Duel in the Galactic Senate

The **Duel in the Galactic Senate** was a duel between Grand Master Yoda and the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, formerly Chancellor Sheev Palpatine. While Yoda attacked using the Force and his lightsaber, Sidious used his lightsaber, the Force, and Sith Lightning. In the end, Yoda was knocked to the ground, and having failed, he fled.

## The Duel

### Before the Duel

#### Duel in Chancellor's Office

After Anakin discovered that Chancellor Palpatine was secretly the Sith Lord Sidious, he informed the Jedi Council. Mace Windu, Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar, and Saesee Tiin went into the senate to arrest the Chancellor. Palpatine first eliminated the other three Jedi, and then he killed Mace Windu with the help of Anakin Skywalker.

#### Order 66 and Emperor

Darth Sidious manipulated the Jedi Knight Anakin, and he convinced him that the Jedi were evil and that only the Dark Side could help him saving Padmé. Anakin took the name of Darth Vader and went to the Jedi temple to kill the younglings. After that, he flew to Mustafar to kill all the Separatists' leaders. At the same time Palpatine put order 66 into effect, all the clones (or quite all the clones) turned against their own generals, killing quite every Jedi.

After Order 66, Palpatine went to the Senate and he proclaimed that the Republic would become the first Galactic Empire. He became the Emperor saying that the Jedi betrayed him and tried to kill him (which wasn't completely false, but he did not mention that he was the Sith Lord).

#### Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda

Obi-Wan and Yoda were two of the few Jedi who survived Order 66. Obi-Wan and Yoda met, they watched the surveillance videos seeing what Anakin did. All the younglings in the temple had died, many to Anakin’s blade. Anakin also killed three Jedi Master (Master Jurokk, Master Cin Darling, and Master Shaak Tii). Obi-Wan and Yoda decided that Yoda would fight the Chancellor while Obi-Wan would fight Anakin. Obi-Wan traveled to Mustafar and fought the so-called Battle of the Heroes. Yoda went to the Senate Building to fight against Darth Sidious.

### The duel

#### In the Office

Yoda arrived in the Emperor's office and force-pushed the Emperor's Imperial Guards, slamming them against the walls and rendering them unconscious. In the office, there were only the two passed-out guards, Vice Chairman of the Senate Mas Amedda, and, obviously, Palpatine. After a little talking, Palpatine used his Sith Lightning against the Grand Master, who was slammed against the wall and fell to the ground. While Yoda was getting up again, Mas Amedda left the room. Yoda used the Force-Push to send Sidious across the room. Sidious did a Force-enhanced jump towards the door, trying to leave the room, but Yoda anticipated this and blocked his way. Yoda ignited his lightsaber and Sidious ignited his too. Sidious used the lightsaber Form VII (Juyo, the Sith style) and Yoda used Form IV (Ataru).

#### In the Senate Room

Yoda and Sidious started an intense fight, and they went on the Emperor's Senate chair, which started lifting into the senate. Yoda used his small stature to throw himself at Palpatine, flipping and hopping around with his green blade. Palpatine had a hard time blocking Yoda’s attacks. In the end, Yoda was more powerful with a lightsaber than Darth Sidious, so the Emperor tried to keep his distance from the Grand Master. Sidious then used the Force to start throwing Senate seats at Yoda. Yoda dodged a lot of seats, but then he stumbled. Sidious threw against Yoda another seat, who was not able to dodge it anymore. Yoda used the Force to stop the seating and to throw it against Sidious. Sidious dodged it, but he got distracted: Yoda jumped near him and ignited his lightsaber. Sidious used is Force-lightning to hit the Grand Master's lightsaber. Yoda lost his weapon, but he was able to stop the Emperor's lightning just with his hands.