NEW FOOTAGE makes Yoda VS Sidious duel 10X BETTER
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- Star Wars Episode III: Alternate Ending
Yoda VS Sidious deleted scene
In this video we analyze some pre-vis animatics to reveal what the Yoda VS Sidious duel was supposed to be like in its entirety...
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"If so powerful you are, why leave?"
Damn even I feel threatened
wasn't it because Sidious' fighting style is more suited for tight corridors, and Yoda's involves a lot of jumping around which requires open spaces...
so he wasn't fleeing, but just trying to move to a more favourable place to fight...
"what's a big bad sith lord gotta run for? 🤨"
@@therearenoshortcuts9868 Yoda still disarmed him so I think he was scared/trying to flee.
Basically a Yoda’d version of😊
“you was talking all that on the gram but now u scared””
It was a flex that didn't pay off as he still lost to Palpatine
If I recall, the reason Yoda fled was because during a brief moment in that lightning clash, the Force was clear enough for him to receive a vision of him training Luke Skywalker. So he decided to leave in order for him to live long enough to train his future apprentice whom he believed would defeat Sidious.
what source material is this from i'm curious wanna read
@@carlloren5499 Not really sure. I read it off of Wookieepedia.
Now that could have been some epic foreshadowing. Can you imagine if they included bits of relevant shots from episodes 5 & 6 to show this force vision of Yoda’s?
Even assuming that's correct that should have been shown in the movie rather than retconned. This trend of filling plot holes later on with books and stuff is becoming very annoying at best.
@@stormthrush37 Depends on the content. I think that the sequels having to require you to read said material is annoying, personally.
Yoda using those guards as neat shields against Palpatine’s lightning seems a bit cruel and unusual for him. I’m glad he had the mercy to just knock them out instantly in the final version.
Ehh but this is also the guy that had no issue decapitating his clones at the slightest inkling that something was wrong
@@otaviopailo5500 From someone's point of view, the JEDI ARE EVIL !!
@@otaviopailo5500
Are you serious ? Yeah let’s just talk to 2 soldiers who are going to shoot me.
@Otavio Pailo I may be a month late but Yoda obviously sensed that the clones were betraying the jedi and as soon as he was threatened he took the initiative (not something unusual for him)
I agree that I liked the initial scene more in the movie version. Some of the other stuff in the Council Chamber I liked from the alternate version but I prefer the idea that Sidious either threw away his lightsaber or was disarmed (don't remember which was the novelization and which was another source) I just wish we'd seen that in the movie as we cut back to Sidious and Yoda somehow now on the Senate Pods, Yoda chasing Sidipus around trying to re-engage him with his lightsaber and Sidious just running away consistently to spam Force powers at a distance - all with no explanation and I didn't like that. I also preferred the lightning clash in the alternate version as:
1) Yoda doesn't get dicked on by his small size and position on the edge of the pod which caused him to fall as a result of the blast while Palpatine did not.
2) It involves Sidious running away once the Clones get there which was always something I wanted to see if they ever clashed, even as a child.
I will never EVER forget going to see the midnight premiere of RoTS, in my jedi robe..
And then skipping school that day to see it again.
Some of the best memories of my life. I literally saw everything I wanted to see. I was in tears leaving that theater.
This deleted scene finally explains how did Sidious suddenly end up on the high ground throwing chairs at Yoda, it's been a mystery for me since forever
Its easy to assume he did a backflip, put his saber away and forced 2 pods out of their docking port as Yoda jumped after him.
It’s over Master Yoda.
I kinda hate it haha. I’d rather Palpatine use the force to grab a senate chair to stand on. Holding a probe like obi wan in AOTC would look really silly for an older man
Sidious wanted to flee because he felt something was going to happen to Darth Vader
"Stupid kid underestimating the power of the High Ground. Taxi! Mustafar, step on it!"
I think he wanted to go to a better batle ground .
No..i love that Lucas showed palpatine to be ultimately a coward. its what makes yoda losing to him such a sad moment , Sidious cowardice Is a great contrast to yoda's heroism, and clearly defines what Sidious always has been, a snake.
No, because he knew he would die
"IF SO POWERFULL YOU ARE...WHY LEAVE"?
Honestly, I just want to see more of Yoda fighting the agents of evil. I understand hes centuries old, hes a peace seeker, and a climactic show stopper... but damn dude, gimme more warrior Yoda!
Rubberball Yoda was just flat out ridiculous. I still remember seeing his first fight against Dooku in the theatre. The whole room exploded with laughter when Yoda started bouncing around. Probably not the reaction Lucas went for...
@@Volkbrecht That wasn't a universal reaction though. Buddy of mine saw it on the premiere and they loved it, basically from the instant Yoda dropped his walking stick someone yelled "You 'bout to get your ass kicked!" and the crowd never shut up until the end of the fight. Almost made me want to go see a movie when it was still popular... almost.
@@glenwaldrop8166 that’s the problem, each of the three movies had redeeming qualities (mostly the fights) which forces us to watch the rest
@@davidhochstetler4068 can't argue with that.
@@davidhochstetler4068 I think all three were good, but a movie having great elements is in no way bad
The thing is, I actually prefer the official version by a large margin. Yoda smashing those imperial guards against the wall was just so satisfying, and made you feel how resolved he was in this fight, and I liked the little exchange they share in the beginning with both overwhelming each other turn to turn. Giving an explanation as to why palpatine stopped using his lightsaber is good, since I always kind of figured he went for a more drastic approach instead. But Palpatine fleeing the battle in the end would have really been anti climatic. If I remember correctly, the novel clearly explains how Yoda was just weaker and overally inferior to the sith lord, and him fleeing in the end was an important part of it: he admitted defeat because he saw he couldn't win. Plus, the whole battle was a struggle to determine who would get on top of the other. Yoda falling all the way to the bottom of the senate losing his jedi cloak while palpatine stays on top, laughing is as symbolic as it gets
In the novel, Yoda disarms Sidious in lightsaber combat, overpowers his first lightning barrage with his lightsaber, is forced out of position by the Force barrage, then draws on the second lightning exchange. If we’re assigning points to each round of the fight, Yoda has 2 points, Sidious has one, and the final is a draw. I fail to see in what way that is Yoda being depicted as inferior.
You are badly incorrect.
@@nefariousarcher2484 You are 100% correct.
@@nefariousarcher2484 but you fail to understand what was actually said. Quote to quote, "Finally, he saw the truth.
This truth that he, the avatar of light, Supreme Master of the Jedi Order, the fiercest, most implacable. most devastatingly powerful foe the darkness had ever known...just didn't have it.
He'd never had it. He had lost before he started
He had lost before he was born." page 246. Yes, this mostly alluded to the fact the sith had evolved for all this time, when the jedi kept on dwelling in their past mistakes and war. But ambiguously, it clearly states Yoda couldn't defeat Sidious, he simply did not possess what he needed. And it's further confirmed at the end of a duel, which is clearly not a tie.
"The end came with astonishing suddenness.
The shadow could feel how much it cost the little green freak to bend back his lightnings into the cage of energy that enclosed them both; the creature had reached the limits of his strength. The shadow released its power for an instant, long enough only to whirl away through the air and alight upon one of the delegation pods as it flew past, and the creature leapt to follow
Half a second too slow.
The shadow unleashed its lightning while the creature was still in the air, and the little green freak took its full power. The shock blasted him backward to crash against the podium, and he fell
He fell a long way. "
Pages 247-248.
@@bigfish5544 right Yoda got a revelation that the true contest wasn’t really about martial might, it was about that they hadn’t evolved and the Sith had. That by fighting, they had already lost. That is by no means a statement of martial inferiority.
Yoda make a mistake at the end of the fight that cost him the advantage with reinforcements on the way. Up until that point Yoda had been dominating the fight. Yoda is still stronger. He just made a mistake. A real fight is not this A
I don’t really agree with the notion that this would be better. It’s great to see this as deleted content, but it would have ruined the pacing of Anakin vs Obi-Wan.
This version actually begins BEFORE Anakin even meets up with Padme. Yoda would have walked in when Anakin and Palpatine were communicating via Hologram… “the separatists have been taken care of, my master”
@ASAP.69 but in teh actual movie sidious was calling the clones in when yoda fleed , he didnt just flee for no reason.
@ASAP.69 maybe so , but i still think you got the idea that the fight was over. on any given day yoda can easily deal with a few troopers sure , but he would have had to deal with continued attacks from palps as well as the troopers and there were bound to be more troops on the way as well. but i get what you are saying. i never viewed the fight as yoda was beaten by palps though. more like he was beaten by circumstances. palpatine had beaten the jedi as a whole before yoda even challenged him. had yoda managed to beat him , it was a sure bet that the newely minted empire would have hunted the jedi. even with out any sith at the helm. the jedi were already painted as villians in the public's eyes.
@ASAP.69 I mean Palpatine showed that he was stronger than Yoda. Yoda lost his lightsaber and clones were arriving. Going back would be suicide
@@Grivian no, yoda was stronger. A. palpating slightly lifted heavy pods and threw them downwards to him using the assist of gravity. yod acaugth and used the force to throw it back up against gravity. much more difficult 2. the final part palps lightnig is his stongest darkside abiilty. they were face to face. remember emporor is six feet tall yoda is 2. so he is 1/3 the height. so height/widh and length. yoda is 1/27th his wieight. yet when the lighting exploded palps got thrown back a few feet, yoda got thrown just enough bck to lose ihis balance, he was on the edge of the pod and almost feelll straight off, meaning yoda pushed all tha tpower back towards him. yoda is stonger
The thing is Sidious wasn’t running away from Yoda more like he was luring Yoda into a trap. If Yoda had fought Sidious in the Hallway then Yoda couldn’t have used his preferred form of lightsaber combat to its full effect. Yoda uses Ataru or Form IV the most acrobatic of all the Lightsaber Forms. As such it requires a larger open space to be the most effective. A closed space like the hallway was literally the worst place for Yoda to fight Sidious in. Sidious was basically attempting to pull an Obi Wan and take “the high ground” in that duel. As for the Duel, Yoda won in terms of lightsaber combat. Sidious might have mastered all 7 forms of Lightsaber combat but he seldom used them and preferred to rely upon his powers in the Force which is why he put so much distance between himself and Yoda, meanwhile Yoda had 900 years worth of experience in lightsaber combat under his belt, Sidious had to keep him at bay otherwise Yoda would have won. But the main reason why the duel was the way it was is best explained in the Revenge of the Sith novel. Yoda realized when they were fighting in the Senate chamber that the Sith were no longer the enemy that he had been training for the past 900 years to defeat, the were philosophers, scientists and politicians, they had evolved. And the fact that they were fighting in the Senate Chamber proved that it was already too late, the Sith had won, they turned the Senate and the Republic against the Jedi and the Order had fallen. Even if Yoda had climbed back up and reengaged in the fight and won it would change nothing, the Jedi Order had fallen and the Republic now Empire had turned against them. So Yoda decided to flee into exile to await the time when the Jedi could rise again. Once you know this then the fight that was just portrayed losses some of its meaning. So ultimately I can understand why it was edited to be the way it was in the movie and with the context that I’ve provided hopefully others will understand why they chose to edit it in that way too.
best explanation I see thus far on yoda losing (or not really??) and seeing the bigger picture which is the sith has evolved, the jedi has not.
Makes incredible sense, defeating Palpatine would of only put another tyrant in place and the hunt for the Jedi would of probably escalated even more aggressively then it was before if Palpatine was killed. Yoda was right to retreat.
@@robevans8629 I disagree. If the tyrant isn't a Sith Lord, they would be easier to deal with.
@@MCSPARTAN501 not to mention that if Sidious was killed there, Darth Vader would also die on mustafar (Yoda wouldn’t know that but still).
Well put Michael, well put. Surprising to find such a well worded answer. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
The fate of the galaxy depended on a frog's ability to kill a senior citizen
1:38 I'm so sorry, I cannot stop laughing at Palpatine flying like a javelin across the room.
I'm so glad they didn't use this.
There are very very few deleted scenes I think should've been included.
One such deleted scene is the duel in ROTJ, which I was made aware of through your channel.
Thank you for THAT :)
And thank you for doing these videos
Glad you’re enjoying them 😎
They should have included the closing one. Far too many people think Sidious is stronger.
The original version of this duel was quite interesting. Yoda narrowly defeats Sidious, but Sidious is able to retreat and send Clone Troopers after Yoda, which means Yoda fails anyway.
I also like how the force lightning is destroying the environment and the fact that Yoda is able to deflect it showcasing just how powerful he truly is
It validates Yoda saying the dark side is less powerful but more seductive because with his mastery he was impervious to even the most powerful dark side attack
I would've preferred Sidious fleeing rather than Yoda. It just makes much more sense. Sidious already tried to run away once.
This was awesome to see for the first time, so you’re correct to assert that we should have felt honored to see it, it was mind blowing! The anakin /obiwan fight was amazing as well, and is still one of my favorites! For the longest time all we knew was that they fought on a volcanic planet. To finally see it happen was incredible
This ending of the fight would have been much better than what was in the movie.
I completely agree... The rest of the fight was fine but this should have been the ending
I would argue that Sidious wasn’t fleeing Yoda at the beginning he was repositioning. Sidious knew Yoda used form 4 so instead of fighting in an open area which would allow Yoda to maneuver, Sidious wanted to move to a more confined area to limit Yoda’s movement.
That is clearly not what George Lucas had in mind when he wrote the scene. Yoda wouldn't say "Why leave?" if this theory was canon. Palpatine had literally everything to lose and almost nothing to gain by staying and fighting- cowardice and dishonor are the way of the Sith.
The whole fight was Sidious moving away from Yoda.
My guy, I'm a Sidious fanboy but he clearly felt that Force Push. Probably the strongest one he ever felt. And it came right after he got the jump on Yoda with a jolt of pure dark side energy. He probably hadn't ever seen anyone get up after being barbequed by his signature move. To risk his life at that point, when he had already won complete control over the galaxy was just foolish. Running made sense from a tactical perspective. His plan never included having to fight one of the most powerful Jedi ever to exist, even if he was one of the most powerful Sith. Yoda was supposed to have died from Order 66.
@@Sandlund93You said his plan never included to fight one of the most powerful jedi ever to exist, but this doesnt match with his quote "i have waited a long time for this, my little green friend"
@@ali999_ True. He probably would have preferred to execute every single Jedi personally. But that was obviously not possible for a mortal being. He also said this before Yoda's Force Push, after that his expression goes from joyful to fearful.
He probably had waited for such a moment, especially if it was gonna be as easy as it seemed right when he said it. Then came Yoda's retaliation, which caught him off guard in a moment where he assumed that he was in control of things.
He still ordered the clones on Kashyyyk to kill Yoda, so that was obviously plan A. And he is clearly surprised that Yoda survived. Both these things also goes against "I have waited a long time for this, my little green friend". So, unless we interpret it more like a mockery in the heat of the moment it is actually a weakness in the writing. I see it more as Sheev adapting to the moment than him being literal about it.
In my view, killing Yoda personally was more of a secret desire, that would have been the ultimate statement and proof of the Sith superiority. Even if Sheev himself was the only witness. But it also came at great risk.
Great analysis, but I never interpreted the camera droids as broadcasting to the Holonet. I always thought they were just a local feed that would be used to project anyone speaking up on the ceiling so they’d be easier for the whole room to see.
Yeah it’s mentioned in the Making of Revenge of the Sith book that the droids would have broadcasted it on the holonet
@@StarWarsAnalyst Oh interesting! Haven’t read through that in ages, thanks for the info. Then I’m definitely glad that was changed!
@@rpvee thAT novel is in my Top Five of any genre
@@StarWarsAnalystYeah it makes sense that Senate proceedings would be broadcast live. Kinda like C-Span in the US.
A whole lot better than the original? Man! that would of been great to see on the big screen? Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
Nah. The official version is better.
@@vetarlittorf1807it’s not
@@vetarlittorf1807 it's not
GREAT video. I never knew about these deleted scenes. And I agree, following these original storyboards and animatronics would have made the final Sidius / Yoda duel SO MUCH BETTER. Thanks for sharing.
We saw all we needed to see to understand why Yoda fled - he had not only taken lightning directly from Sidious in his office and then a lot of it in the Senate chamber, but he had also fallen a long way and was probably badly hurt from that. Add to that the fact that he had lost his lightsaber earlier and Yoda didn't have a chance of killing the Emperor.
This is fascinating. So many years and it's only now I find out about these scenes.
I really enjoy what your doing with the content that never made it to the big screen and seeing how it would have changed the films.
Palpatine was a little afraid of Yoda.
The reason for Yoda running away in the original scene is the same as here, clones were also seconds away, this fight was prolonged that much for them to face the grandmaster
Yeah, the only thing I like about this version is that it makes it more clear why Yoda ran.
@brug master 😂
@brug master he literally threw the senate and therefor the democracy at him. The same democracy the Jedi defended for thousands of years. That's too much for every Jedi out there.
With the greater context of the clone wars where Yoda and Sidious fight in the vision and Sidious ultimately loses, I think was done on purpose to show why Sidious tried to run away in RoS. Even though he is a match for Yoda, he doesn't want to fight him if he doesn't have to since him losing is a very real possibility.
Awesome video man, thank you! I would be happy with either version, they are both cool. I just hope they bring us more lightsaber duels with longer, on the edge of our seats fights. We just don’t get enough of them in the movies.
If I'm not mistaken, sidious wasn't trying to escape, he just intended to have the duel be set in the corridors, which is unfavorable to yoda's form 4 lightsaber combat. He did this bc he didn't expect yoda to be powerful enough to break his force shield, and wasn't certain he would win the duel.
Sorry but you are indeed mistaken. You see George is quite straightforward when it comes to these implications and this was no exception. Two things: He knows not to risk going toe to toe with one of, if not *THE* most powerful duelist of that instant. Two, it was risky as f, like I wouldn't gamble my life to prove I'm better than someone I know is as good if not stronger than I, there is no honour among Sith. For crying out loud the guy killed his master in his sleep, ofc he was gonna flee if he could. Plus, last time he bet his life against Windu he almost lost his life, Anakin was there to aid, this time it's a fair fight and he still had an empire to run, he simply at that moment didn't want to bother
A bit like gambling your entire savings. Palpatine after years of earning Jedi trust and rigging and corrupting the Republic. Finally shaping it into his desired Galactic Empire, he just didn't want that 50/50, you wouldn't either. Someone comes up to you after you win a 500 money(whatever currency you use) lottery saying I bet you 100 I can win that in a coin toss, would you take it or leave? In the end though luckily for Palpatine, it was a stalemate
Palpatine had the high ground, Yoda had to run away at that point
*My preferred version of this battle would have mixed elements from the official scene in Revenge of the Sith & its deleted scene with some minor dialogue changes. Here's a rough idea, apologies for the length but feedback is welcome:*
Yoda enters the room, Palpatine's Royal bodyguards having a fraction of a second to react and start to raise their weapons as if to attack Yoda from both sides. But he effortlessly knocks them out with the Force and addresses the Emperor.
Palpatine: "Master Yoda... You survived."
Yoda: "Surprised?"
Palpatine: "On the contrary. I expected as much from the Grandmaster of the Jedi Order."
Palpatine chuckles and displays holocron footage of Yoda & Obi-Wan killing the Clone troopers outside the Jedi Temple, revealing that he knows Kenobi has set off to confront Anakin on Mustafar and anticipated Yoda's arrival from the beginning.
Yoda: "A trap for me then, this was, I take it?"
Palpatine (taunting): "Ah, the great Yoda... Many generations of Jedi, you have taught. You knew every one of them, did you not, the old and the young? And yet, for all your centuries of power and wisdom, when they needed you most, you were powerless to do anything but feel them through the Force... as their lives were snuffed out... The culmination of your great failure."
Yoda grimaces a bit, but does not take Palpatine's bait to get emotional. His eyes turn for a second to the alien attendant by the Emperor's side, deducing that at least some in the Republic willingly joined his cause despite knowing he was a Sith.
Yoda: "I hear, a new apprentice you have, Emperor. Or should I call you... Darth Sidious."
Palpatine: "Your arrogance blinds you, Master Yoda, as it has your entire Order. You assured your own defeat long before you even knew what you were up against. Now, you will experience the full power of the Dark Side."
The Royal bodyguards begin coming to, at which point Palpatine blasts his Sith lightning at Yoda. The Jedi quickly levitates the bodyguards and the alien attendant into its path, shielding himself behind the three bodies, but the Emperor manipulates the electricity to gradually move them apart before arcing the current between them. Yoda jumps upward at the last moment onto the wall behind him, narrowly evading the lightning as the charred bodies hit the floor.
Palpatine follows up with another blast, Yoda briefly Force-wall running to avoid it before accelerating with Force-enhanced speed (as Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon did in TPM). He rapidly dashes in and out of visibility, Palpatine's lightning chasing him. The shocks blacken the room's walls where they hit and blow up a few ceiling lights in dazzling explosions, sparks dancing through the air. But neither combatant needs their eyes, as they're sensing each other's movements.
The power begins to blink on and off, the room lit up infrequently by the lightning's purple glow, as Yoda continues outmaneuvering the blasts until grabbing & spinning around a support beam in the room to launch himself forward. Palpatine can't dodge or redirect his aim in time before Yoda Force-kicks him with both feet through the air. His lightning dissipates in violet sparks from his hands as he hits the back wall with a powerful "thud" that mildly shakes the room before falling. In his masterful timing, however, the Emperor had Force-shielded himself just enough to dull the blows.
Yoda carefully approaches, unsure of Palpatine's condition since he's masking now his power in a ploy to appear unconscious, his head turned away. The lights keep blinking in this moment of suspense as Yoda nears the body. Palpatine sneers, his yellow eyes standing out in the darkness. Suddenly, his lightsaber moves out of his robe sleeve into his hand and he swipes it in a red flash. Yoda jumps away just in time, Sidious laughing sinisterly as his blade illuminates the room until the lights recover.
Palpatine (slowly standing): "You will not stop me... Darth Vader will become more powerful than either of us!"
Yoda (activating his lightsaber): "Faith in your new apprentice, misplaced, may be. As is your faith in the Dark Side of the Force."
Palpatine raises his saber above his head in the Makashi stance, with Yoda entering Ataru stance, the music building.
Yoda: "At an end, your rule is... And not short enough, it was."
The two then begin their duel, Yoda pressuring Sidious onto the podium before it rises up into the Senate chamber. They are evenly matched in swordsmanship, pushing the Sith Master to change tactics and put distance between them by Force-jumping to the surrounding platforms. Yoda then notices that the chamber's camera droids and video screens are turned off.
Yoda (pointing his saber at Sidious): "The truth of what you are, always hidden in the shadows... That is the only way the Sith have ever succeeded. And that... is why you will fail."
Palpatine chuckles before hurtling the chamber's platforms at the Jedi. Yoda dodges and Force-speeds like before, trying to close the gap, but they keep coming. He takes control of a few mid-flight, taking advantage of the momentum to turn them back at his enemy like a boomerang. In this instant, Palpatine attempts to use Sith lightning again but Yoda levitates a platform in front of him to block it. At the same time it explodes, Palpatine jumps to avoid the platforms Yoda directed at him.
He lands on a podium a few rows below just as Yoda Force-jumps above the explosion, landing on the same platform with his lightsaber reactivated. Sidious quickly fires another current, which Yoda uses Tutaminis to absorb with his free hand. Unfortunately, a one-handed Tutaminis is not powerful enough against Sidious' two-handed lightning and the electricity blasts the saber out of his other hand. With both hands now using Tutaminis, Yoda pushes against the energy but it's so strong.
The lightning grows bigger than before, arcing all around the chamber with random bolts blowing platforms away along with pieces of the ceiling and the video screens. Their fragments drop and shatter in big chunks of glass. Yoda visibly struggles, Sidious pressuring him against the podium's edge as the energy focuses on its target. On the verge of being consumed by the current, Yoda closes his eyes and concentrates, silently calling out to the Force as Palpatine grins, believing he's won.
Giving himself over to the Light Side, Yoda's eyes open and he calmly begins turning the electricity away from himself, regaining his footing. Palpatine, feeling the tide turning, gives everything he has to push back only for his opponent's empowered Tutaminis to match it. Finally, the sheer buildup of power results in the current collapsing in on itself as both Yoda and Sidious are blown back. The shockwave shakes the whole chamber violently, the ceiling cracking and beginning to destabilize.
Yoda falls, barely Force-slowing his descent enough to not splatter on the floor but still landing hard. Seeing huge pieces of the ceiling drop, he raises his hands as the debris lands with thunderous "BOOMS", Palpatine jumping from where he landed to a door on a higher floor. Clones enter through the hallways and tell the Emperor they must evacuate, the chamber collapsing behind him. When the dust settles, Yoda levitates some rubble off of himself and crawls out. He's dusty, but uninjured.
Exhausted, he looks up to see Palpatine looking down on the mess with a triumphant smile, the Clones emerging from other doors around the intact chamber walkways while more are setting up ropes to drop in from the open hole in the roof. Accepting that even he cannot win this battle, the Jedi flees through a vent before the Emperor can spot him. As he makes his way outside the building, the Clones find his tattered robe (which he deliberately left behind) and present it to the Emperor.
Clone Commander: "My lord. We found this."
Palpatine (sneering wider): "He's not dead... Search the wreckage."
Clone Commander (nodding): "Yes sir."
The Emperor turns to leave back through the hallway where they'd previously evacuated and takes one last look at the chamber with that sickening grin, the beginning of the "Empire's March" theme slowly building as he walks away.
*Edit: I added the "At an end, your rule is" line (I forgot to include that when writing) and the two entering their stances.*
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Yoda knew the fight was lose so instead of fighting to the death he ran. the force would offer a new opportunity. hahah he who fights and runs away lives to fight another day
"So then I threw the Senate at him! The whole Senate!"
I'm not gonna lie, Palpatine riding away on a senate pod like a witch on a broomstick is fuckin hilarious.
Matthew Stover wrote Yoda’s realization during the fight beautifully.
Simply including a Clone Trooper platoon arriving at the end of the duel would have justified Yoda's escape.
I’d like to point out that Sidious was not fleeing, he just wanted to move the fight to the hallway. Yoda’s fighting style is mostly made for open spaces and Sidious would have had the advantage if the fight was moved to the hallway as it is a smaller space
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During the fight between the Emperor & and Yoda, there is an awesome sound effect when Yoda force pushes Palpy. It sound like the air compressing in the room. There’s a similar but higher pitched sound that almost acts as an echo. Just one of the great things of this super underrated movie
This is absurdly cartoonish. Really happy with what we have in the finished film.
It has been suggested that Sidious wasn't trying to flee from Yoda, but making a tactical retreat to the hallway where Yoda would be at a disadvantage as he'd have less room to maneuver! The fight also ended with Yoda retreating cause he realized he couldn't defeat Sidious.
He retreated cause he realized it didn’t matter if he defeated Sidious in a fight. He’d already lost before the fight started. The Jedi are mostly gone and nobody trusts them anymore.
If there's one thing I love about the SW games are their cinematic trailers. They were so well choreographed without the need for these kinds of scenes with debris and pods flying around. The Malgus cinematic trailers, the twins, and revan VS Malak are so entertaining on its own without so much flashy stuff. It's too late but I just kinda hoped they did that in the movies.
agreed that Yoda just suddenly "running away" was a big WTF Moment personally
I love these computer animated designs 😂
Yoda using human shields is something he would NEVER do.
Never say never. The royal guards were evil for serving Sidious.
I didn't even make it past that part. I immediately thought "Yoda wouldn't do that. It's not the Jedi way".
Yeah, next thing you know, Yoda'd be chopping off clone trooper heads two-at-a-time instead of smashing them into a tree, lol
Your alternate version of the Yoda-Sidious duel was fantastic and makes WAY more sense. I really wish that had been in the actual movie
Bro Yoda's, "If so powerful you are why leave?" is SO cold
We need a directors cut of revenge of the Sith
I like many other Star Wars fans would have loved to seen this in the movie instead of what we got .or at least had that scene actually acted out , and Lucas could've added it to a Remastered version .
Good point about Yoda’s weirdly lame running away at the duel’s end. I agree that the extra part of the dual, shown in the unfinished animatics, could have helped Yoda’s retreat make more sense.
And the force lighting destroying the environment around is so epic and it demonstrates Yoda's true strength being able to deflect it and forcing Sidious to retreat
Way better and it explains allot more why Yoda left. Should have kept it that way!
Remember that this was supposed to be a four hour movie. Your just seeing parts of the movie was cut out
Way worse [;
I kind of like the one we got, and I think it's better than the deleted scene. I just seems out if yoda's character to use royal guards as a shield.
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@@StarWarsAnalyst Important to note, Yoda didn't simply give up. There are several sources in the new lore that indicate while the battle ended in a draw, it also states Palpatine's control of the dark side was too much for Yoda to overcome and Palps was gradually overloading his defenses. Had Yoda stayed, unarmed and staring down an approaching legion of troopers, he knew he would have perished. He knew he had missed his opportunity to take down Palpatine in a 1v1 setting, so retreat was his best option.
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This version is better then the one put in the movie. Thank you @starWarsAnalyst for sharing and making this video.
Glad you enjoyed!
Great work filling in the missing links! So Palpatine basically LOST the fight and had to flee and bring in reinforcements. Yoda, realizing that it is pointless and in fact quite stupid to take on the clonetroopers alone decides that the fight with Sidious is over.
Exactly… makes a lot more sense in my opinion
Fortunately this deleted version isn't canon. Palpatine didn't lose anything and as the current canon indicates, was gradually overwhelming Yoda.
@@thewarner2139 Unfortunately the novelization and comic of Revenge of the Sith is no longer canon. Unlike other franchises, in Star Wars, the movie is what counts for Canon not the books. That means, according to George Lucas' interview, that Yoda was winning and was more powerful. When he turned the force lightning back on Sidious, the explosion was the reason he lost.
@@thewarner2139 The canon novel states how Yoda disarmed Sidious.
@@thewarner2139 if it wasnt for the situation they were in yoda basically beat palps
I agree with your annalisis. You have made good sense.
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I was worried people wouldn’t laugh but now I’m glad I included it
Yoda fled because Palpatine had the high ground, end of story.
I would have loved the duel more if Yoda wasnt walking with a cane in the other movies. To see this and the Dooku fight negates needing a cane.
Tbh I always saw the cane as an extension of the lesson in IV about appearances being deceptive i.e. Yoda's initial act when first meeting Luke. Same when he confronts Dooku in Ep 2. I also think it's plausible to think that when he's channeling the force as he fights hence the agility and he's not channelling it when he's just walking to the toilet or something
@@FatherKisame I think you are letting your imagination go. Yoda is old and on his way out. We're talking pretty much the last 50'ish years of his life. So the cane was supposed to be for the aid of walking. He walks hobbled. Just would have been more realistic if he got hurt while fighting Palpatine and then had to use the cane from there on out. To go from walking hobbled to bouncing off walls and doing acrobatic spin moves is a bit of a stretch. Hilarious to watch, but a stretch.
@@AxxinTheSupernova I don't think channeling the force through your body to be agile is that hard to imagine or unrealistic (in the laws of this world). To me, it's the same as Jedi jumping high. I agree that he actually needed the cane in his day to day (hence the toilet thing I said), but during a fight it's kind of a no brainer for me
In many of these deleted scenes the jedis act much more aggressive and colder than the lore might make you think
I always felt the duel could've ended better with a huge number of clones arriving to overwhelm Yoda (with The Emperor's help).
I don't think George wanted to make either one appear stronger, a stalemate fits better with the story. Yoda and Sidious spent decades avoiding each other because neither knew they could win, if it was obvious Yoda was stronger him going into exile wouldn't really make sense
Not sure about the beginning, but the ending definitely makes more sense. However it's required in some way that Yoda is defeated to force him into isolation - not just because he's the Grand Master, and he failed to stop the Sith, but because Yoda is weakened by the final blow from Palpatine. At the end of the fight, both must leave with the understanding that neither is destined to destroy the other. In this version only Palpatine leaves knowing he can't defeat Yoda.
Not to mention the force lighting destroying the environment around them is so epic
This version would have been better - the opening sequence in particular. In the official version, Yoda’s just laying there after being zapped, and Palpatine doesn’t take advantage and kill him, just walks towards him slowly… and then he tries to run. This version makes more sense to me.
Ok palpatine flying away out of a hole in the ceiling? Perfection
1:45 one correction: he wasn't trying to flee the fight, he was trying to get to an area where Yoda wouldn't have as many walls and objects to bounce off of. This is why he ends up raising them into the senate area: it gives him the advantage
Lmao I love 1:10
I remember seeing this scene in the theatre and denying the fact I was bored.
I really like your analysis! Plenty of cool changes in the animated version vs. movie scenes. I think the change I dislike, however, is Sidious still having his lightsaber as he's throwing the Senate pods at Yoda. In the movie, I think it's quite telling that Yoda still has his lightsaber while Sidious doesn't in the equivalent moments.
The reason Sidious tries to leave the office initially is due to the fact that Yoda‘s fighting style benefits from tighter areas like in that office versus out there on the Senate floor. Sidious knew this and knew that the fight would be more in his favor in an open area.
No that's false, Yoda uses mainly Ataru which benefits from open areas not closed off spaces, Quigon was a better duelist than Maul but he lost to Maul due to the closed off space and not having enough area to properly utilize Ataru to it's maximum potential
@@jasonscott6128 I’m no Star Wars guru but I happened to watch this only few days before. czcams.com/video/x_mAxFckrf0/video.html. Figured it was a good reference considering the subscribers.
Your source also says Palpy was trying originally to force Yoda into the hallway bc of Yoda's advantage in an open space
@@MistyMountainPath key word in your statement being ALSO not the word untrue. There in that says my original statement isn’t false. Your thinking of strictly lightsaber combat as in your example given in your original comment. I said Sidious knew the FIGHT meaning overall battle. If I meant light saber combat I would of said just that or duel.
Yoda blocking the doorway and giving you no choice except combat is terrifying
Yup, I think the expression on Palpatine's face changed to reflect just that, even though he quickly followed up with a sneer
If I recall, in the novelization, Palpatine had already lost his lightsaber when he was throwing the pods at Yoda.
in the final and correct version of the accessible script(on imdb) and novelization yoda disarmed sidious fair and square after seconds and sidious was fleeing the entire duel that’s why he starts using those pods. yoda said he failed cuz he WAS so superior and still couldn’t beat him. that’s the whole point of him using the word failure. otherwise he wouldn’t be ashamed and would just accept that he met his match fair and square but the opposite was the case. additionally he had a vision before that explosion of what will happen and finally realizes that indeed everything was happening within a prophecy and things are supposed to happen as they would, all exactly as qui gon was preaching all those years. that’s also the reason why he left as he trusted the force despite still overwhelmed and in disbelief of what took place..
The only way this fight could have been better was if Yoda won and kicked the Emperor’s ass
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The whole thing was a mistake Yoda and Palpatine are above lightsabers. Palpatine refers to Luke's and Vader's as Jedi weapons. Yoda is dismissive of weapons entirely. The best bit was them chucking Senate pods at each other. Sidious literally dismantling democracy. I liked that. Yoda bouncing around was always silly. Ruined the mystique of the character.
Oh please,you Plinkett fans dont understand star wars at all it appear you all parrot the same vapid nonsense, he made great points in most cases,I'll grant him that..but Yoda with a saber a being thing Is just ludicrous..people actully went nuts for that scene when it happened in the theater..what could hav been funny or silly becomes moving and powerful...my main complaint is that Lucas edited all the good scenes from that dual before release..especially anakin part in it,he faught dooku with the green saber for a minute before he grabbed the other one to fight with.nick gillard was pretty pissed at what became of his work in attack of the clones.aswell as revenge of the sith for that matter...I hoped for awhile that Lucas was just holding on to that stuff for an eventual special edition release of the prequels.(tons of great footage exist that was cut from all three movies) .but with him selling starwars to " The Booty House "(Disney) ..and all the current nonsense with them, at this point we may never see it.
@@lordskywalker7825 my opinions are mine, based on me watching the films. Your comments are very difficult to follow. Is English your first language?
@@Concreteowl And you're clearly too incompetent to realize that the versions we see in the OT are merely a fraction of the characters as a whole. Yoda was never above using a lightsaber. Even the newer material shows there were times he wish he could use one on Dagobah. The lightsaber is canonically an extension of a Jedi and a focusing rod to help them connect with the Force. Yoda is no exception and from BoBF; we know he helped to train Luke in lightsaber combat while in exile.
Palpatine likewise is not above using the blade. He outright admits he mainly uses it to humiliate and defile the Jedi teachings; but it serves the same purpose and he is second to none in dueling prowess.
Educate yourself beyond the movies that came out 40+ years ago and you might learn something about the full-scope of their characters.
The IMAX audience were going WILD during this Epic duel!
I believe this is very good that you animated this comic book adaptation.
This is an official animatic from lucasfilm
@@StarWarsAnalyst thank you for this being possible to read.
Emperor: Everything went as I have foreseen
Emperor destroys the holocams but it's too late, even without it, Bail Organa took the security footage from the Jedi Temple to the media. Palpatine shown ordering child murdering. Massive scandal leads to rioting, not enough clone troopers to maintain order...staying on Coruscant becomes impossible, Palpatine flees. Republic fractures, Palpatine, supposed genius Sith planner, was Emperor for like a day.
You really know your Star Wars. Kudos.
The reason why Yoda chose to run in the final version is that he depleted his force reserves by utilizing tutaminis and then softening the fall (a sound effect of force discharge can be clearly heard at the moment he hits the floor and right then when he rolls over twice).
@@X_479 It's a force ability which uses a power of greed to remove charger from a box. Apple spotted using it.
"The embodiment of the purest Light pitted against the most depraved Darkness".
I'd argue that prior to Empire Strikes Back, Yoda wasn't "pure" at all. He had been leading the Jedi for centuries and was the key link between when the Jedi strayed from their path and the Jedi of the last days of the Republic. I think it took the combination of Qui Gon's ghost contacting him and his first trip to Dagobah meeting the Force Priestesses (during which he had to face his own demons), the failure of the Jedi Order and fall of the Republic, and his subsequent exile on Dagobah before Luke arrived for Yoda to finally align firmly with the Light and the will of the Force and gain the true wisdom he is known for.
I'd also argue that Sidious was hardly the "most depraved Darkness". Sidious might have been one of if not the most powerful Sith ever, but he was driven more by an agenda than by depravity or just a desire for power. He rarely ever showed being in the throws of the Dark Side and had far more self-control than most previous Sith Lords, including Vader. He established an Empire that valued Order, not chaos and the whims of passion which actually doesn't align with the Sith Code. He was likely the most strong-willed of all Sith Lords preventing him from descending into total destructive madness like so many who embrace the Dark Side. His callous regard for life notwithstanding, he didn't kill for the sake of killing. And as oppressive as the Empire could be at times, it often went out of its way to avoid confrontation when more peaceful means were easier. I'd describe him as "Evil, but pragmatic".
So this fight might be called "The most powerful Jedi vs the most powerful Sith".
AWESOME!! I just bought the toy for the senate fighting consisting of two senate pods, ywo clone troopers, and of course Yoday and Sidious with force lightening attck!!
Totally agree. I always thought some large groups of clone troopers should arrive which over power Yoda and he has no choice to leave
I feel the main reason the Emperor wanted to flee was because in his mind he had already won the war, and to risk fighting the light-side juggernaut that is Yoda was a gamble he would've rather avoided.
Those of us who grew up with the original trilogy hated Yoda using a child-sized lightsaber. It completely gutted the character Kershner brought to life in ESB and it's one of the major points of contention between us older fans and those who grew up on the prequels. It goes against his entire character and when I saw him bouncing around during AotC in the theater I knew 100% George didn't understand what Kershner did.
The cameras releasing this seems more Pixar like
Way I always saw it is that when Yoda's hooded robe landed on the spike, it would give Palpatine the belief he was defeated and vanished like with Obi Wan vs Vader.
I wish they kept the first half of the fight before combining it with the second half of what we got today.
Love the Alternative👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I remember after ROTS thinking they made Yoda go out like a bitch. It took me a while to come around, what little bit I have. This or another logical, in movie explanation would have made me feel a lot different about it.
If their duel was like in the deleted scenes, it would've been one of the best fights in the entire Star Wars franchise.
I think only the final scene should really be added. The rest seem goofy
The deleted scenes are corny asf. And yoda using non retaliating people as human shields is NOT yoda at all. That's something I would do on my dark side playthroughs
3:04 "So I threw the Senate at him...the whole Senate!"
01:12 the swinging on the pole tho 🤣 #NotMyYoda
Wow cool find.
This version is indeed better. Great research and video.
It wasn't a mistake. It seems perfectly ok.
4:04 was about to say he need a little rest.
Yoda is more powerful than Sidious.
An a lot more older too.
Never underestimate the power of sleep.
The deleted footage version of this fight would've been much better if that's the one we got for real.