Emperor Palpatine vs. Darth Vader & Darth Malgus

Palpatine as of Return of the Jedi.

Vader as of A New Hope.
Malgus during his reign as the False Emperor.

Vader recruits Malgus so that they can overthrow the Emperor. Can they succeed? Palpatine is equipped with two of his lightsabers. Battle takes place on Hypori. Starting distance is 50 meters.

The duo dies.

Do you think they could take Palps if it was RotJ Vader?

Bump.

Doesn't matter which Vader it is. The duo has no hope.

I disagree. Vader, on his own, is about 80% of Sidious, and Malgus is no slouch. They won't be easy to separate and take on solo either.

They definitely stand a chance.

50 meter starting distance? That does give Palpatine the opportunity to go all Vitiate on them. 😬

Palpy.

Oh, as long as Palpy doesn't do anything stupid like shocking Vader's son to death, he shouldn't have a problem.

The 50 meters distance is a huge advantage to Sidious. He'd make the most of it going all-offensive with the Force. I'm not sure if they have enough defense to survive his attacks. If this was a close quarters fight, with say, 2 meters of separation, they'd put on a really good fight against him. I'd say they have a real good chance at defeating him.

He has so many ways to kill them

They get force f***ed at a far distance, they get outdueled and smacked down at close range.

They do not win.

Originally posted by Trocity
They get force f***ed at a far distance, they get outdueled and smacked down at close range.

They do not win.

Nah Vader chucks an At-At at him 💃

Young fools...you will pay the price for your lack of vision! Only now do you understand your feeble skills can never compete with mine!

Originally posted by DARTH POWER
Nah Vader chucks an At-At at him 💃

👆

Originally posted by carthage
He has so many ways to kill them

But they have defenses against his ways, and their added-together power is going to be more total omph than just-him.

Again, we know that Vader himself isn't that far behind.

Originally posted by Trocity
They get force f***ed at a far distance, they get outdueled and smacked down at close range.

They do not win.

This won't be like Savage and Maul, or like Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar and company. These two are true powerhouses. Together at close range they could pose a significant threat to Sidious.

Not saying it'd be easy for anyone, though. If they do manage to defeat Sidious, it will certainly be an extremely long, painful duel in which both Sith would end up injured badly. I think it could go either way, saberwise. Vader has a speed disadvantage, other than the fact that Sidious knows him all too well.

Mmmm....probably the team actually.

Starting distance makes this a stomp.

Originally posted by AncientPower
Starting distance makes this a stomp.

How so?

The duo can do a combined two-person TK at a distance. They don't lack in ranged force either, and again, additive power.

Originally posted by Col. Valerian
This won't be like Savage and Maul, or like Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar and company. These two are true powerhouses. Together at close range they could pose a significant threat to Sidious.

Not saying it'd be easy for anyone, though. If they do manage to defeat Sidious, it will certainly be an extremely long, painful duel in which both Sith would end up injured badly. I think it could go either way, saberwise. Vader has a speed disadvantage, other than the fact that Sidious knows him all too well.

Right. It'll be a pretty brutal fight, I picture. Vader and Malgus will take damage, but they're bricks, they *can* take damage, and output a lot of offense while doing so.