Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27586321-20150604000948/@comment-27560932-20150604003045

Oh, most certainly; despite his token for manipulations, Palpatine is more than a competent fighter. He easily took down Mace Windu and his team, moving so fast that the books described that he could not be seen, demonstrated considerable skill when fighting Darth Maul and his brother, effortlessly beating both, and managed to subdue Luke with a few blasts of Sith lightning.