Could Sidious Have Survivied the fall?

Im not starting a whole, "He's ALIVE" discussion, but do you think he could've lived?

 

He did live.

 

Well in the EU, Palpatine's body was destroyed at Endor. However, his spirit travelled to Byss, where he entered into another body and once again became the Emperor. A clone of his actually, for this was part of Palaptine's plan to rule forever. When one body died, he would just take up a new and younger body to rule from.

However, from the movies alone, Palpy did infact die. His body anyways died.

 

I guess it would depend on what he fell on/in. Since he fell into that energy stuff chances are no. Without getting into EU where he lived via a clone.

 

He died.
and even if he didn't die from the fall, I'm sure the huge explosion of the Death Star would have killed him.

The EU saying his "spirit lived on and went into another body" or whatever.. make's Anakin's sacrifice seem in vain.

 

Well, Luke's alive. So it wasn't in vain.

 

I thought Lucas was quoted as saying that the prophecy of bringing balance to the Force meant removing the Sith from the Galaxy. If Palpatine is said by outside sources to have survived, then that would mean that we'd watch the six-part saga, and never see the prophecy being fulfilled - both Luke and Anakin would have failed if Palpatine survived.

 

Of course he could survive. A TIE fighter could even fly by and catch him.

His survival in the form of a clone took nothing away from Anakin's sacrifice. The strength of the dark side was gone from the galaxy: it was no longer dominating the turn of events. The "good side" was now strong again.

The Dark Empire series was a taste of what the sequel trilogy would have been had Lucas made it. Lucas even liked it so well that he bought copies of the series for all his employees at LFL as a Christmas gift one year.

 

The EU saying his "spirit lived on and went into another body" or whatever.. make's Anakin's sacrifice seem in vain.

No it doesn't.

 

Didn't Luke and Leia join the Dark Side to kill Palpys clone but stayed on the Dark Side?

 

Not exactly. I suggest you actually read Dark Empire rather than going by word-of-mouth.

 

If you can't buy the comics you can read the transcripts.

Dark Empire 1
Dark Empire 2
Empire's End

 

I say he died casue if he did not Blance would have never been brought to the Force.

 

Lucas said that the fulfillment of the prophecy was the removal of the Sith from the Galaxy. If Palpatine's "spirit" survived the Battle of Endor, then Anakin failed to fulfill the prophecy.

 

The Sith were gone. Then they came back for a short bit but because of Anakin's sacrifice they couldn't gain any power.

 

The fufillment of the prophecy was the destruction of the Sith. And that's what Anakin did. For 5-6 years after ROTJ the Sith didn't threaten peaceful life in the galaxy. Then, as ousley said, they tried to come back, but the children of the Chosen one were able to beat him back.

 

If Palpatine's "spirit" survived the Battle of Endor, then Anakin failed to fulfill the prophecy.

Incorrect. Anakin destroyed evil's supremacy in the galaxy. Palpatine's return didn't change anything.

 

Okay... in theory, in body, and in all effect on anything, yes, Palpatine died in that reactor. There was a tale to tell of his return in spirit but that was a miserable failure and he was an echo of his former self, and unable to gain any true power because he had already been killed.

We've all seen force ghosts, we all know that it can happen, but, as we've also seen, they "can't get involved"

They are unable to directly influence anything in the living world.

 

The main problem with all these "extras" added from other sources to the saga is that they display a complete and utter ignorance of myth and mythic structure, and the symbols that Lucas uses.
He has crafted a tale with a beginning, a middle and an end that is firmly gounded in a basic story-pattern used by mankind for thousands of years.
Nothing else is required before the saga, during the saga, or after the saga - every single important mythic detail is covered.
They are presented, developed, and concluded - a cycle of beginning, middle and end.
All non-film related sources are there simply to help generate the money required for Lucas to complete his vision - finishing his story, and creating the technology to do it, is what matters most to him, and he's shown himself quite willing to pursue every possible means of realising it, even if that means exploiting the fans to some extent.

 

You know what would be awesome? If when Lando and Nien Numb are flying into the reactor, they see Palps falling from above and he splatters on the windshield, and then they use the wipers to scrape him off.

 

...they see Palps falling from above and he splatters on the windshield, and then they use the wipers to scrape him off.

 

I remember that there was always one false but amusing rumour that you could see Palpatine falling from a shaft, just as Wedge and Lando make the run at the DS2's reactor core...

 

He could have survived the fall, I think. After all, Anakin survived that fall in AOTC onto Zam's speeder, and he's not quite as powerful as Palpatine.


I can see it now.

PALPATINE: Eeeyaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaaaaa
LUKE (O.S.): That scream sounds familiar!
PALPATINE: yaeyayeayeayeaaaa
(lands)
What? Oh! I'm alive! Oh, happy day! I'm saved! I--
(Death Star blows up)
Oh, damn!
(dies)


Rick McCallum loves you!

 

) that is too funny.