here is some more details for you all
What a lot of you prob dont know is that mace is/ was the most powerful Jedi fighter ever, even more powerful that Yoda. Yep thats right!!! Now why is that?
Mace actually tapped into the dark force! Thats right! Mace developed his own unique fighting style using the dark side, he channeled his anger into his light saber. He was developing a new form of Jedi understanding that Yoda discovered when Sids beat him.
The Jedi forsake emotions in order to become one with the force, that way the force can direct you unimpeded by your erratic emotions. the Sith were defeated thousands of years ago, much to their surprise. In the course of all that time they adapted their understanding of the force to include self desire, (or self love - which ultimately becomes pride). That self love gave The dark lord enough power to defeat Yoda.
Yoda now understood that love, (friendship, brotherhood so on) should now be incorporated into the Jedi philosophy, but now to late, as Annikin never received the love he needed from them but got some of that, However twisted from Palpatine.
Palpatine was completely surprised and unprepared to face a Jedi using the dark side. Mace was going to destroy Palp in anger, which was very un-Jedi like. Mace used his anger and deflected palps attack back to him!!! Palpatine was disfigured by Maces reversing his attack. Palp was indeed badly injured almost died!!!!
this is what makes this a tragic story, it was Annikin who let Palpatine live, he decided between the Jedi and Palpatine, between brotherhood of Jedi and the Love of his wife, between the equanimity of being one with the force and being one with oneself. Thats what makes this a great story, almost shapespearain in that Annikin was torn apart by everybody, the dark side, his wife, the jedi, and his own desires which Palpatine understood too well and encourage this Breakdown of the poor kids Psyche. he was the only one who encourage him to have self love and to seek for what he wanted.
That is what yoda discovered much too late, they did not invest in Annikens pesonality they were using him like a tool, (except for his mentor who trully did love him, which caused some consternation among the council). The Jedi Missed the point that Love is a great power as well, (the Jedi would match people together based on their power not on whether they loved each other, and jedi could only marry other jedi who are chosen for them!)
This self love or Pride is what gave the dark Sith renewed power, before it was only evil, serve the dark force, use anger and hate as a weapon and be consumed by the dark force, But they lost. The New Sith understood PASSION!, Mace understood PASSION and thats why he could fight and defeat Palpatine because he used the same power that Palpatine had!!!!
Palpatine defeated Yoda with Passion, and now yoda regrets not understanding that without the passion of love the Jedi could never defeat the New and Improved Sith!!! with passion for self love, desire, Lust and pride opposites of love of others, sacrifice and self discovery.
truly a great story indeed, by the way its all in the book!
Let me know what you think!