Mace Windu Respect Thread (Canon)
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Mace Windu is one of the leaders of the Jedi Council during the twilight of the Republic. He is one of the Order's greatest warriors and has devoted his life to protecting the Republic and the virtues of the Jedi. He became a General in the Clone Wars along with the other Jedi, but felt disturbed by their new role as soldiers instead of keepers of the peace. He met his end on Coruscant when he and three other Jedi attempted to arrest Supreme Chancellor Palpatine under the impression that he was the second Sith Lord they had been looking for since the events of Episode I The Phantom Menace.
This thread will be divided into the following categories:
- Accolades
- Physicals
- Force Powers
- Combat Skill Accolades
- Lightsaber and Combat Feats
Accolades
Mace has powers on par with Master Yoda and his wisdom and judgement were legendary:
A respected Jedi with powers on par with those of venerable Yoda, Mace Windu was a senior member of the Jedi High Council, and his wisdom and judgement were legendary.
Source: Star Wars Fact File Relaunched #008
— Credit to JediSympathiz3r.
Mace is second only to Master Yoda in terms of reputation:
Second only to Master Yoda in reputation, Master Mace Windu leads the Jedi Council during the waning years of the Republic.
Source: Ultimate Star Wars
As a member of the Jedi Council, Mace is among the most respected Jedi:
The Jedi Council serves as the highest authority within the Order. Its members are chosen from among the most respected Jedi. There are always 12 members—when one member dies, another Jedi is chosen to replace them.
Source: Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
Grand Master Yoda and Jedi Master Mace Windu serve as the Council's senior members.
Source: Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
As a member of the Jedi High Council, Mace has proven himself and his abilities in the service of peace and justice:
The twelve members of the Jedi High Council represent a gathering of great minds who had proven themselves and their abilities in the service of peace and justice. Confident in their attunement to the Force, the Council members work together in trust, free from the petty constraints of ego and jealousy.
Source: Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary New Edition
Mace is a being of immeasurable power:
A being of immeasurable power and discipline, Mace Windu presided over the Jedi Council in Coruscant before the Clone Wars.
Source: 2015 Topps Star Wars Chrome Perspectives: Jedi vs. Sith - Jedi Temple Archives (Mace Windu)
Mace has "considerable" Force skills:
Arrogant and overconfident, Mace Windu abused his considerable Force skills by rejecting the dark side throughout his life, furthering the acceleration of chaos and disorder in the cosmos.
Source: 2015 Topps Star Wars Chrome Perspectives: Jedi vs. Sith - Sith Information Guide (Mace Windu)
NOTE: This set of cards is told from an in-universe perspective, this from the POV of the Separatists.
Mace Windu is a "champion" of the Jedi Order:
A grim Jedi Master with an amethyst-bladed lightsaber, Mace Windu was the champion of the Jedi Order, with little tolerance for the failings of the Senate, the arguments of politicians, or the opinions of rebellious Jedi.
[...]
Long the Jedi’s champion, he sought to maintain the Order's ancient traditions amid galactic unrest and political corruption.
Source: Star Wars Databank, Mace Windu
Sidious then blasted Mace with Force lightning, killing the Order's great champion.
Source: Star Wars Databank, Mace Windu Biography Gallery
Jedi Master Mace Windu was known as one of the Order's greatest champions—his skill with a lightsaber and with the Force was almost unmatched.
Source: Star Wars: Galactic Atlas (2016)
Starwars.com even calls him the Order's "greatest" champion:
Windu’s saber had a plasma blade of amethyst—a brilliant warning to enemies that the Jedi Order’s greatest champion was ready for battle.
Source: Star Wars Databank, Mace Windu's Lightsaber
Mace was almost unmatched in his skill with a lightsaber and the Force:
Jedi Master Mace Windu was known as one of the Order's greatest champions—his skill with a lightsaber and with the Force was almost unmatched.
Source: Star Wars: Galactic Atlas (2016)
— Credit to Lord_Tenebrous
Mace's forays on the battlefield during the Clone Wars proved why he was renowned as a warrior:
During the Clone Wars, Mace’s forays onto the battlefield showed why he was renowned as a warrior.
Source: Star Wars Databank, Mace Windu
Mace is an insightful and decisive leader:
Master Windu is an insightful and decisive Jedi leader who does his utmost to protect the Order.
Source: Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary New Edition
Mace is an elite military figure:
As a Jedi general during the Clone Wars, Mace is an elite military figure.
Source: Ultimate Star Wars New Edition
Master Yoda calls Mace a capable and wise leader:
"Doubt not the ways of the Force. It tests us at times. But believe it will lead us where we are meant to be, we must. Similarly, doubt not yourself. You are a wise and capable leader."
Source: Star Wars: Mace Windu Issue #01
Kit Fisto calls Mace an "exemplary figure of the Jedi principles":
Rissa Mano: "I can't believe I'm on a mission with Master Windu himself!"
Kit Fisto: "He is an exemplary figure of the Jedi principles."
Source: Star Wars: Mace Windu Issue #01
Mace is one of the most powerful Jedi in the whole Order:
Along with Yoda, Mace Windu is without a doubt one of the most powerful Jedi Masters in the Order.
Source: Star Wars: Card Trader - Mace Windu - Jedi Master (ROTS) - Base Series 1
Mace is referred to as "one of the greatest Jedi Masters":
Kanan's Jedi line boasts one of the greatest Jedi Masters, Mace Windu, while Kanan's own Master, Depa Billaba, sacrifices herself to save Kanan.
Source: Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated & Expanded (2017)
— Credit to Lord_Tenebrous
Darth Sidious seems to refer to Mace Windu as "the strongest of Jedi":
— Secrets of the Sith
Physicals
Mace takes a strike from Guattako the Grim's weapon to the chin but bounces right back into action:
Mace kicks down the mercenary droid AD-W4:
Mace is slammed in the face by a large ball of debris and shrugs it off:
Mace shrugs off a sucker punch from Jedi Master Prosset Dibs:
Mace takes three powerful hits from the mercenary droid AD-W4:
Mace defends from and deflects blaster bolts from six droids on either side of him:
Mace leaves two afterimages while fighting off a group of B-1 Battle droids:
Mace spins his lightsaber like a fan to deflect blaster fire from a battle droid ambush:
Mace survives a jetpack missile detonating near him—
—and is actually up and about without seemingly without any medical aid minutes later:
Mace is able to react and continuously block and deflect Darth Sidious's Force lightning from just outside lightsaber striking range:
— Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Force Powers
Telepathy/Empathy
Telepathy is the power to sense, communicate and manipulate the thoughts of others. Empathy is the power to sense, communicate, and manipulate emotions.
Mace was sent alone to the planet Oosalan and planned to get captured so that he could send a message back to the other Jedi about the exact location of Guattako the Grim and his terrorist organization:
Mace uses the Force and senses no malice from a group of creatures:
Mace connects with the minds of "ghosts" on Ridlay and releases them from Count Dooku's control. The Count had previously taken control of their minds with help from their own hivemind:
Force Sense
Force Sense is a basic power allowing Force sensitives to sense their surroundings, feel and determine the thoughts or feelings of others, feel ripples in the Force signifying important events, the presence of the dark side, or even sense the future.
When the Jedi Council tested the young Anakin Skywalker, Mace sensed conflict within the youth that made him uneasy despite the young boy passing each test:
Jedi Master Mace Windu tests the young Anakin Skywalker. Mace looks at the rotating images on his viewscreen; Anakin must state what the master sees. Strong in the Force, Anakin's answers are correct, but initially the Jedi Council refuses to train him. Mace senses a conflict within the boy that makes him uneasy.
Source: Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
Mace was one of the first Jedi to sense danger in Anakin Skywalker:
Mace is decisive and perceptive. He is one of the first Jedi to sense danger in Anakin Skywalker and is quick to lead a Jedi taskforce to Geonosis when war preparations are discovered there.
Source: Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia (2016)
— Credit to Lord_Tenebrous
Mace senses Anakin Skywalker's pain the night his mother dies:
And there were dark stirrings in the Force: emanations of fear and death. Mace and Yoda could feel Anakin's terrible emotional pain sending queasy reverberations through the Force.
Source: Star Wars Databank, Mace Windu Biography Gallery
Mace senses that the "ghosts" on Ridlay are actually alive and that something is wrong with their minds:
Force Jump
Force Jump or Leap is the usage of the Force to augment one's jumping ability.
Mace jumps up a good distance to reach the top of a waterfall:
Mace jumps up to slice the legs off at the joint of an Octuptarra tri-droid:
Mace has a plasma bridge shut off under him and he starts falling into a chasm. He flips up onto the top off a Separatist troop carrier, jumps out onto a STAP, and forces the battle droid to fly the speeder over and crash into another one, but not before Mace jumps off the speeder and onto solid ground:
The battle droids begin powering down the bridge. Mace uses the Force to carry Stak and Razor safely to the other side, but he's caught in the middle. The bridge dissipates, and the transports fall into the canyon. In a superhuman feat of agility, Mace bounds off their plummeting hulls and uses the Force to leap atop a nearby STAP, using it to propel himself onto the city-side of the crevasse.
Source: Starwars.com, Liberty on Ryloth Episode Gallery
— Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 Episode 21 - Liberty on Ryloth
Telekinesis
Telekinesis is a common Force ability that affords the user the ability to alter and distort the environment and reality around them.
Mace, while handcuffed, uses the Force to repair his lightsaber that was being held in a box away from him. He then calls it back to him and manages to deflect a few blaster bolts while still handcuffed:
Mace lifts up a young Twi'lek girl from a ledge up to the top off a waterfall:
Mace uses the Force to crush a Destroyer Droid:
Mace appears to use the Force to move a falling Octuptarra tri-droid away from him:
Mace takes out two Separatist droids with a lightsaber throw:
Mace uses the Force to shove the mercenary droid AD-W4 off of him:
Mace destroys the head of AD-W4:
Mace uses the Force to shove a Republic AT-TE walker over a ledge:
— Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 Episode 21 - Liberty on Ryloth
Mace uses the Force to pull a battle droid to him:
— Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 Episode 21 - Liberty on Ryloth
Mace lifts and moves two clone troopers off of a plasma bridge:
The battle droids begin powering down the bridge. Mace uses the Force to carry Stak and Razor safely to the other side, but he's caught in the middle.
Source: Starwars.com, Liberty on Ryloth Episode Gallery
— Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 Episode 21 - Liberty on Ryloth
Mace lifts up two clone troopers who were hanging on the edge of a cliff:
— Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 Episode 21 - Liberty on Ryloth
Mace knocks down several droids with a Force Push:
— Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 Episode 21 - Liberty on Ryloth
Mace brings a large door down to crush a Separatist tank:
— Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 Episode 21 - Liberty on Ryloth
Mace catches a pillar thrown by Count Dooku, holds the pillar in the air, and then throws it back at the Count:
Shatterpoint
Shatterpoint is the ability to perceive fault lines with the Force.
One of Mace's abilities is to see Shatterpoints:
— Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia (2021)
Mace uses Shatterpoint to easily and carefully break the glass of a Republic walker in order to get the pilot out:
— Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 Episode 21 - Liberty on Ryloth
NOTE: Starwars.com mentions that they intended for this scene to be consistent with his EU talent for finding Shatterpoints. - (Starwars.com, Liberty on Ryloth Trivia Gallery)
Combat Skill Accolades
Mace is regarded as one of the best lightsaber fighters in the Jedi Order and a master of combat techniques that sometimes tread closely to the dark side of the Force:
Regarded as one of the best lightsaber fighters of the Jedi Order, Mace is a master of combat techniques that sometimes trend dangerously close to dark-side practices.
— Ultimate Star Wars New Edition
Mace is known far and wide as one of the Jedi Order's most formidable warriors:
Mace Windu is a formidable warrior and a stern judge of character.
Source: Ultimate Star Wars
Mace is known for his lightsaber skills:
— The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia (2021)
Mace is the Jedi Order's greatest swordsman:
The sight of a purple energy blade on the battlefield means the Jedi Order's greatest swordsman has arrived.
— Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection (2020)
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine states that Mace Windu is perhaps the Jedi Order's "greatest warrior":
"Master Windu. He is perhaps the Order's greatest warrior, most powerful Force adept."
-- Star Wars: Brotherhood
Mace is considered among the best lightsaber fighters in the history of the Jedi, and as a master of Form VII, he is one of the most skilled members of the Order:
Mace was considered among the best lightsaber fighters in the history of the Jedi. Only the most skilled members of the Order could master the Form VII discipline of combat, the aggressive nature of which trod dangerously close to the dark side.
Source: Star Wars Fact File Relaunched #008
Mace Windu is described as the Order's "most revered fighter" and "most powerful warrior":
"What was that?" Anakin twisted the knob again, static interrupting the signal and causing lines to jab in and out of Mace's hologram. Over his shoulder, Mill laughed, and Anakin turned to shoot her a be quiet glance -- not out of scolding, but to keep up appearances. But they locked eyes, and her grin became infectious, so much so that he put his gloved hand over his mouth to prevent his near-laugh from transmitting across the galaxy to the Jedi Order's most revered fighter.
[...]
Because even though Anakin excelled at improvising under duress, that applied only to combat situations. In this case, his actions came off as no more than a childhood prank on the Jedi's most powerful warrior.
Source: Star Wars: Brotherhood
-- Credit to JediSympathiz3r.
Obi-Wan Kenobi believes Mace Windu is more skilled than himself:
Yoda, Mace Windu, Even Piell, Eeth Koth, and others—all more skilled or more wise than him, something he freely admitted.
Source: Star Wars: Brotherhood
-- Credit to JediSympathiz3r.
Jedi Knight Rissa Mano believes Mace Windu is a "top five Jedi Master of all time" and studied his lightsaber technique to use as a foundation for her own:
"I have studied his teachings since I was a youngling. His style of lightsaber combat has been the foundation of my own. He is a top five Jedi Master of all time for sure!"
Source: Star Wars: Mace Windu Issue #01
The mercenary droid AD-W4 calls Mace "one of the fiercest warriors in the galaxy" while falsely believing he killed him:
"I have bested one of the fiercest warriors in the galaxy. My price point just skyrocketed."
Source: Star Wars: Mace Windu Issue #03
Mace is second only to Master Yoda in lightsaber prowess:
Jedi Master Mace Windu is disciplined, steadfast, and unwavering in his commitment to the Jedi Order. He is second only to Master Yoda in lightsaber prowess, wisdom, and respect among his peers.
Source: The Star Wars Book
Mace is "renowned as a warrior":
Mace Windu is a senior member of the Jedi Council, renowned as a warrior, tough negotiator, and ardent defender of the Order and its place in the galaxy.
Source: Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary (2018)
— Credit to Lord_Tenebrous
Mace's wisdom and combat prowess are legendary:
Mace Windu is a senior member of the Jedi High Council. His wisdom and combat prowess are legendary.
Source: Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia (2016)
— Credit to Lord_Tenebrous
Mace is a master of Form VII combat and one of the best lightsaber fighters alive:
A master of Form VII combat, Mace Windu is one of the best living lightsaber fighters.
Source: Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia (2016)
— Credit to Lord_Tenebrous
Mace might have prevailed and bested Darth Sidious in combat had Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader not betrayed him, according to Luke Skywalker:
— Secrets of the Jedi
And the Complete Visual Dictionary also states that Mace was nearly successful in taking down Darth Sidious:
While his comrades fall, Mace is nearly successful.
— Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary (2018)
Mace is able to deflect Darth Sidious' Force Lightning back at him due to his skill with a lightsaber:
A skilled lightsaber wielder can block Force lightning using their lightsaber's energy blade. In his fight with Darth Sidious at the end of the Clone Wars, Mace Windu uses his lightsaber to save himself from the life-draining effects of the Sith's Force lightning.
Source: Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
Lightsaber and Combat Feats
Padawan Mace stomps three Gamorreon Guards with just hand-to-hand:
Mace leads a group of 200 Jedi the Geonosis in order to rescue Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padme Amidala from Naboo. Mace and the Jedi face a combined force of Separatists battle droids and Geonosian soldiers and are eventually overwhelmed:
Alarmed by the captives' plight and the news of a massive Separatist buildup, the Jedi launch a two-pronged rescue mission. First, Mace Windu gathers a squad of 200 Jedi to fly to Geonosis and slip into the execution arena. At Mace's signal, the Jedi ignite their lightsabers while Mace faces off against Count Dooku inside Poggle the Lesser's viewing platform. Any hope that the standoff might end without bloodshed vanishes when bounty hunter Jango Fett springs into action to defend Dooku. Geonosian warriors follow Fett's lead, and soon the stands erupt in chaos as the Jedi defend against their insectoid attackers. Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padme join the struggle as the battle spills onto the arena floor, where Mace beheads Jango Fett with his lightsaber.
Source: Ultimate Star Wars
Mace Windu interrupts the gruesome spectacle, revealing the presence of hundreds of Jedi Knights in the viewing stands. The Jedi Master hopes to force Count Dooku's surrender. but instead the arena explodes into conflict. Geonosian warriors are joined by battle droids, putting the outnumbered Jedi on the defensive. In a one-on-one showdown, Mace Windu strikes down bounty hunter Jango Fett, but the tide turns in favor of the Separatists.
Source: Ultimate Star Wars
— Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Mace cuts off the head of notorious bounty hunter Jango Fett. Fett first joined the melee of the Petranaaki Arena as Mace was trying to deal with a wild reek on the loose. The reek ended up charging Jango, running him over and damaging his jetpack. This made it easy for Mace to run up, block his shots, and behead him with a swing:
He faces off against Dooku's agent Jango Fett in the Geonosian execution arena and beheads the bounty hunter with one swipe of his lightsaber.
Source: Ultimate Star Wars
Jango defended Dooku during the battle with the Jedi, but proved no match for Mace Windu, who struck off his head with one swing of his amethyst-bladed lightsaber.
Source: Star Wars Databank, Jango Fett
Jango then rocketed into the arena to battle the invaders. But the bounty hunter found himself in over his head—he was nearly trampled by a rampaging reek, then confronted by Mace Windu. As Boba watched in horror, Windu calmly deflected Jango's blaster shots and severed the hunter's helmeted head with one slash of his lightsaber.
Source: Star Wars Databank, Jango Fett Biography Gallery
— Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Mace deflects blaster fire from Destroyer Droids and B-1 Battle Droids piloting STAPs before jumping and eventually commandeering one of these STAPs for himself. He then drives and throws it at a cliff to take out more droids, jumps and lands on the cliff, and then crushes a Destroyer Droid with the Force:
Mace fights and quickly kicks down the mercenary droid AD-W4:
Mace and Jedi Knight Rissa Man take down at least three Octuptarra tri-droids:
Mace fights and defeats Jedi Knight Prosset Tibs. Prosset was ready and willing to kill Mace while the Jedi Master wanted him to surrender. Mace finishes the fight by knocking Prosset down with the Force and taking his lightsaber away:
Mace duels the mercenary droid AD-W4 again and disarms him early on before being taken by surprise and knocked to the ground. He takes a few hits and then Force pushes the droid off of him and into a wall, leaving him open for Mace to stab him with his lightsaber:
Mace duels and defeats Count Dooku. Dooku starts off well by landing a Force Push against Mace, but the Jedi withstands the blast and after a few more blade exchanges lands a Force Push of his own that sends the Count flying. Dooku then retreats after recovering from the Force attack:
Mace helped spar with Jedi Knight Depa Billaba in order to get her back in physical shape after waking up from her coma:
Mace and Jedi Knight Aayla Secura briefly fight the Sith Lord Darth Maul, but the duel is interrupted by a rocket from a Death Watch member, knocking out Mace and Aayla and allowing Maul to escape:
Mace duels and disarms Darth Sidious at the end of the Clone Wars:
In the wars' last days, he calls for the arrest of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine if he refuses to surrender his wartime powers, and taking over the Senate. This leads to an epic confrontation with Palpatine that the great Jedi will not survive.
Source: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia (2021)
Mace Windu arranged a posse of Jedi Masters to confront Darth Sidious and arrest him. The Sith Lord did not go willingly, springing into action and killing three Jedi Masters before engaging Windu in an intense lightsaber duel. Mace cornered Sidious, and the Sith Lord unleashed torrents of dark Force lightning at his opponent, some of which were deflected back at Sidious, forever scarring his face.
Source: Star Wars Databank, Darth Sidious Biography Gallery
Master Windu ordered Anakin to remain behind in the Temple, while he and a hand-picked team set out to apprehend the chancellor for his crimes. Mace Windu arrived in Palpatine's offices and announced his arrest. Palpatine scoffed at the news that the Senate would determine his fate, and with a roar of "I am the Senate," he ignited a red-bladed lightsaber.
Before the Jedi could react, Palpatine sprang into action and killed all of them except Mace Windu. Anakin, tormented by the thought that the ability to save Padme might be lost with Palpatine, traveled to the chancellor's office and burst in as Mace Windu pointed his lightsaber at Palpatine's heart.
Source: Star Wars Databank, Palpatine Biography Gallery
The Jedi Order will take stewardship of the Republic with the Chancellor out of commission. Confronted by this truth, Palpatine calls the Jedi traitors. Mace and a trio of Jedi Masters ignite their blades, placing Palpatine under arrest.
Palpatine does not go lightly. From his sleeve, he produces a scarlet-bladed lightsaber. He leaps into combat fueled by the power of the dark side. The Sith Lord quickly kills three of the Jedi Masters, and engages in a heated duel with the powerful Mace Windu.
Windu disarms Palpatine, and forces the Sith Lord into the corner of his spacious office window.
Source: Star Wars Databank, Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith Story Gallery
After a failed arrest attempt, Mace Windu battled Supreme Chancellor Palpatine after the latter was revealed to be the mysterious Sith Lord, Darth Sidious. While Windu took the upper-hand, an interruption from Anakin Skywalker turned the tide and allowed Palpatine to destroy the revered Jedi Master.
Source: 2018-19 Topps Star Wars Galactic Moments Countdown to Episode 9 #96 Darth Sidious Kills Mace Windu
Following the Battle of Coruscant, Mace receives news that Supreme Chancellor Palpatine is actually the Sith Lord behind the recent turmoil across the galaxy. Mace selects a small squad of Jedi—Agen Kolar, Kit Fisto, and Saesee Tiin—to arrest the Chancellor, but they die when Palpatine fights back. Mace seems to be winning until Anakin suddenly intervenes and cuts off the Jedi Master's hand. Palpatine seals Mace's fate with a blast of Force lightning, sending him through the window to his death.
Source: Ultimate Star Wars
Windu's final mission was an ill-fated attempt to arrest Chancellor Palpatine which would have been successful had it not been for the last-minute intervention of Anakin Skywalker.
Source: Star Wars: Card Trader - Mace Windu - Jedi Master (AOTC) - Base Series 1
When the Jedi discover his true identity, Master Mace Windu confronts the Sith Lord. Sidious would have perished if not for the intervention of Anakin Skywalker, an act that earned the young Jedi his name Darth Vader, Sidious's new apprentice.
Source: Star Wars: Card Trader - Darth Sidious - Sith Master - Base Series 1
The Jedi arrived in Palpatine's office, lightsabers drawn, to find the Chancellor benignly calm, making no attempt to escape. As Mace Windu announced that Palpatine was to be arrested, with the Senate deciding his ultimate punishment, all pretence was dropped. Like a conjurer, the Sith Lord produced a lightsaber from the sleeve of his robe, and, with a snarl of rage, leapt to attack with inhuman agility.
In a second, Agen Kolar and Saesee Tiin were cut down by lightsaber blows. Kit Fisto survived only moments longer, then Windu was alone against Darth Sidious. Their lightsabers clashed in a furious rain of blows as Windu fought for control of the duel. Finally managing to gain the upper hand, he drove his opponent into a corner, disarming him.
At that moment, Anakin Skywalker arrived. Sidious looked pitifully towards him, an exhausted, defeated figure. As Windu forced his lightsaber blade closer, Sidious retaliated with Sith lightning, his features withering and twisting into a mask of pure evil. To save his friend, Anakin slashed off Windu's hand.
Source: Star Wars Helmet Collection 15
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— Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
