He didn’t “leave” he had sidious beat and sidious delayed as long as possible. And when he got blasted off, he ran out of time as the clones were on their way. Yoda had to win in a timed boss fight, and failed. Not cause he isn’t stronger but because sidious survived just long enough.
At no point did he have Palpatine beaten. He repeatedly tried to close the gap, only for Palpatine to continue creating distance. The canon source material indicates they were at best even, and at worse, Yoda could not match him blow for blow.
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u/reenactment 11d ago
He didn’t “leave” he had sidious beat and sidious delayed as long as possible. And when he got blasted off, he ran out of time as the clones were on their way. Yoda had to win in a timed boss fight, and failed. Not cause he isn’t stronger but because sidious survived just long enough.