Yoda fez uma escolha tática com base nas perdas que os Jedi já haviam sofrido naquele dia. Dado que as opções estavam ou perdendo dois de seus Jedi de nível Omega (em cima das dezenas já mortas) versus parando com Dooku, ele nem precisava hesitar.
No decision was necessary. Too many Jedi have we lost today. Yoda bent his mind toward the crane, concentrating. The crane stopped abruptly in midair as if it had landed on some invisible table. Slowly, Yoda moved the crane away from Obi-Wan and Anakin, to an empty part of the hangar where it could settle safely to the ground.
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Behind him, he sensed the engines of the Solar Sailer start, then felt them fade into the distance. The Count had escaped. But Anakin and Obi-Wan were still alive. For now, that was enough.