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- on May 13th 2019, 4:22 am
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- Topic: Yoda V Sidious (Rematch)
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Yoda V Sidious (Rematch)
Kilius wrote:One quick comment on the source Grey provided:
Yeah no. While it's true Yoda did exhaust himself, so too did Sidious, as per the senior novel:
Yeah no, All Sids did was end his augmentation. Much like how Dooku let's his augmentation go in AotC and is exhausted. Then ramps himself back up the moment Yoda appears.
Also as posted earlier in the thread Yoda was battered and bruised and beaten. Palps was just out of breath.
Demonstrably false.
There are literal sources saying Yoda realised he was outmatched by Sids specifcally and therefore decided to run.
Wheless' team worked out three key poses to tell the story:
1) Yoda and Darth Sidious lock lightsabers
2) Yoda is forced back by Sidious' power, and grimaces in pain
3) Yoda uses all of his strength to push Sidious back
[...]
"The shot is only three seconds long, but it communicates to the audience that Yoda has met his match," he says.
--Insider #86: Yoda’s Right Arm
Though Yoda is a tough combatant, the Emperor uses his Sith powers to release lightning bolts and hurl floating platforms at his foe. Ultimately the battle proves too much for Yoda, who barely escapes and is whisked away to safety by Senator Bail Organa.
--Ultimate Star Wars
Yoda is eventually outmatched by Sidious.
--Revenge of the Sith Story Gallery
The Jedi Master and the Sith Lord dueled in the Senate chamber, but Sidious was too strong for Yoda to defeat.
--Coruscant History Gallery
A fierce duel commenced. Yoda and Darth Sidious each used his side of the Force to try to defeat the other. But the Sith Lord's powers were too strong.
--Revenge of the Sith Canon Junior Novelization
Which is what happened. Yoda gave his all with an environmental edge gave all he had, fought harder than ever before to the point of exhaustion and Sids was still standing.
As to why Yoda ran, it's explained in the junior novel that he ran because he knew the Emperor would summon clone trooper reinforcements and this is collaborated by the senior novel where Sidious sounds the alarm as soon as the battle ends:
And it's not like Yoda couldn't just oneshot all of them. Yoda came off far worse in the final clash because he was weaker. Cut the environment crap. Palps was thrown back and slammed into a hard object straight away after taking the same blast and still recovered fast enough to grab the rail, Yoda had a freefall of several seconds after the same impact and couldn't reorient himself or recover. Why? Because he was exhausted, outmatched, done. Stop trying to get around this.