I was just thinking the other day about how the Yoda vs. Palpatine battle was probably the biggest bit of fan service the prequels did.

When I was a kid, the prospect of it made me quite excited. I had always wanted to know if Palpatine and/or Yoda had a lightsaber, and if so I always wanted to see them duel. I also always wanted to see a lightsaber battle in the Senate arena. So yeah that fight was sort of many dreams come true.

Of course the problem is, these were the dreams of a 9 year-old, so maybe not the best to actually depict on screen. Didn’t help that it’s completely ridiculous and perhaps the single worst choreographed fight in the series with no compelling action/momentum/drama or reason for being.