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Post by tanzanlinnear on Jun 8, 2005 16:14:57 GMT -5
The other thread (and the movies) got me thinking about this... In AOTC, Anakin was hit and went down, Obi-Wan (being more experienced) was able to use his lightsaber to block the lightning with his lightsaber (maybe the blade absorbed or dissipated the energy, like a kind of lightning rod) Yoda was then able to absorb the lightning directly without harm. This is all well and good... How come then in ROTS, that Yoda was even hit by the lightning the first time (it couldn't have been any more of a surprize to him than when Dooku did it), but mainly, how come Master Windu's blade deflected the lightning rather than absorb/dissipating it? (Other than plot necessity, of course) The reason I wonder is because the novelization and visual dictionary both point out that Vader wouldn't be able to cast (or block) Force lightning, because it required living hands to do so (makes sense as the Force is generated by living things) So with that in mind, how come Obi-Wan and Master Windu were able to use their sabers to block/deflect the lightning?  |
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Post by Clone Commando on Jun 8, 2005 17:40:02 GMT -5
Basically the light sabers can block the lightning, mace never deflected it it he just did the same as obi-wan did, and the emperor got that way by casting the lighting not because he was hit by it, because he wasn't. and you could kinda tell Yoda was expecting Dooku's attack, But with the emperor he had no clue.
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Post by tanzanlinnear on Jun 8, 2005 17:59:26 GMT -5
I'm prettysure that he was deflecting the lightning back off his blade, because it was arching back against the window sill, and then back down onto Palpatine as he brought the blade of the saber down... I guess it's possible that Yoda was simply taken by surprize though.
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Post by kivaanzion on Jun 8, 2005 19:22:26 GMT -5
Yes I'm sure that Mace was deflecting the lightning back (onto Palpatine's face) as well. Can't really say why sometimes it is absorbed by the lightsaber, and other times deflected by it.
But in the case of Yoda- it may be that the Emperor was much more powerful than Dooku- When the Emperor zapped Yoda he probably expected the lightning to have the same strength of lightning that Dooku threw at him in AOTC.
It was much more powerful, so Yoda was knocked off his feet.
Yoda did tell Luke not to underestimate the Emperor's power (which Yoda did in ROTS- he did lose after all).
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Jun 9, 2005 0:05:52 GMT -5
Basically I think that Palpatine, being a powerful Sith, was able it mask his intentions so that Yoda couldn't sense them. "Hard to see, the dark side is." And I'm sure that somewhere, somehow, someone will uncover all the mysteries behind Force Lightning.... Any takers?  |
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Post by Solinbeb Newau on Jun 9, 2005 7:44:25 GMT -5
Dooku also made a show about his force lightning...pretty much telling Yoda he was about to do it.
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Post by Sef-FireMoon on Jun 9, 2005 8:29:27 GMT -5
Yep, I agree, Dooku was showy & The Emporer is MUCH more powerful than he, so Yoda got a surprise smack. I think Obi-wan was just blocking the lightning, Mace was attempting ( and doing a good job of ) feeding it back at Palpatine.
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Post by BakaNeko on Jun 9, 2005 9:01:15 GMT -5
In response to the force lightning, I would say that Obi-Wan was able to absorb the lightning because it wasnt that strong, kinda like regular lightning. But when Palpatine was using it against Mace, he put more power into it because he was trying to kill him. With the lightning being to strong and potent, the saber couldnt absorbed the energy so it was deflected, back into Palpatines face.
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Post by tanzanlinnear on Jun 9, 2005 10:12:29 GMT -5
That would make sense  |
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Post by Qual Totem on Jun 9, 2005 21:57:21 GMT -5
or maybe sidious purposely deflected it into his face to make Anakin help him
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Post by BakaNeko on Jun 10, 2005 8:35:11 GMT -5
that doesnt make much sense, Anakin was goin gto help anyway because he thought Palpatine could help him save Padme, so he had to save him.
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Post by Kyrian Zenda on Jun 23, 2005 16:34:44 GMT -5
If you think about it, Mace was standin closer to Palpatine than Obi was to Dooku, so mebbe the lightning needed some place to go, which would have been Palpatines face. Plus Mace sounded like he was strainin - seein as though usin the Force requires effort, mebbe he was usin the Force to keep it from touchin him, and it happened that because he was so close, it hit Palpatine and deformed his face.
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