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Merrick Baldelli wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:33:15 +0800, "C'Pi"  wrote:
>
>> Merrick Baldelli wrote:
>>> On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:02:40 +1200, Anybody
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> [snippage]
>>>> Plapatine is winning and confident, suddenly he's "losing" and
>>>> "weak", Anakin arrives, suddenly he's again strong and wins.
>>>
>>> So the whole scarring that he suffered from his own Jedi
>>> Lightning Bolts was...  Calculated?  Ummm, sorry -- not buying
>>> because if it wasn't dangerous, he wouldn't continue to look like a
>>> misshappened toad 20 years later.
>>
>> Or that was his real appearance all along.  He didn't seem to be
>> affected by the change.  He didn't scream, "Ohh, you cursed, Mace!
>> Look what you've done!  I'm melting! Melting!  What a world, what a
>> world!"
>
> All right, I'll pick up my hat now..  It's becoming a farce,
> and I'm amused (and somewhat frustrated) by it.

I didn't make it up.  Just because it's the first time you heard about it
doesn't make it a farce.  Just means you are unimaginative or ill informed.
Even the novelization hints at the possibility.  And that's all I'm saying,
that there is that possibility.  It's what I thought happened when I first
saw the movie.  Is that alright with you?  Am I allowed to express my
opinion on what I think may have happened, or do I have to conform to your
views or just not say anything at all?

>> Maybe he thought it was a good time to drop the dapper gay
>> politician look.
>
> Excuse me, what is it with you kids and thinking that
> well-manicured = gay.  Am I going to have to naturally assume that you
> kids all live in your parents basements?  No, I don't think so.  Move
> along now...  And in the future hink carefully on this whole "gay
> look" think before throwing it out there and wonder why all of a
> sudden you're looking at a jihad that you could've sworn you didn't
> start.

Wow, you certainly got some issues you need to work out.

>> Maybe his face was the result of years a messing around with the
>> dark side and had always hid it.
>
> It's certainly a thought...

Well, thank you.  At least it's not a farce anymore.

> But I don't buy that either given
> that Dooku's been at it for years as well, and he was just..  Well,
> old.

Lot's of possibilities.  One is that Palpatine went especially deep into the
Dark Side, far deeper than Dooku.  And another possibility is that Dooku
also hid any physical signs that he was also delving into the Dark Side,
since he was also hiding his identity from those around him.

C'Pi

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