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While the purpose was to show how strong Palpentine was, it doesn't really achieve that in the movie, it just makes Kolar and Tiin look insanely bad and Fisto a bit too, though not quite as much.

Mace Windu definitely wins that duel fair and square. I am not of the opinion that he's stronger and that's an important distinction, but he won that one.

He invented and mastered a lightsaber technique that (I can't remember the name or the exact in-universe explanation) that basically allows him to keep the fight at a stalemate forever since it uses the dark side force. Windu doesn't himself use it, not directly, but having mastered it means that the stronger the dark side force user he's having the stronger he is with that technique himself and it's supposed to be the reason he isn't just cut down in seconds. This is elaborated much more in the novalization. Also makes Fisto surviving for as long as he does all the more impressive because he doesn't use that. The stalemate breaks when they shatter the window and Windu is lucky enough to not be the one standing the window sill, because the force Palpentine had to use to stand firmly there allows Windu to break the stalemate and disarm him. Palpentine obviously puts on a show after this to lure Anakin and he's not as powerless as he appears to be, but he tried to deal with Windu before that point and failed due to Windu's techniques and a bit of luck on Windu's side, getting his lightsaber destroyed in the progress.

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