Originally posted by Selenial
Legend, Sidious has empowered people with the dark side, stop acting like its some wank worthy one of a kind shit, it's not. Even the Nighsisters did it.
Emperor augmented the power of his Imperial Guards (stationed near him) to such a degree that they could negate the powers of the Jedi, forcing a martial conflict upon the Jedi.
In contrast, Yoda casually dismissed two Sidious's guards near his position. It is obvious that Sidious did not empower his guards like Emperor.
In addition, Emperor created alternate personas in thousands of individuals, transforming them into unwitting servants of the dark side (Children) which remained bonded to him until the bonds could be severed or suppressed. How do you think that the Children functioned? Emperor triggered them at will whenever he felt the need to utilize them to do his bidding.
As an example, Master Siyo Bakarn was First Son. The powers demonstrated by First Son are entirely programming of Emperor within the Jedi Master. Children aren't Sith Lords or even practitioners of the dark side, they don't have the time for these acts since they were planted within the enemy ranks.
The events of confrontation between Bersen'thor and First Son remind me of Revan's internal fracture. Syo Bakarn actually became aware of First Son within him during this confrontation and helped Barsen'thor overcome it. First Son was the most powerful manifestation of Emperor's sorcery or telepathic abilities among the Children.
As for Talzin, I recall that she augmented Savage Opress with her sorcery. She also temporarily possessed Dooku. She is decent in these matters.
As for Palpatine, I don't recall him augmenting others with his power of the dark side in comparable manner to Emperor and Talzin. If I am missing something, you may remind me with evidence.
Originally posted by Selenial
And Sion and Vitiate are completely different, if you actually played Kotor 2 you'd understand that.
I am well-aware of the nature of Sion. Its not like as if their is shortage of literature explaining his ground realities.
Sion could be convinced to give up his immortality which is a sign of weakness. It won't surprise me if somebody could override his will and convince him to give up his immortality and not just through Dun Moch.
Emperor's condition is apparently permanent, corporeal immortality cannot be undone with Force powers. As an example: accelerating aging will not work since Emperor did not age after his transformation, therefore Death Field variant of drain is ineffective against him by virtue of Emperor's condition.
Emperor's vessel can be damaged with a weapon though (i.e. lightsaber) but he cannot be stopped in this manner because Emperor learned to preserve his essence as well and can possess another host at will.
My point is that Emperor's vulnerabilities to Force powers are virtually minimized in part due to his corporeal immortality. The rest is open to speculation.