And just so you're reminded, because it would seem like you forget what you're supposed to be arguing - the initial premise was that Sidious cannot disintegrate large metal objects with his Force Lightning. Which, even if we take your interpretation, he doesn't. That hardly matters though, because he isn't disintegrating it at all in any way.
Okay, newbie. What is it now? If your original premise, having nothing to do with the topic of this thread whatsoever, is that Sidious can't desintegrate metal with his force lightning, then using an instance in which he doesn't even use force lightning would be a pretty stupid way to proof that premise. In fact you would have to find an instance in which he attempts to melt metal with his force lightning and fails.
No, you aren't using that strawman. He is an omniscient out of universe writer.
How can a regular human being existing outside of the SW universe be omniscient? See, newbie, the fact of the matter is this: If you want to question the illustrator of the comic [who should be accepted as omniscient being, due to the fact that he views the action from outside the characters and presents viewpoints that no character could have] then I can also question the writer of the sourcebook. Which still doesn't matter, since they don't contradict each other. It's just another double standard used by yourself.
Yes? Because last time I checked, shrugging off something after it hits you ('impact'😉 is completely different than disintegrating it. Conclusion: Sidious doesn't disintegrate the cooling unit, or it would have been specified.
And this is why I think you're an idiot. Shall we go back to the original quote:
"When Leia tried to kill the Emperor by dropping a cooling unit on him, Palpatine shrugged off the crushing impact of a ton of machinery."
Now: What does Sidious “shrug off” here? Right answer: The impact. What does that mean: That he isn't affected by the impact at all. Does this say anything about the cooling unit being desintegrated or not? Nope. Because he just shrugs off the impact and anything happening past said impact is not even mentioned. Yet we have the visible evidence of the cooling unit getting ripped into pieces – a fact that isn't contradicted. So why would we question it? Oh right. There is no reason to question that fact, yet you're still attempting to do so.
And I'm afraid: That the Sourcebook mentions the lightsaber being desintegrated but doesn't mention the same for the cooling unit also isn't a conclusive point. That is you “moving the goalpost” which is still fallacious. We have evidence that the cooling units is ripped into pieces and yet [without having reason to do so] demand more evidence.
Where do I see it stated? Right after that exact line. And I've posted the quote half a dozen times in another thread, and half of the quote in this thread at least three times already. If you don't know the material, that's fine. Say so, "Newbie."
Oh really?
How about quoting the relevant stuff next time you're attempting to make an argument, huh? Oh, I forgot. That is what a smart person would do, so sorry for expecting something like that from you.
Only, that isn't what is employed. It's third person limited. Even without the speech bubbles of the characters, the "narration bubbles" follow a single character's thoughts.
Oh sure thing, pal. I wonder how you're going to explain this line of narration here:
Nal Hutta, a name that means “glorious jewel” in huttese, is one of the systems to which Hutts migrated in great number over the centuries. It's also the birthplace of Jabba the Hutt. Nal Hutta's great spaceport moon, Nar Shadda, is presently the center of smuggling activities throughout the Galaxy. In the days before hyperspace travel, Nar Shadda was a heavily populated waystation and cargo port
So apparently one of the members of the Falcon crew is a great historian nowadays and has intimate knowledge about the Hutt culture, not only being able to speak Huttese to translate the name of the planet, but also knowledge of Jabba's birthplace, the ability to make judgement about the Galaxy in total [center of smuggling activities] and does possess knowledge about history to such a degree, that he can make accurate statements about a time more than 25,000 years in the past [days before hyperspace travel]?
Later in the book [E-Wings VS World Devastators]
But not everyone will return to the victory celebration. A line by the narrator which is immediately followed by the death of one of the pilots. So urm. A narrator capable of predicting events is pretty much omniscient, actually.
Again later [Leia and Han flying through the shielding of Byss]
As the invisible window opens through to allow the Intruder through the planetary shields... Oh well? The narrator is capable of seeing invisible objects such as planetary shields and mention how they behave.
And as for the POV in the picture, it's obviously coming from Luke or Leia's perspective - and hence prone to error, anyway.
Yeah. Because a comic book that doesn't employ first person views at all, will suddenly do so. Not to mention that Luke and Leia would have to be dwarves to be able to see the Emperors entire body, standing just metres away. And even if we would assume that you're right there: You're now wanting to tell me that two veterans of a Galaxy spanning civil war, both trained in the ways of the force to a certain extend, won't recognize a freaking explosion if it happens?
You're right. You clearly don't have anything constructive to add, so unless someone else wants to take this up, I'm done with this thread. I've made my points. And no, they are not wrong. As has been shown.
Ipsedixitism is no way to win arguments. And no...I don't have anything to constructive to add. I'm just here to tear your pathetic opinion apart in an attempt to inflate some common sense in the space between your ears – and I'm rather certain that I will finally succeed with that, given that there is so much empty space to fill there. So have a nice day, newbie.