Originally posted by red8
I am definitely going to have to disagree with your analysis of this scene. I felt this scene perfectly depicted the difference between the dark side and the light side. Yes, both combatants were using the same power, TK, but they were using in very different ways.Because of the dark side being more chaotic and destructive, we have Sidious laughing and flinging many senate pods haphazardly downwards at Yoda.
Because the light side is more orderly and controlled, we have Yoda focusing on one senate pod and directing it upwards at Sidious. It got the job done and Sidious lost the high ground (well some of it).
Yoda was not not flinging senate pods because he couldn't. He wasn't doing it because
1) It would not have helped him.
2) It's against his very nature to abuse the force so carelessly. Let's not forget about the scene in AotC where Anakin is with Padme and he says he would get in trouble if Obi-Wan saw him using the force to play with food.On second thought, scratch that. Let's forget that scene and the entire movie.
Interesting. It would explain the huge difference between their TK skills in that scene. Still though, Sidious was doing something right since he gained the high ground at the first place. Yoda never had a moment in that fight where he gained an advantage. It still proves that Sidious was winning for a moment.
Also like you said, the very nature of the dark makes the sith stronger than the jedi in combat. The rage factor gives them temporary boost.