Chevyh0tr0d
Sr Member
So believe it or not while I was at ITT Tech somebody hearing me blast social D asked me this question after we had a 30 min long conversation. So here it is, it is kinda a two part question. If I get any technical things wrong please feel free to correct me I would love to go correct another Star Wars geek and have another discussion with him
Given that we both believed at the time of EP-3 Mace Windu was the second greatest Saber/Swordsman of the jedi order followed only by Yoda. Also he and I both assumed that Palpatine was older then Yoda since there has not been a Sith problem in Yoda's 900 years of life.
Given these 2 facts or assumptions here come the 3 questions I was asked.
1)Do you believe Palpatine was just toying with mace windu, as he forced yoda to retreat so easily, or do you believe it was something else.
2)Do you believe the age/wrinkles show on palpatine were due to the force damage(lightning he was hit with) or was his amount of sith corruption finally revealed by him not caring any more?
3)Do you think Windu should of expected Lightning?
My Answer to this questions was and probably still is
No I do not think he was, toying with windu using the facts of a dark horse comic I read a few years ago(unable to recall the name) but the guy had read it as well, Palpatine stays alive as long he does using clones. This was based on the facts I read in the DH comic that takes place shortly after RoTJ where Luke turns evil and is trying destroy a room of Palpatine clones. I believe that all though he maybe older then Yoda thanks to the use of his clones they do not bring bout "Muscle Memory" swordmanship, but just general memories such as his name etc which Yoda Had. So although his current clone/body would of been about 50 years old(guesstimating) with Windu being about the same age(guesstimating) both would have the same amount of "muscle memory" in swordmanship/saber tactics. This is why Windu was defeated, he also was defeated so easily to add suspense to the EP 3(The movie) as Lucas was building to a big crowd jeering moment when Yoda and Palpatine confronted each other. Another reason Windu was defeated was even though he had great jedi training being that he was human he let his emotions get the better of him for that 1 second when he went into his speech about how the sith would not rule again. At this point for anyone who has ever been in a street fight when you start thinking you have him, that is when everything changes and you just lost. Also during these few seconds he stopped expecting lightning from Palpatine and thus was defeated. Lastly I thought that the lines we see on Palpatine were due to the damage he receives from his force lightning cast reflected back on him, thus making his current clone unable to cloud/hide his true age.
Anyway feel free to chime in and discuss away, would love to hear others opinions and such
Given that we both believed at the time of EP-3 Mace Windu was the second greatest Saber/Swordsman of the jedi order followed only by Yoda. Also he and I both assumed that Palpatine was older then Yoda since there has not been a Sith problem in Yoda's 900 years of life.
Given these 2 facts or assumptions here come the 3 questions I was asked.
1)Do you believe Palpatine was just toying with mace windu, as he forced yoda to retreat so easily, or do you believe it was something else.
2)Do you believe the age/wrinkles show on palpatine were due to the force damage(lightning he was hit with) or was his amount of sith corruption finally revealed by him not caring any more?
3)Do you think Windu should of expected Lightning?
My Answer to this questions was and probably still is
No I do not think he was, toying with windu using the facts of a dark horse comic I read a few years ago(unable to recall the name) but the guy had read it as well, Palpatine stays alive as long he does using clones. This was based on the facts I read in the DH comic that takes place shortly after RoTJ where Luke turns evil and is trying destroy a room of Palpatine clones. I believe that all though he maybe older then Yoda thanks to the use of his clones they do not bring bout "Muscle Memory" swordmanship, but just general memories such as his name etc which Yoda Had. So although his current clone/body would of been about 50 years old(guesstimating) with Windu being about the same age(guesstimating) both would have the same amount of "muscle memory" in swordmanship/saber tactics. This is why Windu was defeated, he also was defeated so easily to add suspense to the EP 3(The movie) as Lucas was building to a big crowd jeering moment when Yoda and Palpatine confronted each other. Another reason Windu was defeated was even though he had great jedi training being that he was human he let his emotions get the better of him for that 1 second when he went into his speech about how the sith would not rule again. At this point for anyone who has ever been in a street fight when you start thinking you have him, that is when everything changes and you just lost. Also during these few seconds he stopped expecting lightning from Palpatine and thus was defeated. Lastly I thought that the lines we see on Palpatine were due to the damage he receives from his force lightning cast reflected back on him, thus making his current clone unable to cloud/hide his true age.
Anyway feel free to chime in and discuss away, would love to hear others opinions and such