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[Star Wars] Since everyone except Palpatine was trying their hardest to win the Clone Wars, was there ever a time where events didn't go as Palpatine wanted due to brilliant strategy by someone?
gpt
Palpatine was explicitly making sure that the Separatists wouldn't win - while individual battles might have been won or lost due to the actions of extraordinary individuals, there are several times like the Zillo Beast being loosed on Coruscant that could have gone badly that he turned around and made good use out of.

Not every single battle went exactly how he wanted, but Palpatine is nothing if not open to twisting events to his advantage, even things that probably should have gone against him.