he know that? I doubt the prophecy says the Chosen One will kill some guy named Palpatine...... Its something about balancing the Force.
I don't think Palpatine was friends with anyone, honestly. He had just invested a lot time manipulating Anakin's mind over the years. And really there wasn't anyway to save a guy cut in half and dropped down a bottomless pit.....

Yoda's statement "difficult to see the future is." I think says it all. Difficult but not imposible. Don't you think the emperor could see that Vader would be the one to kill him?

to bring balance means to kill the sith.
palps sets the force off balance, and he knows it...and loves it 😄

surely he must be able to deduct that he must be slain for balance to
be restored.

Its possible that if Palpatine thought there was a chance that Anakin might stop him, then that's why he bent him to his will. Furthermore, that might be why he kept Vader away from his location, just in case.....
Once Luke is trained, Palpatine manipulates him into appearing before him and Vader. I guess he planned for them to fight to the death and Luke would be his new go-to guy.

Originally posted by Cipher
Its possible that if Palpatine thought there was a chance that Anakin might stop him, then that's why he bent him to his will. Furthermore, that might be why he kept Vader away from his location, just in case.....
Once Luke is trained, Palpatine manipulates him into appearing before him and Vader. I guess he planned for them to fight to the death and Luke would be his new go-to guy.

I don't think Palpatine was friends with anyone, honestly. He had just invested a lot time manipulating Anakin's mind over the years. And really there wasn't anyway to save a guy cut in half and dropped down a bottomless pit......

yeah, but he saves a guy who loses half his limbs and is dropped in a lava pit. just because he is evil doen't mean he doesn't have friends. anakin seems to be very special to him. palp been mentoring to him since childhood.

if you use the term 'friends' VERY loosely...perhaps

yeah plapy def. knew what was going on the whole time, he thought of ani as an opportunity rather than a threat. of course if ani did stay a jedi than it would be a threat to him obviously but he prolly knew that ani had a big ego that would turn him to evil.

I still think the only reason Palps saved Anakin is because he was his only choice to carry on the sith religion. At this point the jedi were all aware of Palp and thefact still remains that there weren't that many jedi left anyway.

Saving Anakin was Palpatine's way of salvaging his original plan for the young Jedi. He could still be a Sith Lord despite his injuries.......

If it turns out that Anakin's survival is tied into Palpatine's after that point, then maybe that was supposed to be the insurance plan against the prophecy....

The truth of the matter is that we probably will never know the real answer here. This point will doubtfully make it to the screen.

Its fun to debate though isn't it?

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NICE SIG PVS!!!! that was a pathetic moment for even him

but I agree with cipher, that's the whole reason Palpatine wanted him. He is the Chosen One. Surely he heard rumors of it. And even if he didn't, he knows what he did in the Battle of Naboo. Palpatine can sense how strongly the Force is with Anakin. Any jedi that's that powerful would be much more useful as an ally than an enemy. And if Palp does know about the prophecy, that doesn't mean he knows entirely what it means. It doesn't seem like the Jedi fully understand it either. They didn't even believe the Sith were still around at the time of TPM, so if they think the prophecy means 'a Jedi will destroy the Sith, thus bringing the force into balance', wouldn't they scoff at the very mention of the prophecy? In my thinking, Palp knows the boy is special, one way or another, knows Anakin has the makings of a Sith based on his flaws as a Jedi (being trained too late, wanting to control things, no patience...that sort of thing) and based on how powerful the Force is with him. So Palp gives Ani a sympathetic ear throughout the years, subtlely molding the boy, warping his views ever so slightly, more and more with each year, until finally, in ROTS, he'll have the means to push him over completely because he's helped get Anakin to that breaking point.