Originally posted by Shaggy2dope
guys dont you remember at the end of the movie what palpatine said when anakin asked is she was alright palpatine said when anakin put a choke on padme it was too strong so she didn't have too much time to live you can be healthy and be close to dieing thats why they performed surgery quickly
Hm. To me it seemed quite obvious that Palpatine had no idea how Padme died and just told Vader this version to take his last grip on humanity, goodness and "the light side of the Force" from him and to ensure that Palpatine is the only person left to whom Vader can really relate.
That reminds me, I have to rewatch the new Emperor scene in TESB to see how the end of ROTS reflects on that... Vader's "How is that possible?" makes a lot more sense now.