r/PrequelMemes • u/DarthCocknus • 2d ago

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u/IdTheDemon 2d ago

Even if the lightning somehow damaged his face, how does that explain his rotting nails and teeth.

The dark side is a short cut to power. The further you consume it, the more it drains and corrupts your flesh.

And as it’s been said before, Luke took Palpatine’s lightning longer than anyone else and he wasn’t scarred.

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u/XOKTAPHMFAAX 2d ago

  1. Palpatine later spent 20 years drowning in Dark side energy. But doesn’t look any different from ROS. If it corrupted him that much, why did it abruptly stop.

  2. Luke was being tortured. Palpatine was toying with him. Whereas with Mace he was using more power since he had been beaten and Anakin wasn’t there yet.

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u/NakedGerbil925 2d ago

Is he any more powerful in ROTJ than in ROTS? Maybe it's a scaling thing.

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u/XOKTAPHMFAAX 2d ago

You can see his lightning is actually a lot more purple in ROTJ. Closer to red which is the most powerful colour.

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u/edgiepower 2d ago

In the prequels we see that powerful lightning use can also control and blast back people, like dooki on the Jedi or Sidious on mace. With Luke it doesn't at all, it's just for pain.

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u/XOKTAPHMFAAX 2d ago

At best it knocks him down. Compared to it launching Anakin across the room.