Why did Palpatine shrivel up?

Palpatine became ugly all of a sudden due to the effect of his own "Force Lightning". It has nothing to do with old age or faster aging. In the movie Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, when Palpatine attacked Mace Windu with Force Lightning, Mace Windu used Vaapad to reflect Force Lightning to its source.
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Why did Palpatine become wrinkled?

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 does Palpatine become disfigured?

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 Palpatine revive himself?

When Palpatine died, his consciousness was transferred to a clone on the planet Exegol, where he had been previously studying immortality. However, the body was too weak to hold his consciousness. So they built more clones that could be a strong vessel for him.
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How did Palpatine have a kid?

Palpatine succumbed to his wounds at Tapalo's blade. In 82 BBY, Cosinga Palpatine's wife gave birth to their eldest son, Palpatine, who later insisted on being known only by the cognomen in order to spite his father and the rest of the family. The couple also had at least two other sons and two daughters.
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Is Snoke a Palpatine?

Snoke Was a Strand-Cast Created by Palpatine

Emperor Palpatine created Snoke to be his proxy through which he could regain his power. Although Snoke was bio-engineered in a lab on Exegol, he was a strand-cast, not a clone.
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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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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 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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Why does Emperor Palpatine's face change?

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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Why did the lightning age Palpatine?

TL;DR: Palpatine used Sith Alchemy to disguise himself and then when the lightning deflected off Mace Windu's saber it caused the alchemical spell to break, revealing his true face and possibly damaging it further in the process.
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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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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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Does red lightsaber mean Sith?

Red lightsabers are notorious in Star Wars as a weapon carried by the most villainous of characters, the Sith. These villains had but one purpose in life, to eliminate the Jedi Order and gain control as tyrants over the galaxy.
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How did Yoda not know Palpatine was a Sith?

Yoda once sensed a void in the Force while meditating, but it did not lead him to suspect Palpatine. Yoda could not sense Palpatine despite this void because the Sith Lord used Force Stealth to block his sensitivity. Palpatine, able to render himself inactive with his Force Stealth, also did not have Sith yellow eyes.
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Why didnt KYLO Ren have Sith eyes?

Though one thing is for certain: Kylo Ren/Ben Solo does not have yellow eyes because he's not "corrupted" by the Dark Side.
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Who is Snoke clone after?

So there it is, Snoke was created in the labs that we see at the end of The Rise of Skywalker. Though it's not explicitly stated it does seem that it was a faired clone of Palpatine himself but there have been other theories wondering if there were attempted clones of Anakin Skywalker or Luke.
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Who is Snoke's master?

The conclusion to the Skywalker saga gives us an answer about Supreme Leader Snoke, who was unexpectedly killed in 2017's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi." It turns out he's a clone, created and controlled by Emperor Palpatine.
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Why is Snoke deformed?

For those who've been wondering why Snoke looks so scarred and deformed, Serkis says it's a combination of both past conflicts and his body wearing down. As the actor explained: It is to do with previous battles. It's a sort of decay as well.
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Who did Palpatine fear most?

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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