Yeah, I've made this argument before, dude. Yoda-fans have tendancies to ignore that their all powerful lil' Yoda can make mistakes. I don't know. Can't say he was caught off guard. I guess Palpatine's attack just overpowered him.
OMG, how do you people sleep at night? or actually enjoy movies if you pick it apart?
He did get his hands up to block it put he simply underestimated the powers of the emperor.
dude, watch it again. yoda is hit square in the chest.
he was looking right at palpatine as he raised his hands and basically warned him of the attack. the darkside clouds one's intuition, but yoda's eyes and ears work just fine. and from his experience with dooku, i think its a no-brainer for him that when a sith raises his hands at you...BLOCK.
Well I'll put it down to what Yoda says in ROTJ. To Luke "Do not underestimate the power of the Emperor or suffer your fathers fate you will"
My take is that Yoda thought he could kick palps ass easily but at the last moment realised that this force lightning was way more powerful than what Dooku could throw at him.
I think the point of that scene was to show the viewer that Sidious was equal to if not more powerful than Yoda. I think it also showed Yoda that Sidious was stronger than he thought.
It has nothing to do with Palps power, or Yoda's mistake. It is simply just a poorly made scene. I'm sure GL wanted it to appear that the fight was back and forth, with both guys getting good shots in and have the duel appear to be an even draw. I think he did a pretty good job of that other then the opening lightning scene.
Oh well, bad choice there by the movie makers. It makes Yoda seem like a pussy. I'm sure even Sith lovers will agree that the scene makes no sense considering how powerful Yoda is. I think they could have come up with a more plausable way for Yoda to take a shot from palpy.
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Lucas is a hack. That pretty much explains everything. He should stop directing and writing and become a visual effects supervisor. He makes stuff look pretty, but thats about it.
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in that scene, yoda did get caught off guard, but then sidious was caught off guard when yoda got him back
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I don't understand how you can call him a hack when the scene disagrees with your vision.
I thought the scene said a ton, in fact, IMO, it was the most symbolic of the whole movie.
Out with the old, in with the new. A change in the balance of power. Just how far the jedi have fallen. Whatever you want to call it, Yoda got trounced.
Again, the scene and the entire battle could have been all that is needed to explain "revenge of the sith". The sith did get their revenge by kicking Yoda's tiny green behind. It was the end of the jedi, in that one scene alone. It showed the great master sucking voltage, not repelling it as he thought he may. Certainly Vader, who was pronounced limbless by Obiwan, did not get his revenge.
Brilliant. Now, I may not agree that GL is without error, but this was one of his best , most powerful scenes in the entire PT.
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1. I'm not sure i understand. You're saying the movie isn't real and we should discuss relative points.....which would be.....what....on a SW forum?
2. I also thought he got caught off-guard meaning that he underestimated Sid's lightning....but even if that were true, he should've at least tried to block it....meh...
However, i now like to think it was a way for GL of saying "Both sides of the force are very powerful." Why you ask? Because Sids uses the lightning on Yoda (one of the most loved things by darkside wetdream fanboys), tosses him down while zapping him, then Yoda uses the force push (one of the lamest things according to darkside wetdream fanboys) and manages to toss Sids across the room and into his chair. Therefore, as i said, i consider it a way of saying both sides are very powerful.
Jun 27th, 2005 06:03 PM
