The Evolution of Anakin VS Dooku Lightsaber Duels 

Burn! I hate that new math.

Second worst burn of Skywalkers life

bigredwolf6 - nice one 👍 !

Grey Femling your shorter then I expected

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Twosdae Novembuary 35thst in the rear of our lord 19tekashi69ine BC.

Ahhh damn! I was going to use that joke 😝

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J Sailer yeah....yeah

Perturabo The lack of a mention of a he death of not just the men but the women and children too served to severely hurt not only the men in my family, but the women in my family and children in my family as well.

Perturabo what is the Hammer of Olympia doing in here? Death to the false emperor!

Wrong universe! Go dig a trench, loser xD

so you are complaining about Heresy now? go step on lego, traitor.

Perturabo No, Its treason then

cole dietrich *insert unfunny joke about Darude - Sandstorm (presumably about not knowing the name of the song) here*

Haha😂😂😂😂 😭😭😭😭😭

That's why they call them the TECHNO union

Or Dooku used sandstorm! It was Darude!

*Anakin hates it*

I thought ani used form v. Or did he switch during/after the clone wars

Ben Rosa I don’t think Anakin was a heavy Ataru practitioner unless I’m wrong

@@Eggsecuter Anakin used a personaliszed hybrid of Djem So and Ataru built for offense. Djem So formed the core of his technique, while Ataru added some variation and helped counteract the heavy, grounded nature of Djem So. Anakin would use this technique essentially as a sophisticated sledgehammer to smash opponents defenses and beat them into submission.

Anakin was using djem so at this point. Not form 4. He abandoned form 4 after the fuel on geonosis. He used form 5 djem so with elements of 3 from kenobi. 2 from dooku, and parts of 7 later in life.

@@davidtownsend6092 He was using Form V primarily on Geonosis, but the Shien variant not Djem So, while his dual wield technique was form IV based. He switched over his style over the course of the Clone Wars, in response to his defeat on Geonosis at the hands of Dooku. His final form at the end of the Clone Wars was an offensive hybrid style using Djem So as the base with a solid Ataru integration to counteract Djem So's grounded nature. He wouldn't really add anything more until after he was catastrophically defeated on Mustafar, where his prosthetics and experiences forced him to completely revamp his fighting approach. He continued to use Djem So as a base, but studied all 7 forms in total, keeping useful elements while discarding the rest to form a full 7-form hybrid style.

OH GOD I ALMOST JUST DIED

This is way too underrated

This should be in the original script 😂

Eeek! Saaaaaaaannnnd!!!

Anakin:Oh...fuck her then.

Hotase4477 oh my lord

Yes, lol

dooku be like: ⚡👋boi ⚡⚡

Because the prequels are awesome 😎

Funny. They didn't. There were never "lightsaber forms" during the principal photography. This all came later from people who tried to give this movies more depth than they really have.

christian schmidt Like the Sequels are any better. At least the Prequels were original and not a OT 2.0.

@@danielmansson3841 Didn't know the sequels are a topic here, lol. Ok, they suck too. But at least they have good acting.

@@christianschmidt8476 thank you! It seems that a LOT of people think that the "forms" are actually in the films. Lucas didn't give a bantha's butt about forms, he just wanted the fights to look "bigger and better" as the movies went on.

didnt anakin and yoda have a chat in rots

lol right they should have a therapist to deal with all that stuff... but the jedi did see visions as a potential path to the darkside because they often created fear of the future

The therapy would've also helped with Anakin's PTSD from LOSING HIS FUCKING LIMBS

Just an idea. I’m not saying it’s the end all be all solution but maybe counseling at a younger age would have helped anakin. To an extent

Nope, Jedi are supposed to just take that stuff and let it go into the Force. I mean from what they say in the prequels the Jedi Order's ideal would be a high functioning sociopath

Like the "hello there" that General Grevuis started

@@Trivodex if you start correcting please correct properly... It's Grievous

@@Trivodex Evaluation is the correct word.

@@jaredweldrick185 actually, Obi-wan said it first in episode 3 which was released before that clone wars series

@@ironbatman9689 it matters not canonically he stole it from grievous end of story

its true

Wouldn’t happen as often if they had cross guards

He didn't lose it. He had a pretty good idea where it was the whole time.

See this is why the sequel trilogy is bad nobody loses their arm also if palaptine wins by dying or just absorbing rey why did he just commit suicide and take rey

I got to hand it to you, that's true. Anakin might disagree, but he doesn't have a leg to stand on.

I too, enjoy the Darth Malak Solution

They were all out of rockets

@@ZeroRoyale so youre telling me that 2 Jedi standing right next to the ship cant force push it off the spire without rockets?

Duncan McGee while they were in the gunship yes. Afterwards go nuts I guess

Devan Royal they could try but they’d leave themselves open to attack.

casbott if he tries to run just glass the planet. “What’s a war crime” probably some Japanese guy in China during ww2

What if animals plan was to get blasts by Dooku and thrown into his fighter. Obi wan is busy fighting Dooku while Anika’s goes to town

Now I imagine Dooku running away on foot like „aw shit they gonna get me!“

@@a_human8489 yeah theyre just bugs. Glass'em. Actually TCW humanized the bug race well.

RU-vid bruh animals

I agree without plot armour Dooku would have ended him the 2nd fight

And the way anakin kills him in rots is lame as fuck. Dooku wouldnt get disarmed like that lol

If he won the duel against Obi-Wan, he probably could've gone on to rival Sidious.

Actually he would easily surpass Palpatine because his full potential would be far greater than both Yoda and Sidious.

@@minatoarisato8798 Sidious hated lightsaber duels (If I recall correctly). He was a master manipulator and used the fears of Anikin to keep him under control. I think that if Anikin had trained under Sidious as his full potential Sidious would have deliberately built flaws in the training the ensure he was always superior (That was the whole reason for giving him outdated tech in his suit. So Vader would never rival him).

William Lockhart Nelson he could do that but that kinda seems to contradict why he picked anakin to be his apprentice since he wanted him so that one day anakin would kill him and take his place and become the most powerful sith of all time. He even was so confident that he would since he said to yoda “You will not stop me. Vader will become more powerful than either of us!” Or something along those lines. However that is my interpretation and I can fully see Sidious doing that so I am not completely disagreeing.

@@minatoarisato8798 Sidious always wanted to be the last Sith. That’s why he gave Vader such a crappy suit, so Vader wouldn’t stand a chance if he decided to continue the Rule of Two.

Hence why it makes sense that Anakin would look younger as a force ghost

Wait, what is RO?

@@rootbeerguy690 rogue one

He literally tortured his daughter for hours and blew up her home planet. He was only a good father towards Luke

ToasterBath380 are you judging Vader or Anakin.

A HEAD of him self

Guess he was just ahead of the curve. He had such a good head on his shoulders too

I guess he lost his head while fighting

rashiq spencer well dooku didn’t. in the comics palpatine told dooku to take out obi wan than toy with anakin and make him use the dark side.

R/whoosh

What does flex mean?

@@Elder74 Boast

Exercise, exercise, exercise! Younglings, younglings, younglings, every single day! Never go to the dinner without having killed at least 500 younglings.

Without the high ground we are nothing

HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!

@86sith yeah I don't think anyone else could pulled that one off except the trolling master himself 🤔

So lame

Is this a DBZA reference

Anakin has gotten far stronger. Dooku is a tired old man, of course he would lose once he ran out of tricks.

Anakins Form V is a direct counter to Form II because of kinetic energy generated through ferocity and swift, powerful strikes. Dooku was fighting a bad matchup. He only survived for so long because of how skilled he was at dueling.

R. Poe that and the amount of times he ended fights with Anakin using lightning to push him away.

Yearlonggiant oh yeah, it was probs his force lightning and telekinetic mastery that prolonged the inevitable. It sucks cuz I really like dooku and his style of form II. He’s so proficient that he can fight two on one, with a hand behind his back. So it’s hard for me to admit Anakin is the better duelist but alas he defeats him pretty hard. As far as I’m aware there’s no character I know that has the finesse dooku had so It bums me out knowing he lost to a hard counter. Not taking anything away from Anakin tho

R. Poe yeah not to mention how badass and intimidating of a voice he had, both in movies and clone wars. Dooku definitely had his moments to shine especially when he was able to 1v2 against the likes of kenobi and Skywalker on numerous occasions. He is among many of my favorite Star Wars villains, I’d say the only other dark side I knew of that handled a Lightsaber with finesse like Dooku was Maul as seen in Duel Of the fates, and perhaps his Skills with a double blade will be more prominent in the final season of Clone wars as well when he duels with Ahsoka Tano. We saw a lot of Anakins potential throughout the Clone wars, and we even saw how Ahsoka was someone who held him back from going over the edge at times. However we never really get to see Darth Vader’s full potential as a duelist, and the only places we truly see his talents and mastery of his forms is in the Duel with his former apprentice Ahsoka Tano. Other times we see Vader in combat he’s either holding back against Luke, or barely trying against characters like Ezra, Kanan Jarrus, and recently Cal Kestis as well. Closest thing we see to Vader’s fighting prowess is in the comics, but they don’t really go through the motions aside from just explaining what’s happening. If theirs one wish I have for Star Wars it’s that we finally see what Vader is truly capable of as a Duelist, no longer pulling his punches, but going all in. Who knows maybe the Vader Series being made by _Star Wars Theory_ will grant my wish, cause I just want to see Vader going full force.

R. Poe I’m pretty sure Anakin was so powerful in Revenge of the Sith where he was even able to take down the Jedi orders greatest battle master Cin Drallig. It’s in a brief Hologram you can see where Cin Drallig leads a Jedi strike team to kill Anakin(Vader), and they were likely the one thing that would’ve kept the Jedi Temple from falling had they succeeded, but ultimately their mission had failed and as a result the Jedi Order was destroyed.

Anakin: The Senate will decide your fate, count Dooku!!! The Senate: Do it!!!

@@u.v.s.5583 ahahaha good one

they don't like anakin

It's tough to call. I'd say Dooku is the better combatant overall, but Anakin was *really* strong in an area where Dooku had a (relative) weakness.

There's really no way to tell cause Dooku was going easy

ROTS Anakin is very underrated. hes top 5 in the jedi order at the very least. theres an argument for him to be the 3rd best duelist

Anakin killed the lightsaber instructor in other words he killed the one who teaches lightsaber combat to every single Jedi in the temple.

Anakin did master all forms. Dooku believes in only using and mastering one style tho

Nothing in the sequel trilogy is good

I rather like the duel between Rey and Kylo Ren on the death star remains. No hand loss, but he gets shanked

It would be interesting if they had cut off Kylo's hand. It's an inversion of the trope because the villain loses their hand instead, while still having a Skywalker lose their first lightsaber fight and hand.

lets be honest though. The fight scenes in the sequels were terribly choreographed either way. Who the hell even overlooked them?

@@lapplandkun9273 You say that yeah if you watch the originals are equally as bad

Fiore de Liberi Vs Ito Ryu

Wasn't Sidious also influencing the fight?

@@TheCharlesJackson No. That was a fan theory and never stated in any official material.

@@thewarner2139 gotcha

Agreed. Honestly, the movies probably made Anakin a tad too powerful. What I mean is that based off his showings especially with how he decimated Dooku, I find it hard to believe that Obi-wan's and Anakin's battle was as drawn out as it was on Mustafar. I think that realistically, Anakin/Vader would've won the battle before Obi-wan was able to reach the fabled high ground. Even Obi-wan in the RotS novel was CERTAIN that he had no chance against Anakin after feeling his power. Yes, while Obi-wan was a stunning master with form 3, Anakin was just as skilled in Form V if not more so with superior physical capabilities. Even beyond lightsaber skills, we know that Anakin was already a fair amount stronger in the Force than Obi-wan. What makes no sense is why Anakin simply didn't blast through Kenobi's defenses with the Force and snap his neck. We saw Dooku Force choke Obi-wan with near ease, and Vader is undoubtedly stronger on Mustafar than Dooku ever was. Also, it would be the ultimate ego stroke to Anakin's new found powers to simply end his former master without ever having to ignite his lightsaber. All in all, I believe the situation in which Anakin lost to Obi-wan at the end makes perfect sense. However, the battle actually lasting long enough to get to that point is mind boggling.

@@willcruikshank7972 RotS novel only applies to Legends, which is a completely different entity when it comes to the Mustafar duel. Current canon says Anakin and Obi-Wan were complete equals in RotS, both in dueling and in Force ability. We see this during their force push battle, where neither is able to overpower the other. Likewise, it's rare for anyone to resort to a direct force attack, especially in the middle of a duel, because it requires concentration and the user often risks leaving themselves vulnerable to attack. As for dueling, Obi-Wan trained Anakin and had the advantage of knowing his techniques like the back of his own hand, in addition to his own form III mastery, and having more combat experience than Anakin, all of it contributed to Obi-Wan's victory.

It would’ve been all fixed if Dooku, like, stuns him or something, the way Maul stunned Qui-Gon? Idk

Yeah if only they did the finishing blows a little faster since that is pretty consistent in the sequel duels

He probably didn’t do this for two reasons: 1. He was busy with the magna guard 2. He strictly follows the Jedi code and doesn’t think about killing his opponents immediately Either way, it was just plot armor. The clone wars can’t end that quickly.

Yes. Depth like "I can't love you. I am a senator." Or Darth mauls fantastic character arc. Oh wait.

christian schmidt yes now shut up

@@pilkers2 Sure you don't want to talk about Qui gons awesome character traits? Wait... did he have some? Let me think... no... except monotone, he hasn't any.

christian schmidt 1. He believes in the chosen one more than any Jedi 2.he wants to protect anakin 3.he is focused and in tune with the force Also what character traits does Rey have other than “Mary Sue”

@@pilkers2 This aren't character traits, that is what the character did. LMFAOOOOOO

Micah Breaker relatable

It wasn’t a week but 😂

It was months many months

Well, technically... You could say *two* arms were lost. This is getting out of hand. Now they're losing two of them!

Because Dooku quit the Jedi specifically because of Qui-Gon's death, that was the straw that broke the camel's back along with the whole Naboo Crisis and countless other instances of political corruption.

The movie didn't show it. Anakin beat Dooku, because he is more powerful. End of discussion.

christian schmidt yes, more powerful in force, but Dooku was better duelist.

@@cisarvitiate6142 Sadly, they didn't use the force during the fight, so...

christian schmidt sadly, you probably didn’t read what I wrote 4 days ago so I don’t care about you anymore

@@cisarvitiate6142 I did. That's why I wrote "the movie didn't show dooku would hold back." Ironically the movie shows how Anakin punched and kicked dooku all the time. The movie shows the exact opposite of what you try to tell me.

In the novels its stated he was trying to get captured

In legends, all these questions are answered in Matthew Stover’s Revenge of the Sith novelization. It’s wonderfully written, and one of my favorite books of all time.

casbott Sidious had a plan if the so called Chosen one beat count dooku he would’ve become apprentice but if dooku beat him then Dooku would stay as a apprentice they would have probably left obi wan to die or execute him idk what he planned with palps after either leave him or keep him captive and bring him to a Cis base

Palpatine didn't actually tell Dooku to go easy on Anakin. George Lucas: "Palpatine has told Dooku, 'I have somebody who I think will be a great Sith Lord and I think we can get him to join us. But we need to test him. So we're going to set up a situation where you fight him. If he gets the best of you, then I'll stop the fight and he'll have passed the test. If you get the best of him, then we'll let him go, and we'll let him stew for a few more years until he's ready.' But behind it, obviously, is Palpatine's real intention: If Anakin is good enough, Anakin can kill Dooku and become Palpatine's new apprentice. But he didn't tell Dooku that." -Star Wars: The Making of Revenge of the Sith. Palpatine wanted to see if Anakin was good enough to defeat Dooku. He was instructed not to kill him, but you don't have to kill someone to defeat someone.

Leo Roemer google it bro he’s 20 in episode 2 and 23 in episode 3

Roku the God dude, look at the Wookiepedia, and Yoda’s datapad, which contains the ages of Star Wars characters.

No, because he’s 19-22 in the clone wars, so the ages are correct

nicole you may need to recheck.

Leo Roemer recheck what? i’m agreeing with your first comment lol

@@kobelittle7330 sorry I meant to say djem so, he did use form 5 shien

@@kobelittle7330 again the forms are general and not strict, shien is best geared towards blaster deflection doesn't mean you can't use it for lightsaber combat, it just won't be as effective as djem so

Dooku wasn’t as powerful and anakin,dooku simply was outmatched

Yes

There are comics of everything

@@sleinzer2302 is it canon

@@TeemoForLife Nope, Legends. But I've never seen why people care about Disney vs Legends, both have good material and compelling stories. I won't pretend Legends doesn't have some insane and stupid stuff, but if we're all being honest, Disney has pulled shit at least as bad. Enjoy the stories that're out there, there's a hell of a lot and plenty of good ones.

@@StarSage66 disney had produced a lot of garbage *cough* helicopter lightsabers *cough*

Lol, you're right.

If you mean Obi Wan then no. Count Dooku sliced a big wound in Kenobi's arm but didn't fully cut it off.

@@sheevone4359 but it showed that it was cut off. But.ok!

@@fireblastfilms6785 if you put it on 0.25x speed you'll see that Kenobi's arm violently moves behind his body due to the blow he suffered from Dooku's strike. However we don't see the arm fly further away to the ground.

@@sheevone4359 I think he's talking about Anakin.

I thought it would be so he couldn't trip over the wires

he is a top tier duelist. Only jedi Yoda and Mace could defeat him

@@TeemoForLife nah, he'd beat Mace Windu. He looked up to dooku

@@goat9295 with mace it is a tie

@@miquelcanosasanteularia1678 Sith Dooku would lose to Windu, but Jedi Dooku would put Windu in his grave. Mace's ability to use Vapaad is highly effective against darksiders

@Star Trek Theory While I agree with you, that doesn't mean he's a shit fighter. Vapaad is really what sets him apart from any other jedi, plus the dude's just naturally powerful as fuck, I mean there's a reason why he's second in command on the jedi council

Legends Dooku could've handled him. However canon Dooku wasn't as knowledgeable or skilled as his EU version. Maul showed how tactical he can be in SoD, was comparable in force ability and ranked as a better duelist.

@@thewarner2139 I don't find that to be the case based on the evidence we've seen, including in SoD. Firstly it was Sidious and Tyranus plan to allow Maul to escape and even succeed initially to draw out Talzin-which worked so Dooku and Grievous 'capture' and even his alliance with Maul is stated openly in the comic to be a ruse to allow Sidious and the CIS to reach Talzin. The fact Maul's strategy only serves to get all his allies eliminated and that he requires Talzin to save him just to flee does not speak of great strategic foresight or tactical thinking. While DisCan Dooku is certainly inferior to his EU counterpart, we never see any evidence fo Maul being a superior duelist to Dooku, quite the opposite in fact since Maul never really improves against Kenobi in his duels all the way up to his death in Rebels, being essentially a stagnant character in ability and thought. Even in Son of Dathomir, Maul fails to best the Jedi he encounters, but Dooku effortlessly kills his opponent with a Force pull and impalement, which is an impressive feat against an on guard Jedi master. maul by comparison only has done something similar against Satine, who was a prisoner and did not have the Force. We've seen Dooku repeatedly defeat Kenobi against whom Maul has never triumphed in one on one combat, that Dooku does this while almost always having to fight Anakin as well is a pretty clear indicator he is the superior duelist. Finally the only negatives we actually have stated about Dooku is from Sidious to Vader, which makes sense in context as Vader hated Dooku and Sidious always told his apprentices what they wanted to hear to better keep them in line. I'm not a big fan of the Son of Dathomir comic in and of itself as it had the opportunity to put Maul and Dooku into a duel but danced around the issue without actually addressing it(likely due to Maul's bizarre popularity with the fanbase and his marketability for merchandise compared to Dooku)

TheWarner213 oh hey it’s u again

@@grandadmiralzaarin4962 Maul does defeat Kenobi during his initial return in TCW, as well as forcing him and Ventress to retreat in order to stay alive. While Maul doesn't defeat anyone else of significance, he does hold his own against both Aayla and Mace, the latter of whom holds a legitimate victory over Palpatine in canon. Likewise, it is confirmed in AEYNTK that Maul is superior to Dooku in dueling, even if only slightly, so it's not up for debate. Dooku is later defeated by Quinlan Vos in Dark Disciple, along with Filoni's comments that he would have died against Hondo's pirate crew if he attempted to fight back. The producers in Rebels state that Obi-Wan became familiar with Maul's technique, just as Anakin did with Dooku; with their final battle on Tatooine being that of two swordmasters playing out multiple scenarios in their minds before actually making a move. During the Cylo incident, Palpatine tells Vader that Maul was a loss of potential, whereas Dooku only ever served as a tool to be used and disposed of. Canon Dooku is a completely different entity compared to Legends. He isn't nearly as formidable or dangerous, Palpatine chose him primarily for his wealth, politics and experience handling the Jedi council.

@@thewarner2139 I'm afraid there are several flaws and misconceptions in your analysis. Maul and Savage gang up on Kenobi in their initial encounter and manage to overpower him together, this does not show Maul as being capable of standing up to Kenobi on even ground, but shows that he is in fact an inferior duelist that requires support to contend with Kenobi-which is a pattern in every duel he has save for their first meeting on Naboo and last meeting on Tatooine in DisCan- both duels he faced Kenobi alone, he was defeated. Looking at the second claim you make on forcing Asajj and Kenobi to retreat, that duel takes place after Savage and Maul had captured(and subsequently beaten Kenobi while unconscious if you see the bruises on the Jedi when Asajj rescues him) Asajj also had to lend Kenobi a lightsaber he was unfamiliar with and fight with a single blade herself. The fact Maul and Savage were unable to kill either of them or prevent their escape again demonstrate a failure in skill, not the opposite. Aayla in both Legends and DisCan is not considered a gifted duelist, merely standard and has no feats of achievement against Jedi or Sith duelists to warrant particular acclaim, which again, the fact Maul is unable to finish such an inferior duelist off is proof of his lacking in this area, whereas Dooku did effortlessly finish his opponent in that same battle. Further when Maul faces Mace, he is not alone, but supported by his commandos and he quickly disengages and escapes with their help. That's not holding his own, that is fighting with support and even then disengaging under cover of others. Further Maul is never explicitly stated by anyone who fought him in comics, books or other media as being superior to Dooku in dueling skills, so you are actually in error there. Dooku is considered and stated in both DisCan and the EU to be on par with Mace as a duelist and able to contend with, though not defeat Yoda. Maul by contrast holds no such feats against the top tiers of the Jedi Order. Fioloni himself admits that he wanted to introduce a new character and put Dooku, Kenobi and Skywalker in a position they would have to cooperate. This is a classic example of a humorous episode found in many Saturday morning cartoons, regardless of whether it makes sense in universe of not. Dooku later deals with the Pyke's attacking him while also fighting Kenobi and Skywalker with almost contemptuous ease. Throughout the Dooku captured episodes it is revealed that they can use the Force in their bindings and yet Dooku only uses the Force to kill at the end of the episode. Other than levitating a key and the mind trick by Kenobi they do not use the Force simply to extend the gag of them having to work together. Further, Dooku does not(again for comedic and plot purposes in those episodes) notice his lightsaber and Anakin's are lifted from him, in spite of being inside his cloak and the Kowakian being outside his cloak. That we see Dooku use the Force to deal with similar groups of enemies later in the series with his lightsaber as just a backup further throws those episodes validity into question. Dooku's defeat in Dark Disciple comes after facing both Ventress and Vos, teaching Vos the actual ways of the Sith as his new apprentice and Vos giving in fully to the Dark Side after Dooku was worn out from the battle with them both. Aside from the obvious issues with power scaling in the new DisCan on Vos being equal to someone who can fight Kenobi and Skywalker both on even ground-who are both regarded as stronger than Vos and more talented as duelists- you have discrepancies in Ventress skill level in that novel, which again come down to plot requirements similar to Galen Marek somehow being able to beat Darth Vader and fight Palpatine in the old EU, something that in universe makes no sense the more thought that one puts into it. Finally as I have addressed earlier, Palpatine tells Vader what he wanted to hear for the following reasons. One, Vader hated Dooku passionately, so Palpatine always encouraged this and fed it, the same as he did whenever the Jedi Council sided against Anakin, he's telling Anakin what he wants to hear. Two, Maul was a loss, not in potential, but as a blindly obedient dog with no ambitions of his own, so Palpatine never had to be concerned about him as a threat building his own power, unlike Dooku who had the means and ability to become a viable threat and the ambition(in DisCan) to depose him. Thirdly, Vader's concern in that incident is being discarded like Dooku was, so Palpatine is telling him again, what he wants to hear, that he is different, the same thing Palpatine has done since meeting Anakin so he's not a reliable narrator in that sense.

Actually, Darth Sidious was winning against Yoda in the senate chamber (the floating platform room), causing him to abandon the battle. In his own mind, Yoda knew he "Just didn't have it". He quickly left the battle, made his way down to reverse the 'all clear' transmitter and then dropped down into Senator Organa's speeder to make his escape. Sidious was very close to killing Yoda, and Yoda knew it.

@@WildeFyre69 Yoda won the lightsaber battle, which is why Sidious wanted to use his Dark Side Force powers because he was slightly more powerful in that area. These facts are well documented.

@@thebeast9606 In both print and movie, Yoda fled the battle. However, I cannot fault your logic and so, let us withdraw from this thread. Your point is well made.

@@WildeFyre69 It's all good dude. I don't disagree that he fled in the end, but we are discussing lightsaber combat, which I've read he was winning that exchange.

Tell me why you weren't there when the writers were writing the script?