Originally posted by Lord Stark
But even in canon all the Jedi>all the Sith make sense. There were 1000 years where the Jedi outnumbered the Sith ~5,000 to 1.
Okay, but the ancient Sith were basically an entire planet of dark force users. So at one point there were hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Sith.
Palpatine throttled Vader while he was fighting royal guards. It seemed like Palpatine caught Vader off guard, as that's how most tk attacks seem to happen (ex. Maul using a well-timed push on Obi-Wan, sending him down the shaft in TPM).
If Vader and Palp were to square off with each other both battle ready, I don't think Palp could immediately break through Vader's force shield. He may, however, be able to break through his lightsaber defense with lightening like he did in the comic. But again, I'd like to see Vader TRULY battle ready, not caught off guard or have it be Palpatine + red guards vs Vader.
Either way, Vader would be a good fight alone for Palpatine. Throw in Mace and Yoda it's straight up overkill.