Bingowings said:So it's not for gobbing on people heads then or putting the dropping a penny on people.
Maybe that's the kind of thing he does when he's kicking back at his palace in Imperial Center. ;)
brash_stryker said:I don't really see how that in particular is a weakness in the writing. It shows that Luke has become a very perceptive, powerful Jedi. The Emperor is arrogant enough to think his apprentice won't turn against him, which of course turns out to not be true.
I see it as far more silly that there'd be a shaft there which clearly has no purpose (it certainly wouldn't be there for aesthetic reasons if it were covered with floor plates)
Can't see it as being for venting anything either. Why would the emperor choose to have it vent under his own chamber floor?
The only reason I can see for the shaft to be there is for the Emperor's own arrogant observations. Those on the dark side clearly value power above all else. Having a view into the reactor from his own chamber is exactly the kind of thing he'd do in my opinion.
A few things to think of:
(1) Emperor draws power from the reactor and/or lifeforms. Tower is center of laser array, so whenever its fired, he gets a rush from the destruction of lots of people (through the force) and the actual firing. It would also imply that when shooting Luke with lightning, he is not just frying him, but sucking his lifeforce out as well.
(2) if there are to be plates, when Luke wigs out on Vader have him rip the plates off and pelt Vader as he wails on him with his lightsaber.
As far as having an open shaft to the reactor below so he can look down and see it... well its not like his tower is a revolving resturant or something. If he wanted to bask in reactor goodness, wouldn't his chair be right above the shaft elevator, so he can drink a smoothie and look down that deep, long shaft all day long? Kinda hard to look down it if your chair is about 40 to 50 feet away.
Also, considering how high up the tower is as well as how deep the shaft has to go down to reach the reactor, wouldn't it have taken Palpy about a day to fall down and hit that thing? Not to mention, if you can force lift an X-wing, you can force lift yourself.
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Monroville said:As far as having an open shaft to the reactor below so he can look down and see it... well its not like his tower is a revolving resturant or something. If he wanted to bask in reactor goodness, wouldn't his chair be right above the shaft elevator, so he can drink a smoothie and look down that deep, long shaft all day long? Kinda hard to look down it if your chair is about 40 to 50 feet away.
Even a Sith Lord needs a stroll every once in a while. Deep vein thrombosis is no laughing matter :P
brash_stryker said:Monroville said:As far as having an open shaft to the reactor below so he can look down and see it... well its not like his tower is a revolving resturant or something. If he wanted to bask in reactor goodness, wouldn't his chair be right above the shaft elevator, so he can drink a smoothie and look down that deep, long shaft all day long? Kinda hard to look down it if your chair is about 40 to 50 feet away.
Even a Sith Lord needs a stroll every once in a while. Deep vein thrombosis is no laughing matter :P
LOL (and I do mean lots of laughs)
For some reason, that made me conjur up images of Palpy in some Richard Simmons get-up (while still wearing the robe) on a treadmill.
On a slightly more serious note, has anyone thought of taking the "Mola Ram falling down the cliff tracking shot" and using it as a basis of following Palpy as he falls down (even showing his head skip off the side like Mola even)? I still think it would be kinda cool if HE is the reason the reactor begins to blow... I mean he IS concentrated Evil.
On a less serious note, could we put some of these things on the guard rails above the shaft?
Hmm, one could even shape them to vaguely look like Vader's helmet (like it was Vader's idea as a way to suck up to the Emperor).
I can see it now: "Man, that's far down! Hey, young Skywalker, wanna take a look at my re-ac-TOR? Heh, heh, heh.... hey, its that aluminum falcon thing.. HEY! WHAT'S IT DOING?! I JUST BUILT THAT!"
Last but not least:
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we NEED this guy to be in JEDI:R:
Jack Wickelson
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Here is a quick mockup. To me it adds the fire of the original script. It adds new colour and it makes palpy look like he actually rules the galaxy instead of just being in a dark danky tower.
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EyeShotFirst said:Here is a quick mockup. To me it adds the fire of the original script. It adds new colour and it makes palpy look like he actually rules the galaxy instead of just being in a dark danky tower.
But shouldn't there be cheap blue carpet over everything, as well as gold window dressings?
Damn persians!
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– Homer Simpson
No just no.
I agree that the place doesn't look regal enough but carpets and torches would just look comical.
Well...the DSII is still under construction - The carpets won't be installed until Tuesday. (lol...ST:Gen. reference :D )
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Here was my stab at the lush look sometime back :
Carpet comical? Yes. Fire? If put in the right place, awesome.
And I must say Bingowings, that's a great job done there.
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Sorry guys, I have to post a few more:
Queen Amifrodalla
If only...
or maybe we could change all of the Ewoks to hand puppets.. it couldn't be any WORSE..
you know, once you put the hair on him, it is strange just how much Putin looks like Palps..
I guess George Lucas can't sue you if you're in one of his movies (that's a JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK reference...)
I now have all the confidence in the world you will succeed in your mission (in other words, we're doomed)
The REAL head of the Jedi Council
Busey Wan Kenobi: wait a minute.. he's one of the GOOD GUYS?
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Those would make fine additions to the worst edit ideas thread (as would my Donkey Kong Throne Room).
I think that perhaps the throne room should match his room in the prequels, design-wise. Mainly the red.
Though honestly Bingowings, I really think that looks great. Reminds me of the Sith temple on Kor in Jedi Academy.
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Bingowings said:Here was my stab at the lush look sometime back :
Reminds me a bit of the style of architecture of the Sith Empire in the MMORPG, The Old Republic:
I'm glad you like it but it would be a real bugger to pull off adding so many elements and selective colour alteration convincingly.
Still maybe someone could do it.
I'm not sure if Palpatine really cares though.
He is the Emperor of all he surveys but he walks around in a potato sack.
If he still wore the sort of grand robes we saw in ROTS a bling throne room might make sense but I think he's actually above those things by ROTJ.
He's like a distorted reflection of Yoda.
Now that he controls everything he doesn't have to impress anyone (the art and fine furnishings were part of his kindly chancellor mask, now he can be his own Sith).
Perhaps the whole deal with the pit of death in the throne room is that it's unfinished, and oce it's finished construction, the Emporer will have a Bond villain style trapdoor over the pits, which he activates from his chair to drop unruly underlings (and his guards sometimes if he's bored) to "witness the power of of the fully armed and operational battlestation", for roughly 1/10th of a second before they get vaporized.
On a completely unrelated note, I always wanted my own version of the Emporer's chair as a kid, I thought it was the coolest chair ever. Still think it's pretty nifty looking.
Bingowings said:Those would make fine additions to the worst edit ideas thread
There's one of them? I must go see! (it sounds vaguely familiar, though)
Ok, I see it now. :)
I'm wondering why so many people keep referring to the shaft in Palpatine's throne room as the reactor core. That's not what it is at all, unless you're suggesting we can see 450km down that thing. Let's remember that the throne room is atop a very tall tower, and I reckon that shaft only reaches to the actual surface of the Death Star. At a standard Earth gravity, which is clearly how all the ships in Star Wars seem to work, it would take Palpatine three hours to hit the reactor core.
Ric Olie: And here we see emperor Palpatine falling and falling and falling and........
Besides jokes that is so true.
-Angel
Darth Venal said:...At a standard Earth gravity (which is clearly how all the ships in Star Wars seem to work), it would take Palpatine three hours to hit the reactor core.
Maybe the footage of uncle Palpy falling is Time-Lapse photography...?
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Funny.
Seriously, he only falls as far as the Death Star surface before he's obliterated.
have him to hit on the round walls as well? like when maul falls?
it will be sure that he will break his neck.
-Angel
That would be great. But maybe his death should be somewhat more elegant, as was his way.
It would have been nice to have Vader face him while picking him up in a choke hold (ala Captain Thingy of the Tantive) and dangle him off the edge, it would have made it a bit more up front and personal.
Alternatively he could have just shoved him like when Michael Caine pushed Alf Roberts off the Car Park in Get Carter.
"You're a powerful Sith Lord but you're out of shape!"
Some revisited shit from some ages ago.
-Angel