elvisnake
I think a far more likely surviver candidate is Mace Windu. Lesser Jedi than him have survived having hands cut off and being blasted with Force lightning... It's very easy to believe that, with all the stuff going through the air on Coruscant that he hit a speeder or platform a few feet down, and went into exile.
Oh, and Boba DID survive the sarlaac pit, for those of you who read on into the EU.