which is how it should have been done if Lucas' didn't want to stick with the dark side deteriation explanation that had been around for so long.
the slow deterioration was such a good plan, I wish he had stuck with it
I agree that this is the way it should have gone as well. While I feel that Lucas has the right to disregard whatever someone else has introduced in the EU, this idea of the deterioration of the physical body seems to be perfect when you consider the corruption that the Dark Side brings. Power, but at a cost.
the slow deterioration was such a good plan, I wish he had stuck with it
I agree that this is the way it should have gone as well. While I feel that Lucas has the right to disregard whatever someone else has introduced in the EU, this idea of the deterioration of the physical body seems to be perfect when you consider the corruption that the Dark Side brings. Power, but at a cost.
Well its not just EU, that was the plan all the way up to the start of production on Ep3. Palpatine is clearly more disfigured at the end of EP2 then he is at the start of ep3. and even Ian Mcdiarmid described it as a slow decay, as did some of the Lucas people even for behind the scenes of Ep3, so this was a very last minute decision to make it an abrupt change.
and not for the better.