einsoff Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Alright, so when Palpatine's face changes during the duel with Windu, is that the lightning reflecting back melting his face off or is it the light side giving way and showing Palpatine's true form? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordQordisz Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 That was the lightning messing his face up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SammyRath Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I always thought It was just Darth Sidious showing his true form. When he bombarded Mace, and Luke with it their faces didn't change at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfninjajedi Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) I always thought It was just Darth Sidious showing his true form. When he bombarded Mace, and Luke with it their faces didn't change at all. Err....the both of them didn't have lighting directly going into their faces they had it all going everywhere so it was all spread out. Edited January 25, 2012 by Wolfninjajedi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelticfury Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I always took it as he was blasting so much lightning that he had to use his own physical resources, life force, to keep it going and thus it wrecked his face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SammyRath Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Err....the both of them didn't have lighting directly going into their faces they had it all going everywhere so it was all spread out. I just watched it again, and It's not going Directly into his face, It's spread out too, plus I think some of it might be absorbed by Windu's lightsaber, like Dooku's was against Obi-Wan's. Also, his hands also clearly disfigures themselves, If you say It's all going directly to his face why would his hands be affected? He also doesn't scream in agony like Mace, and Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfninjajedi Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I watched it, looks to me the majority of the lighting was going directly into his face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SammyRath Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I watched it, looks to me the majority of the lighting was going directly into his face. Lets say It was, why didn't he scream in pain like everyone else he blasts with lightning? And why did his hands disfigure as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLonelyTusken Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Lets say It was, why didn't he scream in pain like everyone else he blasts with lightning? And why did his hands disfigure as well? Because hes a beast and he wanted to make Anakin believe he was dieing by whimpering and moaning so that Anakin would be pressured into saving his life, which in turn made Palpatine's plan a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfninjajedi Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Lets say It was, why didn't he scream in pain like everyone else he blasts with lightning? And why did his hands disfigure as well? Why does he need to scream to be in pain? As for the hands...perhaps the lighting got those too, I mean they were right almost next to his face shooting out lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDTC Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 is there a precedent for electricity or force lightening turning people into monsters? i mean even his voice changed and he sounded like a lizard and it was all reverby. did the lightening go into his larynx and melt that too? why did it make his forehead so big and weird? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SammyRath Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Why does he need to scream to be in pain? It kinda proves he is in fact taking the majority of his lightning directly to his face, something Mace, and Luke makes sound like It Is quite painful. I have a hard time imagining even Sidious could remain silent, and speak while taking that amount of pain to his face. Luke only managed to yell for his dad, Sidious spoke more coherent sentences to Anakin. As for the hands...perhaps the lighting got those too, I mean they were right almost next to his face shooting out lighting. Granted, but still even after Mace and Luke received the same treatment, Mace maybe more so, they showed no visibly signs of scarring like Sidious did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coronae Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Force lightning really does not make sense at all... The electricity would hurt the user just as much as the person they were blasting because electricity needs to form a complete circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyltran Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Force lightning really does not make sense at all... The electricity would hurt the user just as much as the person they were blasting because electricity needs to form a complete circuit. It's not real electricity. It's electricity created by the force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirasavior Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I always took it as he was blasting so much lightning that he had to use his own physical resources, life force, to keep it going and thus it wrecked his face I thought this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfishback Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Force lightning really does not make sense at all... The electricity would hurt the user just as much as the person they were blasting because electricity needs to form a complete circuit. Of course it makes no sense. Luke wouldn't be screaming in pain like that and just moving back and forth, he'd should have been getting electrocuted and would not be able to control his body at all. Another example would be the trooper in one of the SWTOR trailers, there is no way he could continue to charge into Malgus while getting electrocuted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonSM Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Of course it makes no sense. Luke wouldn't be screaming in pain like that and just moving back and forth, he'd should have been getting electrocuted and would not be able to control his body at all. Another example would be the trooper in one of the SWTOR trailers, there is no way he could continue to charge into Malgus while getting electrocuted. Palps had the most powerful Force Lightning. He could kill most with one bolt. He just tuned it down for Luke, cause of his enjoyment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikModi Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 That's a source of some debate. Some say that Palpatine was using some sort of Sith Alchemical ritual to hide his Dark Side corruption, and the barrage of Force Lightning shredded that protection, revealing his Dark Side corruption for all to see. Perhaps it was just the reflected Force Lightning scarring him. Or perhaps, in that nexus of balance between Light and Dark, as the scales tipped into the Dark, the Dark Side finally exacted its terrible price from Darth Sidious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarylMusashi Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Well, since Palp was intentionally making it appear that Wendu had the advantage in order to facilitate Anakin's turn, I say it was Palp revealing his true form. Besides, if it was really hurting him wouldn't he be smart enough to simply stop casting the force lightning? On the other hand, how could Wendu be dumb enough to not figure this out on his own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDav Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 In the wookieepedia page for papa palpatine it says the Mace reflected the lightning back to Palp which revealed his true form. The quotes here explain it all http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Evil_Within Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SammyRath Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 In the wookieepedia page for papa palpatine it says the Mace reflected the lightning back to Palp which revealed his true form. The quotes here explain it all http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Evil_Within Yeah i read all those quotes, no where does Ian McDiarmid claim It was the lightning on It's own doing the damage. In fact all those quotes support the theory I'm defending In that Sidious merely revealed his true form, and that It wasn't a result of the lightning scarring him. Thanks for the link mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bliapis Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Or, that Sidious just got seared by his own lightning. Not just the face but his whole body. simple as that. Why didnt happen to Luke? Because it was a different movie, a different Era (70's VS 2000's). He just got burned by his lightning. Why didnt he stop? The only thing that kept Windu from hacking him up was the lightning. Letting it go would mean freeing up Windu. He kept it up as much as he could before he physically collapsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDTC Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Or, that Sidious just got seared by his own lightning. Not just the face but his whole body. simple as that. Why didnt happen to Luke? Because it was a different movie, a different Era (70's VS 2000's). He just got burned by his lightning. Why didnt he stop? The only thing that kept Windu from hacking him up was the lightning. Letting it go would mean freeing up Windu. He kept it up as much as he could before he physically collapsed. he eventually did stop and mace windu didnt do anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumbledum Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 always assumed it was just a plot device or cookie , a little this is how the emp turned into this. moment as lightning doesn't inflict the sort of damage he took or behave in the way "force lightning" does so i always assumed it was just him over reaching to hold windu off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelMyAgony Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Yeah i read all those quotes, no where does Ian McDiarmid claim It was the lightning on It's own doing the damage. In fact all those quotes support the theory I'm defending In that Sidious merely revealed his true form, and that It wasn't a result of the lightning scarring him. Thanks for the link mate. +1 on that. Palp reviled his true form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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