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Palps: Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis, the Wise?
Anakin: No.
Palps: I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend.
If we were to take this at face value, and assume the Jedi know about this legend (as implied by Palps), then the story has to be over a thousand years old, since the Sith were considered gone by that time. (Note: I'm guessing Palps says this to make Anakin feel like the Jedi are keeping secrets from him.)
If the Jedi don't know about this story, then his comment about Anakin having heard about it is suspect, and suggests a lie.
If Palpatine is making it all up to begin with (as I believe), then none of this can be taken for granted - especially the power to create life, which conveniently is brought up by Palpatine during the time that Anakin is having dreams of his wife dying. Does no one else see the correlation there?
And again, this power is never used nor seen since, and Palps even says they will have to discover the secret, which shows even more what a trememdous lie this is.
"Also, creating life and keeping life alive are two different things. Its possible that Palpatine could have masterd the ability to 'create' life through the force, but not prevent death."
*I* would agree with you, but Palps does not.
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Palp: "She'd live, through the power only one has achieved, but if we work together, I'm know we can discover the secret."
So he's either making this power out to be more than it is, or he's just making it up as he goes along. I think you know where my belief lies in this.
