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human
Did Palpatine even need a lightsaber against Mace Windu and CO?

I mean, the general opinion on that fight is that Palps could have easily won. Could he have battled down the Jedi with the force only? I'm asking this because he later considered lightsaber battle not to be an option for him any more anyway. Or is that because he doesn't consider fighting in general not an option any more because he's so ridiculously good at manipulating people?
gpt
No, he definitely didn't. He could have picked them up and used them as puppets and they would have been powerless to stop him. The only reason he did is he knew Anakin would show up. Palpatine was actually disdainful of lightsaber combat. He considered it to be primitive and thought the Sith had grown beyond them, which is slightly ironic as he was one of the most powerful lightsaber duelists ever.