Talk:Palpatine/Archive14

Palpatine do any more battles/duels after he became emperor??

 * Well, we all know Palpatine engaged in three known battles; 1) his saber duel with Maul, one that he won 2) his saber duel against Windu and his jedi which was another battle he won 3) and his saber duel with Yoda which was one he stalemated but managed to win using his force abilities. Those are three known duels he did. But did he do any other battles after he became emperor??
 * You're probably not gonna find too many; more often than not he was depicted seated in the throne, or walking about on his cane... and cackling. One reason may be that writers in the EU may have been as taken in by Palpatine's "weak old man" act as so many of his victims were. They knew he was powerful in the Force, but somehow didn't extend that knowledge into physical power or prowess. When you get to the Dark Empire comics, however, all that's out the window. Once he transfers his consciousness into a young clone body, he duels Luke straight into the dirt. But that's the last lightsaber duel we ever see Palpatine engage in before he dies once and for all. Erik Pflueger [[Image:Galactic_Republic.JPG|20px]] 06:30, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

"The treachery of Zaarin"
Does anyone find it odd that Palpatine could be forcibly captured and held prisoners by troopers? Palpatine, likely the most powerful practitioner of the dark arts in history, being imprisoned by grunts is hard to chew. He would have had no trouble killing them in one fell swoop. The only conclusion that I can think of is that Palpatine feigned weakness, as he typically did, and let himself be captured. Perhaps as a test for Vader and Stele? It just seems to be that the creators of that game vastly underestimated Palpatine's true abilities. --Danik Kreldin 14:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Either that or he knew Vader, Thrawn and Stele would come along and rescue him with their combined awesome, er, awesomeness. Either way, it's rather speculative. Green Tentacle (Talk) 15:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure it was retconned (somewhere) that they used ysalamiri to keep him in check. Gonk 16:50, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Never read that before... can you find a source for that? --Danik Kreldin 17:09, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I think your theory is right, Danik. &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 20:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Zaarin DID have the assistance of Arden Lyn. Still, you're probably right that it was a test for Vader or Stele. I don't believe I've ever seen the ysalamiri connection in print; it's just been a fanon retcon, one that doesn't fit with the fact that they were almost unknown until Thrawn finally put all the pieces together just before Heir to the Empire. jSarek 11:55, 9 March 2007 (UTC)