ok....this is why i requested an exact quote, in context if possible....only the quote i read did contain the phrase "specific dramatic event" from memory, so perhaps you are referring to a different quote....i have no point to prove here by the way, as i am still undecided myself....my initial feeling after seeing phantom menace for the first time was that it was the dark side corrupting him over the course of time, so you see if this quote was true, it would prove me wrong as well....
there is a great list of quotes at TF.Net
http://www.theforce.net/episode3/jtf/
im sure if such a revelation of a quote were spoken,
it would have shown up here.
Palatine has more than one look/style of appearance in the film. -PH
Ep3 will explain how and why Palpatine looks the way he does in ROTJ and why he did not look like that in Ep1 & 2. -PH
There is definitely more backstory developed for Palpatine in Episode III. By 2005, you'll know more about Palpatine than you ever did -- which I realize, isn't saying much. But you'll get some idea of his origins. -PH
A fw interesting quotes from the gang at the ranch.
despite my distaste for tfn, i do find myself visiting them when i am out looking for spoilers, they do often get good information - this is true....
i have visited the page you linked to before, it's a pretty handy reference....however: Last Updated: April 21st, 2004
almost six months ago....the quote i'm referring to was more recent than that i'm pretty sure....it was either in insider, an online chat or at a fan convention....
found something else interesting there though, in regards to anakin's placement on the council....