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From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com
In article , Merrick
Baldelli wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:14:36 +1200, Anybody
> wrote:
>
> >In article <1180973740.969527.119910@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
> >SFTVratings wrote:
> >
> >> Anybody wrote:
> >> >
> >> > The Jedi didn't create the Empire, which probably would have happened
> >> > with or without Anakin. It was Palpatine's plan long before he even
> >> > heard of Anakin.
> >>
> >> If Anakin had not been there, the Jedi Master (Windu?) would have
> >> killed the Chancellor, and that would have been the end of it. Back
> >> to a Democratic Senate.
> >
> >Except that it was Anakin who told the Jedi that Palpatine was a Sith
> >Lord. Without him they may never have worked it out in time.
>
> I don't know about that either. The Jedi Council was pretty
> suspicious of Palpatine by this point in the story. Skywalker was
> allowed his "special connection" with Palpatine in order to determine
> whether or not their suspicions of Palpatine were justifiable. Seemed
> a rather logical and pragmatic approach to test both (Palpatine and
> Skywalker) against each other to determine both of their intentions.
The Jedi were suspicious that Palpatine was somehow involved with the
Separatists, but they did not even guess that he was a Sith Lord until
told by Anakin.
> What the Council didn't realize was that Skywalker was haunted
> again by prophetic dreams involving Padme. If they knew that, then
> they would've been known not to involve Skywalker at all with
> Palpatine.
If the Council had realised that Palpatine was a Sith Lord then they
wouldn't have let Anakin anywhere near him, let alone act as a spy.
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