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Post #1413848

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RogueLeader
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Date created
1-Mar-2021, 2:23 PM

Regarding the Palpatine Clone stuff, for the sake of clarity, I think the clones are fine the way they are.

But, the whole thing is sort of confusing when you think about it. If we’re going with “Shriveled Palpatine is his true form”, I would assume he became shriveled and had to mask his true appearance because the dark side (or the Sith spirit that possesses him) corrupted his physical form. So, if those are simply clones of Sheev Palpatine, then it wouldn’t make sense that the clones are shriveled, because it was the actual possession, or just the long-term corruption of the dark side, that gave him his monstrous appearance. Perhaps you could say it is a side effect of the “dark science” or “Sith magic” they’re using to make the clones.

On the other hand, for most of TROS, Palpatine appears to be just a decayed version of his Sheev Palpatine form, and he doesn’t look like monstrous Sidious until after he sucks up the Dyad like a milkshake. Maybe you could argue he was masking his true form to make himself look more weak and decrepit, appearing as an easier target for his soon-to-be new host.

It’s all a mess, honestly. And I think we should save ourselves the work and leave it as-is.