Originally posted by StealthRanger
Palpatine and Windu were fighting so fast that to a ****er like Anakin, they could barely be seen at all, faint afterimages. Why would Palpatine go any slower against the Jedis when there's no indicator they were holding back at all?
Ah I see, you were referring to the novelization. I was referring to the live-action version, which of course looked horrible because Lucas, in his infinite wisdom, wanted McDiarmid to do his own stunts in the fight. Fair enough.
Normally in large groups or in situations where they had no leeway (like say in a starship in narrow areas like Plo Koon
Or Ki-Adi-Mundi, who was unceremoniously shot to death by a dozen or more Clone Troopers, despite facing them with saber drawn.
If he was a tenth as fast as you say Obi is that wouldn't have happened.
Even then, may I ask what exactly makes SW-verse low ends any different than any other series low ends that just get scoffed at and ignored?
"Low-ends" lol. Fett nearly beating Darth Vader is a low end. Jango Fett (I think, also seeing a pattern here?) killing a dozen Jedi with ****ing snowballs is a low-end. Jango (Seriously, ****ing Mandalorians) getting the better of Obi in hand-to-hand is a low end.
Jedi being killed by blaster fire is a recurring thing that tends to happen. Count Dooku has been captured by ****ing pirates. Some other Mandalorian fought Obi to a stand-still in a saber duel. Atton Rand was part of a special forces unit that specialized in killing Jedi. Etc etc
This is ignoring that some of the feats used to wank these incredible speed figures out of Jedi are so laughably poorly-represented that they are null in void. Obi defended himself against lots and lots of droids... With significant amounts of cover to help him, for example.
****, we have a plot-relevant war that was entirely about non-Force sensitives being such huge badasses they could fight with Jedi and win.
Or why Star Wars is exempted to the whole "positive feedback" style thats applied to various universes?
Positive feedback?