Did Mace Windu deform Palpatine?

In Revenge of the Sith, Mace Windu successfully redirected a force lightning blast back at Palpatine, thus damaging his face beyond repair. Palpatine kept this disfigured look up until the end of his Star Wars story.
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How did Emperor Palpatine get deformed?

It's the intensity of reflected lightning and the channelling of such raw dark side power that are the catalysts for Palpatine's transformation. Perhaps the face that boils up to the surface is shaped by his dark side corruption, but the lightning is definitely the cause.”
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Why was Palpatine's face disfigured?

As a result, Palpatine's face changes in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith because his dark side-induced mask was broken by the Force Lightning rather than the Sith lord actually being disfigured by his own attack.
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Did the Force lightning deform Palpatine?

In Return of the Jedi, Emporer Palpatine shocks Luke with force lightning and Luke's appearnce didn't change. However, Emporer Palpatine's appearnce was drastically changed when Mace Windu redirected the force lightning back at him.
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How did Palpatine hide his Sith eyes?

Description. Palpatine utilizing Force clouding while speaking with members of the Jedi Council Force clouding was a cloaking technique employed by the Sith to conceal their true nature from the Jedi and other users of the Force.
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Did Mace Windu Really Beat Palpatine - Star Wars Explained



Did Palpatine hold back against Mace Windu?

Palpatine may not have specifically allowed Mace Windu to defeat him in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, but his control over the situation and superior strength in the Force made him the true winner of the duel.
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Why do Sith have yellow eyes?

According to Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia, “Eyes reflect the emotions harnessed by the Sith. When rage and anger seethe inside a dark side user, their eyes may burn yellow with a fiery-red rim.” Simply put, a Sith's emotions and strong connections to the dark side are usually the reason behind their yellow eyes.
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Why does Darth Sidious not use a lightsaber?

In truth, the Sith normally wielded enough powers to fight without a lightsaber, but every apprentice still learned to use one as part of his or her training. Sidious himself felt that he and his peers had outgrown the use of lightsabers, and only continued carrying them to mock the Jedi.
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Why does Palpatine look normal in rebels?

Sidious appeared younger and non-deformed, despite his face having been horribly disfigured years ago. He explained to Ezra that he had had the remains of the Lothal Jedi temple moved to the Chimaera. The Emperor showed Ezra a portal to an alternate reality in which his parents were still alive.
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Does Darth Sidious have two lightsabers?

Sidious rarely used these elegant weapons, preferring to manipulate events indirectly and in secret. He wielded two lightsabers against his renegade apprentice Darth Maul and Savage Opress on Mandalore, took up arms to battle the Jedi on Coruscant, and used one of his crimson blades against his enemies on Ryloth.
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Who is Palpatine's son?

As documented in Paul and Hollace David's "Jedi Prince" saga, the Emperor's original son was Triclops, a three-eyed human with considerable Force powers.
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Can Luke use force lightning?

Luke Skywalker in particular was able to utilize a Emerald Lightning instantaneously kill his targets.
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Is Mace Windu still alive?

Mace Windu's death, tragically, was the final step for Anakin Skywalker to leave the Jedi Order and join the Sith, taking on the new identity of Darth Vader.
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Why did Palpatine scar himself?

The prequel trilogy later revealed this ability is actually the reason why Palpatine's face looks the way it does. In Revenge of the Sith, Mace Windu successfully redirected a force lightning blast back at Palpatine, thus damaging his face beyond repair.
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Why didn't Palpatine stop using lightning?

Palpatine was purposefully continuing to shot his lightning in order to turn Anakin. Him getting injured by it reflecting back at him is what made Anakin fearful and thus lashing out at Mace Windu.
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Can only Sith use Force lightning?

While Jedi could create Force lightning, like Sith, they choose not to use that power due to its association with the dark side and immoral nature. Despite being equally as strong in the Force, one innately Sith ability that Jedi in the Star Wars franchise do not wield is Force lightning.
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Why does grievous have a cough?

During the encounter, Windu used the Force to crush the chest plates of Grievous, severely injuring his lungs, and causing his now distinctive cough, which made its way into Revenge of the Sith. As we have come to expect with Star Wars though, it was never that simple.
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How do Sith bleed their crystals?

Description. Bleeding was accomplished by pouring rage, hate, fear and pain into a kyber crystal by means of the dark side of the Force, until the crystal changed, resulting in the crimson-bladed lightsabers associated almost exclusively with dark side adepts.
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Why does Dooku look normal?

Dooku didn't have Sith eyes mainly because he wasn't super immersed in the dark side. He was one of those Jedi who converted to the dark side because they lost faith in the light.
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Which Jedi did Palpatine fear?

This information comes to light form the comic series Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith by Charles Soule and Giuseppe Camuncoli, in particular issue #7. Palpatine admits to Darth Vader that the Jedi he actually feared most was none other than Jocasta Nu.
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Why was Mace Windu so strong?

Windu favored the lightsaber form called Form VII which was also known as Juyo or Vaapad. Windu was one of the few who had mastered the lightsaber form fully. Sora Bulq and Depa Billaba were two Jedi who sought out to master the seventh form but failed, which resulted in them to go insane.
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Could the Jedi have stopped Palpatine?

That said, there actually wasn't much the Jedi could have done to prevent the Clone Wars. They were in the service of the Republic, controlled by Palpatine, and to oppose him while he had his "emergency powers" would have been an overt act of treason giving Palpatine all he needed to justify Order 66.
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