Personally, I don't believe it would, what i would like to see, is a story of our dear ol' Palpatine as a younger man.
__________________ Every time this fool be come along
He gots you noobs cryin' out fo' mom
Leave the scene lookin' like Vietnam
Might as well call him "Matt Atom Bomb"
Like his name suggests, he's quite atomic
And this fool - he likes DC Comics
Two energy swords make up his symbol
And trust me, dawg, this homie's nimble
Dark Empire is a cosmic disaster (though I do kinda like the idea that Palpatine should return -- in some fashion -- perhaps a Force-less clone? Perhaps an attempt by dark side adepts is made that is foiled by Luke Skywalker, a la Jedi Academy?
Anyways, it's canon, and I'm petitioning for Matthew Stover to novelize DE, bring it up to date, so we can scrap the damn comic.
I just happen to like the sith didn't realize that was a crime....if you think the sith are going to be gone i'm almost certain you're wrong...they'll always survive somehow until star wars is done. And star wars doesn't really look like its getting ready to stop to me...
I don't like the fact that Sidious came back as being even more powerful. I think Anakin should have destroyed him in his [Sidious] most poweful state.
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I believe this would have an entirely negative effect. I wouldn't mind exploring a young Palpatine in his training, though I imagine the novel would just fellate him to no end, but bringing him back AGAIN post-ROTJ would just make me sad.
That is always a possibility Rex, but as long as we don't get Drew writing them, it should be fine
__________________ Every time this fool be come along
He gots you noobs cryin' out fo' mom
Leave the scene lookin' like Vietnam
Might as well call him "Matt Atom Bomb"
Like his name suggests, he's quite atomic
And this fool - he likes DC Comics
Two energy swords make up his symbol
And trust me, dawg, this homie's nimble
Indeed, a good majority of fans possess disdain for Dark Empire and Palpatine's resurgence. The two most noted reasons being that the story is perceived as unoriginal and in direct contradiction to the prophecy of the Chosen One.
However, the Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia states that joining the Sith and ultimately being an instrument of destruction (for both the overinflated Jedi Order and Palpatine's eventual deposition) is what lead to the balance. Accordingly, the book appears to posit that it wasn't merely the death of Palpatine that brought balance, although it does claim the imbalance was initiated by him.
As far as unoriginality is concerned; as I have stated earlier, there have been plenty of villains aside from Palpatine in the Star Wars mythos--none of which, perhaps aside from the Yuuzhan Vong, have matched Sidious as a threat. Villain recurrence has worked in other properties, and I don't see why it can't necessarily function in this capacity as well. Although admittedly, it does carry the risk of dilluting the menace of Darth Sidious. Villain decay is a terrible trap.
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Considering that the Sith as a group don't give a crap about rules and part of their ideology is in fact transcending rules through strength and power, its always struck me as odd that a Sith has to be 'officially' given membership to qualify. If I was a sith and some whiny ghost came up to me and said 'You're not a Sith, stop calling yourself that', I'd be like 'Shut up, *****. Try and stop me,' and pimpslap him.
Besides, according to Kreia being a Sith simply means you follow their teachings. That seems right to me.
Jan 6th, 2010 04:36 AM
FER TEA!!
