Danik Kreldin
Junior Member
I still can't believe some of you haven't realized that Palpatine was obviously faking weakness throughout the scene; just take it out of context. Or, better yet, read the novelization, which basically proves it.
Palpatine begs Windu to spare him, saying he's too weak, too old, can't fight. Then, almost shortly after, he shouts "unlimited power!" and wastes Windu. He was obviously faking it. I mean, just look at his eyes when Anakin comes in; the way they look at Anakin, just waiting for him to come to his help. Palpatine set it up so that he would 'lose,' and then beg Anakin for help. When Anakin slices off Windu's hand he fully turns over to the dark side - Palpatine had it all planned out so that Anakin would fully turn.
Point of the matter is, Windu was simply no match for Palpatine; hell, Palpatine would never be seen begging for his life, ever. It's not in his character. However, he did have a harder time with Yoda, and their battle ended in a stalemate, more or less. However, Yoda deciding never again to fight Palpatine leaves me to believe that Sidious grows more and more powerful after Episode III.
So yeah, be quiet about this Windu kicking Palpatine's ass nonsense. It's completely false.