Greatest Battle Mediator in the Mythos?

Originally posted by Nephthys
Palpatine made himself the linchpin for the darkside. And he released a shitton of energy when he died. A nexus formed around the area, in fact. The darkside was previously focused through Sidious (and Vader?), so it makes sense that when he died it would suddenly be undirected and start effing shit up.

Regardless, the quote is only talking about the guys on the Death Star. It proves nothing about anything else.

Diffused, Neph.

Where it had previously been concentrated in Sidious (and vader), yes.

The quote was referring to Sidious's death, not Vader. When it speaks of the dark side being diffused, obviously it's referring to a cosmic event, balance to the force, the dark side being weakened upon Sidious' death, and how it affected his minions; not a powerful nexus being formed.

I don't actually care enough to continue arguing this out. All I wanted to establish is that galaxy-wide BM is off the table. Thats why it was the only thing I payed attention to on the last page.

...Huh. The existence of a random, essentially no name dude from a book I never read...his existence is probably only there at all to explain why the Emperor could shock Luke to death and keep his army running smoothly at the same time. As if they thought he originally could do it all, but then decided that was OP and had him delegate some of the work.

Originally posted by Nephthys
I don't actually care enough to continue arguing this out. All I wanted to establish is that galaxy-wide BM is off the table. Thats why it was the only thing I payed attention to on the last page.

It's not off the table, bro. The Dark Empire Sourcebook specifically states that the Emperor's use of the dark side heavily influenced the affairs of the Empire and The Return of the Jedi novelization makes it clear that Palpatine's death diffused the dark side and fragmented the Empire.

And trying to subvert the precise language of the text to credit others for Palpatine's achievement? Amateur hour:

As always, Neph, I'm a step ahead. 😉

Yes, I know that Sidious can use Battle Meditation. I can read wookieepedia, thanks.

Still not seeing anything suggesting galaxy wide BM. 😬

Also subverting precise language, what? We know someone else was using BM at Endor. I'm subverting jack shit.

He's just being too strict with the definition, Temp. Either way, the result is the same (more impressive, in fact). However, since Palpatine wasn't meditating 24/7 or during his death, Neph doesn't consider it being galactic wide battle meditation.

I don't get the point in trying to undermine Palpatine's hold over his galactic empire just because he doesn't meditate at all times. All he's doing is unintentionally pointing out that Palpatine's command over the dark side is even more impressive and advanced. Just because he wasn't meditating at the time, the quote describes the effect his death had on his minions.

All I heard was, Doesn't even need to meditate to hold the entire galaxy together."