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PalpatineWasFramed Registered: Feb '09	Date Posted: 9/18 12:32am Subject: Emperor Palpatine's throne room on the Death Star - Date Edited: 9/18 12:33am (1 edits total) Edited By: PalpatineWasFramed
	It was never clear to me just why Palpatine's throne room contained a shaft, down which a person could easily fall. He doesn't seem terribly busy; virtually all we see him doing during RotJ is sitting in his chair and looking out the window while he waits for Vader to find Luke. You'd think, at some point, it would have crossed his mind that he could ask someone to do something about the huge, potentially deadly shaft in the throne room where he planned to confront Luke and goad him into engaging in a fight. He could have said, "Hey, I want you workers to move all of my stuff into another room... one where there's not a ventilation shaft I can fall into," or perhaps "Maintenance, could you please put a grate on top of that huge, deadly, gaping hole in the middle of the room where I spend all of my time?" It seems like those are things he could probably convince people to do easily. I think that's why he's shouting as he falls down after Vader throws him in. He's angry at himself for being so stupid as not to realize that he should have built his throne room someplace where there wasn't a bottomless pit. Just a thought.
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TaradosGon Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 9/18 6:05am Subject: Emperor Palpatine's throne room on the Death Star
	Well I never understood why on Naboo there is a giant shaft to the planet's core with energy gates that open and close at certain intervals. It's just a lame plot device to keep Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon separated. I think the original design for the Imperial Palace on Coruscant involved lava in the Throne Room. Apparently Palpatine has a weird aesthetic preference.
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Lumiyas_Head Registered: Jul '07	Date Posted: 9/18 7:30am Subject: Emperor Palpatine's throne room on the Death Star
	Maybe because he never expected to be killed in his own throne room?
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Dark Lady Mara Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 9/18 8:43am Subject: Emperor Palpatine's throne room on the Death Star
	Maybe I'm making this up, but I think I remember hearing his throne room on the DSII was something thrown together last-minute? Can anyone back me up here? Like, the workers didn't know in advance he was coming and didn't have any space ready for him, so they had to appropriate whatever space was available, and it just happened to be some control chamber with a shaft. Something along those lines. That said, I'm kinda surprised he didn't fire on sight every contractor who thought it was a good idea to put his swivelly chair over a reactor. (You guys suck at designing corner offices!!) -----signature----- "Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to... the female audience." ~~ SPOILER-FREE TILLLL EPISODE IV "there aren't that many Ls in til." - farraday
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Rogue...Jedi Title: Comms and Arena Admin ready for basketball Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 9/18 11:10am Subject: Emperor Palpatine's throne room on the Death Star
	Maybe it made him feel more powerful -----signature----- The Arena's Favorite Baseball Player Tournament - Come vote! http://boards.theforce.net/the_arena/b10777/29864047/p1/ I approve of NYCitygurl's sig
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CloneUncleOwen Registered: Jul '09	Date Posted: 9/18 11:16am Subject: Emperor Palpatine's throne room on the Death Star
	Because late at night, when no one's around, Emperor Palpatine glides up to the shaft, leans over the rail, and yells, "ECHO!" Echo... echo... echo.. -----signature----- Hey, what are you trying to pull here... (CLICK) pull here... (CLICK) pull here...
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BaronFel88 Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 9/18 11:37am Subject: Emperor Palpatine's throne room on the Death Star
	I would agree that it's probably part of the aesthetic Palaptine desired. The Dark side is all about fear, and what better way to get the juices flowing when you're staring down an endless shaft? -----signature----- "Oh the pain" "What a disgrace" -Joe Benigno
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tonykart34 Registered: Sep '09	Date Posted: 9/18 11:59am Subject: Emperor Palpatine's throne room on the Death Star
	Cause how pimp would it be to have a tube to the reactor core in your thrown room. If the Emp's Death Star was on MTV's Cribs, all the homies would be like WOAH!
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Grand_Moff_Jawa Registered: May '01	Date Posted: 9/18 12:50pm Subject: Emperor Palpatine's throne room on the Death Star
	Two words: Large Urinal. -----signature----- "I can't abide those Jawas... disgusting creatures"! - C3PO This sig line is [FABULOUSO!] www.outerrimsieges.com "It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." -- Carl Sagan
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