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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OB1" data-source="post: 7314526" data-attributes="member: 6796241">So did Anakin, Ben and Yoda.  It's a prequel so we know they lived.  Why then would the author make the choice to have Palpatine go up against 4 Masters?  Perhaps to show how powerful Siddious was?  You seem to be throwing out what the text of the film is telling you because it conflicts with your ideas for how things should work.  You mean besides the fact that he slaughtered them without breaking a sweat?  (Was there any sign of violence at all doctor?  You mean besides the dead body?)Mace was about to break the code he had dedicated his entire life to.  Maybe he was stealing himself to the task, or maybe he was giving Siddius the chance to defend himself with force lightening so that it wouldn't be straight up killing an unarmed opponent.  I can think of a thousand reasons why Mace pulled back his sword first.  Again, why not engage with the film by assuming that the choices made were done so deliberately by the author instead of assuming they are mistakes?Also, you keep comparing Jedi training to a martial art, but please tell me the form I can study so that I can deflect bullets with a sword while blindfolded 30 seconds after being instructed to "let go your conscious self and act on instinct.", "You're eyes can deceive you, don't trust them," and "Stretch out with your feelings"  None of that will work for me because I don't have the Force.  Luke and Rey do, so they can perform that superhuman ability with nothing more than the instruction to reach out and trust the force, which they both had.The Jedi Order spent decades training pupils not to make them powerful, but to keep them under control.  To indoctrinate them into a rigid control structure, inoculate them from the dark side and to ensure the supremacy of the Republic.  That's why there was a program to identify and indoctrinate all force sensitives from an early age.  The Jedi Order was the Avengers and the X-Men and the Superhero Registration Act and the Mutant Registry and the Sakovia Accords all wrapped into one to serve the Republic.  And for 1,000 years, with the Republic in full control of them, they were the only super power.  Bring a Nuke, I mean Jedi, to a negotiation and the opposing side has no choice but to capitulate.  Unless they have a Nuke, I mean Sith, of their own.</blockquote>

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