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From: david@block.net
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:02:40 +1200, Anybody
wrote:
>In article <1181120883.931839.319740@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
>SFTVratings wrote:
>
>> David Johnston wrote:
>> > On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:25:49 -0700, SFTVratings
>> > some body else wrote:
>> >
>> > >> Of course even assuming that Palpatine really was losing
>> > >> to Mace, had there been no Anakin then had Palpatine
>> > >> been exposed by other means and killed, then Dooku
>> > >> would have continued for him.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Dooku was dead.... killed in the first half hour of the movie.
>> >
>> > And who killed him? Anakin? And why did Palpatine allow Anakin to
>> > kill him? Because Anakin was the new Number 2 so there was no need
>> > for the old Number 2.
>>
>>
>> Uh. You're missing my previous point. If Anakin chose to "stay a
>> good Jedi" (or had followed orders and stayed in his private
>> chambers), then Windu would have killed Palpatine, and there'd be NO
>> replacement. The Sith would have been extinguished, and the democracy
>> of to Republic restored.
>
>Nope, you're missing the point. Palpatine was simply playing with Mace
>Windu. He was PRETENDING to be weak and defeated because he sensed
>Anakin was coming.
>
>Plapatine is winning and confident, suddenly he's "losing" and "weak",
>Anakin arrives, suddenly he's again strong and wins.
>
>Even my uncle Jack can see what's going on, and he's blind. ;-)
>
>If Anakin had not gone to Palpatine's office, then Plapatine wouldn't
>have bothered pretending and would have simply wiped the floor with
>Mace Windu as he did with the other three Jedi and almost did with Yoda
>as well.
>
Yes, it doesn't seem at all plausible that Mace with three other Jedi
backing him was no match for Palpatine, but suddenly once Mace is on
his own, he gets five times as good and gains the upper hand.
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