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| Jan 15, 2016 at 18:25 | comment | added | Wayne | +1. This reminds me of a similar question about the Joker in a scene in Batman, where he places a gun in someone's hands, cocks it, and puts it in his own mouth and tells the person to kill him. A screen capture of the scene shows he has his finger between the hammer and the gun, so even if the person pulls the trigger it won't fire. Sidious is like that: he's the most powerful force user in the universe who can kill Luke without a light saber. Yeah, he's not really in danger. | |
| Jan 15, 2016 at 18:14 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | Worth remembering: this is the same Sidious that single-handedly instantly dispatched 3 best swordsmen of Jedi Council, and fought the best best best one to practiclly a standstill (the only reason he was close to losing to Windu was Vaapad's unique suitability to countering Dark Side). Luke had no Vaapad, and he wasn't nearly as well trained as either of those 4. Assuming that Sidious was in any danger at all from Luke is... a tad optimistic. | |
| Aug 8, 2015 at 3:38 | comment | added | Null♦ | @Brandon Precisely -- I have also noticed that Palpatine arranges win-win situations for himself. His cleverness is admirable despite how evil he is. | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 21:30 | comment | added | Brandon | The key is that he pits his enemies against each other. He stays neutral in confrontations and just lets his enemies kill each other. | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 21:29 | comment | added | Brandon | This is what I have always admired about Palpatine. He strategically arranges confrontations that are win-win for him. After the Battle of Naboo, the outcome was irrelevant. Either the planet falls, creating more demand for Republic military, or the Jedi triumph and Palpatine is seen as the great savior. In the Clone Wars, he finds systems that are disloyal or unhappy with the Republic, organizes them into a confederacy, and pits them against the Jedi. That way, separatists die and Jedi die. In RoTS, he pits Anikan against Dooku. Both outcomes are favorable. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 21:39 | comment | added | user11521 | Agreed except for one small point: "Vader also needs Luke to turn to the dark side"... if he had been just a split second slower in defending the Emperor against Luke's initial death blow... (I feel like this should have fit into this video: youtube.com/watch?v=zdukWtJwlPU) | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 6:32 | vote | accept | Kevin | ||
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| Apr 28, 2015 at 19:22 | history | answered | Null♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |