Originally posted by Admiral Akbar
Those three dident even see it coming Mace was truly focused on what Palps was going to do, and 2 of the 3 were trying to read his mind so essentially he only slayed, maybe one master... theoretically. If the rest were ready and prepared to meet any dangers. Sidious would struggle, really badly.
Palpatine:
-pulls out lightsaber and slowly ignites it-
So it's treason then.
-leaps for the Jedi-
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Yeah. Those three weren't caught off guard. People say the same thing about when Palpatine electrocuted Yoda in the beginning of their duel. Palpatine just overpowered them. Those three had enough time to prepare for Palpatine's attack. They just didn't have the skill to fight him.
Originally posted by Lord DarqueLand
Of course Sidious outstripped Revan and all the other Sith leaders. He was able to twist Anakin's mind in almost no-time flat. OF course, Anakin had no brain, because who in real life would sacrifice everything including the world just to save 1 person you lvoe. But anyways, Sidious was so powerful, considering he beat Yoda (not saying Yoda is that good) and got every Jedi Killed. He got rebublic Troops to actually kill Jedi, which makes him pretty high at the top already
theres another one of those posts that makes me want to kill myself
you dont think anyone would save the person they love over the entire world? pretty much anyone whose in true love would do that.
now back to the thread
not saying yoda is that good? hes been the most powerful jeedai for what about 650 years? hes livied through many generations of jeedai and always been on top. hes one of the most powerful jeedai to live IMO. and he didnt get EVERY jeedai killed, a good handful of them outside of the skywalker twins, yoda and obi wan survived the purge, thanks for reading EU books. and he didnt do anything with the republic troops. see revan actually convinced people to follow him and attack republic soldiers. the clones were trained from birth to strictly follow Order 66 since they were created on Kamino. all sidious had to say was "execute order 66" and the clones were pretty much programmed to kill jeedai when he said that. once again thanks for reading EU books.
and darth somebody, thanks for watching ROTS. because right after yoda got thrown down by the lightning, he got up and threw sidious' ass across the room and over his desk. f*cking morons
Ehem. This is a quote taken from another thread. I wrote this up when I took my friend to the movie to see Revenge of The Sith.
I took my friend to see Star Wars today. So, I'm refreshed in memory about the duel.
Yoda entered the office and incapacitated the Red Guard. He then engaged in banter with Palpatine. Palpatine then raised his hands and fired off a stream of Force lightning. Yoda quickly tried to block it, but was overpowered by Palpatine's attack. Yoda was sent flying, and hit the wall. He was then rendered temporarily unconscious.
Mas Amedda - who many people said called the Clones - left in NO hurry. You'd think that if it's like some people have said, if Mas went to go help his boss, he would've ran off to go call in support. He walked out of the room in no hurry to summon support. Palpatine lingered behind and gloated to Yoda. Yoda woke up, slowly got up, and then Force pushed Palpatine. Palpatine flew over his desk and was knocked over the chair.
Palpatine was already on his feet a few moments later, though he was surprised at Yoda's power and endurance. Now. Clearly we know Mas Amedda did NOT call the clones - as logic dictates. He left the room in a lethargic pace. Now. Clearly also, Yoda does not recover as easily as Palpatine does. The biggest factor of all is that Palpatine achieved his overall goal. Domination of the entire galaxy and the Sith supremecy. Yoda is very powerful. So if you were in Palpatine's shoes, why stay and duke it out with a powerful Jedi Master when you have finally achieved the goal you waited DECADES to put into motion.
Like Palpatine said at the Galaxies Opera. THOSE WHO GAIN POWER ARE AFRAID TO LOSE IT!!!! Palpatine is no exception. So he did what every other cowardly - yet powerful and manipulative dictator does. He tried to flee. Yoda blocked him.
Fishy has said that it was Palpatine looking to kill Yoda and not the other way around. There was only person with murderous intent at the time of this duel. And that would be Yoda. Yoda drew his lightsaber. Palpatine did the same after telling Yoda that "You will not stop me. Darth Vader will become more powerful than either of us."
They engaged in a lightsaber fight. Yoda was on the offensive, and Palpatine was on the defensive. Yet neither bested the other. NEITHER bested the OTHER. NEITHER. As in NONE of the two. But you could tell from the fight that Yoda was more confidant in this duel, as well as his experience in combat.
Palpatine led the fight back to the Senate podium. He and Yoda exchanged thrusts and parries - and continued to fight off one another's attacks. As the podium rose into the Senate chamber - Palpatine and Yoda leapt onto a few pods and continued to fight, and still, neither bested the other.
Palpatine then tried to throw various Senate pods at Yoda. He threw two and three at a time. Yoda managed to dodge all of these. But not with ease. Finally, using all of his power (you could see the effort on his face) Yoda repelled it back to Palpatine. Palpatine, in shock, didn't stop the pod, but jumped from it. Like Yoda did.
Yoda tried to follow and pulled out his lightsaber. Palpatine blasted it from his hands with a bout of lightning. Then Palpatine fired lightning more - in a current. He moved closer to Yoda, and Yoda moved back. The effort on Yoda's face - as well as Palpatine's - was pure evident. Palpatine's lightning was coming out in a high magnitude, and it strained him. Yoda was having a hell of a time holding the lightning at bay, and at first, looked more fatigued of the two.
Finally, Yoda used his strength and reflected it back at Palpatine. But the blast worked two ways. The blasted knocked Palpatine over the edge of the pod, but he managed to cling on. Yoda was sent flying (he weighed less and didn't control the lightning as Palpatine did) and flew farther. Weakened from the effort of repulsing Palpatine's lightning, his grip faltered and he fell.
Palpatine laughed - but was in a similar predicament - hanging from a ledge as well. Yoda knew that both he and Palpatine were too tired to combat the other - as well as the fact that the fall must have hurt him as well. So he fled the building. When he reached Bail Organa, he lamented on his failure.
"Failed, I have."
Whether he is admitting that he lost the fight is speculation. I believe it was that he failed to kill Palpatine. His overall goal. Palpatine would be better prepared if Yoda ever returned. Both fought to a standstill. Yoda survived and so did Palpatine. But Yoda's goals weren't reached whereas Palpatine's were.
Neither LOST. But Yoda failed. Again. This is not insulting him or saying he was weaker. But he himself said he failed.
There ya go. An unbiased walkthrough of the Palpatine vs Yoda duel.
Trust me. A lot of people do. And even though I can't stand Revan anymore (thanks to particular individuals) I still do not deny his skills - such as his impeccable mastery of the Force, his tactical brilliance, and his overall strength with the Dark side.
And even though you hate Sidious - you should not deny what he has done and what others could not have.
Originally posted by Darth Somebody
Trust me. A lot of people do. And even though I can't stand Revan anymore (thanks to particular individuals) I still do not deny his skills - such as his impeccable mastery of the Force, his tactical brilliance, and his overall strength with the Dark side.And even though you hate Sidious - you should not deny what he has done and what others could not have.
I never said I deny what he's done I just said I hate him.