Re: Revenge of the Sith Question

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:00:56 +1300, Anybody wrote:

In article <C1DDB90D.C721%shaka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rick Sciacca
<shaka@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have been watching Ep 3 almost everyday on HBO on demand since it is the
only way that my son has been able to fall asleep. Anyway, I have been
watching the scene with the arrest of Palpatine and have a question:

Why is he able to so easily kill the 3 Jedi with Master Windu? The first he
does a simple stabbing, the 2nd a few simple moves and 3 third a single
slice, yet these Jedi are unable to defend these apparent simple attacks. I
have some theories: Can Palpatine, who is strong with the Dark Side,
manipulate these Jedi into becoming paralyzed or unable to defend themselves
because they are not as strong with the Force? Does anyone know if these
Jedi are Masters (I have not tried to research them to find out), or maybe
still Padawan? I find it hard to believe that Windu would bring along non
masters to arrest a known Sith Lord. If they are masters, how could they be
defeated so easily? He couldn't defeat Windu that easily. I realize he was
acting weak and defenseless once Skywalker showed up, but I don't think he
was just playing with Windu until that happened, and that he could have
killed Windu as easily as the others.

If you think you may know the answer to this, please respond.

They simply under-estimated and were surprised by Palpatine's
abilities. No living Jedi has fought a Sith Master and they saw him as
an old man who couldn't act so swiftly. Shellshock is a term that is
often used in such cases as well, and yes that does happen to highly
trained military personnel as well. I can't remember if the Jedi with
Mace Windu were all Jedi Masters or not, but it makes little real
difference in this situation.

Palpatine sensed via the Force that Anakin was coming and pretended to
be "easily" defeated by Mace Windu so that he could put on the act and
manipulate Anakin closer to turning to the Dark Side - Palpatine
appears to be the weak innocent one while Mace Windu appears to be the
bad guy wanting to kill him, which helps convince Anakin that the Jedi
are indeed corrupt.

No, it was a mistake in the script. "Never underestimate your enemy" seems
like it would be a first year concept to teach young trainees. Shellshock
is defined specifically, it does not apply here.

--
"If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."
-- Maslow

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