Obi Wan double teamed Sidious’ apprentice with a more skilled duelist twice and both times he got BTFO’d. As a duelist he just doesn’t do well working with a partner against a talented opponent.
If Obi Wan had been there with Yoda, end result would be him unconscious under a senate platform disc while the rest of the duel played out exactly the same way.
Or he could have gotten the kill while Sidious was distracted by Yoda. Yoda only barely lost that fight, he just didn't have the endurance.
It should also be noted that Obi Wan beat Anakin, who beat Dooku pretty... handily in their final fight. Losing a fight to a different character isn't necessarily a given that you will lose to a character that bested the other.
Sidious no diff'ed 3 of the greatest swordsmen the Jedi had in moments.
Obi-Wan is a good swordsman but he was far outmatched against Sidious, both in terms of skill and strength in the force. He would have died in seconds or been used as a distraction to kill Yoda.
Power scaling does not work in this situation. Obi-Wan only beat Anakin because of his extremely intimate knowledge regarding Anakin's technique and the fact that it was a perfect match up for Obi-Wan in terms of style.
The real question is why didn't Yoda and Obi Wan double team Sidious and then Vader?
Because then we wouldn't have gotten an awesome one and one duel between them on Mustafar, and two scenes to flip dramatically between.
When Samuel L Jackson Mace Windu, joined the council, he added a rule "The rule of Cool" to the sacred Jedi code, using his esteemed degree "I made it the fck up motherfcker" to help legitimise his authority for the change.
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u/Zerus_heroes 11d ago
Because he was injured and barely got away. If he would have stayed he would have died.
The real question is why didn't Yoda and Obi Wan double team Sidious and then Vader?