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Sidious has used telepathy to influence billions. Goku has no tp resistance. You do the math.
In regards to telepathy.
Sidious didn't just decide to wake up one day and mentally enslave a planet. His domination of Byss took time, a number of his dark-side adepts and his empire to build an ostentatiously costly and luxurious place of retreat.The inhabitants of Byss were actually immigrants flown in from neighboring star systems, their purpose was set in stone from the beginning. On the surface, surveillance and a heavy military presence was commonplace on Byss. Stormtroopers were stationed at every street corner and undercover Imperial Security Bureau agents were present at most of the planet's public areas to watch out for any potential traitors... and their were traitors, those who resisted Palpetine's domineering influence. So as it stands, Palpetine's TP isn't infallible, and normal humans can resist it given the willpower. On top of this, Byss was probably the most potent dark-side nexus in Star Wars lore, which would amplify palpetine's control over it.
Palpetine of course, can use telepathy on high level individuals in his own universe, but most of these aren't battle feats and are usually part of a plot for Galactic domination. Manipulating Anakin in ROTS and Luke temporarily in Dark Empire to turn to the darkside, but there were so many stipulations to these feats and more then one Legend source that states immersion in the Dark-Side must must must be a choice made by the individual. In that regard, they were merely influenced by Palpetine and not mindraped.
You could also challenge Sidious' proficiency with mind control further, by asking a few questions. Why was there ever resistance to him, especially when he knew who the leaders of the Rebellion were? Why was he ever challenged when he could just place the heads of every star system under his control? Why when faced with the very people who sparked the rebellion was he not able to extract the required information from them off the bat with telpathy? (54:48)...
Of course, this isn't the first time non-force sensitives have resisted Palpetine's TP. On top of that, Sidious virtually never uses it in a 1 on 1 conflict. Really, what your saying is the thing that Sidious never resorts to, is what's going to help him win against a character that's so much better than him in every other way.
Sorry @cpt_nice, you're going to have to prove that Sidious is intrinsically better than him to win. Hax doesn't apply here.
Furthermore, there is no real gap, unless you can prove Goku is massively faster than double digit hypersonic. Because that is S reaction time.
Do your research on Goku now - because the gap is huge.
Here's my analysis on Palpetine's speed.
In short, the perception that Sheev can God-speed his way through Jedi, especially ones that are realistically in his physical range, comes from Revenge of the Sith (Mathew Stover). The instance of Anakin not being able to see Palpetine clearly, is spammed like an ejaculating steed in battles, but I don't think the quoter is are aware of the context surrounding Anakin, or how force assisted perception works. I've said this before.
Mace pressed back the darkness with a relentless straight-ahead march; his own blade, that distinctive amethyst blaze that had been the final sight of so many evil beings across the galaxy, made a haze of its own: an oblate sphere of purple fire within which there seemed to be dozens of swords slashing in all directions at once. The shadow he fought, that blur of speed—could that be Palpatine?
Revenge of the Sith
Firstly, force users perceive the the world outside of sight, and Anakin doesn't need to see someone to well enough to react to them with the Force, that's because it guides his actions and grants him a degree of clairvoyance to oncoming attacks. Kit Fisto is able to block a couple of Sidious' strikes through reaction speed alone, not skill; and he's certainly not better than Obi-Wan, let alone Anakin. Also, Shadow Conspiracy tells us Maul and Savage see Sidious fighting in the same light as Skywalker. Nonetheless, they're able to react to him separately and individually. All these sources tell us there's a difference between perceiving someone with eyesight, then through the Force, that much is clear.
Furthermore, this argument assumes that Jedi view the world in slow motion as a default setting, that's not the case, and when a Jedi is actively (or passively) using that power the writer tends to make it clear:
The dark side blossomed in Darth Maul, the power of it resonating in him like black lightning, augmenting his years of training, guiding his actions. Time seemed to slow, to stretch.
Darth Maul Shadow Hunter
Luke reached out. The Force was here, as it was everywhere, and it was no harder to touch deep in space than it was in the swamps on Dagobah. He let it fill him. The TIE fighters suddenly seemed to be moving slower. Luke’s hands flew over the controls; he moved the stick with sharp and precise movements. Swung to his starboard and lit the lasers, double-tapped the fire button.
Shadows of the Empire
On top of this, we're talking about an out-of-action Anakin, and one who was extremely conflicted between his personal decision to unveil Palpetine, and Padme's safety. This is the kind of emotional state that hinders force connection, and if there's any form of consistency to Revenge of the Sith, Annie should realistically be as hindered there as he was when fighting Obi-wan; unable to sense his master's presence approaching Mustafar, and unable to best him in a duel - despite being outright better then Kenobi.
On another note, Sidious doesn't stomp his opponents through raw-speed alone. Skill is equally, if not more important to his arsenal then just being faster; repeat after me - "such skill, such speed", in that order, because his skill level enabled him to exploit openings of the 3 Jedi above. Shadow Conspiracy highlights his skill against the Zabrak brothers in greater detail; that he was exploiting millimeter openings in their swordplay as well as their footing. In respective sources, skill is viewed as the crack in regards to saber fighting; The Phantom Menace tells us that Obi-Wan is faster then Qui-Gon, but the latter was clearly a better duelist:
But Obi-Wan, while not so experienced as Qui-Gon, was quicker. Anticipating each blow, he was able to elude his antagonist's efforts to bring him down.
The Phantom MenaceThey had fought together before, and they knew each other's moves. Qui-Gon had trained Obi-Wan, and while the younger Jedi was not yet his equal, he believed that one day Obi-Wan would be better than he had ever been.
Source: The Phantom Menace
In this sense, being faster than Anakin can see doesn't make him lightspeed, nor does it even necessarily make him hypersonic.. Kid Goku has already outpaced a lightspeed attack, so that is the level Sidious has to be to compete with him.
@cpt_nice said:
@gunsout: Why do you keep mentioning strength as if Sidious is gonna fist fight him?
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Yes, Palpetine has a tendency to humor people by dueling them with his saber. In which case, strength is vitally important. As it is, Palpetine probably can't survive the shockwave produced from one of Goku's punches. while goku can easily tank saber hits.
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