re: Question on the Star Wars PT

He revealed to them that he had control of the Senate and after he killed 3 of the 4 jedi, Windu knew his plan was to have the Republic turn against the jedi. He tells anakin he has to kill him because if he escapes, he'll fully take control of the senate and courts and the jedi will be wiped out.

It would be easy to control the narrative if he kills him, then revealed he was a sith that killed 3 jedi.

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The fact that Mace wanted to kill Palpatine is also a pretty big reason why Anakin chose to turn to the dark side. If the Jedi chose not to act so quickly or attempted to go through the Senate first, I think Anakin would've had a much harder time reasoning in his mind that the Jedi were evil.

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I agree with this. One of the themes is that the jedi lost their way throughout the war. Even though Anakin may not have turned, the jedi still would've been wiped out because the plan would have been complete, since he had control of the senate and courts.

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Palpatine was Chancellor over 10 years by the time of Episode 3, and he never framed the Jedi.

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It was a really long plan that, with the jedi dead as the end game. He needed complete control first.