Originally posted by The_Tempest
Luceno really lawyer'd the shit out of that whole "murdered in his sleep" angle. Plagueis barely closed his eyes before Palpatine took his shot, woke him up, and ranted to him before dying.The death scene was terrible upon subsequent rereads, Palpatine's verbal smackdown notwithstanding.
To be specific, Plagueis was caught off guard, drunk, and feeling overconfident regarding the Naboo invasion. Sidious also targeted Plagueis' weak spot involving his mask. What did you want? Sidious to just stab Plagueis with his lightsaber. Granted, Plagueis' stripped away precognition wouldn't have alerted him to the danger.