sick of hearing about how sids was faking his loss

ok lets get this out of the way.
Did mace win or was palpy faking that he was losing

I've spent the better part of the past two days arguing about this.... sigh

My opinion:

Sidious was faking being beaten by Mace. Sidious knew that Anakin would come so he made it look like Mace was gonna kill him. Sidious knew that Anakin seeing a Jedi master suposedly assassanating his mentor would turn him to the darkside.

oh yeah lol... and at first I was adament that he faked it, but now I am sitting on the fence with no clear direction as to which way I'll fall

I think that Mace is, in general, a better swordsman than Sidious, but I feel that Palpatine played up his anguish in the end, there.

It was obvious he was faking to me..the way he was watching Anakin's reactions..and finally when Anakin did assist, Sidious had more than enough power to finish Mace off.

Originally posted by Lazerlike42
oh yeah lol... and at first I was adament that he faked it, but now I am sitting on the fence with no clear direction as to which way I'll fall

i think mace beat palp.....theres arguments both ways...but during their whole fight, mace had the better of him...things just went pear shaped when anakin came along...

how did sidious get his saber back btw? mace kicked it out the window😕

Caught it with the force while Ani and Mace were yelling at each other....

you taking the piss or are you serious? i didnt see that😐

Couldnt have, he dropped before Anakin even entered, another reason he looked helpless is because Ani never knew he had a weapon.

excellent point.... consider this deeply will I....

Originally posted by Mist
you taking the piss or are you serious? i didnt see that😐

Do we really need another thread on this?

🙄

Palpatine was faking as far as I'm concerned.

well of course he is faking right after Anakin cuts maces hand off palpatine shoots lighning at him and just gets up with no damage of tiredness

Hah, people who think the same as me. Yeah, I've been arguing this as well.

Palpatine was faking. It seemed so obvious that he was faking in order to manipulate Anakin.

Were you guys watching the movie? I know I was, and it was pretty blatantly obvious that Mace legitimately beat Sidious. As for the whole "he had more than enough energy to force lightning mace out the window"- that would probably have something to do with the fact that Anakin held Mace up for a couple minutes to debate. It wouldn't have really mattered how energetic he was at that point had he been dead 5 minutes prior like he should have been.

Palps got this ass handed to him by Mace...and went scurrying away as fast as possible...FACT.

The force lightening struggle...Palpy was playing it big time...I don't think it took everything out of him as he still had so much "POWER....UNLIMITED POWER!" afterwards...and he gives a satisfying *sigh* after "Mace Window" meets his maker.

Oh, I'll admit that Palps DID get his ass kicked by Mace. But he did not seem nearly as weak as he was claiming to be.

i am suprised to see this many people say sids was faking his loss
don't let the interpration of the author of the movie book cloud your mind or the fact that your a sids fan. You watch the movie and it is incredibley clear mace won. Remember the fight. Anikin is not even there yet and mace has him on the ground light saber facing him. His lightning can't even save him and he severley deforms his face even trying to use it against mace. Hes lucky Mace didn't bring anikin, otherwise it would not have even been half of a contest. If mace would have brought him anikin would have seen for himself who was the agresser. Mace and Anikin together would have used Sids as a ping pong ball if he would have tried to step, as it was he lost horribley to mace anyway.