Did Sheev throw the fight vs Windu? (CANON)

I'm of the opinion that he somewhat threw the fight, but would definitely not have stomped Mace if he had been trying to win.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
Overall your analysis is sound but I have just a couple of issues:

5. How could Palpatine possibly know Mace was about to attempt to disarm him in that moment?

6. He didn't really get a good opportunity to use Lightning earlier as he was caught up in a pretty intense and close up Saber battle.
But we know (as per Lucas), that when he first fires his Lightning that he was attempting to destroy Mace.

5. As I stated originally Palpatine has a firm grasp on future events; he can see into the future. not only that but #2 is a clear example of having a mental link with Skywalker... he's speaking inside his head and we know this because what he's saying is much different than how he worded his pitch to Anakin in the chancellors chambers earlier, this is clearly Sidious speaking to Anakin telepathically.

6. Wether or not he was trying to destroy Mace with his lightning is irrelevant because it was a tool to push Mace into kill mode. Notice before the lightning he says "youre under arrest my lord" and after he tells Anakin that Sidious is too dangerous to be left alive. Sidious got what he wanted regardless so I don't know that Lucas' comment here really means much in context of the scene

^ Good answers.

Windu beat Sidious legitimately.

So Sidious sees the future and ****s the timeline. Barry is Palpatine confirmed!

Originally posted by relentless1
5. As I stated originally Palpatine has a firm grasp on future events; he can see into the future. not only that but #2 is a clear example of having a mental link with Skywalker... he's speaking inside his head and we know this because what he's saying is much different than how he worded his pitch to Anakin in the chancellors chambers earlier, this is clearly Sidious speaking to Anakin telepathically.

6. Wether or not he was trying to destroy Mace with his lightning is irrelevant because it was a tool to push Mace into kill mode. Notice before the lightning he says "youre under arrest my lord" and after he tells Anakin that Sidious is too dangerous to be left alive. Sidious got what he wanted regardless so I don't know that Lucas' comment here really means much in context of the scene

Every piece of canon concerning that fight either paints the picture that Sidious controlled it, or it's ambiguous and could be perceived either way. If you want proof/evidence that Mace did not legitimately disarm Sidious, then I will provide it.