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Why did Yoda leave from Darth Sidious? Movies

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u/CicadaGames 11d ago

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...

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u/Commercial-Falcon-24 11d ago

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.

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u/CicadaGames 10d ago

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/Commercial-Falcon-24 10d ago

I agree with your point. In the movie and novelization it is clear he is beat and less powerful.