But they also said that it was always intended for Mace to overpower Palpatine, and that they only added in the faking part later.
So Mace was better with a saber, but Palpatine had a back-up plan; that's how I see it.
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I'm with you, I can't accept that Palpatine could have overpowered Mace at any moment, I just can't...