Emperor's Force Abilities

[MrAnderson]

Has it ever been determined how well known it is that the Emperor uses the Force?

I would expect that he would not hide it since he would have no reasont o but several things in the Origional Movies go against this thought.

1. In ANH there is the one General or Admiral (cannot remember which) who insults Vader and his sorcerous ways. I doubt he would have said that if he knew the Emperor was a Sith.

2. Tarkin mentions that Vader is the last of the Jedi. This suggests that we may see him in Ep 4 since he seems to know that Vader was Anakin and used to be a Jedi. His statements might not mean anything towards the Emperor since the Emperor was never a Jedi.

3. In ROTJ when Luke strikes down Vader he throws aside his lightsaber. Not a smart move to do around a Sith Lord. So he must not have known what the Emperor was capable of doing. Which also means Yoda either does not know as well or that he chose not to tell Luke the extent of the Emperor's powers.


Anything else that helps clear this up from the movies?

[General Zod]

i think there's a thread floating around here somewhere which lists the abilities that the emperor has. . . .i forget its title offhand though.

[phongn]

Not only that, but it's still on the front page.

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=34016

[Isolder74]

Has it ever been determined how well known it is that the Emperor uses the Force?

I would expect that he would not hide it since he would have no reasont o but several things in the Origional Movies go against this thought.

1. In ANH there is the one General or Admiral (cannot remember which) who insults Vader and his sorcerous ways. I doubt he would have said that if he knew the Emperor was a Sith.

He might not have the Emporer did have an exclusive group that actually knew who he really was. Motti was only still alive because Tarkin had authority over Vader, BTW

2. Tarkin mentions that Vader is the last of the Jedi. This suggests that we may see him in Ep 4 since he seems to know that Vader was Anakin and used to be a Jedi. His statements might not mean anything towards the Emperor since the Emperor was never a Jedi.

He might have, but it may be sure that he knew that Vader was once a member of the Jedi Order. What member he might not have known. Of course he does seem to beleive in the Force but thinks only the Sith still exist.

3. In ROTJ when Luke strikes down Vader he throws aside his lightsaber. Not a smart move to do around a Sith Lord. So he must not have known what the Emperor was capable of doing. Which also means Yoda either does not know as well or that he chose not to tell Luke the extent of the Emperor's powers.

Do not underestimate the powers of Emporer

it seems not even Yoda knew the full extent of the Emporer's Powers. But you are right Luke should not have thrown his saber away evidenced by when Obi Wan was able to draw Tyranus' Force Lightning into his saber. With enough practice it seems that one can block/absorb Force Lightning so the Emporer's

Your feable skills are no match for the power of the Dark Side!

was really just bravado on his part.

Anything else that helps clear this up from the movies?