Originally posted by SunRazer
You already know how I view this stuff, lol. Non-canon means it doesn't happen in the official timeline. But it's valid because the character's power levels haven't been altered. We're not here to discuss what did happen, but rather, what can happen, with regard to the character's power levels.If you watch it in slow-motion, you'll notice that Palpatine deactivates the lightsaber, then throws away the lightsaber, then hurls Galen. The last two were possibly done in simultaneity, but my case isn't altered. Sidious deactivating his lightsaber means that Galen's application of pressure would make him continue to move forwards, but Sidious hurled him back before that could happen.
Don't you obsess over physics? If so, this is really just inertia. Palpatine deactivating his lightsaber means that there's no longer a force balancing out the pushing force Galen's putting on his lightsaber, so it should move forwards. And since they were so close, Palpatine should've been cleaved in half, but he managed to push Galen back before that.
Watch it at 0.25x speed. Sidious deactivates his lightsaber, and before Galen or his lightsaber can even move forwards, Sidious is hurling him back.
What animation error?
My case would suggest that Galen isn't actively shielding himself, which is fine since Sidious isn't even hurling with the intent to kill, just to leave him on the floor for a while. Which is precisely what happens. Galen only gets up and starts running after the ship starts coming towards him, by which time it's too late.
The use of the word "unlikely" seems to suggest that you're admitting my case is a possibility at the least.
In any case, Galen wouldn't have been able to put up an active defense. Which doesn't harm my point. Sidious was only attacking to floor Galen, and he succeeded. Nowhere did I mention telekinetic domination. That only appears in another DS version.
That's directly disproved by stuff like the RotS videogame having Anakin cut down Sidious before he can react.
The lightsaber visibly deactivates in the animation ( Hint: This is the reference to the animation error ) and takes longer to do so then Sidious's movement. The last two movements were done simultaneously, yes. It would unbalance him and any forward movement wouldn't have been some augmented strike but simply gravity causing him to fall forward due to the pressure he had been previous applying.
Given the blade was still activated as Sidious releases a Force push it becomes irrelevant. It's obvious that Sidious's actions here were simultaneous. There would have been no time for Galen to have fallen or moved forward whether he knew what was about to happen or as you suggested, did not.
Yes, I've watched it. The very moment the lightsaber blades no longer touch each other is when Sidious moves. The movement and full deactivation of the blade are simultaneous.
Read above.
Fair enough. Now you just have to prove that what occurred in the scene you're referencing counts as blitzing. A far more herculean task...
I mean. Given the outcome is meaningless since it's a non canon scene and I'm generally open to ANY case when enough evidence is presented, I guess you could say that.
You've got quite your pick of the crop what with you taking DS endings as evidence and their being 3 different darkside endings for you to pick and choose from.