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Post #537359

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TheoOdo
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The Prequel Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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17-Sep-2011, 11:16 AM

Bingowings said:

If prune face Palpatine is his true face and normal Naboo politician faced Palpatine is the disguise perhaps that globe thing from TPM is a power source for his mask.

Palpatine could have had access to it when it was in the Royal palace, used enough of it's energy to establish his alter ego and tried to obtain it permanently.

After it's given to the Gungans at the end of TPM it could be put on display in the Chancellor's office as a sign of the union between the Gungan and Naboo people and peace in general.

We see Palpatine has plenty of art objects in his office but these could be just a means of disguising the globe's true use.

When Mace goes to arrest him the globe could be smashed, making his true face come through and return permanently.

It would also serve as a metaphor for the shattering of peace.

I always assumed that Palpatine was simply thousands of years old, explaining his severely withered face.

It's heavily implied that Palpatine is the apprentice of Darth Plageuis of the Sith legend "The Tragedy of Darth Plageuis the Wise". If the events of this story had occurred only a few decades before, it would hardly count as a legend.

The Sith as a large group with received lore and shared myths have been extinct for a millennia, meaning that Palpatine may be from this ancient era and used Plageuis's ability to "keep those he cares about from dying" to sustain himself unnaturally for thousands of years. At some point, he must have infiltrated a noble family of Naboo and worked his way into politics, with the intention of setting up an Empire which would allow him to achieve ultimate power.

I also always assumed that the reveal of Palpatine's withered face was a result of him having been struck by his own lightening, that being on the receiving end of his own power and malice weakened him to such a degree that he could no longer maintain his youthful form.