Darth Somebody
Senior Member
Glentract, I'm NOT saying Sidious faked or threw the fight.
Mace Windu defeated Sidious in his office. Sidious WAS obviously faking about him being weak and defenseless, but that was so he could save his own ass for his miscalculation and arrogance. Mace beat him. Fair and square. I argued with Sorgo on that. He doesn't think Mace beat him fairly, I KNOW otherwise.
If I have to drag up the posts to prove Illustrious wrong, I will.
But, like I said. Sorgo did point out to me how differently Sidious fought against Yoda and Mace. With Mace, he did not use the Force - up until he was disarmed. This proves Sidious miscalculated, and thought he could bank on his saber skills to sufficiently terminate Mace. He was wrong. His desperate move with the Force proved that.
But. With Yoda, he didn't take chances. You saw him and Yoda fight on an equal level. Both knew that the fight could go either way, and that one of them could end up dead. Sidious used the Force quite frequently. He and Yoda battled one another blow-for-blow on even ground with the saber. Sidious was like Dooku in the sense that he could not find a true advantage, so he tried to tip the odds firmly in his favor (not failure, lol). He already possessed a better knowledge of the terrain, so he decided to use it. Yoda still managed to keep up blow-for-blow.
Sidious then realized that fighting Yoda saber-to-saber was hopeless. They'd be at it for hours, and Sidious knew he had a hell of a lot to lose. He is a coward. Like Nute Gunray, he HAD to find the advantage. So he put distance between himself and Yoda, and went on the offensive. He chucked pods left and right. Yoda had to dodge them, and he did. Then Yoda flung one pod back at him. Sidious whirled away and landed on the pod. Yoda then tried to tip the odds back in HIS favor - and he followed Sidious. He ignited his lightsaber and attempted to kill Sidious. Sidious then blasted the saber from his hands, and then went back on the Force offensive. Yoda was forced to remain stationary. Sidious moved in for the kill, sensing Yoda's struggle. All Sidious had to do was keep blasting. Yoda had to repel it, or he would be overloaded. Especially with Sidious moving closer.
So. Yoda moved his arms back, and hurled the coiled lightning back at Sidious. The blow flung Yoda farther for two reasons.
1. He weighs less than Sidious.
2. He was closer to the edge.
Sidious managed to right himself. Yoda's grip faltered and he fell. There was then too much distance between them. Palpatine had the high ground. Yoda had no saber. Sidious may or may not still have had his, and he had the advantage in the following.
1. Possible lightsaber.
2. Offensive Force powers.
3. Knowledge of the terrain.
4. Possible support (i.e Clones)
5. High ground
Yoda had NO advantage by that point and decided it would be best to live and fight another day.
In conclusion. Both combatants went all out on eachother. Sidious's goal was to survive. Yoda's goal was to kill Sidious. Yoda failed in his goal, but the battle was and remains a stalemate. Both combatants were the respected "patriarch" or paragon of either sides of the Force, light and dark.
Yoda could NOT have won at that time and place. Sidious was, as the site said, in that situation TOO POWERFUL FOR YODA TO DEFEAT.
But NO. Sidious WAS NOT going easy on Yoda.