Lemme rephrase this: The Master always escapes.
This ain’t a Doctor Who episode either. 😉
Idk. I like the Prequels but the Prophecy I can take it or leave it. Doesn’t really do much either way.
Anyway, Palpatine coming back as a clone feels super cheap and cheesy. Besides, Palpatine is one of the two most powerful mortal Force users in the Galaxy (the other of course being Yoda). And I ain’t talking potential and mid-chlorian counts, just in terms of what they are capable of. Therefore, it stands to reason that it is plausible for him to survive being thrown down a reactor shaft. Luke survived such a fall no problem. Yes, there was also Force lightning, but it was his Force lightning, so it’s reasonable to suggest he had enough control over it to at least not kill himself. Then again, that’s how he dies in TRoS and has his true face revealed in RotS, so who knows. But hey, points for poetry for having every trilogy end with Palpatine electrocuting himself.
Did you even watch the scene? He literally EXPLODED after Vader threw him down that shaft. Just spontaneously combusted with a burst of evil energy. There’s no way his body could have survived that.
And I still don’t see how Palpy in TROS being a clone is any more “super cheap and cheesy” than a plot point plucked straight out of 30’s Flash Gordon serials and 70’s Doctor Who episodes.