Originally posted by: HotRod
I always took it as he was losing the power to conceal himself and just let go. So the Face we saw - the Emporers face - was his true identity. He was just masking it from the others. I mean, are you going to trust the fucked up looking evil dude or the kind faced old man to run the senate? In the fight he did keep going on about not being able to hold it any longer...weak, I'm so weak an' all that jazz.
For me he didn't get burned...Luke never got burned...Anakin never got burned, so why did Palps? If he was burning so bad, why is his hair still ok. That's the first thing to go. Also, after Mace flew out of the window, Palps got up brushed himself off, put his cloak on and went about his business. Not bad for someone who just had their whole face burnt to a crisp by lightning.
Like I said, I think it was all a mask to hide his true appearance.
Or it could just be another balls up by George.
The idea that his hideous face was his true face all along which he kept hidden, I don't know through the force I guess, and was only revealed through a weak moment I like even less.
Did he get burnt? It's been a while since of seen it, but yeah what ever happened to him didn't happen to Luke that's for sure.
Originally posted by: C3PX Even if you compare shots of ROTS to shots from ROTJ, they actually don't look that much alike. They do, but they don't......
I always took it as he was losing the power to conceal himself and just let go. So the Face we saw - the Emporers face - was his true identity. He was just masking it from the others. I mean, are you going to trust the fucked up looking evil dude or the kind faced old man to run the senate? In the fight he did keep going on about not being able to hold it any longer...weak, I'm so weak an' all that jazz.
For me he didn't get burned...Luke never got burned...Anakin never got burned, so why did Palps? If he was burning so bad, why is his hair still ok. That's the first thing to go. Also, after Mace flew out of the window, Palps got up brushed himself off, put his cloak on and went about his business. Not bad for someone who just had their whole face burnt to a crisp by lightning.
Like I said, I think it was all a mask to hide his true appearance.
Or it could just be another balls up by George.
The idea that his hideous face was his true face all along which he kept hidden, I don't know through the force I guess, and was only revealed through a weak moment I like even less.
Did he get burnt? It's been a while since of seen it, but yeah what ever happened to him didn't happen to Luke that's for sure.
Originally posted by: C3PX Even if you compare shots of ROTS to shots from ROTJ, they actually don't look that much alike. They do, but they don't......
Yeah they don't look that alike but the intention was there for them to look the same. They just didn't get the make-up right.
The way he looks in ROTS and then 20 something years later in TESB is the same and then only a short time later in ROTJ he looks different from his established look. This mind you, is all from Lucas' perspective of 1-6, SE's and all. Your average viewer doesn't know that the Emperor's scene in TESB was filmed the same time as ROTS and edited into a 25 year old movie.
Thanks to chefelf for the pic
edit: the last three are my fav's
