Why didn't Darth Vader just use the force to choke and throw Darth Sidious into the electric core?
I am very confused because in the Star Wars movie where Luke goes go up against Darth Sidious:
Darth Vader was killed by Darth Sidious's electricity power than the dark side has to offer him after Darth Vader saved his son, resulting from his son's pleas for his father to help him from being electrocuted.
Why didn't Darth Vader simply use the force to throw and choke Darth Sidious into the core thus to kill him, and so that Vader could have lived?
Best Answer
After Vader's battle with Luke, he was in a very bad way. One hand was gone, he was tired, and he had suffered under Luke's onslaught.
Darth Sidious, on the other hand, was at his full strength. He was in full control of the Dark Side, had no injuries, and could unleash everything at Luke.
If Vader had tried to attack using the Force, Sidious would have responded, and they would have at least been equal in strength. A Force-choke takes time - more than enough time for Sidious to easily break Vader's grip. Given Vader's condition, Palpatine would have won a Force battle.
Despite Palpatine's powers of the Dark Side, he was still a physically old man; approximately in his late eighties.
Vader knew that his only chance was a physical attack. In terms of physical strength, he was the superior. So his lifting Palpatine above his head was swift, and took the Emperor by surprise, giving Vader enough time to throw his former master down the shaft, even though it cost him his life. In that moment, it was the only way he could see to save his son.
From the official novelization:
At that instant, Vader sprang up and grabbed the Emperor from behind, pinning Palpatine's upper arms to his torso. Weaker than he'd ever been, Vader had lain these last few minutes, focusing his every fiber of being on this one, concentrated act - the only action possible; his last, if he failed. Ignoring pain, ignoring his shame and his weaknesses, ignoring the bone-crushing noise in his head, he focused solely and sightlessly on his will - his will to defeat the evil embodied in the Emperor.
from Star Wars : Return of the Jedi by James Kahn
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Can Vader Force choke Palpatine?
Force lightning required a living conduit for the energy to be channeled; thus Darth Vader, despite being an immensely powerful Sith Lord, was never able to properly employ this ability, as any attempt to generate it carried the risk of shorting out his life support systems.Why didnt Vader use force lightning?
Palpatine's own showing of the Force Choke in Clone Wars showcased the ability to transmit his choke even across hologram projections or to incapacitate guards he could not even see, so it's not as though this is the first time his showings with the power proved superior to Vader's own.Can Palpatine use Force choke?
Vader sees him too weak to be a Sith and since he already refused the offer, so there was no point of saving him. Though, Luke survived and he tries to capture him later. Another possibility is that he was surprised by Luke's fall, so he didn't get time to use the Force to catch him.Why Didn't You Stop Me?
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