Movies confirm that Anakin is roughly equal in power to Obi-Wan and Yoda is roughly equal in power to Palpatine. Anakin is the chosen one and the prophecy that he would bring balance to the force was fulfilled at the end of Episode 3 when those were the only four left.
George has explicitly said in the past that balance does not mean equal light and equal dark. The dark side is a corruption, a cancer of the Force. Of course George isn’t in charge anymore but Dave very much learned from George and seemingly already shared many of the same views of the Force to begin with.
Anakin brings balance when Luke redeems him, and he defeats Palpatine. And then yknow… again is balanced by the Dyad. But it’s easier for pretty much everyone not to talk about that.
Not my most controversial take. Mace Windu never had a chance against Palpatine. Palpatine let Windu take an advantageous position in the fight as his final ploy to turn Anakin. I offer three points as evidence for this.
First, Windu went to Palpatine’s office with three other Jedi masters, all of whom were members of the council, to arrest Palpatine. Despite having four of the most powerful Jedi, knowing that Palpatine was a dangerous Sith Lord, and having every opportunity to choose the place, time, and manner of the confrontation two of the four Jedi were dead before Windu even got his lightsaber activated and a third died almost immediately after.
Second, Windu got the upper hand just as Anakin arrived in the office. Palpatine appears to be a weakened pitiful old man as Windu turns his force lightening back on him and then decides to execute him instead of arresting him but as soon as Anakin attacks Windu formalizing his turn to the dark side Palpatine is on his feet and both his force lightening and his trademark cackle are at full force.
Third, despite his supposed grievous injuries, a day after the duel with Windu Palpatine fought Yoda to a stalemate.
Darth Plagueis was alive up until Palpatine was named Chancellor. Darth Maul was a match for Jedi Masters. Darth Tyranus was a very accomplished duelist even before becoming a sith. So I would say it was through training/sparring with his master and apprentices as well as the use things like training droids.
Movies confirm that Anakin is roughly equal in power to Obi-Wan and Yoda is roughly equal in power to Palpatine. Anakin is the chosen one and the prophecy that he would bring balance to the force was fulfilled at the end of Episode 3 when those were the only four left.
George has explicitly said in the past that balance does not mean equal light and equal dark. The dark side is a corruption, a cancer of the Force. Of course George isn’t in charge anymore but Dave very much learned from George and seemingly already shared many of the same views of the Force to begin with.
Anakin brings balance when Luke redeems him, and he defeats Palpatine. And then yknow… again is balanced by the Dyad. But it’s easier for pretty much everyone not to talk about that.
Interesting take. I mean, there were more of both, but as the power structures is interesting.
Not my most controversial take. Mace Windu never had a chance against Palpatine. Palpatine let Windu take an advantageous position in the fight as his final ploy to turn Anakin. I offer three points as evidence for this.
First, Windu went to Palpatine’s office with three other Jedi masters, all of whom were members of the council, to arrest Palpatine. Despite having four of the most powerful Jedi, knowing that Palpatine was a dangerous Sith Lord, and having every opportunity to choose the place, time, and manner of the confrontation two of the four Jedi were dead before Windu even got his lightsaber activated and a third died almost immediately after.
Second, Windu got the upper hand just as Anakin arrived in the office. Palpatine appears to be a weakened pitiful old man as Windu turns his force lightening back on him and then decides to execute him instead of arresting him but as soon as Anakin attacks Windu formalizing his turn to the dark side Palpatine is on his feet and both his force lightening and his trademark cackle are at full force.
Third, despite his supposed grievous injuries, a day after the duel with Windu Palpatine fought Yoda to a stalemate.
How did palpatine keep his skills sharp throughout all those years without attracting any notice?
Darth Plagueis was alive up until Palpatine was named Chancellor. Darth Maul was a match for Jedi Masters. Darth Tyranus was a very accomplished duelist even before becoming a sith. So I would say it was through training/sparring with his master and apprentices as well as the use things like training droids.