-> because he realized just in time that to do so would mean his
 JJ> descent
-> into the Dark Side.  and so he stopped himself.
 JJ> he didn't "realise" anything, he tried to kill Palatine.
 JJ> why do you think he swung at him in the first place?
and if had succeeded then he would have been lost.  It was later on
when he realised that if he continued to try and kill Vader or the
emperor out of hate that he would only go the same way as vader.
... "Bother" said Pooh as the Shadows decimated his homeworld.
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