A Novelização Oficial aborda esse evento com um pouco mais de detalhes;
- Por que ele não lutou?
Ele lutou, é só que Vader é extraordinariamente strong e suas lutas foram em grande parte ineficazes.
- Por que ele continuou lançando raios?
- Ele intencionalmente chocou Vader?
Não. Vader ficou chocado porque ele pegou alguém que estava usando um raio de força. Não parece ter havido qualquer intenção por parte de Palpatine em chocar Vader.
At that instant, Vader sprang up and grabbed the Emperor from behind, pinning Palpatine’s upper arms to his torso. Weaker than he’d ever been, Vader had lain still these last few minutes, focusing his every fiber of being on this one, concentrated act - the only action possible; his last, if he failed. Ignoring pain, ignoring his shame and his weaknesses, ignoring the bone-crushing noise in his head, he focused solely and sightlessly on his will - his will to defeat the evil embodied in the Emperor.
Palpatine struggled in the grip of Vader’s unfeeling embrace, his hands still shooting bolts of malign energy out in all directions. In his wild flailing, the lightning ripped across the room, tearing into Vader. The Dark Lord fell again, electric currents crackling down his helmet, over his cape, into his heart.