Mace cuts Palpatine's saber in half
Ternian wrote:I have no idea, BD
Ternian wrote:Palpatine - The Disfigured Martyr.
Sidious wants him to kill the traitor but the Jedi Master orders him to kill the Sith and fulfill his destiny as the Chosen One.
Dogg Thang wrote:Still doesn't explain for me how Palpatine goes from badass force lightning guy to then being defeated. What am I missing?
Dogg.
Dogg Thang wrote:Still doesn't explain for me how Palpatine goes from badass force lightning guy to then being defeated. What am I missing?
Suddenly, just when Mace is about to strike down and destroy the Sith, Palpatine unleashes his power and lightning strikes from his hand. His face ages dramaticially into an aged old man before the Jedi's eyes.
"FOOL!" he exclaims.
KitFist0 wrote:The battling Mace cuts a hole in the window of the office, planning to push Sidious out, but that does not work initially. They fight again, slowly moving towards the window. They eventually end up outside the office, on the narrow ledge of the Republic Executive Office. The rain continues to fall.
ZenDeadly wrote:That's the only part I don't get. It's probably just how it reads, but I keep picturing Mace saying, "Excuse me one moment while I cut a hole in this window. You don't mind, do you? Promise not to attack me while I'm doing it, okay? No, seriously... you have to promise. And no winkies, no crossies, right Palpy?"
phospodar wrote:Wait a second - in this report, Anakin cuts a hole in the window and comes in.
In a previous post, he runs down the hallway to the duel.
In another post, he is told about the REALness of Darth Plaguis (sp?) and then goes to tell Mace about Palpatine being Sidious.
In ANOTHER post the revelation about Darth Plaguis is given during the Sidious/Mace DUEL.
What gives???
taku wrote:He couldn't kill Palpatine. In the commentary on the Jedi DVD, Lucas says that only Anakin is capable of killing Palps.
phospodar wrote:Just out of curiosity - why the hell would he have built a THRONE ROOM in the Death Star that had a shaft to the reactor in it, and uncovered? I mean, all my heat ducts at home have grates on 'em, and I"m not worried about my apprentice throwing ME down 'em. Where was the planning then?
PTGrievous wrote:Didn't you know? Palpatine and Vader used to spit off the rail for fun.
vanillazinger wrote:You know, nothing personal, but this attitude is really starting to chap my ass. Is Palpatine surrounded by an impenetrable force field that only Anakin is immune to? People talk as if Sidious could take a direct hit from the Death Star because only the Chosen One can destroy the Sith. That's bunk. Anakin's not the only person who can kill Sidious, he's the only one who does. That's what destiny is all about. Mace can kill Palpatine, but it's not his destiny to do so. Hell, Baby Boba with a seismic charge can kill Sidious. Who cares? Why is that so threatening to people?
taku wrote:[Well duh, but fate (The Force) decides what will happen to Sidious. It's not Sidious' fate to be blasted into oblivion by the Death Star, nor is it to fall to Windu. Therefor, Windu couldn't kill Sidious. I don't see the contradiction.![]()
And besides, Palpatine is clearly abandoning his attack in order to continue his seduction of Anakin to the Dark Side. Had Anakin not been present, he would have fried Windu.
KCWM wrote:Him faking is your opinion...me thinking its not a big deal is mine...Palps getting his saber cut in half and brought to his knees lends itself far more to him losing than him faking.
Suddenly, just when Mace is about to strike down and destroy the Sith, Palpatine unleashes his power and lightning strikes from his hand. His face ages dramaticially into an aged old man before the Jedi's eyes.
"FOOL!" he exclaims.
Mace blocks the lightning with his blade but this is a hard moment for both combatants as they both begin to call to Anakin. Anakin now stands at Mace's shoulder, unsure what to do: Sidious wants him to kill the traitor but the Jedi Master orders him to kill the Sith and fulfill his destiny as the Chosen One.
At last, Palpatine collapses and begs for mercy from Mace. Mace, however, does not accept it.
Dogg Thang wrote:It's not the idea that Palpatine should be omnipotent - but he should be immensely powerful. He has to be, story-wise, to make the struggle of Eps 4-6 mean something. It's the feeling of overcoming all odss. If he gets his ass kicked in Ep3, that very much minimises the achievements in Ep6 even though he was never faced in a duel then. For me anyway.
But that's only one part. The second part is that it is Mace. Nothing against that character or anything but he is barely even a secondary character. He had a bit part in Ep1 and maybe came close to secondary character in Ep2. So to have the main villain of the series beaten by a secondary character would be like Madine beating Vader in Ep6.
It would mean little except for weakening our perception of Vader.
That's just a personal opinion and doesn't really matter in terms of the end product as it will play out how it plays out but I just thought it might help explain why there would be some resistance to the idea of Mace genuinely beating Palpatine. But the fact that there seems to be a gap going from the force lightning to being beaten makes me think it has to play out as a ploy rather than a genuine defeat.
KCWM wrote:I mean, you have a hero complex with Palps...you want him to be big...you want him to be cool..you want him to be the most powerful being in the starwars universe...and any thing contrary to that HAS to be the incorrect opinion of the person saying it...because GOD forbid palps not be a god himself.
vanillazinger wrote:And for the record, taku, I wasn't unloading on you but on the countless posts I've read in the last few days with that viewpoint. Didn't mean to make it sound like an attack, sorry if it did.
Wrath Mania wrote:Sounds like to me the movie might keep it pretty open-ended on to whether Sidious is faking or not.
One of Sidious's objectives in baiting Mace to his office was to complete Anakin's turn. Therefore, it would seem like to me when he sees Anakin in the office, his main objective is to play the puppet master role and have Anakin attack Mace.
So even if Sidious is faking his collapse or not is almost irrelevant, what is important is that he's trying to turn Anakin for good here, and ultimately it's Anakin's choice.
taku wrote:It's a mirror of the scene in Jedi where Palpatine leaves himself open for attack from Luke. He was drawing him to give into his anger and take the easy way out, knowing full well that he's in no real danger.
Wrath Mania wrote:If he misjudges Anakin's psyche at that point, there would be some danger.... namely, his head tumbling down to the Coruscant mean streets.
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