Assassination of anakin
Hi I'm new to the forum, but i've been visiting it for a while. I was just wondering, after watching the clone wars cartoon series, why is dooku tasked with assassinating anakin by sidious, when in fact Sidious wants to take anakin as his apprentice? Perhaps it's just a test for him or something. Any thoughts?
Well...maybe he DID know that Anakin would be worked by Obi-wan. Assuming of course that Sidious can see events way in the future..imagine the power Vader would have if he wasn't confined to his armor being more machine than man. Sidious would probably not have lasted as long as the reigning Sith otherwise.
Originally posted by MistaMandalore
Well...maybe he DID know that Anakin would be worked by Obi-wan. Assuming of course that Sidious can see events way in the future..imagine the power Vader would have if he wasn't confined to his armor being more machine than man. Sidious would probably not have lasted as long as the reigning Sith otherwise.
if sidious ability to see into the future was perfect, Vader wouldn't have had the chance to throw him down the shaft in ROTJ.
Sidious' future seeing abilities exist because of the darkside and it's growing power. Anakin had started on the dark path all on his own with no help from Sidious when he killed the Tusken Raiders.
And Anakin is more powerful than Sidious before the lava bath, Lucas said in one of the OT dvd commentaries Anakin is the best, most powerful, however you want to look at it. But he's a little crazy as well, and thus, he fails.
Originally posted by frau
That's what I was thinking too. Sidious must have known that Anakin was more powerful than he was, and letting him become part machine was a control thing.Or maybe he just wanted an apprentice that wore a wicked suit. 😛
Vader was severly weakened after his lava bath. Palpatine never intended it to be this way, so thats why in ROTJ he wanted to seduce poor Luke so he could have the perfect apprentice.
I know, he sounds like a child molester with all this 'seducing' going on😛
Stunrun is correct- in no way was Palpatine hoping Anakin would lose that.
People would do well to stop assigning perfect planning to Sidious at all times- his plans often go awry and he has to improvise. Not everything that happens is exactly what he wants, and ultimately you only have to look at his death to remove that recent weird presumption of perfection.
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I just think that the Sidious is looking for the perfect apprentice since Maul split(ha ha). I think he knows that Dooku will not be it because Dooku has power trip. Sidious wouldnt want him for fear he would betray him. So Sidious betrays him first. Also I heard that Dooku had apparetnly cut a deal prior to his death because he tells Palp that he thought he had granted him amnesty and then Ani cuts his head off.