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Originally posted by: TheSessler
But from the spoiler pics and from the trailer for EpIII it seems Palpatine was already wrinkly and deathly pale, apparently he was using the Dark Side to mask his appearance.
I think that is really going to play out like this: Mace Windu knocks Palpatine ugly before getting killed, you know, just so he don't go out like some punk. Then Palpatine looks in the mirror and embraces the Dark Side like never before, enabling him to best Yoda in a saber duel. He takes Yoda's saber (hence why we never see him wield one again) and banishes Yoda to a swamp. Yoda farts on his way out. Then Palpatine realizes
how old and worthless his current apprentice is, not to mention this octogenarian is actually better looking now, and so he makes a whole bunch of secret plans to make that hotheaded Anakin Skywalker succumb to the Dark Side, kill the old guy, and become the new Apprentice. This climactic scene takes place in the Emperor's Board Room, where he puts out his hand in Jedi Mind Trick fashion and says to Dooku, "You're Fired."
Little does Skywalker know that his real plan is to make his new apprentice even uglier than he is. He sends him to a volcano to fight with his old master, figuring the lava can do an even better job than Mace Windu at knocking somebody ugly. And in a stunning new plot twist: This is ultimately because Palpatine is trying to seduce some young chick named Mara Jade, who currently thinks this this Skywalker guy is hot and wants to see if that mechanical hand can go like a machine all night, if ya know what I mean. Little does Palpatine know that Mara is a very, very niche fetishist, who is attracted to all guys named Skywalker with a mechanical hand.
Iris out to the credits.