Palpatine's Bending Lightsaber Feat - (POLL)

Originally posted by Petrus
It's pretty clear that Drew is shit, but we can't simply dismiss what we read in his books because of this.

Do you think that for some reason, Sidious decreased his lightning's power when electrocuting Windu in comparison to when his lightning seemingly bent the saber and was being deflected back to him? Genuine question.

The showings are significantly different, so much so that I don't think it's possible to relate the two.

Still waiting on Kt to prove he has a functioning brain.

Originally posted by Petrus
It still doesn't make up for it. It simply cannot be the most impressive lightning feat of all/one of if we see it hit Windu and he didn't die immediately. Even if he was stronger than Nyriss, it's still not equivalent. Palpatine was trying to kill Windu. He actually shouted "Full power" when striking him.

He said unlimited power, which doesn't mean he was shooting for a quick kill. He...never does that.

We have a much greater certainty that it's really hard to bend a lightsaber blade than we do of your claim that Sidious wanted to kill Windu quickly, so we should defer the latter to the former.

I'm pretty sure that GIF is just an FX error lol.

Originally posted by The Ellimist
We see unshielded starships all the time, particularly in-atmosphere. Take the Falcon, for instance, which was fired on in ESB and didn't seem to have any shielding.

The Asylum Port was a smuggler's den, and became a battlefield when the Eternal armies arrived there in search of the Outlander and his allies. I would expect all starships in that region to be on red alert and their shields activated at that time. Smugglers never take their safety lightly.

Originally posted by The Ellimist
So? The burden was on you to demonstrate that Vindican and Malgus were comparable to Sidious; if they aren't, then their difficulty in replicating Valkorion's feat is irrelevant.

Lord Vindican and Darth Malgus fought Satele Shan and Kao Cen Darach in a spaceport where a smuggler's starship was present. Its pilot was inside. When Satele Shan entered that starship, Lord Vindican attempted to electrocute the Starship with a stream of Force lightning, but it didn't work. Granted that he was interrupted but he didn't attempt that again. So why it failed? It was logical for the pilot to activate the defenses of his starship during the course of the battle (note: we do not see this act on-screen).

An official description of the aforementioned fight makes it clear that Lord Vindican unleashed a powerful stream of Force Lightning at the starship; potent enough to hurt even the likes of Darth Malgus for a while. So even a powerful stream of Force Lightning from a Sith Inquisitor was not enough to breach defenses of a smuggler's starship? In comparison, mere residual emissions from the FLS of Valkorion engulfed and downed scores of smuggler starships mid-flight in the vicinity. The difference is profound.

BioWare is not going to focus on every development out there in a game or even in a video. Some matters are inferred and/or implied.

Originally posted by The Ellimist
I don't understand what this reply is supposed to mean.

Originally posted by Beniboybling
Much in the same manner Valkorion's lighting ashed Marr. Ah no, that's not right.

A conversation with Darth Marr later (chapter 12), reveals that Valkorion literally destroyed his body in that attack. Therefore, this aspect of the outcome was censored in chapter 1.

Your point is moot, as usual. 👆

Good point. ^

Originally posted by The Merchant
I'm pretty sure that GIF is just an FX error lol.

You'd have to get the RotS special effects team to confirm that. Windu's lightsaber bending has an entire novel personally line-edited by Lucas to support it.

Precisely. Canon Palpatine and Legends Palpatine are worlds apart. Whether Mace's lightsaber was being bent in canon is irrelevant at this point; in Legends, it was.

Not really. Bending someones blade back towards them is a fairly common phrase for it simply being forced back. It shows up in literature all the time. It doesn't have to be literal.

You're also trying to pick and choose which parts of the novel are canon and which are legends. It's either 1 or the other.

It's obviously literal, lol. Mace was choking on ozone.

Originally posted by Nephthys
Not really. Bending someones blade back towards them is a fairly common phrase for it simply being forced back. It shows up in literature all the time. It doesn't have to be literal.

You're also trying to pick and choose which parts of the novel are canon and which are legends. It's either 1 or the other.

Watching your credibility nosedive has been painful to watch as your friend, Neph.

We aren't friends, you piece of shit.

Originally posted by SunRazer
It's obviously literal, lol. Mace was choking on ozone.

It was being pushed back towards his face.

Originally posted by Nephthys
We aren't friends, you piece of shit.

Ouch

Originally posted by The Merchant
I'm pretty sure that GIF is just an FX error lol.

Looks like it. If it was intentional, I would have thought it would have been more blatant and noticeable when watching the film.

Originally posted by Nephthys
We aren't friends, you piece of shit.

It was being pushed back towards his face.

I'm sure the universal contempt that has been heaped upon you by everyone here can be stressful, but there's no need to be mean to me.

It's only natural to correct someone when they're wrong, even if they're scum.

Originally posted by S_W_LeGenD
You expect BioWare to animate gory outcomes in their Star Wars related content? Nah (SWTOR and its expansions are [B]not horror genre)

A conversation with Darth Marr later (chapter 12), reveals that Valkorion literally destroyed his body in that attack. Therefore, this aspect of the outcome was censored in chapter 1.

Your point is moot, as usual. 👆 [/B]

That said I'll highlight the instance in which Vitiate dusted countless on Ziost nonetheless, if only to continue to watch you flail. 🙂

Originally posted by Nephthys
It's only natural to correct someone when they're wrong, even if they're scum.

Yes, that certainly explains the aforementioned contempt that surrounds you.

But it doesn't explain why you're being hateful to me.

It isn't the best.
The ones say Hi 🙂