I gotta go with ScheurK on this, at times it seems like the Sith on the sidelines just walk in and assume role and ownership whenever they feel like it. But really, in the grand scheme of Darth Sidious I'd like to call him Das Führer of the Nazi Empire! And the mighty Aryan clones!

Something's that bothered me constantly is that the Jedi and Sith have the ability to levitate objects regardless of size including people whether be a push or lift action (Luke lifting C3PO). Yet despite this, everyone seems to fall to their death in the series. Windu, Darth Sidious, Anakin (legs getting chopped for jumping). Why can't Jedi/Sith's levitate themselves to safety?

I would believe he intentionally lost to Windu in order to get Anakin to join the Dark Side by betraying a Jedi before him. It seemed he could have escaped Windu anytime he wanted.

Against Count Dooku and Darth Sidious in the movies, Yoda returns force lightning back to the casters, and Yoda happens to be a Jedi, soo.... =/