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   From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article <1181044969.155710.40140@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,   
   SFTVratings  wrote:   
      
   > Anybody wrote:   
   > > In article , David Johnston   
   > > >  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > > >If Anakin had not been there, the Jedi Master (Windu?) would have   
   > > > >killed the Chancellor, and that would have been the end of it.   
   > > >   
   > > >   
   > > > No, if Anakin had not been there Palpatine would have just killed   
   > > > Windu without all the "Please help me, he murdering me" nonsense.   
   > >   
   > > That's true as well. Palpatine was playing with Mace Windu because he   
   > > had sensed Anakin was coming and he could use it to further manipulate   
   > > Anakin over to the Dark Side.   
   >   
   > I see no evidence that Palpatine was "playing".  It appeared to me   
   > that he was soundly defeated (having been weakened to the point of   
   > looking like a dried-up prune), and Master Windu was the victor.   
      
   The "evidence" is plainly obvious by the way Palpatine quickly wins. He   
   is not weakened at all and was never in any trouble. He is simply   
   playing to further manipulate Anakin. Palpatine has sensed he would   
   arrive, just like he sensed Vader was in trouble on Mustafar.   
      
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