Why were the Royal guards deformed?

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Sheev
When they were shown in the Lando comics the RGs look deformed-
https://s7.postimg.cc/ui40d2bkr/image.jpg

Did Sidious mutate them with dark side energy or is the reason for their appearance unknown....?

Galan007
It was just those particular Royal Guards that were deformed. As Korin explained in Lando #4: being in close proximity to a swathe of Sith artifacts(which they were guarding) for a number of years likely corrupted their features:
https://i.imgur.com/LB8L7my.jpg

In canon, the Royal Guards were typically made up of standard-looking humans, and/or clones(albeit the Empire's best of the best):

Sheev
Well shit. They didn't explain that on reddit lawl.

thx galan! cool

Freedon Nadd
Because...
the attempt on their lives has left them scarred, and deformed. But they assure you! Their resolve has never been stronger!

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