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Oct 28, 2017
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Or was he hiding the whole time? Force lightning doesn't disfigure anyone else throughout the saga, far as I can tell. Is he already really old when phantom menace begins?


*Return of the Jedi is currently on in the hospital
 

BDS

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Oct 25, 2017
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The power of pure concentrated prequel memes was too strong for him to control, but if we work together I know we can discover the secret
 

Lord Vatek

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Jan 18, 2018
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The Dark Side corrupts your appearance just by using it. He was probably hiding his true look and broke the illusion to gain sympathy points.
 

sfedai0

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Oct 27, 2017
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Nah. It was something the Jedi masters told their padawans to scare them off from turning to the dark side.
 

Lord Vatek

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Jan 18, 2018
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And they all subconsciously go with yellow?
Wait a minute...

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Heroicpiglet

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Dec 22, 2017
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There is only one Emperor, therefore the one who shots lighting is a heretic, therefore he is disfigured just like his heretical soul.
 

laminated

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Oct 28, 2017
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he probably has to get in-between there with q-tips. All of that oil and dirty just accumulating. Yuck.
 

MMarston

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Oct 27, 2017
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I remember seeing a one-shot comic with no dialogue published in an anthology around when Revenge of the Sith came out that showed he could transform between forms

That's kind of the logic I've been rolling with for years

Otherwise...

 

Euler.L.

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Mar 29, 2019
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Fastest way to explain why the emperor looks like he does in the OT. It's silly, rushed and unsatisfying like everything in the prequels.
 

AstronaughtE

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Nov 26, 2017
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I remember seeing a one-shot comic with no dialogue published in an anthology around when Revenge of the Sith came out that showed he could transform between forms

That's kind of the logic I've been rolling with for years

Otherwise...


"I don't think there was one bolt of force lightning that didn't bounce off Master Windu's light sabre directly into your face."

"And you just stood there and watched?"

Is such a classic line.
 

Jedi2016

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Oct 27, 2017
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Fastest way to explain why the emperor looks like he does in the OT. It's silly, rushed and unsatisfying like everything in the prequels.
Which is worse, this or the "Oh, by the way, Obi-Wan, here's how to be a Force Ghost in three easy lessons!" George had been saying since TPM that he would fully explain the whole thing, and then he forgets and has to film something in ten minutes during pickups. Clone Wars did a better job explaining it, and that's a fucking cartoon.
 

danm999

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Oct 29, 2017
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Since it didn't disfigure Luke and he got it as much if not more, I always took it as a sign that the Emperor's true appearance was being revealed.
 

caliph95

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Oct 25, 2017
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Which is worse, this or the "Oh, by the way, Obi-Wan, here's how to be a Force Ghost in three easy lessons!" George had been saying since TPM that he would fully explain the whole thing, and then he forgets and has to film something in ten minutes during pickups. Clone Wars did a better job explaining it, and that's a fucking cartoon.
To be fair Clone wars is several seasons and has a lot time to focus on important stuff

To be unfair Lucas wasn't writing or directing it and had Dave Filoni taking his good ideas and executing it well

To be fair Lucas was responsible for it existing

To be unfair it's Dave Filoni baby
 

foxuzamaki

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Oct 25, 2017
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Which is worse, this or the "Oh, by the way, Obi-Wan, here's how to be a Force Ghost in three easy lessons!" George had been saying since TPM that he would fully explain the whole thing, and then he forgets and has to film something in ten minutes during pickups. Clone Wars did a better job explaining it, and that's a fucking cartoon.
GL oversaw the creation of the clone wars cartoon
 

caliph95

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Oct 25, 2017
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Since it didn't disfigure Luke and he got it as much if not more, I always took it as a sign that the Emperor's true appearance was being revealed.
Honestly which explanation is canon because I know two explanations

One is that getting drunk on the dark side fucks you up and lightning just strip away the mask

Other is that he looks like that because of wave disfiguring him

Which is the canon one because I like the first explanation more
 
Oct 25, 2017
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Honestly which explanation is canon because I know two explanations

One is that getting drunk on the dark side fucks you up and lightning just strip away the mask

Other is that he looks like that because of wave disfiguring him

Which is the canon one because I like the first explanation more
There are a lot of mad hot Sith people running around and at least some of them had to have gotten a blast of lightning to the face at some point, so I feel like it has to be the second one.
 
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Oct 28, 2017
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