How Did Sidious Become Such a Powerful and Skilled Lightsaber Duelist? (Legends)

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    The Non-Canon Expert looks at the training methods that Darth Sidious underwent during his decades as the Apprentice to the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Plagueis, explaining the important feats and lessons he was able to participate in that would make him one of the most powerful and skilled lightsaber duelists of his era.
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Komentáře • 718

  • @morningnapalm9963
    @morningnapalm9963 Před 4 lety +1116

    Sideous: "A proper Sith need not concern himself with the barbary of saber combat"
    Sideous: *becomes master of lightsaber forms purely to flex on Jedi

    • @spaceonisorceress4406
      @spaceonisorceress4406 Před 4 lety +72

      Not like he's a known and very skilled liar or anything :P

    • @morningnapalm9963
      @morningnapalm9963 Před 4 lety +55

      @Jason Rasmussen a Sith, lying? By the Whills it can't be true!!

    • @Matthew-Anthony
      @Matthew-Anthony Před 4 lety +33

      @@morningnapalm9963 Sith lie all the time though.
      "Treachery is the way of the Sith."
      ~Darth Tyranus (Count Dooku)

    • @evan3706
      @evan3706 Před 4 lety +12

      Matthew Cioffi bro he was joking

    • @babycakessr.8704
      @babycakessr.8704 Před 4 lety

      Rexus Mundi ppppppppp

  • @Gameguy-gk8lx
    @Gameguy-gk8lx Před 4 lety +1651

    Easy. He tried spinning. And we all know that's a good trick.

    • @narev6569
      @narev6569 Před 4 lety +55

      You spin and spin and eventually you have the high ground. Then you're good.

    • @th3l05t-kfpreactoroperator5
      @th3l05t-kfpreactoroperator5 Před 4 lety +12

      @@narev6569 but as we all know only one ever truly reached the high ground

    • @narev6569
      @narev6569 Před 4 lety +13

      @@th3l05t-kfpreactoroperator5 It was Yoda cause he had the floating wheelchair.

    • @seanm4095
      @seanm4095 Před 4 lety +5

      @@narev6569 No No that was professor Exavier!!

    • @stefannotchev7209
      @stefannotchev7209 Před 4 lety +3

      Lmao

  • @darylsdesigns6679
    @darylsdesigns6679 Před 4 lety +547

    In the Revenge of the Sith novel, it was said that Sidious moved so fast that he appeared to fade in and out of existence from Anakin’s point of view. He relies on Force-enhanced speed- and presumably Dark Rage-to overwhelm his opponents in one-on-one combat

    • @starwarsreadingclub
      @starwarsreadingclub  Před 4 lety +91

      I love this entire section of the novelization Daryl and it's a great point. One of the aspects that I tried to always keep in mind here was how Sidious was able to do what he did to the Jedi in his office in Episode 3, as I think Luceno does such a great job of showing the origins of it in the Darth Plagueis novel. Always appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!

    • @SPECTRE_Madman
      @SPECTRE_Madman Před 4 lety +12

      Didn’t Luke do the same thing in legends

    • @yungpo9853
      @yungpo9853 Před 4 lety +29

      @CVK Anakin's potential and midichlorian count and the fact that he was the chosen one I feel like Anakin would've became the strongest force user to have ever lived period.

    • @SPECTRE_Madman
      @SPECTRE_Madman Před 4 lety +15

      Yung Po Even more powerful than abeloth ? And then what would happen if anakin drank from the front of power and bathed in the Pool of knowledge
      Him already being force sensitive and abeloth not being force sensitive would he be even more powerful than her

    • @Matthew-Anthony
      @Matthew-Anthony Před 4 lety +8

      @@yungpo9853 Abeloth was already ten times more powerful in the Force than Luke Skywalker. I doubt that Anakin Skywalker would have been more than ten times more powerful than Luke.

  • @JonPITBZN
    @JonPITBZN Před 4 lety +235

    Video: "How did Sidious become such a powerful and skilled lightsaber duelist?"
    Me: "Ummm...practice? And also probably darkside stuff."
    Video: "Practice, and also darkside stuff."

    • @jeremydyar7566
      @jeremydyar7566 Před 4 lety +11

      It's more how was Sidious able to practice

    • @Ilyas-ty6cy
      @Ilyas-ty6cy Před 3 lety

      That not the point practice alone will not make you better, you need a sparring partner for that... In this video, it shows they also have it for their training... But it either they using a specialized type droid or a powerful beast from a hostile planet for that to embed their skill...

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 Před 3 lety +2

      Practice makes lethal. Darkside stuff makes yellow eyes.

    • @zls9890
      @zls9890 Před 3 lety +2

      We're in here talkin' 'bout practice

  • @RyanTheDark
    @RyanTheDark Před 4 lety +918

    Years of training and...
    UNLIMITED POWER!!!

  • @DarrelsWonderland
    @DarrelsWonderland Před 4 lety +411

    The Senate has a power to many abilities, some consider to be a natural!

  • @AssassinoSighted
    @AssassinoSighted Před 4 lety +357

    "The Sith grew past the use of lightsabers. But we continue to use them, if only to humiliate the Jedi" - palpatine

    • @shawn6860
      @shawn6860 Před 4 lety +29

      The light saber was not a symbol to the Sith like it was to the Jedi. The Sit were/are true Force users.

    • @AssassinoSighted
      @AssassinoSighted Před 4 lety +19

      @@shawn6860 sith even used sith swords, lightsaber whips, batons, most of the time they didnt even need them

    • @shawn6860
      @shawn6860 Před 4 lety +10

      @@AssassinoSighted oh ya. if they chose not to they would be fine with out weapons. And proved more diverse in the force. Which is good for story.

    • @AssassinoSighted
      @AssassinoSighted Před 4 lety +7

      @@shawn6860 valkorion/vitate is s good example

    • @revolverocelot1380
      @revolverocelot1380 Před 4 lety +15

      I don't get that bullshit quote. Grow past? Lightsaber combat is just another form of force combat merely aided by physical/martial prowess. It makes no sense to ditch a Lightsaber since it is connected to your strength with the force. It's not a crutch it's a tool which can grow with you and does not restrict you in anyway.

  • @bobhockey2509
    @bobhockey2509 Před 4 lety +307

    That moment you realize Sheev is the main character of all of star wars...

    • @MultiNumenor
      @MultiNumenor Před 4 lety +115

      1) The senate menace
      2) Attack of the senate
      3) Revenge of the senate
      4) A new senate
      5) The senate strike back
      6) The return of the senate
      7) The senate awaken
      8) The last senate
      9) The rise of the senate

    • @noellucas6421
      @noellucas6421 Před 4 lety +1

      Omg

    • @yeraveragelad4012
      @yeraveragelad4012 Před 4 lety +14

      Its funny because its true he may not be the protagonist but he is the producer and everone else has to react to him.

    • @steezy7.3eazy76
      @steezy7.3eazy76 Před 3 lety +1

      Main antagonist

    • @georgbergsten6050
      @georgbergsten6050 Před 3 lety +2

      Main villain maybe. But anakin is the main character

  • @Kevin-sq1hh
    @Kevin-sq1hh Před 4 lety +190

    "If not for meeee - For Windu "- Plageuis

  • @KobaLenk
    @KobaLenk Před 4 lety +236

    I believe, Palps could be one of the best swordsmen in his era, only rivaled by Yoda, Windu and Dooku.
    I've read somewhere he was so insanely fast, that the last thing you would see was his crimson lightsaber moving towards you.
    Plagueis even stated Palps had the bloodthirst of a serial killer.

    • @Burning-Twilight
      @Burning-Twilight Před 4 lety +59

      Makes sense Sidious basically murdered his entire family with a smile on his face

    • @madsam7582
      @madsam7582 Před 4 lety +9

      Even though Obi Wan was reckoned to be one of the best fighters, even recognized by Windu at "the best" towards the end of the clone wars.

    • @Burning-Twilight
      @Burning-Twilight Před 4 lety +53

      @@madsam7582 The best at his specific form to be more precise.

    • @KobaLenk
      @KobaLenk Před 4 lety +53

      @@madsam7582 Obi Wan was the master of Soresu, but won't defeat Palpatine, even with trolling. Palpatine would see their fight as childsplay

    • @michaeltabor9596
      @michaeltabor9596 Před 4 lety +9

      MadSam ! Sinuous
      Takes out obi wan within a few minutes
      Yoda said to fight the emperor
      You are not

  • @dillonb5317
    @dillonb5317 Před 4 lety +165

    Simple, he did alot of pushups and situps and drank plenty of juice

  • @darthunify9025
    @darthunify9025 Před 4 lety +237

    But he couldn't stop me from throwing him

    • @vitorkennedy1862
      @vitorkennedy1862 Před 4 lety +16

      And you couldn't prevent his rebirth. Palpatine is beyond many thing including prophecies.

    • @noellucas6421
      @noellucas6421 Před 4 lety

      Burn!!!!! Lol

    • @tyg9155
      @tyg9155 Před 4 lety +19

      vitor kennedy Disney crap doesn’t work here

    • @vitorkennedy1862
      @vitorkennedy1862 Před 4 lety +8

      @@tyg9155 i was referring to legends, the original canon.

    • @Andres-vj2ws
      @Andres-vj2ws Před 4 lety +10

      vitor kennedy ngl, Legends is far more clever than mousecanon

  • @mysteriouslunar9779
    @mysteriouslunar9779 Před 4 lety +168

    And hilariously, he didn't even _like_ lightsaber combat. He just got good at it as a double middle finger to the Jedi. It was supposed to be beneath a proper Sith controlling the Force. I kind of get what he's getting at, like the fabled martial artist masters that are so powerful that they don't need to kick you or punch you, merely the force of their chi can throw you across a room. Or being able to be in such control of your life and surroundings that you never end up in such a situation in the first place, unless you want to.

    • @dakotablount251
      @dakotablount251 Před 4 lety +14

      "Chi" 😭😂😂😂😂😭😭😂😂😂😂😂

    • @jaredt2590
      @jaredt2590 Před 4 lety +8

      If you look at Sidious battle against Yoda he is throwing those Senate seats around like they're nothing while Yoda is struggling to repel 1. He could cancel his sith lightning and Mace could reflect it but that's only one attack.

    • @bensosnowski1128
      @bensosnowski1128 Před 4 lety +4

      Dakota Blount what’s so funny?

    • @whicay5460
      @whicay5460 Před 3 lety +1

      @@bensosnowski1128 chi is stupid

    • @mysteriouslunar9779
      @mysteriouslunar9779 Před 3 lety +4

      Hence "fabled masters", lol.

  • @andytheshark2102
    @andytheshark2102 Před 4 lety +90

    its nice that there are still some youtubers that keep the true sw eu canon alive, very nice.

    • @starwarsreadingclub
      @starwarsreadingclub  Před 4 lety +10

      Thank you for watching ATS, it is awesome to hear that you are enjoying the videos!

    • @johannesmakila2459
      @johannesmakila2459 Před 4 lety +5

      There is no such thing as one true SW EU canon. Just because you think there is doesn't make it so.

    • @andytheshark2102
      @andytheshark2102 Před 4 lety +6

      Johannes Mäkilä no but the Disney verse is sure as hack not canon either. The only true canon is George’s, and he sold his baby so his option is not really reliable either.

    • @Comrade2261
      @Comrade2261 Před 4 lety +1

      Exactly.

    • @Going1outof10
      @Going1outof10 Před 4 lety +2

      Here is your 69th like,you've earned it young padawan.

  • @julianprada7228
    @julianprada7228 Před 4 lety +96

    He saw a training program on a magazine and he thought "im going to DEW IT'

  • @derekclawson5707
    @derekclawson5707 Před 4 lety +20

    Palpy trained Maul very well to be able to defeat Qui Gin, who was one of Jedi orders' best. So it's not surprising the actual master defeated more than one Jedi master when attempting to apprehend him.

  • @scottmurphy4946
    @scottmurphy4946 Před 4 lety +89

    THE SIDIOUS WORKOUT ROUTINE
    100 Push-Ups
    100 Sit-Ups
    100 Squats
    10KM Running
    Repeat 7 days a week. That’s it!

  • @deadmetal8692
    @deadmetal8692 Před 4 lety +26

    Also I believe that when he faced the four Jedi masters at the end of 3 Sideous used a Sith 'scream' (can't remember the name) to disorient the Jedi Masters.

  • @DaG.O.A.T.
    @DaG.O.A.T. Před 4 lety +83

    cause sidious trained like rocky the hard and difficult way. And the jedi trained with floting balls . thats why sidious manhandled them in a fight

  • @MrRonald327
    @MrRonald327 Před 4 lety +22

    Sidious is just one determined badass.

  • @vitorkennedy1862
    @vitorkennedy1862 Před 4 lety +107

    He was like Vitiate, conceived by the dark side of the force to carry on the revenge of the Sith.

    • @utoresa5193
      @utoresa5193 Před 4 lety +28

      @Zany Zebra Yet Sidious had surpassed him by ROTS(that's fact),then he became much stronger until his death and became far far stronger than that in his peak in dark empire.

    • @DaG.O.A.T.
      @DaG.O.A.T. Před 4 lety +17

      @Zany Zebra Vitiate was a beast in his day but Sidious was a bigger,darker & more powerful & more intellectual beast then Vitiate could ever imagine

    • @enforcerridley158
      @enforcerridley158 Před 4 lety +20

      Vitiate had no interest in revenge against the Jedi. Vitiate wanted power, immortality, and solitude. He saw the Jedi merely as a means to an end, a sacrifice for his goals. He viewed the Sith, and everyone one else in the same way: as sacrifices for his goals.

    • @chrisd9656
      @chrisd9656 Před 4 lety +2

      @Cult Mechanicus This is my opinion, 1 Sidious 2 Andedu 3 Bane

  • @freeamericanthinker558
    @freeamericanthinker558 Před 4 lety +77

    "Dew it"

  • @Gor85
    @Gor85 Před 4 lety +9

    This is pretty smart of Sith. Extremelly smart. I can imagine Plageous and Sidious destroying their enemies. Incredible

  • @marcusevans406
    @marcusevans406 Před 4 lety +16

    Sidious even said that he looks at lightsabers as a joke

  • @davidbarry7052
    @davidbarry7052 Před 4 lety +49

    Because his master was a master of the light saber as well.

    • @davidbarry7052
      @davidbarry7052 Před 4 lety +5

      And he went to that planet of primatives to engage in bloodlust with his master.

  • @michaelbread5906
    @michaelbread5906 Před 3 lety +9

    Damn, Plageius was an actually really good master. Sure, Sideous was a great student, but it can't be underscored how talented Plageius is as a teacher.

  • @AlexanderDraconis
    @AlexanderDraconis Před 4 lety +4

    I feel better knowing he had decades of brutal training to become a master duelist and assassin-like close combatant. That gels in my head better now, thanks.

  • @aliensoup2420
    @aliensoup2420 Před 4 lety +28

    Wait a minute, the 4 Jedi had the high ground.
    “It’s over Chancelor, we have the high ground”.
    “Dang, you’re right. I give up.”

  • @timurjack8773
    @timurjack8773 Před 4 lety +24

    Sidious' Force powers > Sidious' lightsaber combat, he is still very good at lightsaber combat though.

    • @Foggy_Mustard
      @Foggy_Mustard Před 4 lety +4

      Yes but his opposition has been underestimated. Savage bested Count Dooku, Ventriss, Anakin, Obi Wan, Adi Gila, etc. Most of these duels were 2vs1 as well. Count Dooku was on ropes, he would not clash with him at all.

    • @thebigdoginthisbitch4733
      @thebigdoginthisbitch4733 Před 3 lety

      @@Foggy_Mustard dooku bodied Savage

  • @mysteryjunkie9808
    @mysteryjunkie9808 Před 4 lety +3

    He would use his Force Scream to disgruntle and intimidate his opponent's too. The Jedi of his day had never seen it before. As well as many Jedi not being proficient i lightsaber duels focusing instead on lightsaber vs blaster combat.

  • @yogidemis8513
    @yogidemis8513 Před 4 lety +55

    The reason why Palpatine can hold his own in a lightsaber duel is that it's written in the script!

    • @robertwegner7993
      @robertwegner7993 Před 4 lety +4

      Yogi Demis that’s the part I don’t like at all in episode 3. It looks ridiculous and unrealistic, when he fights with the lightsaber.

    • @yogidemis8513
      @yogidemis8513 Před 4 lety +5

      @@robertwegner7993 I think they could of took a different approach to Palpatine lightsaber fight and Palpatine took 3 Jedi masters down just like that. That's what got me, there was really no fight between the other 3 and three just kill them off and have Mace & Palpatine have their moment. But yeah I definitely feel ya on that.

    • @Yumums
      @Yumums Před 4 lety +9

      @@yogidemis8513 he used Force Scream to slow them and though the fight looked slow, that was only for the audience to keep up. They were good warriors and fell quickly to illustrate that Sidious easily surpassed them. Windu used the dark side when fighting so it didn't effect him, plus he was way better then his other Jedi companions.

    • @jasonleslie203
      @jasonleslie203 Před 4 lety +2

      @@robertwegner7993 you have a great actor whose going up against someone who was still in his prime. And its what lucas wanted to see

    • @Orto-jj2di
      @Orto-jj2di Před 4 lety +2

      Listen just bc he doesnt like lightsabers doesnt mean he isnt using them to mock those like windu or yoda.

  • @c97x
    @c97x Před 2 lety +2

    Sidious was more gifted in the force than most relies.
    While he did use force speed to kill the jedi, if you watch clonewars - you'll see that he doesnt amplify his body with the force, he is physically throwing himself around with the force, like a child playing with a toy.
    he was able to hold savage opress down with one arm (because the force was moving the saber) while holding maul down with his other.
    if he had a videogame passive it would be like: This Charicter Uses INT as STR.

  • @QoQabai658
    @QoQabai658 Před 4 lety +18

    Had he been trained by Exar Kun, Tulak Hord, or Aloysius Kallig, his lightsaber skills would've been even better.

  • @renemoyamata263
    @renemoyamata263 Před 4 lety +9

    In "The Empire Strikes Back" Yoda tells Luke that the dark side of force is not stronger. Obi Wan also tells Luke that only a fully trained Jedi with the force at his side can defeat the emperor and Darth Vader.

  • @blackmarketgamingTheLukaski

    Damn I wish Maul partook on the trials on Kursid against the natives alongside Sidious. They would’ve been one hell of a martial art storm and speed blitzed many with ease

  • @SupSucka
    @SupSucka Před 4 lety +4

    “Long have I waited....and now...you are all..here” 🔥

  • @user-tv9ri2yf9f
    @user-tv9ri2yf9f Před 4 lety +4

    Palpatine:E X E C U T E. O R D E R. 6 6
    Clone:Nah
    Palpatine:D E W I T
    in an alternate universe
    Palpatine:it's treason then

  • @pastorcodymitchell1456
    @pastorcodymitchell1456 Před 4 lety +2

    Man, you guys make me love Star Wars even more

  • @Hannibal-pf1dw
    @Hannibal-pf1dw Před 4 lety +38

    That scene when he cuts down the Masters was weak sauce. They stood there and took the saber in the gut.

    • @Jordan73SJ
      @Jordan73SJ Před 4 lety +13

      Very true.
      They didn’t even respond quickly, and it didn’t show how fast Sidious was.
      Very poor scene that made Jedi’s seem worse than untrained soldiers.

    • @ronthesquid7905
      @ronthesquid7905 Před 4 lety +7

      Yeah, I heard somewhere that when palpatine finally decided to attack, the flood of the dark side and killing aura that flooded the room stunned a few of the Jedi which is how he cut them down so fast, but that honestly seems like a cop out for a badly choreographed scene 😂

    • @ronthesquid7905
      @ronthesquid7905 Před 4 lety +11

      JSeagle73 if you watch the clone wars and see some of those Jedi in action it just makes it even worse

    • @stud6060
      @stud6060 Před 4 lety +3

      Ron The Squid the scream you hear him do is what stunned the jedi. Only a few were able to resist and fewer were able to keep up.

    • @SPECTRE_Madman
      @SPECTRE_Madman Před 3 lety +1

      @@Jordan73SJ agen kolar was even looking

  • @thebendu33
    @thebendu33 Před 4 lety +13

    That's because he had a stuntman.

  • @rejvaik00
    @rejvaik00 Před 4 lety +4

    "So I threw the Senate at him, the whole Senate. True story" - Sheev

  • @camronbuxton4279
    @camronbuxton4279 Před 4 lety +37

    Actually I am more interested in figuring out why he got so darn mean. Was he just born that way, or what?

    • @michaelblower7363
      @michaelblower7363 Před 4 lety +26

      Palpatine was feared by his father to be a psychopath and demonstrated many traits associated with the condition. So yeah it's implied he was born that way. :-)

    • @Masteroogway40
      @Masteroogway40 Před 4 lety +18

      If your parents named you Sheev you would be mean too

    • @buntaichosaber3121
      @buntaichosaber3121 Před 4 lety +4

      Master Oogway 😂😂

    • @blakeswanson1322
      @blakeswanson1322 Před 3 lety

      @Darth Canid u made me laugh u fuckin crack head

  • @jintym2951
    @jintym2951 Před 4 lety

    Great topic & video! Not only did his Master Plagueis not especially enjoy lightsaber duels, he wished to hold Sidious' bloodlust under control. But this exposè makes a lot of sense in answering this. Also it made me realise that Plagueis really was a genius (more so than I'd already appreciated I mean), both keeping Sidious away from the distraction a lightsaber would absolutely bring, and honing his patience which Sidious would ultimately weaponise in executing the Sith grand plan. Well played Plagueis, well played xx

  • @marcoslaureano5562
    @marcoslaureano5562 Před 2 lety +1

    An excerpt from the Darth Plagueis novel by James Luceno which highlights Sidious savagery and ferocity:
    "He sprinted up the stairs to the next floor, where he heard a cacophony of human voices muffled by the thick door to a nearby room. Blowing the door inward with a Force push, he took a wide stance in the shattered doorway and positioned the blade of the thrumming lightsaber vertically in front of him. Through the weapon’s glow he saw a dozen or more Santhe guards in uniform seated around a table littered with food and drink containers gape at him in disbelief before reaching for weapons fastened to their hips or scurrying for others buried beneath the rubble of their celebratory meal.
    Sidious waded into the room, returning volleys of blaster bolts from those first to fire, then attacked, raising his left hand to levitate two guards into midair before running his blade through each of them. Snarling like a beast, he whirled through a circle, ridding three guards of their heads and cutting a fourth in half at the waist. The blade impaled a guard who had flattened himself to the floor in abject terror, then went straight into the shrieking mouth of the last of them. As that one collapsed in a heap, Sidious caught a glimpse of himself in an ornate mirror: face contorted in rage, red hair in electrified disarray, mouth webbed with strands of thick saliva, eyes a radioactive shade of yellow."
    But if anyone thinks Darth Plagueis was some pushover, here's another excerpt from the same novel - and this is without his lightsaber though:
    "Others Plagueis felled with his hands by snapping necks and putting his fists through armored torsos. Spreading his arms wide, he clapped his hands together, turning every loose object in the vicinity into a deadly projectile. But the Maladians were far from run-ofthe-mill murderers. Members of the cult had killed and wounded Jedi, and in response to confronting Force powers, they didn’t shrink or flee but simply changed tactics, moving with astounding agility to surround Plagueis and wait for openings. The wait lasted only until Plagueis attempted to unleash lightning. His
    second subsidiary heart failed, paralyzing him with pain and nearly plunging him into unconsciousness. The assassins wasted not a moment, throwing themselves at him in groups, though in a vain attempt to penetrate the Force shield he raised. Again he rallied, this time with a ragged sound dredged from deep inside that erupted from him like a sonic weapon, shattering the eardrums of those within ten meters and compelling the rest to bring their hands to their ears. In blinding motion his hands and feet smashed skulls and windpipes. He stopped once to conjure a Force wave that all but atomized the bodies of six Maladians. He spun through a turn, dragging the wave halfway around the room to kill half a dozen more."
    One of the best of all the Star Wars Legends novels - and that's saying a lot. Also perhaps my favorite Star Wars audio book. Daniel Davis was absolutely SUPERB not only telling the story but performing the many voices of the book. He got the voices of Chancellor Palpatine, AND Darth Sidious) particularly down pat.He also sounds exactly what I imagine Plagueis sounding like. I also love that they didn't condense it. It's a long listen but very worth while. Coming in at about 15 hours and change in length, it's great for those long drives.

  • @davidaston5773
    @davidaston5773 Před 4 lety +15

    @Mr.StarWarsReadClub, Sidious was or still is wise to learn the full spectrum of the force and even what he considered not needed by the Sith. Apply that to any part of life or ambition? It's a winner's mindset.
    The Jedi had become stale closer to their vision of the Sith than they realized.

  • @Blast335pokemineblox
    @Blast335pokemineblox Před 4 lety +3

    10:23 I've seen that scene who knows how many times, but I only just realized that Sideous is CGI there.

  • @AurelionTheStoic
    @AurelionTheStoic Před 4 lety +2

    He made it his mission to not live like ordinary beings. Every move he made was calculated, every bit of training he undertook was hard earned. He was a master of nearly every aspect, intellectually, spiritually, physically, his only downfall, was that he was afraid of death, and his pride was out of this world, for a good reason.

  • @CiabanItReal
    @CiabanItReal Před 4 lety +7

    I left a like for *Under utilized characters that need cannon stories*

  • @DinoDudeDillon
    @DinoDudeDillon Před 3 lety +2

    I like that scene in RotS where Palpatine reveals his true nature to the Jedi (despite the clunky dialogue). Imagine being Windu, one of the most powerful Jedi in the galaxy, having underestimated chancellor Palpatine for decades -- then he whips out a lightsaber and makes an inhuman sound, and suddenly you're in a battle for your life

  • @Sandwich13455
    @Sandwich13455 Před 4 lety +4

    He trained his dark power of editing!

  • @bensosnowski1128
    @bensosnowski1128 Před 4 lety +43

    The planet spins faster so the animals are faster? That’s something only someone with no concept of basic physics or biology could come up with

    • @danieljohnston9723
      @danieljohnston9723 Před 4 lety +3

      Ben Sosnowski surely heavier gravity would make more sense

    • @bensosnowski1128
      @bensosnowski1128 Před 4 lety +2

      daniel johnston
      So one could make arguments talking about the size of an animal vs their weight. If you haven’t heard this before, it’s a pretty prevalent topic out there. I’ll post a link if you ask. (Look at how much ants can carry relative to their body weight as an example).
      This means that if gravity is increased, only smaller animals would be able to carry their own weight. This obviously would decrease the potential speed of all animals.
      Now onto energy. Assuming there aren’t animals which are hundreds of times more effective at burning energy than the animals on earth
      (which would cause them to die of heat stroke or explode if it was possible with anything we currently know of because heat is a byproduct of work. Look up how long a cheetah can run for an example)
      creatures will not be able to move at speeds much faster than the fastest animal on earth.
      Unless we are talking about birds. It is theoretically possible to fall (“fly down”) faster on a planet with less atmosphere.

    • @disguisedenvy415
      @disguisedenvy415 Před 4 lety

      @@bensosnowski1128 we aren't talking reality we are talking star wars. Dude out here writing an essay for a CZcams comment.

    • @bensosnowski1128
      @bensosnowski1128 Před 4 lety +2

      DisguisedEnvy I enjoy the chance to talk about science fiction with others who have similar interests.

    • @nikolaos6083
      @nikolaos6083 Před 3 lety +1

      @@disguisedenvy415 No but really, the guy's right.

  •  Před 4 lety +1

    Held my breath until hearing "in this video expose...", almost passed out!

  • @Crackmiser
    @Crackmiser Před 2 lety +1

    Keep in mind the palpatine that fought mace and yoda as well as the 3 masters was the same palpatine that hadn’t practiced or trained with a lightsaber since becoming chancellor. This man took on mace windu one of the order best if not the greatest duelist available and he hadn’t practiced for over a decade.

  • @sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462

    Because of a unbelievably well-written SW vs 40k crossover that is at a VERY crucial point right now, I'm pulling every BIT of Palpatine's skill with a blade off the 'net to religiously study in the Expanded Universe and Canon. Well put-together vid, ya got here.

  • @CalobAdamsInfamous913
    @CalobAdamsInfamous913 Před 4 lety +8

    When did Palpatine say the Sith grew past the use of lightsabers?

    • @alexfelix5533
      @alexfelix5533 Před 4 lety +8

      PrettyBoy23 he was that OP in force powers alone

    • @random.3665
      @random.3665 Před 4 lety +5

      @@alexfelix5533 The question was when, not why...
      And its from "Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader"

  • @Pokephira
    @Pokephira Před 4 lety +2

    It's almost as if live combat teaches you way more than sparring ever could.

  • @rotatorcuffs8140
    @rotatorcuffs8140 Před 4 lety +6

    My question is how did he maintain his skills after years of sitting in an office?

    • @tb8976
      @tb8976 Před 4 lety +4

      My thoughts exactly. I'm sure he could "self train" through meditation etc but he spent the vast majority of his life unchallenged. He almost never used his powers... especially by ep 6, how was he still so much stronger than Vader? Especially after Vader spent all those years in REAL combat and dangerous situations?

    • @ddillard143
      @ddillard143 Před 4 lety +3

      Plot armor

    • @majinnemesis
      @majinnemesis Před 4 lety

      because of the power of the daarrkkk siiide

  • @williamkiesling6207
    @williamkiesling6207 Před 4 lety +1

    Please keep making videos I love ur channel every channel I learn something new

  • @397llederson6
    @397llederson6 Před 4 lety +8

    He did train Maul

    • @madsam7582
      @madsam7582 Před 4 lety +1

      Maul had fighting experience before, he was a gladiator.

    • @macruz8503
      @macruz8503 Před 4 lety +2

      MadSam !: No, when Sidious found Maul he was a child!

  • @stillcold
    @stillcold Před 4 lety +2

    I wish they animated sideous like yoda during his lightsaber duels in rots so it could show his inhuman speed and power

  • @tron1007r
    @tron1007r Před 3 lety

    "Your reactions must be instantaneous and nothing less than lethal"
    My thoughts exactly...

  • @minnumseerrund
    @minnumseerrund Před 4 lety +2

    This video might as well have been called "How Luke became a great duelist, but with a millenium old secret society's ressources at his behest!.

  • @shaunrosenberg4568
    @shaunrosenberg4568 Před 4 lety +7

    If the sith went to a planet to fight each generation, why did nobody know that the sith had returned?

    • @arthilleusnemu4272
      @arthilleusnemu4272 Před 4 lety +3

      Because it's an unknown planet populated with stone age warrior creatures who have no space travel or means of communication with the rest of the galaxy.

  • @masterrserch3971
    @masterrserch3971 Před 4 lety +9

    I wish I could just give your “if not for meeeeee...” a 1000 thumbs up

  • @emperorpalpatine5990
    @emperorpalpatine5990 Před 3 lety

    The Force is strong with you. A powerful Sith, you will become

  • @FearfulEndeavor
    @FearfulEndeavor Před 4 lety +1

    Tht voice is Butter. Smooth as silk bro...!!!!

  • @jshrhrgahhuehtnmppl
    @jshrhrgahhuehtnmppl Před rokem

    Years of academy training utilized perfectly

  • @deangentry5080
    @deangentry5080 Před 4 lety +1

    Not sure why battle droids carry blasters. Why not construct them with blasters attached to their bodies? Are there really that many times when a battle droid would need to be without a blaster?

  • @SPECTRE_Madman
    @SPECTRE_Madman Před 4 lety +2

    I’ve always wondered how they did it I thought they wouldn’t have light sabre techniques written down somewhere like the Jedi would

  • @miker1645
    @miker1645 Před 4 lety +1

    Remember when Snoke got on the big screen for 4 seconds. Ah the good old times....

  • @deantefields8488
    @deantefields8488 Před 3 lety

    That’s who they should make a show on. Rise of Palpatine

  • @baronvonslapnuts
    @baronvonslapnuts Před 4 lety +4

    I find it odd that the Rule of 2 era Sith would use Jedi based lightsaber forms when their entire stated purpose was to eradicate the Jedi when the time was right.

    • @jgonzalez5884
      @jgonzalez5884 Před 4 lety +1

      Seems fairly sith to me lol destroy them using their own techniques and forms

  • @kevinhansen8211
    @kevinhansen8211 Před 4 lety +2

    I always saw the sith apprentice as a hand of vengeance during the rule of two era. If they did not learn to be the best they would die.

  • @dazdavis7896
    @dazdavis7896 Před 2 lety

    He had already learned how to wield a blade well before the vibroblade hunt with Plagueis. He was like 29 when he slaughtered the whole gran protectorate and was already a master swordsman. He was a blur in and out of existence, cutting everybody down with ease and enjoying every second of it.

    • @kagamiuchihathebeast5862
      @kagamiuchihathebeast5862 Před 2 lety

      the truth is that sidious didnt have any sword skill, he just had force connection which enhanced his speed, he used that to kill people not skill
      he would not be able to outskill even eeth koth in a fight

  • @imperialistopinions2276
    @imperialistopinions2276 Před 4 lety +1

    Sith lore is so fascinating

  • @deantefields8488
    @deantefields8488 Před 4 lety

    The fact he learned and advanced when it was just him and Plageius and he was far superior was amazing. Neither of them even cared to use lightsabers and he was still a monster.

  • @tron1007r
    @tron1007r Před 3 lety

    Superman showed me in smallville that even at lightspeed, you can not avoid falling rain; because your path through it has to be perpendicular to its path if running or parallel with it if flying in the opposite direction of it's travel and a human is too wide to avoid the drops with heavy rain.
    So... this idea that with force power you can avoid drops seems scientifically impossible even with force use.
    At lightspeed you would have to dodge the first of the drops and get out of the path of the rest of them by moving to a different area where the rain would not fall. Standing under the cloud and avoiding drops is impossible at any speed.

  • @JeffreyWillis800
    @JeffreyWillis800 Před 2 lety

    ultimately it comes down to this: it is all fiction, our brains are not fast enough to do this. One day they may, but not today. For now just love.

  • @slymarbo1183
    @slymarbo1183 Před 4 lety +2

    I miss legends lore so much. So rationalized and deep.

  • @ChristnThms
    @ChristnThms Před 4 lety

    The use of electronic warfare planes, to jam enemy microwave radar, predates stealth, and was incredibly effective. You put out so much electronic noise that the enemy cannot target you.
    In principal, this would work just as well for the Sith. In fact, it might be the most effective way to face multiple jedi at once. Certainly, if anyone would master this, Sidious was a good candidate.

  • @vinnylembo7355
    @vinnylembo7355 Před 4 lety +1

    Goddamnit i love Palpy

  • @christophersandidge8257
    @christophersandidge8257 Před 4 lety +2

    Good question. You never see these people train. "If not for me....then for not needing anyone to train with. " I "learned" how to sword fight, by DVD instruction. I would not want to get into a fight with a professional. I would lose/die very quickly. I would only survive/impress someone who had no training whatsoever.

  • @robertagu5533
    @robertagu5533 Před 4 lety +1

    So the Ultimate training for Saber fighting. Was in a rainstorm with Proxy... or something similar

  • @billfix1150
    @billfix1150 Před 4 lety +1

    It's no secret he ate his veggies, brushed and flossed, and got a good 8 hours of sleep.

  • @videocrowsnest5251
    @videocrowsnest5251 Před 4 lety

    Darth Sidious was skilled in both Lightsaber combat and use of his (very effective) aggressive negotiation tactics.. He later used both of these skills during his duties in the senate as The Senate.

  • @ACarriere117
    @ACarriere117 Před 4 lety

    This is an underrated channel.

  • @EternalVirgin
    @EternalVirgin Před 3 lety

    He fought with the force of THE ENTIRE SENATE

  • @laxen2620
    @laxen2620 Před 4 lety +5

    Do a how rey became so skilled with the lightsaber next WAIT! It’s impossible!

  • @josephbuckley671
    @josephbuckley671 Před 4 lety +1

    Study and practice years of it
    I haven't seen the video yet I just wanted to make this reference

  • @TSPH1992
    @TSPH1992 Před 4 lety +1

    He threw the whole senate at them

  • @gabriellangton6677
    @gabriellangton6677 Před 4 lety +6

    because he was the senate

  • @mickyc050
    @mickyc050 Před 3 lety

    “For under utilised characters that need canon storiiiiiies” - that’s your best one yet 👌🏽

  • @futureclonecommando2275
    @futureclonecommando2275 Před 4 lety +4

    Damn and they were soooooooooo close well fives tried and failed rest in peace fives.....yoda new but for him i guess was complicated. ........wonder what it would be if palpatine was caught

  • @Nizam.x
    @Nizam.x Před 4 lety +4

    Darth sidious was a dark lord of the sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the force to spin incredibly fast and kill 3 jedi masters in 5 seconds.
    *Anakin* is it possible to learn this power?
    *Sidious* Unlimited Powaaaaaa

  • @xplorer841
    @xplorer841 Před 4 lety

    Good Lord that video spun out the answer. Droids, erratic animals and a planet of warriors that got ravaged every generation by the sith. Done.

  • @danieltannous5896
    @danieltannous5896 Před 3 lety

    I like to add something to your idea.. the idea of rule of two also pressured the sith to train more. If we think about it when there are thousands of jedi there can only be two sith so they have to work hundreds and hundreds of hours in order to overcome the jedy enemies

  • @nhjo
    @nhjo Před 4 lety

    That's actually a good question, and a solid answer.

  • @RickyJC
    @RickyJC Před 4 lety +5

    The more videos I see about the Sith, the more I pity the Jedi. Compared to all of their training, the Jedi truly were arrogant and stood no chance.

  • @chrissnyder8415
    @chrissnyder8415 Před 4 lety +2

    I want his prequels. Or at least an adaptation of the Darth Plagius Book.

    • @coggnus9656
      @coggnus9656 Před 4 lety +1

      It’s too long of a book to be adapted into a film, but maybe a show akin to the Mandalorian

    • @chrissnyder8415
      @chrissnyder8415 Před 4 lety

      @@coggnus9656 its not any longer than the books for the movies we already have.

    • @coggnus9656
      @coggnus9656 Před 4 lety

      Chris Snyder The book time skips three time skips three times and the time in between those skips is considerably long.

    • @chrissnyder8415
      @chrissnyder8415 Před 4 lety

      @@coggnus9656 movies can do the same. For example, the whole Star Wars Saga. You should watch the films sometime. Other examples include.......every other film made.

    • @coggnus9656
      @coggnus9656 Před 4 lety

      Chris Snyder Going from the point when plagueis kills his master to the point to where palpatine kills plagueis, while at the same time covering all that happens in between, is impossible to adapt into a movie of “standard” length, unless you don’t care about length. The only way I can see the events of this book appearing in the cinema is if it’s divided into two films,any more than that and the films would be considered too short, and even then it’s questionable because theirs not a good spot in the middle of story for the theoretical first film to have satisfying conclusion.

  • @bradleypearce4645
    @bradleypearce4645 Před 3 lety

    The irony, is that not what Cal is doing in the force awakens? Killing all the beasts on different planets