Rossa83 posted:

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SithStarSlayer posted:

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Rossa83 posted:

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[quote=cbtark]I know this is EU but in Dark Lord it is said the Sith only use lightsabers to humilate the jedi and that the Sith evolved past the lightsaber.

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And as you said - that's just EU! Try tell that humiliating bit to Maul or Dooku...

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If I remember correctly, the end of Sidious's light saber quote was "...if only to humiliate the Jedi."

Actually, it really has nothing to do with the EU.

The Sith moved past the use of sabers.

The films support this line of thinking.

How else did Sidious reign in the Trade Federation? Did he run around and threaten them by waving his red glow stick? The Jedi spoke of "Aggressive Negotiations", meaning, that they drew their sabers as a show of force. The Sith, no longer relied on their sabers in the same way. They only have a light saber because Jedi carry them, not because they want to wave them around every chance they get. Only arrogant Jedi do that.

Ultimately, to defeat the ENTIRE JEDI ORDER, the Sith Order evolved and adopted new strategies. The Jedi Order remained stagnant.

I think the humiliation quote, was intended more like this: "To beat the Jedi with their weapon of choice, a light saber, is the greatest way to humiliate them..."

The Sith didn't need to use light sabers to overtake the galaxy like the Jedi used light sabers to defend it...


Oh, and regarding the topic, Dooku just didn't have both hands on things like he should have. After all, didn't Palpatine tell the two Jedi that they were no match for a Sith Lord? Dooku couldn't handle Anakin, who was just scratching the surface of his anger, how could he have handled his own purely evil Master?

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