Revenge of The Sith argument.
HELP!!! Settle an argument for me. My friend and I are bickering back and forth about a scene in the movie Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
It is the scene where Mace Windu and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (aka Darth Siddeous, aka The Emperor,) are fighting. You remember the scene. Mace and Palpatine are fighting, Mace seems to best Palpatine and gets him on the floor with a lightsaber at his neck. Palpatine shoots force lightning at Mace. Mace blocks it and deflects a little back onto Palpatine, burning his face. Palpatine begs for mercy, Anakin then sides with Palpatine and hurts Mace, allowing Palpatine to kill him.
My friend says that Mace is more powerful than Palpatine and easily beat him. And if it weren't for Anakin's betrayal, Mace would have won that fight. The end.
I say however, that Palpatine was faking. He was using that fight to lure Anakin to the darkside. Mace has Palpatine on the floor, Palpatine shoots force lightning but it is deflected by Mace. Palpatine beggs Anakin for help, saying "Help me Anakin, I'm too weak."
Weak? How? When Anakin hurts Mace, suddenly Palpatine has uber strength and mega zaps Mace out the window? Where was the weakness? My theory is that Palpatine was totally faking that whole fight just to get Anakin to his side. Mace could NOT have actually beaten him at all. Palpatine was one of the most powerful Siths alive at the time. Remember, he mopped the floor with Yoda later on in the film.
Okay, boys and girls, I value your opinions. Go for it.
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