• @Blue_Morpho
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    582 months ago

    That can’t be the Emperor because this is the Emperor:

    • @[email protected]
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      72 months ago

      That’s all just snoke and mirrors.

      Edit: I’m leaving that typo because it’s funny, and would make for a great Star Wars character name, like Greedo.

    • @stupidcasey
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      42 months ago

      So much cooler than a normal dude, change my mind.

      • confuser
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        22 months ago

        this is a normal dude, just lots of facial skin humps and strong shadows, the things thst look like protruding eyes arr just eyebrows and eye bags which strong shadows from harsh lighting.

            • @Blue_Morpho
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              I can’t tell if you are joking. It was a woman under heavy makeup with chimp eyes superimposed.

                • @Blue_Morpho
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                  22 months ago

                  Here’s a shot of the actress with different lighting:

  • Björn Tantau
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    562 months ago

    You jest, but back then this was an actual debate. For most people it was obvious but some doubted it.

      • BougieBirdie
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        132 months ago

        In a similar vein

        spoiler

        Vader is German for Father, so this wasn’t as devastating a reveal in european markets

        • @Dasus
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          Darth Vader was actually originally a separate character from Anakin, and his name was just “Darth Vader”. That’s why Obi-Wan addresses him as “Darth”, whereas after that it’s a title, not a name, as Lucas retconned a bit to have a grand plan.

          So when he was named Vader, he wasn’t even Luke’s father, so…

          • Rhaedas
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            72 months ago

            No one working on the first movie was even sure it would do well. Lucas may have had some plans in his mind for a bigger story, but at the time he was trying to get the initial movie made. I don’t even know if there’s evidence he had a huge franchise planned out with all the plots, but of course he’d claim he did once it took off.

        • @[email protected]
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          142 months ago
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          German

          Very close, alas no cookie. In German, that would be “Vater”. However, “Vader” exists with that meaning in Dutch.

        • @Strider
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          42 months ago

          Source on this pls, never heard of it and am resident.

          • BougieBirdie
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            42 months ago

            As the other comments will tell you, I’m mistaken on the language

            It’s just something I heard before the internet. It could be total baloney

    • @[email protected]
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      62 months ago

      Yup, I remember one guy replied to me once on a forum adamant that Palpatine wasn’t going to become the Emperor. It stick in my mind because it was so much “WHAT?” How do you not… WHAT?

      • Björn Tantau
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        42 months ago

        And then they deny that the Emperor’s name in novels and radio plays is canonical.

  • @beebarfbadger
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    122 months ago

    Seems a bit far-fetched.

    I mean Palpatine is a well-respected politician. Their kind wouldn’t lie. He has said himself that his side are the good guys, what more proof do you want?

  • @[email protected]
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    102 months ago

    Waiiit. THIS. CHANGES. EVERYTHING.

    I will have to go back and rewatch 4, 5, and 6. I thought that was Uncle Owen!

  • blaue_Fledermaus
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    82 months ago

    When I first watched RotS I thought that Sidious was only disguised as Palpatine (as in kill-and-replace) and the electrocution had just destroyed the disguise.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 months ago

      At what point did you think he was replaced?

      I always thought the Clone Wars should’ve involved people getting replaced by cloned versions of them or something like that. But nope, the clones were just storm troopers. Oh well…

      • @[email protected]
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        42 months ago

        With how wars are named, the Clone Wars should have been the Republic fighting clone armies, not droids.

  • @[email protected]
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    52 months ago

    Darth Sidious and Vadar were played by completely different actors. Your theory has plot holes.

  • @paddirn
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    52 months ago

    That could still be JarJar.