Travis Baumann
Super Freak
You just don't get it.
That is exactly what I said in my post. I DONT GET why Sidious would allow himself to be that horribly disfigured if he was as powerful as you think he is.
He is pretty tough, and I love him.... don't get me wrong but I don't think the writing in that scene is very good and I DO think that he actually needed a bit of help from Anakin right about then.
Look, if Yoda can go up against him alone and nearly do it, I think the second highest rank Jedi and the one known for Vapad could also hold his own against the Sith to an extent. Sidious was obviously not all powerful... Vader was more powerful.
Point is moot I guess, as we each see how that scene went down differently.
Does not diminish my love for Palps in the OT and I really love him in the Dark Red robes when he first addresses the Senate in the PT. That being said, I find it hard to believe that the Senate would be so easily swayed by a horribly disfigured dude with a creepy other-worldy modulation in his voice telling them that ALL but ONE of their Jedi protectors of the peace had turned on him and tried to assassinate him just to gain control of the Republic. How would they suddenly take control just by his loss?
I still like the PT but I don't have to swallow it whole scale. I find faults with the OT too but slightly less is at stake because these scenes I am talking about literally shape the entire Galaxy and reflect directly on what came so many years before.