What do you mean? His loyal followers brush what is left of his teeth twice a day!

But really, I do a lot of these concepts just to see if actually seeing any of these images inspires us.

This idea is certainly impractical and on the extreme side, but I suppose I’m trying to illustrate something I felt Palpatine lacked. Like you said, that sense of decrepitness. I picture creatures like a lich, a mummy, Frankenstein’s monster. I think even overlay a dry, cracked or veiny skin texture could help add to that feeling possibly. They nailed the eyes, but the rest of the face looks rather normal to me.

But I do think it is better to stay focused on the most necessary, straightforward changes in order to achieve the primaries goals of the edit. Now that the home release is now, it might be a good time to shift focus back some of the big narrative changes that have been thrown around, and how to accomplish them.