Seems a bit far-fetched.
I mean Palpatine is a well-respected politician. Their kind wouldn't lie. He has said himself that his side are the good guys, what more proof do you want?
That can't be the Emperor because this is the Emperor:
That's all just snoke and mirrors.
Edit: I'm leaving that typo because it's funny, and would make for a great Star Wars character name, like Greedo.
So much cooler than a normal dude, change my mind.
this is a normal dude, just lots of facial skin humps and strong shadows, the things thst look like protruding eyes arr just eyebrows and eye bags which strong shadows from harsh lighting.
just the eyes
I can't tell if you are joking. It was a woman under heavy makeup with chimp eyes superimposed.
idk you posted the picture haha
Here's a shot of the actress with different lighting:
yep still not a non-human alien like what stupidcasey was suggesting
This isn't human:
i think that is a costume or mask or whatever
Are you saying that Chewbacca wasn't an alien? He was just a guy in a fur suit?
no
You jest, but back then this was an actual debate. For most people it was obvious but some doubted it.
Wait, so Darth Vader is
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Luke Skywalker's father?
In a similar vein
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Vader is German for Father, so this wasn't as devastating a reveal in european markets
Dutch, and it's a coincidence, nothing more.
You can try to deny it, but we all know the Dutch are the remnants of the empire.
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German
Very close, alas no cookie. In German, that would be "Vater". However, "Vader" exists with that meaning in Dutch.
Source on this pls, never heard of it and am resident.
As the other comments will tell you, I'm mistaken on the language
It's just something I heard before the internet. It could be total baloney
OK, thanks!
Darth Vader was actually originally a separate character from Anakin, and his name was just "Darth Vader". That's why Obi-Wan addresses him as "Darth", whereas after that it's a title, not a name, as Lucas retconned a bit to have a grand plan.
So when he was named Vader, he wasn't even Luke's father, so...
No one working on the first movie was even sure it would do well. Lucas may have had some plans in his mind for a bigger story, but at the time he was trying to get the initial movie made. I don't even know if there's evidence he had a huge franchise planned out with all the plots, but of course he'd claim he did once it took off.
but of course he'd claim he did once it took off.
Yeah.
Reminded me of: George Lucas is a timetraveler and I wrote Star Wars
That was great
Yup, I remember one guy replied to me once on a forum adamant that Palpatine wasn't going to become the Emperor. It stick in my mind because it was so much "WHAT?" How do you not... WHAT?
And then they deny that the Emperor's name in novels and radio plays is canonical.
This is rebel propaganda!
It is today I found out what 'the phantom menace' title was referring to
That could still be JarJar.
I love Democracy.
Just wait till they find out who Darth Plagueis is...
*The wise
Yes the... "wise"... right. :-D
Waiiit. THIS. CHANGES. EVERYTHING.
I will have to go back and rewatch 4, 5, and 6. I thought that was Uncle Owen!
When I first watched RotS I thought that Sidious was only disguised as Palpatine (as in kill-and-replace) and the electrocution had just destroyed the disguise.
At what point did you think he was replaced?
I always thought the Clone Wars should've involved people getting replaced by cloned versions of them or something like that. But nope, the clones were just storm troopers. Oh well...
With how wars are named, the Clone Wars should have been the Republic fighting clone armies, not droids.
Darth Sidious and Vadar were played by completely different actors. Your theory has plot holes.
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