DE Sidious however was better than Yoda, he was young and agile and very strong with the force
No, he wasn't. Not in saber combat. Luke took his freaking hand off - obviously, DE Sidious hasn't been keeping up with his saber skills.
In the first match, Ulic wins
Second, Sidious
Third, toss up. I'm tempted to give it to Ulic more often than not.
(Oh, and "anything goes" can be construed wildly. Better define it better)
Originally posted by Revolver Ocelot
But Ulic stalemated a pissed off Jedi while seperated from the Force. Unquantifyable, but according to Kreia's descriptions (When she talks to Atton in Telos), it should account for a hefty bit.
Yeah, I remember that discussion. A jedi without the force is considered less capable than an average person because a large part of who they were is missing. Yet Ulic not only recovered, he still managed to get an excellent fighter.
Originally posted by IKC
No, he wasn't. Not in saber combat. Luke took his freaking hand off - obviously, DE Sidious hasn't been keeping up with his saber skills.
Eh? Sidious lost to a Luke whose powers were being amplified by those of Leia.
Notice how the room gets progressively darker, up until the point we see Sidious pin Luke up against the wall. We then see Leia, surrounded by light, and Luke breaks the lock, as well as the darkness, which is visible through the scattering of the dark in the next panel.
The first time they dueled, Sidious put Luke on his ass.
I don't think Palpatine is dramatically out of practice at all. I'll say that he takes it all three times more often than not.