When Mace Windu and the 3 other Jedi Masters confront Chancellor Palpatine as the Sith Lord, Darth Sidious unveils himself and attacks the Jedi. In one move he takes out Agen Kolar, who wasn't even facing Darth Sidious.
How did that happen? Was this some kind of special move Sidious deployed to disorient the Jedi?
Answer
No, he just moved with extreme speed and surprised them. There seems to be no canon information to indicate anything else.
NOTE: Matthew Stover's novelization (which isn't canon as they died in a slightly different way than the movie depicts) isn't very clear on this either. It says:
"Resist? How could I possibly resist?" Still seated at the desk Palpatine shook an empty fist helplessly, the perfect image of a tired, frightened old man. "This is murder, you Jedi traitors! How can I be any threat to you?"
He turned desperately to Saesee Tiin. "Master Tiin—you're the telepath. What am I thinking right now?"
Tiin frowned and cocked his head. His blade dipped.
A smear of red-flashing darkness hurtled from behind the desk. Saesee Tiin's head bounced when it hit the floor. Smoke curled from the neck, and from the twin stumps of the horns, severed just below the chin.
Kit Fisto gasped, "Saesee!" The headless corpse, still standing, twisted as its knees buckled, and a thin sigh escaped from its trachea as it folded to the floor.
"It doesn't..." Agen Kolar swayed.
His emerald blade shrank away, and the handgrip tumbled from his opening fingers. A small, neat hole in the middle of his forehead leaked smoke, showing light from the back of his head.
As you can see, Saesee Tiin fell for a ruse and relaxed his guard, and they both were merely too shocked to react swiftly, and too unprepared for a skill and speed of a Sith Master.
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