No. Sidious should've either been the greatest duelist in the PT - or he simply shouldn't have used a blade at all. The logic behind this is that the PT and OT made him to be such an unstoppable badass of the Dark Side. In the OT, we saw him use Force Lightning. He didn't need the use of a lightsaber to kill or torture. At the time, Force lightning was a new addition to Star Wars - and it shocked (no pun intended) many people. To think that this gnarled old man could summon bolts of pure evil out of his fingertips and harm even a Jedi.
So. We know in the OT - Sidious didn't use a saber. We also know that he spent most of his time refreshing his connection with the Force. When he desired to inflict physical pain, he summoned Vader or one of his own lackies. In Revenge of The Sith, Palpatine's duel with Mace Windu and the others betrays the portrayal given from ESB, ROTJ, TMP, and AOTC. We knew he was powerful in the Force - to shield himself so easily from the Jedi - and to be the master of Count Dooku - who is the PT dueling GOD.
To me, he should've relied on some badass Force powers MORE than his saber skills.
Originally posted by DarkAge
^You make a good argument there, maybe you're right about that. Maybe some kind of Force power similar to lightning should have been used by Palpatine in RotS.
I was hoping for some sort of Force Flamethrower technique. Technically, it could be done if one's anger (Dark Side) heats up the Force in the air surrounding one's hands and then shoots outward as guided by the users will over the Force.
Originally posted by palpy_666
I was hoping for some sort of Force Flamethrower technique. Technically, it could be done if one's anger (Dark Side) heats up the Force in the air surrounding one's hands and then shoots outward as guided by the users will over the Force.
The Force can not create elements, it can only influence them.
No, sorry, but we all know how it works in Star Wars- disputed betwene force users are settled by a Lightsabre.
Ok, so Palpatine took out a Padawan, but that's stretching the point to ridiculous. Dooku could only do it to an unprepared Anakin, afrter that he had to duel him; the power difference there far larger than between Sidious and his opponents.
You have to use a sabre. Therefore, Sidious had to use one.