I assume Luke's face wasn't like that because he wasn't using the intense powers of the darkside like Sidious was.
And not only was Sidious using the corrupting power, but it was hitting him in the face.
Anakin had the force protecting him as well. I always assumed Anakin could bring balance in an either dark or light path, and thus, it seems the lightside would protect him quite a bit more than usual.
Originally posted by PVS
*sigh*again i ask you to please pop in your ep6 dvd or vhs,
and play that scene in slow motion. vader's skull is lit up
like a christmas tree, so visibly you can see it THROUGH
his mask. that is undeniable. please check
and then get back to me
All i can say is you are correct..... i have no answer to this subject.
Now my head hurts. 🙁
Are you all forgeting that Mace mash window deflected the lightening making it stronger and Luke DID have it in the teeth, BUT only by one strike. Sidious also tried to kill them both and they were the same strength. Sids might of been weakened but he was older so the force was stronger. Last,
WHO THE **** INVENTED THAT MASK SHIT??? He said he was weakened by the jedi council and don't say it was metorphorical, cos it wasn't. So stop talking bollocks.
For me the reason you see Sid face change is because he probably hadn't used his powers for a very long time maybe not ever. He had learnt them but believe it to dangerous to use them, of fear of the jedi finding him until he was ready. Also the stronger you are in the darkside and the more you use it the uglyer it makes you.
Oh come on. I can't believe people STILL think Palpatines face melted.
It was a mask. Old and wrinkly is Palpatines true form. THAT's what he naturally looks like.
One theory I like is that Palpatine was holding on to his youth via unatural means.
I mean, he could have been over a hundred years old, but because he tells Anakin about the theory of people being able to prolong life via the darkside adds weight to the theory.
Palpatine was simply prolonging his life. When he was attacked, he dropped the ball, and because he could only prolong his life, it was impossible to revert to younger Palpatine form.
Maybe it was because the lightning caused a lack of focus, or maybe it was because the darkside drained him.
There's more to it than "he got teh lightningz scarz0rz in teh face".
There can only really be theories, but the one theory that simply CANNOT be true is that his face melted. Not only do the physics (even for STar Wars) make no sense whatsoever, force lightning didn't do anything to anyone else, so as far as EVIDENCE goes, we can sum up that lightning didn't burn/disfigure Palpatine, and therefore it shouldn't burn/disfigure anyone else.
I really don't see why you are all looking for one simple explanation. There isn't one. It is really quite shocking how stupid people can be. Star Wars may be fantastical, but it doesn't ever go as far as to suggest lightning melts someones face, makes their eyes red and teeth decay.
Can I buy some pot off some of you?
Before the film I always wondered how they would do this and I always figured it would be the corruption of the Dark Side let loose.
The first thoughts I had at time of watching it was that it was the Sith lightning marking him but it always troubled me how perfect the disfiguring lines were. Add to that the fact that Luke never got disfigured means it must be the Dark Sides internal corruption reflecting on the outside.
GL never really made it clear though...like many other things.
Maybe if we could see Sids full face in TPM which everyone wanted, there wouldn't of been any point of starting this stupid thread in the first place. However I saw a bit of his face and it looked wrinkly and grey, also those old figures you got 6 years ago when it was first released, showed him wrinkly which strengthens red superfly.
But I doubt it was a mask. If a mask melted you would see it melt and it didn't it looked like his skin which is why we can't trust anything anyone says unless they're GL.
It could of been some other reason, a potion, cream anything but he did get scarred. It says so in the film if you'd bother to watch it properly.
And I know I've said two different things which is why GL is the only guy you can trust.
Originally posted by Tangible God
They needed a quick and feasible excuse to scar Palpatine's face, so hence--the lightning.
That really makes no sense. Why would Sith lightning hurt or disfigure a Sith? (especially the one using it) 😕
Sith lightning could basically described as an expulsion of pure hate let loose in this energy form-why would it hurt or disfigure someone who thrives on the same emotions?
excuse the rambling...