Originally posted by: Marvolo
The book about Plagieus is about Plapatine/Darth Sidious' master.

I always thought that whole story-telling bit at the opera house in Episode 3 sounded a little transparent.

Lucas was like, "Ooh, I'm so insuating! Palpatine's telling the story like it is just a story, but it's really about him as a younger Sith! Oh, goody. It's so dramatic!" I wish someone had been there to tell him, "Uh, George, the audience already knows that Palpatine is Sidious."

You can't have it both ways when telling a story, either a character's duality is a surprise or it's not. oh, well. <darkhelmet climbs down from soapbox>