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[Star Wars]Could Luke have really killed the emperor?

I know that Luke didn't strike down the emperor to show he wouldn't give in to hate and fulfill the Jedi way and so on so forth, but say he was a bit more pragmatic and wasn't really angry be knew that killing Palpatine really was just something that needed to be done for the good of the galaxy, could he have actually killed him? I assume it was a trick but I have no idea how powerful any of these guys are supposed to be due to toned down the action is in the OT compared to later works.
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Luke, at that point in time, didn't have the strength or skills to kill the Emperor. At that point, Palpatine killed multiple Jedi Masters, forced a former Sith Lord into exile (Darth Maul), killed a Sith apprentice (Savage Oppress), and forced Yoda into exile. Himself. Luke couldn't have beaten him on his own.  
  
Darth Vader could have helped him but when Palpatine tells Luke to strike him down, Vader was still firmly on the Dark Side.