Originally posted by Nephthys
The context of RotJ Sidious holding back from 1-shotting Vader due to sentiment and not teleporting or flying out of the shaft because railings are his kryptonite, you mean?
No. I'm referring to this:
The Emperor's confidence rested on a sure knowledge of what he had become... and what the Dark Side could do to him. He seemes open to all possibilities of the moment: Luke's death, Vader's death... even his own.
No matter what the outcome of this terrible confrontation, he, Emperor Palpatine, would conquer
-Dark Empire endnotes
It means he didn't care if he died or not. That's very much relevant. There's also this:
When at last he reaches the open shaft he hurls the Emperor down into the reactor. It's a long, long way down and the Emperor fires his lightning upward as he falls.
He might still have used his powers to save himself, but his hate is now so strong his only thought is to cause Vader more pain. So the lightning continues to flicker and flash even after the body is out of sight.
-Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side
Palpatine still could've broken free, or flown and teleported away 👆
Originally posted by Petrus
Az, the 'might' means that it's not a fact and that he only may have been capable of saving himself...
You're right that it is not a fact, but nowhere does it say anything about his capabilities. It just said he may or may not have done it, for whatever reason.
We have witnessed Palpatine using Force flight on a spearate occasion, and he teleports (IIRC) right after he died, so there's no reason to assume he couldn't have. And I don't think any reasonable person would argue Palpatine wouldn't be able to overpower Bader physically, comparing their feats.
Originally posted by Azronger
You're right that it is not a fact, but nowhere does it say anything about his capabilities. It just said he may or may not have done it, for whatever reason.We have witnessed Palpatine using Force flight on a spearate occasion, and he teleports (IIRC) right after he died, so there's no reason to assume he couldn't have. And I don't think any reasonable person would argue Palpatine wouldn't be able to overpower Bader physically, comparing their feats.
That he's capable of doing those things in his own time doesn't mean that he can perform them at a moments notice or proficiently enough to use them in combat. It's evident that he didn't do them in RotJ, suggesting that these aren't abilities he can perform as easily as you suggested.
Originally posted by Nephthys
That he's capable of doing those things in his own time doesn't mean that he can perform them at a moments notice or proficiently enough to use them in combat. It's evident that he didn't do them in RotJ, suggesting that these aren't abilities he can perform as easily as you suggested.
I just gave you a quote explaining why he didn't do it, and then further elucidated upon it in my post to Petrus, and still you ignore everything?
And yes, he has done both flight and teleportation in combat/instantaneously.
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Even as he perished, Palpatine used the dark side knowledge the Sith Lords had granted him years earlier to rend space itself and transmigrate his essence across lightyears to Droga's body.
-Gamer 5
