Originally posted by Jedi Priestess
NOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!seriously I thought there was NOTHING Lucas could do that would ruin this for me but THAT would definitely do it.
I thought Priestess was mocking Vader's much-debated "Nooooooo" scene - but then I realized her above reply was back in 2004. Ironic foreshadowing!
A couple things to notice about Palpatine and evil masterminds in general --although they'll hurt anyone to get what they want, they tell very few 'direct' lies. The reason in general, is that its easier to catch a lie rather than detect 'truth'. So I guess it adds to the whole obscurity thing.
But this is probably deeper then GL wanted to go. Its just left there to drive us insane.