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[–] 46 points 2 years ago (9 children)

He would've been relatively normal aged in episode 3 but by the time of Yoda's death he was geriatric.

Also pretty sure his "deformation" was due to his corruption from the dark side and he simply hid it using sith powers and used the force lightning thing as a ploy to help make him seem like a victim

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

    If that is legit cannon and not a retcon they wrote it as if it were a retcon. Which is equally dum.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    It follows the extended universe which used to be canon before Disney bought the franchise.

    In the original canon the dark side corrupts everything it touches. The more you use the dark side the more it corrupts you physically. Most dark side users were deformed in some way (think the yellow eyes) but palpatine learned a way to hide that disfiguration from his master plagueis.

    It's all actually explained relatively well in the extended universe.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I stand by what I say. They could have added that detail very easily in the prequels and would have been great cover for Palpatine.

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