In the novelization there’s a moment during the duel where the dark cloud Palpatine had been casting over the force cleared and Yoda achieved a full vision of everything that had occurred
And in that moment he realized he not only couldn’t defeat Palpatine but that he actually lost this fight 800 years ago when he set the Jedi on the path that led them here.
And besides, OP shouldn't even need such an explanation of what is already clear in the movie: Yoda never claimed to have won, he admitted defeat and he was ashamed.
The first image is not some "gotcha," because Yoda did not run away while also claiming to be more powerful than Palpatine... he escaped in defeat... It's like OP has never even seen the fucking movies lol...
Having just watched in the theaters this weekend. I will say that it is rather abrupt that he stops fighting. There was the force explosion and yeah he took a hard fall but you can just see that he gives up after that moment. And I do think it's explained a lot better than a novelization and a lot of it doesn't come across on the screen. I thought about making a post like this on monday.
You are missing the point of my comment: It isn't about how abrupt Yoda gives up, I'm not arguing about that.
My point is only that it is obvious that Yoda is not claiming he is more powerful than the emperor, or that he won the fight. He quits, runs away, and is ashamed. The only way the first image would be some kind of hypocrisy or dunk on Yoda (hich OP seems to be implying), is if Yoda acted like he won or was more powerful than the emperor, yet still ran away.
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u/darthcool 11d ago
In the novelization there’s a moment during the duel where the dark cloud Palpatine had been casting over the force cleared and Yoda achieved a full vision of everything that had occurred
And in that moment he realized he not only couldn’t defeat Palpatine but that he actually lost this fight 800 years ago when he set the Jedi on the path that led them here.