This could be due to the art style, but some may take it as an implication that Palpatine conceals his true face in public. I personally think these are all good, viable explanations and believe they can actually be combined to form a greater explanation.
I propose that Sidious was already partially deformed due to his use of the dark side and utilised some sort of Sith Force power or alchemy to improve his looks when appearing as Chancellor Palpatine common side effects of practising the dark side include yellow eyes and pale skin, so this would explain the way Palpatine looked in the Maul miniseries.
However I also think that the deflected Force lightning led to even further disfigurement and scarring. Perhaps Palpatine's mask and real face were even morphed or melted together due to the sheer heat and energy generated by both his lightning and Mace's lightsaber? I shall miss the face of Palpatine, I think. But for our purpose the face of Sidious will serve.
He embraced this new deformed appearance as a visualisation of his true self - evil, twisted and unnatural. Seriously, the guy needs to learn when to stop Do you subscribe to any of these theories in particular?
Remember to upvote this post if you enjoyed it and be sure to follow the Force for Thought archive to stay up to date on the latest editions as well as find any you might have missed. Rise of Skywalker shows that the Emperor form is actually his restored form. So my thoughts on everything I have read. Sidious used the dark side to mask his true face from the Jedi. After the battle with windu he had no reason to hide his face. The dark side causes extreme wear and tear on your body.
Just my thoughts. That while it gives you temporary extra strength it takes a massive toll on your body. Just thought the monitors would've known if a user left the site, like Phantom of the Space Opera.
Don't know how stuff like that works. The quote "the power of the dark side does not debilitate the practitioner as much as it debilitates those who lack it. SlingyTheWhill thank you so much for such a well thought out and informative post I just finished clone wars and I'm starting bad batch and I really appreciate this. What led me to this site was having a theory similar to what your post entails but I took it a little further.
In Revenge of the Sith, Palpatine manipulates Anakin at the theater event and tells him a story about a "Wise and powerful" Sith "Darth Plagueis who discovered the secret to immortality - 'keeping the ones he loved from dying'. Typical in any manipulation there's bound to be some ounce of truth to stitch it together, and the only way that Palpatine would have had such familiarity with Plagueis is if that was his master and that 'he' had killed him in his sleep, where he grins in reflection.
Palpatine also reveals that his master taught him everything he knew in another scene. This is a mystery and please refrain from making absolute assertions. The only person who can tell us this is George Lucas. We know that the Dark Side decays the body. It is likely that they are both his true form, and the excessive use of finger-tip lightning not an exclusively Sith technique warped his body.
Let us not dwell on conjecture. Registered: Feb 6, Seems obvious to me that it's his true face. Darth Fierce , May 22, Registered: Jul 19, He was fried, of course Registered: Jun 9, Don't know what movie series you've been watching, Sithlard Registered: Oct 30, I believe he reverts to true form for two reasons. Two, notice how easily and quickly Sidious gets up after being fried? It's as though the lightning didn't hurt him a single bit. Registered: Apr 21, I always liked the idea of the darkside slowly consuming him, but the movie does make it quite clear that the lightning melted his face.
However, since i think everyone should just believe what they want to, I'm just going to believe that he was hiding behind a fascade. Registered: Sep 27, I don't know that there can be a definitive answer to this question. Darth Maul's name has been invoked a couple of times, but the obvious drawback in appealing to Darth Maul is that we don't know whether or not his characteristics were just a natural racial variant of his species or whether the dark side to whatever extent disfigured his face.
It would be much easier to conclude an answer if Darth Tyranus had in either AOTC or ROTS appropriate acronym considering this discussion shown the Sith Yellow eyes or any sort of metamorphosis in the Dooku countenance no pun intended during his usage of Sith powers. We did see Anakin changing somewhat rapidly, his eyes yellowing and his face paling as he exerted himself in malice and heartlessness, which would tend to indicate Palpatine's healthy face couldn't be his actual face after decades of being the master Sith Lord.
But, again, considering that Dooku apparently remained uneffected physically Just for the sake of discussion, it is known medically that people are to varying extents physiologically effected negatively by bad habits and negative attitudes over time. This is really neither here nor there to the discussion, but it would seem more appropriate to the story for Lucas to reveal the dark side does result in a negative impact upon the physiological constitution of the respective members of the Sith.
Anakin's relatively rapid physical changes suggest that Darth Sidious' "deformed" face would be his actual face, and not the Palpatine persona's face. Darth Maul's appearance might lend credence to this argument, as well as Gen.
Grievous own yellow eyes. In consideration of having stated Dooku had been teaching him, which might suggest the Count regarded the General as his own possible Sith protoge. But this is purely speculative. But, we do not know enough about either Maul or Grievous species. Even knowing that Agen Kolar and Eeth Koth were of Maul's species doesn't provide enough info to make a solid conclusion. All we know in certainty is that Maul's visage is variated from that of Kolar and Koth, and might simply be evidence only of a typical racial variance Sith tattooing aside.
In the movie making process itself, it is unequivocably known that Lucas certainly thought about presenting the Sidious "deformed" face as being revelatorily indicative to the audience as his actual face, however, that would not be considered "canon" but merely an option from which Lucas chose in the formation of his story. Some here have argued that during the Windu duel segment Sidious' face was flickering between the deformed Sith face and the kindly politician face prior to the force lightning sequence, in which case the question would be settled somewhat.
At least to the extent that the "deformed" face was not a result of the lightning. Another argument against the lightning being the cause might ostensibly be posited, as mentioned by others, force lightning in no other episode of the series altered anyone else's face.
Luke's face was not altered, Vader's was not changed. No one else in close proximity to a discharge or struck directly was so visibly changed. Now, someone may also suggest this was a bit of a plot hole, an oversight by Lucas, and such a charge no pun intended has merit in the light of Anakin's rapidly deteriorating complexion in ROTS as contrasted by the apparently totally unaffected appearance of Count Dooku after years of being the Sith apprentice.
All that can really be concluded is that what the audience was presented with is, to observation, inconsistent or at least indeterminate. From the perspective of "canon. I've seen it three times, and it's not clear at all that the lightning is even hitting his face.
He's just transforming. If anything, he's using so much power that it's draining him. I tend to side with the position the "deformity" was not due to the lightning because of the rapid changes in Anakin's face as he followed the path of the Dark side.
Registered: May 16, His nose and chin were obviously in the same condition that Palpatine's was. I cant believe this is even a discussion. You people who really believe he was deformed by the fight are being foolish and are just plain wrong. The written literature says Palpatine was hiding his true self and discards Palpatine the image when it is no longer of use to him.
Palpatines quick dismantling of the other 2 Masters was meant to emphasize this point that Palpatine was playing with Mace.
A physical deformaty does not appear, heaql itself, then appear again. Palpatine used his true form to gain sympathy from the senate, thats why he stays in it and blames the Jedi for his condition.
Yoda says "the darkside clouds everything.. Yoda and the other Masters are no longer able to see the future or use the force to sense changes in people. This is what allows Palpatine to maintain his illusion as Palpatine in front of even the Jedi. Its all an illusion. It is obvious that Sidius is old beyond 'natural' years.
So obviously if he really did look like palpatine this would be moot and would not fit into the story line or mystery. But I really don't wanna get into all this again. Sir Mist Yep, long dead argument. It was stupid how he just melted though.. Sadako of Girth Indeed Thats shit. This stinks and i'll never accept that as the 'truth' Should it be lightning, it would be electrons charging into their targets and at the same time, generating heat and light.
I'm not doing this again! I have to agree with this some what, i do believe that the lighting disfigured him, but it just turned him into his true self twisted and evil. Let's face it palpatine must be very old and he is using the dark side to slow his aging process, but inorder to not be zapped by mace with his own lightning he had to use alot of his powers therefore weakening himself and making him disfigured.
I had thought his eyes were yellow cause the darkside was flowing through him like anakin killing the nemodians and after he got his legs and arm cut off. I think someone at LFL pulled that explanation out of their ass. And true, it's not "real" lightning or Luke would have looked like a french fry.
JKozzy It's also a "movie. Darth Jello i wish the effect was more like in the book, where his face swelled up, then flowed down like water. All of it is dumb. It was dumb in the movie It's a dumb idea. It's a dumb plot point I think it's a Lucas screw up, personally Way to cock it up!!! DarthLazious Thats so very cool I knew that was the answer the whole time. Superfly the reason why lukes face didn't melt was because it wasnt his forcelightning being used against him.
Boris Done and done, good explanation. Darth Jello i don't think it has anything to do with who's lightning it is, i think it's more a matter of intensity and proximity pr Originally posted by Darth Jello "Skywalker witnessed a stunning sight: the Chancellor, cornered, with Windu looming over him with his lightsaber blade extended.
Jedi Priestess Originally posted by Darth Jello disfiguring his once handsome features. PVS i thought it was already established that SW. I wont believe it! Even if I hear it straight from George's mouth I wont believe it! But then after the attack when u see him anywhere doing anything either in person or in hologram u see his entire face. Also when he is using the lightning and it goes back onto his face not only does his face change but so do his hands and his eyes. Not once did his eyes ever be red until after he changed, even when killin the 3 jedi and making spooky sounds and moves, not one look of RED eyes.
And saying that he was attacked and deformed he would have broughten compassion from the senate to do his doing. Dont you think so?? Tell me I am wrong. As for the voice, does anyone really think that a huge sunburn on my face will make my voice change, besides his voice changed throughout the movie.
I wish Palpatines transformation had been gradual over the course of the films, I thought this was going to happen with the dramatic change in Palpatines appearance between Episodes I and II. Anyway I digress, back to the lightning Luke had a similar dose albiet not to the face.
But answer me this how did Palpatines nails grow long and demonic after the Sith lightning? Well, this directly contradicts what Ian Mc Diarmid said in his Insider interview.
I'm not sure which source is more cannon, but my guess is the OS. All I can say is, if Palpatine's face really did get disfigured by the lightning and that wasn't his true appearance, the scene just seems akward and badly written.
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