Palpatine chose to keep his face as a symbol of the Jedi's treachery and as a way to appear weak to his enemies. The Sith Lord's rise to power based itself on appearing weaker than he actually was, and he continued that until his death.
The end of George Lucas' prequel trilogy instead proves that Palpatine's face changes as part of his plan to manipulate Anakin, with Palpatine using the Force to hide his true visage up until that moment.
Force healing in current canon is a selfless act (because you have to use your own life force to heal another). This is the antithesis of all sith teachings, so a sith would never willingly do this.
Palpatine engages Windu in a duel and attacks him with Force lightning; Windu deflects the lightning back into Palpatine's face, deforming it into the gray, wizened visage first seen in the original trilogy.
Either way, we know that Palpatine always viewed his scarred and disfigured face as his true “Sidious” form. Going back to the Revenge of the Sith novelisation, upon seeing his new appearance, Sidious states “And so the mask becomes the man. I shall miss the face of Palpatine, I think.
In addition to his self-centered and manipulative nature, Palpatine exhibits psychopathy: the inability of a person to properly feel emotion. Throughout the Star Wars franchise, the Emperor feels no empathy for anyone.
According to Wookieepedia, Emperor Palpatine was born in 84 B.B.Y. and died in 4 A.B.Y., which would make him around 88 years old at the time of his death. This makes him just a regular old man, rather than crazy old like 900-year-old Yoda.
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There has been no Sith, as powerful, meticulous, nor as evil as the Emperor himself, Darth Sidious. As previously mentioned, Sidious trained in the Dark Side by Darth Plagueis before Sidious killed Plagueis in his sleep, making Sidious a Sith Master.
Fandom. Question: Did Maul know Sidious was Palpatine? In legends he did. In the darth plagueis novel I'm pretty sure there's a part where maul was reflecting on his master's political machinations and how he is publicly known as palpatine.
She appeared to have “lost the will to live.” The most common theory states that perhaps Palpatine used Padme's life force to heal the barely alive Anakin. Evidence In support of this theory includes how Padme appeared to die right when Anakin/Darth Vader's life-saving procedure was over.
So overall, it seems highly likely that the answer is no, Palpatine didn't have the power to save Padmé's life. He hadn't even begun learning the power when Anakin became Darth Vader, and the idea of saving lives was of no interest to him.
The reason why Anakin couldn't use it was that it was a highly specialized discipline that only Jedi Masters and specially-trained Jedi healers used.
If not, the only logical explanation is that Jar-Jar is a member of the Sith. There are many theories surrounding the enigma that is Jar-Jar Binks. The most agreed upon theory, started by Reddit user Lumparoo in 2016, is that Jar-Jar is a powerful Force-user conspiring with Darth Sidious.
Palpatine was not disfigured by the lightning, rather it decreased his ability to hide the physical degradation brought on by his total immersion dark side of the force. Luke, on the other hand, was not immersed in the dark side to any degree.
Windu didn't beat Palpatine because he was stronger and more skilled in lightsaber combat - he beat him because of three major reasons: (1) his unique lightsaber style, (2) his Shatterpoint technique, and (3) he got lucky.
Master Yoda has risen above all others to claim the top spot as the most powerful Jedi of all time and the true chosen one according to IGN's audience. He won pretty handily as well, as he was victorious in 89,756 of his 95,243 battles and had a win percentage of 94.2%.
killed by an Imperial strike team, his dark side, like many Seth before him, refused to let go of life.
In short, he thought that the Jedi were becoming too subservient to the Republic and the Senate. That was on particular display in "Choices," when he and Master Windu were working as partners.
Yoda feared that defeating Sidious would somehow make Anakin stronger. He knew that the only way to victory was to kill both the apprentice and the master at the same time.
If Qui-Gon had survived his fight against Darth Maul, he would have sensed Palpatine's evil, and Anakin wouldn't have become Darth Vader. Thus, while Qui-Gon was less powerful than Yoda, Palpatine feared him more.
The second time Yoda mentions his long life is in Return of the Jedi, when he tells Luke, “When you reach 900 years old, you will not look as good as you will.” If we take Yoda at his word, that means the Jedi Master died at the ripe old age of 900.
If Rey struck him down, Palpatine's spirit would pass into her, allowing the Sith to be reborn. Rey resisted him with the help of Ben, who'd returned to the light. But their defiance gave Sidious a new opportunity – he would drain the energy of their Force dyad to restore his own body, then rule alone.