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I'd say they are about the same, actually.
Sidious was a politician - the Chancellor of the Republic - so he did not have the enormous amount of training time that his apprentices had, or Masters Yoda or Mace had. He, to my knowledge, didn't have the time or the opportunity to lift his lightsaber and use it for the better part of 13 years, unlike Yoda, Mace, Dooku, and Maul.
By the times of ROTS, he was still skilled enough to rip apart three Jedi Masters, as well as put Mace and Yoda to the test.
Well, let me play devil's advocate: If Maul supposively could put Sidious to the test before he died (Which is of course shortly before TPM) then it is likely Sidious HAS progressed since then. After all, Maul couldn't hold a candle to Sidious by ROTS for the most part. I think that reference may have been in relation to saberdueling but still, Sidious was much more aggressive and indeed taught Maul everything Maul knew about battle. So TPM Sidious would be younger and perhaps in a bit better shape but would be less refined in saber combat. His Force mastery would probably be about the same though.
In any case, I don't know enough about TPM Mace to judge him. He might be easily dispatched by Sidious and then the two sith would tool the hell out of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan.
Interesting match though.
This actually is a pretty good thread. As far as TPM Sidious's strength goes I'd say he'd above the strength of ROTS Sidious, though only just. You all just assume he'll have gotten stronger over the course of 13 years, but who's to say he will? I mean, it's not like he was active or anything. By ROTS he was more out of shape than he was in TPM. I'd say he could almost do this alone, but not quite. Maul has proved able to put up a good fight against Obi and Qui-Gon at the same time. Sidious will pwn Mace and then will aid Maul and toegther they'll kill Jinn and Kenobi in 20 seconds or less.
Originally posted by Darth_Glentract
Do you have any proof DS19? We saw in ep3 that Sidious actually did study Sith Teachings during his time as Chief of State. Remember that he almost lost to Maul in a lightsaber fight around TPM.