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[God Thundercracker]

Which Dark Lord wins?

[Tekka]

Palpatine.

Look at the power he has at his disposal, both personal and external manpower. He doesn't need a wand to fight either.

Just force pull the wand away from Voldemort then force lightning him to death.

Voldemort is a pussycat in comparison.

[olokin]

Ol palpy gets my vote. Voldemort is just pretender. palpatine actually suceeded in taking over a galactic system, while voldy just aiming for a world.

[StarThunderWarp]

Palpatine's actions lead to the near extermination of one of the strongest races in their universe, Voldamort scarred a child. I say Palpatine.

[Armorock]

Palpatine easy. Darth Sidious is the greatest of all dark lords.

[Gigastorm]

see.... if my friend was here he would totally disagree but fact is voldamort just sucks at life and will never do anything but scare a few wizards...

all the while palpatine is the...

GALACTIC EMPEROR

[Psycho Warrior]

the Sith lord

[Shadowman]

Well, Voldemort accomplished most of what Palpatine did, albeit on a smaller scale. (Voldemort only had the UK to work with, he probably would have spread further if he didn't die)

Voldemort was killed by a kid...well, a 17 year old anyway, who was using a literally unstoppable weapon.

But Palpatine was killed by a man who only had one functioning arm (Prosthetic), a respirator (Which was malfunctioning), and would die if he took his mask off.

Anyway, let's look at actual powers:

Palpatine has above-average Force Powers (He's been shown to be about equal with Yoda), and can leap a large distance for a man of his age, and has enough skill with a lightsaber to be able to drop three Jedi Masters, then hold off Mace Windu for some time.

Voldemort has instant teleportation, flight, and a large number of skills at his disposal. It's been shown that the Killing Curse can be cast in just over a second, while most other spells don't even require an incantation. (Powerful wizards have been shown to be able to cast most low- and mid-level spells this way) While the Killing Curse is blockable, it usually requires a willing human sacrifice.

Yeah, Palpatine has an advantage with his lightsaber (Whatever happened to that after Episode III? He could have used that to NOT be thrown in a pit of death) and Force Powers, Voldemort has plenty of defensive spells, as well as spells comparable to most of Palpatine's Powers. (Accio/Force Pull, Crucio/Force Lightening, etc.)

As much of a Star Wars fan I am, I have to give this one to Voldemort. Call it an upset pick.

[Evank_Horizon]

Vader killing Palpatine was mainly due to the effect of surprise. But I agree that Voldemort takes this one. The way I see it, and most fans would disagree with me, Palpatine managed to dominate the way he did because he was cunning. In canon material, he didn't show that much raw power really. The force lightnings inflict pain but are not that effective to kill someone. On the other hand Voldemort has a wider range of stronger attacks and spells. Without their armies Palpatine doesn't stand a chance. And even with their respective armies, Voldemort has the upper hand. There aren't that amny skilled Sith and the rest is pretty much irrelevant.

[Thanatos Prime]

see.... if my friend was here he would totally disagree but fact is voldamort just sucks at life and will never do anything but scare a few wizards...

all the while palpatine is the...

GALACTIC EMPEROR

Truer words have yet to be spoken. Voldemort was a pussy, why some random dude didn't just put a shotgun to his head is beyond me.

"Spells huh? How about 20 grain buckshot?" my kind of ending....