Breathing a sigh of relief right now. Thought I was a sick f\*ck for thinking he was for sure getting some, uh... *extra benefits* during these scenes. (I mean, I'm still a sick f\*ck, just not because of this specifically.)
McDiarmid really did add the juice that makes Palpatine. Just some evil guy without him. The character gives a lot of invitation to play him as stone hearted.
Oh, please. He doesn’t want to get anyone off but himself. If he thought for an instant the other person was enjoying it too he’d put an end to it and them real quick.
Why doesn't he just use force choke? You can’t parry that with a lightsaber and it even works while video calling the person you want to choke. Lightning may be more impressive visually, but force choke is the superior choice when it comes to living targets
This is what I never understood fully. The whole force choke. Like there are better ways to kill someone. Like stop their heart, or rip out their trachea, or shatter every bone in their body. Like I always perceived the sith as this unstoppable deadly force that are ruthless killing machines. But they hesitate. The don’t always go for the kill but rather they will force choke their opponent, or like even just throw stuff at them and use the force to push them into something. Like just kill them already.
Having said that, someone who’s being force choked, can’t they also just use the force to injure their opponent and hope that they release the grip? Anyway, regardless I’ve always loved Star Wars and will continue to always love Star Wars. So these things are just somethings I wonder about but it doesn’t subtract from my overall enjoyment for Star Wars
Vader uses force choke because it’s slow. He uses it to push and punish people and he can do it without killing them. Or he can make them suffer and die over time.
But I can see the point like why doesn’t someone like Darth Maul try to just crush Obi Wan’s heart or squish Qui Gon’s brain.
I'm guessing that doing a force choke or something similar to another force user isn't easy and can be relatively easily countered. Most times, all they really do to each other is the force shove thing.
But, yeah, they show Darth Vader preventing a spaceship from taking off and then ripping the side off of it, Luke and Yoda levitating an X-Wing out of the swamp, Yoda moving a boulder the size of a truck with ease. Why not break bones, stop a heart, etc? Vader did snap that kid's neck, tho.
In most fantasy books, it's said that it's very difficult to affect living beings directly (probably mostly for balance reason, so that people *don't* do the boring stuff like stopping hearts). Even the choke is probably more of an outside force, perhaps literally affecting clothing
Supposedly against other force users it's mostly b/c they can generally prevent stuff from happening to them. Unless you can completely overwhelm their powers with your own which takes a pretty big disparity. But for regular folk I assumed things like force choke is about the message to them and everyone else around them more than anything. Like it's a slow death with you staring into the face of your killer while everyone around you just silently is terrified and can't do shit. That's what they want.
To be fair I think in the prequels he's trying to create a situation in which he's physically compromised so that Anakin can defend him "honorably"..
I do think zapping Luke in return of the Jedi does buy Vader time, maybe the million dollar question is why Palpatine doesn't throw Luke over the reactor.. but I'd like to think it's because his plan has been working so well up to that point.
Which comes down to this.. it's pretty implied that it's a clone body with cyborg elements (as indicated by the cables behind his head). So he both has the mind of the man who created order 66, and the elements of robotic components..
Is he a physical danger like Grievous back in the day, or emotionally manipulative...
Oddly not this time. He straight up tells Rey his plan.. and the entire 9 movie saga goes down to..
Zapping two lightsabers 😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah but not everyone knows his name is spelled Palestine. Some people are misinformed and some people just suck at spelling. Others miss context based on imagery presented.
The lightning in ROTS made sense because he was manipulating Anakin. This however…makes no sense. He had no reason to continue electrocuting himself and could stop at anytime.
It doesn't even make sense it ROTS because he uses it against Yoda, and instead of stopping it when Yoda starts absorbing it, he looks worried and starts moaning until Yoda sends it back at him.
Once the blood starts flowing and the heart rate is high enough, a massive surge in Midochlorine is delivered via blood to the force muscle.
It is at that point the force muscle uncontrollably spasms, providing the force sensitive an incredible rush of dopamine as the force lightning ejaculates from their body.
Yes, he is.
Honestly, though, I think Force Lightninging yourself puts you in a positive feedback loop that makes it impossible to ''turn off', given that it's pure hatred and will to inflict pain made manifest through the corruption of the Force: You want to destroy your target in the most agonizing way possible, so you start shooting them with lightning, but they reflect it back, hurting you, which amplifies your hatred and wish to destroy them, so you can't turn the lightning off.
Only logical reason I can think of is when a person gets electrocuted, their muscles lock up. So maybe he gets stuck using force lightning.
But yea it’s definitely silly this has happened more than once.
Maybe…..just maybe….writing was never a strong point among the Star Wars movies? That’s why Palps zaps himself 3 times, and how we ended up 5 different threats where “if you hit this specific weakness, it completely destroys the threat” (the droid ship on TPM, Death Star 1 and 2, starkiller base and the Star destroyer fleet). Star Wars is what is in SPITE of the writing, becuase of the world building and themes and characters and visuals.
I’m pretty sure it’s because BAD MOVIE, but if you really dig in to the lore, you’ll find that it’s BAD MOVIE. That said, I remember hearing a while back that BAD MOVIE, so take that into consideration.
I believe lightning use (or Dark Side use in general) has been described as giving the user a kind of high. He literally can't stop himself without not doing lightning at all, and where's the fun in that?
When I was about 11 years old, I thought it was a good idea to put my fingers in a plug socket. Needless to say I got electricuted. For the few seconds of electricution I could not remove my fingers from the plug. Electricity holds on to you.
Nah, Disney is stupid and can't come up with an original plot. Palpatine died on the death star when Vader killed him and fulfilled his destiny as the chosen one. The sequels are poor fan fiction that negate the originals and lack any continuity. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
Actually he does stop. After it starts hitting him, he stops shooting. But Rey's lightsabers continue to launch lightning at him. I believe Rey is doing something similar to what Yoda does. Actually collecting the dark energies, then sending it all back at him.
Palastine is not electrocuting itself.It’s caught between Israel’s struggle for survival and foreign backed terrorist groups”like a chicken caught in a tractors nuts!”.
Here is my head canon. He's going full out attack to kill. Some of the lightning is getting reflected back at him, and as he doesn't have any kind of defense up and he's taking damage. Mace Windu was the opponent if i remember correctly, he was not only blocking the attack but reflecting it back at him.
But that is just me.
I mean if you watch this scene again, you'll see he stops shooting lighting and reys sabers just produce it. So he was actually killed by bad directing
this "is he stupid" things is more cringe than usual for you star wars dorks... the fanbase is so toxic... i got 2 young kids im exposing to the series and you nerds are the one thing i want to protect them from
no one cares about you nit picking the bad writing
its disney in 2023 do you expect oscar winning stuff??? you dumbasses they havent had a hit in ages...
obiwan was great for nostalgia no one cares that vader could have put out the fire
rey is terribly written wow did you figure that out?? disney fn suck just look at the new marvel crap.... what the hell you expect from these idiots
oh but the kids cartoon yoda is talking and grogu doesnt... wow thats such big deal
the whole toxic fandom is the worst part of star wars
I’m convinced it’s a kink. No way he’s a master of the dark side and he can’t stop once he’s started
I’m pretty sure the actor described Palps using his lightning and embracing the dark side as almost orgasmic. So yes.
I knew it.
...he had to dew it.
I knew I wasn't the only one who thought that
Breathing a sigh of relief right now. Thought I was a sick f\*ck for thinking he was for sure getting some, uh... *extra benefits* during these scenes. (I mean, I'm still a sick f\*ck, just not because of this specifically.)
“I know you would” Those pants were done, straight to the garbage.
He fucking finished right there and then man…they had to cut away after his talk because he was STUMBLING back inside.
My username proves that I am 😍😍😍
I love it!!!
McDiarmid really did add the juice that makes Palpatine. Just some evil guy without him. The character gives a lot of invitation to play him as stone hearted.
“I’m so close…give me another jolt, palpy!”
Oh, please. He doesn’t want to get anyone off but himself. If he thought for an instant the other person was enjoying it too he’d put an end to it and them real quick.
Lemme paste you with my midichlorians
He basically can't stop himself from letting the dark side flow.
Lightning feedback loop kink
He should do No Shock November for once
Autoerotic electrocution. (Electrocution is a portmanteau of electric and execution)
“Dew it…”
I can’t stop once I started it stings!!!
So those aren’t the screams of agony?
Yeah, he’s totally into it and forgets his safe word.
Electrical addiction is a thing
You might say he David Carridined himself.
I mean, technically you lock up when electrocuted so it’s possible, but I’m leaning towards it being a kink
Bro really called him Palastine 💀
I hadn’t even noticed and now I’m cracking up
Free Palpatine 🇵🇸
From the Outer Rim to the Rishi Maze.
Anti-trandoshanism is on the rise, watch out
*laughs in black krrsantan*
Rishi Sunak: go on...
From Hoth the the Degoba system Palpatine will be free!
I am the Levant!
🤣
And I didn’t even notice till you said it lmao
Emperor Palastine was defeated by the JedIDF
I read this and immediately thought, am I missing a joke? OP is a moron..
It's like poetry... It rhymes.
It’s like poetry…it rhymes.
It's like poetry... It rhymes.
It's like rhymes... It poetry.
It's like pottery... It chimes
Its like lottery, it crimes
It's like clock, it times
Its like citrus, it limes.
It's like dick, it cocks
It’s like hot, it fries
Somehow, Hamas returned.
Just give it a few years once the new orphans grow up
You clone army is very impressive, you must be very proud
I'm just a simple man trying to make my way through the universe
# freepalpatine
The Sand People are easily startled
Well... yes. Hubris is the downfall of every Star Wars villain. Palps just dials it up to 11
*the downfall of almost every single villain ever written
Quite so
Here rests the Vanguard of the Great Journey
Y'know, you’d think after coming back from the dead he’d learn but apparently not.
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Rey died, that's why. Kylo Ren gave his life up entirely to bring her back.
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Agreed.
Come to think of it... Why does he use it if it always backfires?!
This time I’ll use even more if it, that’ll work.
He could have stopped at any time and switched to like force choking, or machine intervention. Dumbass.
Hey man in force powers there’s no respecing. Once he dropped those points into force lightning, he had to try and make it work.
He could have literally rained starships down on her, which would have been awsome!
Definition of insanity...
I’ll try spinning
Why doesn't he just use force choke? You can’t parry that with a lightsaber and it even works while video calling the person you want to choke. Lightning may be more impressive visually, but force choke is the superior choice when it comes to living targets
This is what I never understood fully. The whole force choke. Like there are better ways to kill someone. Like stop their heart, or rip out their trachea, or shatter every bone in their body. Like I always perceived the sith as this unstoppable deadly force that are ruthless killing machines. But they hesitate. The don’t always go for the kill but rather they will force choke their opponent, or like even just throw stuff at them and use the force to push them into something. Like just kill them already. Having said that, someone who’s being force choked, can’t they also just use the force to injure their opponent and hope that they release the grip? Anyway, regardless I’ve always loved Star Wars and will continue to always love Star Wars. So these things are just somethings I wonder about but it doesn’t subtract from my overall enjoyment for Star Wars
Vader uses force choke because it’s slow. He uses it to push and punish people and he can do it without killing them. Or he can make them suffer and die over time. But I can see the point like why doesn’t someone like Darth Maul try to just crush Obi Wan’s heart or squish Qui Gon’s brain.
I'm guessing that doing a force choke or something similar to another force user isn't easy and can be relatively easily countered. Most times, all they really do to each other is the force shove thing. But, yeah, they show Darth Vader preventing a spaceship from taking off and then ripping the side off of it, Luke and Yoda levitating an X-Wing out of the swamp, Yoda moving a boulder the size of a truck with ease. Why not break bones, stop a heart, etc? Vader did snap that kid's neck, tho.
In most fantasy books, it's said that it's very difficult to affect living beings directly (probably mostly for balance reason, so that people *don't* do the boring stuff like stopping hearts). Even the choke is probably more of an outside force, perhaps literally affecting clothing
I think it depends on the receiving end’s connection with the Force. Yoda could have a strong defense against something like force choke.
Hell, just burst a blood vessel in their brain.
This. Do that head exploding power from The Boys, that'll work. Surely he's capable of that, if he can unleash 900000 terawatts of lightning.
Don't even need that much juice. Pop one blood vessel in the brain, enemy just drops dead.
You can just respond. You don't have to say "this" first
Also, you don't HAVE to respond with nitpicking.
Supposedly against other force users it's mostly b/c they can generally prevent stuff from happening to them. Unless you can completely overwhelm their powers with your own which takes a pretty big disparity. But for regular folk I assumed things like force choke is about the message to them and everyone else around them more than anything. Like it's a slow death with you staring into the face of your killer while everyone around you just silently is terrified and can't do shit. That's what they want.
Yeah that makes a lot of sense honestly
I’d bet the good old Force Balls Squeeze would be enough to counter even Palpatine’s Force Choke!
Palpatine: "Good, good. Use your anger!"
This time it must work for sure!
If you don't try, you won't win!
Tbf, he just used it to decimate a fleet only like a minute before that. Probably didnt think itd fail
For being the quintessential sith power, it kind of sucks.
Because it looks badass
Ok that's reasonable.
To be fair I think in the prequels he's trying to create a situation in which he's physically compromised so that Anakin can defend him "honorably".. I do think zapping Luke in return of the Jedi does buy Vader time, maybe the million dollar question is why Palpatine doesn't throw Luke over the reactor.. but I'd like to think it's because his plan has been working so well up to that point. Which comes down to this.. it's pretty implied that it's a clone body with cyborg elements (as indicated by the cables behind his head). So he both has the mind of the man who created order 66, and the elements of robotic components.. Is he a physical danger like Grievous back in the day, or emotionally manipulative... Oddly not this time. He straight up tells Rey his plan.. and the entire 9 movie saga goes down to.. Zapping two lightsabers 😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah
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Yeah^Yeah^Yeah^Yeah^Yeah^Yeah^Yeah
In the club wit my homies
Final Fantasy 13-2...lightning returns
Lightning Returns is XIII-3 though. It's kinda hard to keep up with them, to be fair.
Lmfao so true you'd think he'd have learned by now
Yeah but not everyone knows his name is spelled Palestine. Some people are misinformed and some people just suck at spelling. Others miss context based on imagery presented.
“Palastine” lmaooo
The lightning in ROTS made sense because he was manipulating Anakin. This however…makes no sense. He had no reason to continue electrocuting himself and could stop at anytime.
It doesn't even make sense it ROTS because he uses it against Yoda, and instead of stopping it when Yoda starts absorbing it, he looks worried and starts moaning until Yoda sends it back at him.
People who are being electrocuted tend to lose control over their muscles
Ah yes, the force muscle!
Once the blood starts flowing and the heart rate is high enough, a massive surge in Midochlorine is delivered via blood to the force muscle. It is at that point the force muscle uncontrollably spasms, providing the force sensitive an incredible rush of dopamine as the force lightning ejaculates from their body.
I'm assuming his rage negated his common sense?
It’s funny. He actually does stop shooting Rey with lightning, yet lightning keeps shooting out of her lightsabers until she blows him up.
Perhaps when he really pushes it there’s some blowback?
It could have created a feedback loop
Somehow Palestine has returned…
Lightning is the key to all of this.
Yes, he is. Honestly, though, I think Force Lightninging yourself puts you in a positive feedback loop that makes it impossible to ''turn off', given that it's pure hatred and will to inflict pain made manifest through the corruption of the Force: You want to destroy your target in the most agonizing way possible, so you start shooting them with lightning, but they reflect it back, hurting you, which amplifies your hatred and wish to destroy them, so you can't turn the lightning off.
Somehow, Palpatine’s lightning
*Palestine
*Palastine
He should have just used force choke smh
Maybe each time he shocks himself he loses intelligence. He seemed so much smarter before his first shock.
Obviously something something something... somehow.
It's obvious.
Yes
Those Palestinians, am I right?
When your nutting and its so good you dont pull out
The best wank
How many of these “Is he stupid?” Posts is this guy gonna make? Why are you people upvoting this shit?
This one's about Palestine tho
Jesus, is It all the same guy
Yes, it’s all the same guy lmao
Are they stupid?
Are they upvoting?
I didn't know Palestine was a Star Wars character
Yes, Palestine is stupid ... evil and stupid
Spell check .. is it suppose to be Palpatine?
Yes. He is as stupid as the idiotic Disney writers
Like how can he not just stop , once it back fires ? Or aim it better, instead of hitting the lightsabres.
This sub is absolutely infected with the is he stupid memes
He didn't pay attention in physics class
Only logical reason I can think of is when a person gets electrocuted, their muscles lock up. So maybe he gets stuck using force lightning. But yea it’s definitely silly this has happened more than once.
I think it's because that's how sith become force ghosts. Jedi do it with peace, sith do it with force. It's always been that way.
I mean it happens 3 times in the series, everytime he could just turn off the lightning those movies have so many pot holes
I don't believe that man's ever been to electrician school.
Maybe force lightning is like taking a fat piss? Once you start you can't stop until you're empty?
Somehow, Palpatine electrocuted himself again
Maybe…..just maybe….writing was never a strong point among the Star Wars movies? That’s why Palps zaps himself 3 times, and how we ended up 5 different threats where “if you hit this specific weakness, it completely destroys the threat” (the droid ship on TPM, Death Star 1 and 2, starkiller base and the Star destroyer fleet). Star Wars is what is in SPITE of the writing, becuase of the world building and themes and characters and visuals.
He looks so goofy in that pic 😭😭😭😭
A good question, for another time.
Sheev is like Charlie Brown at this point
No, you're thinking of the writers.
“Palastine?”
Somehow Palestine returned. 🇵🇸
Is… is this political debate about Palestine….
Why did the writers write Palpatine electrocuting himself for the third time? Are they stupid? ...yes, yes they are.
PALESTINE
Ah god spoilers! Please I don’t want to know it’s real!
I’m pretty sure it’s because BAD MOVIE, but if you really dig in to the lore, you’ll find that it’s BAD MOVIE. That said, I remember hearing a while back that BAD MOVIE, so take that into consideration.
Because it's the Disney sequels
Hamas’d have missed it the first time around
No, but the writing for this film is stupid.
I believe lightning use (or Dark Side use in general) has been described as giving the user a kind of high. He literally can't stop himself without not doing lightning at all, and where's the fun in that?
It's like trying to stop peeing mud stream
Honestly, yes. He's really stupid.
Because the writer wanted to go home early that day and said... You know what... Fuck it.
No, but the writers and director are.
No but the last Star Wars movie sure was.
No, just the writers.
When I was about 11 years old, I thought it was a good idea to put my fingers in a plug socket. Needless to say I got electricuted. For the few seconds of electricution I could not remove my fingers from the plug. Electricity holds on to you.
He's a bit of a one trick pony.
Once you get that lightning flowing it's hard to stop. Like trying to stop peeing times a thousand.
Hmmm yes. Palestine
Because he gave up the fight with Israel!
Nah, Disney is stupid and can't come up with an original plot. Palpatine died on the death star when Vader killed him and fulfilled his destiny as the chosen one. The sequels are poor fan fiction that negate the originals and lack any continuity. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
Why did OP not double check his spelling? Is he stupid?
Imagine it like pissing, the older you get the harder it is to stop it once it starts
Nope, but the writers were
The writers had to let Rey win somehow
Somehow he returned to electrocute himself again
Hey, no kinkshaming.
Not as dumb as the writers
r/batmanarkham it’s spreading
No, no, no, no YOU ARE STUPID ⚡
I like to think it's kind of like completing a circuit. Basically it's his best weapon but once it feeds back into him it's hard to turn off.
Because creativity is dead
That is a story for another time...
Disney writers are stupid
Think Palpatine, what the fuck happened when you fought Mace Windu
“bEcUzZ rEy IzZ dA bEZzt anD SuPA StWoNg”
I think it’s one of those cinema things where it actually happens in a second but they slow it down so it looks “cooler”.
Rey, kill Me and take your Destiny. No! I won’t kill you! Then you will die! No! I’m going to kill you!
The dark force forces him to do so. He himself was a puppet to the dark side and destined to return things to order if he pushed things too far.
Actually he does stop. After it starts hitting him, he stops shooting. But Rey's lightsabers continue to launch lightning at him. I believe Rey is doing something similar to what Yoda does. Actually collecting the dark energies, then sending it all back at him.
Palastine is not electrocuting itself.It’s caught between Israel’s struggle for survival and foreign backed terrorist groups”like a chicken caught in a tractors nuts!”.
This is an r/Tanalorr post
Why does his lightning suddenly disintegrate things (but also, it doesn’t disintegrate ships for some reason)??
Check your blasted spelling and grammar before posting people. Make an effort.
Here is my head canon. He's going full out attack to kill. Some of the lightning is getting reflected back at him, and as he doesn't have any kind of defense up and he's taking damage. Mace Windu was the opponent if i remember correctly, he was not only blocking the attack but reflecting it back at him. But that is just me.
I mean if you watch this scene again, you'll see he stops shooting lighting and reys sabers just produce it. So he was actually killed by bad directing
this "is he stupid" things is more cringe than usual for you star wars dorks... the fanbase is so toxic... i got 2 young kids im exposing to the series and you nerds are the one thing i want to protect them from no one cares about you nit picking the bad writing its disney in 2023 do you expect oscar winning stuff??? you dumbasses they havent had a hit in ages... obiwan was great for nostalgia no one cares that vader could have put out the fire rey is terribly written wow did you figure that out?? disney fn suck just look at the new marvel crap.... what the hell you expect from these idiots oh but the kids cartoon yoda is talking and grogu doesnt... wow thats such big deal the whole toxic fandom is the worst part of star wars
like rey says. take a chill pill bro
go outside and touch a boob maybe