User blog comment:Ratiu Grigore/Star wars vs.mass effect/@comment-2008379-20111114210723/@comment-217683-20111115080942

That's also a HUGE if. How likely is it? Not very. And remember, indoctrination is pretty imprecise and prone to failure. Don't use enough, and the target won't do what you say. Use too much, and the target is useless. Use the right amount, and the target can still resist! Saren, for example, was able to shoot himself in the head even after the Reapers ramped up their indoctrination of him. How likely is it to work on a strong-willed individual like Palpatine? And how likely is it that leaders of key factions, particularly secretive leaders like Palpatine or the Chiss, would even expose themselves in the first place?