User blog comment:MilitaryBrat/Lord Voldemort vs Darth Vader/@comment-2006360-20111218030426/@comment-181289-20111219015628

Palpatine could of easily killed Mace, of that much I'm sure. The whole inncident was planned to make Anakin fall. Palpatine over powers Yoda, the oldest, strongest Jedi in the order. Mace, for all his skill and power, is no Yoda. Palpatine in my opinion lost his lightsaber on purpose and let Mace knock him over, becasue he did lose his weapon until Anakin was close by, I don't think he ever intended to kill Mace without Anakin stepping in first.