Books Thrawn - New canon Star Wars book by Timothy Zahn (Spring 2017)

What do you mean, the connection with Rebels?

 

Ah, ok. Yes in the movie he shows to everyone that he was scarred by the Jedi during their attack... but he was far away and maybe no one has clearly seen the details of his face back then

 

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"The attempt on my life has left me emotionally scared and mentally deformed. But I assure you, my resolve has never been stronger."

 

Man I really wish we just stuck with the idea that he let everyone know about the scars. I like the idea that he would show them off cause as a Sith he wants to have a constant visible reminder of his suffering. You could see it as a reminder that he was strong enough to last through the near death experience cause he is stronger and more deserving of life.

 

Maybe people would think that he did facial/healing surgery after the attack or something, that's why they would find it normal to see him looking better on holovids afterwards.

 

That's what I was thinking too. After all, there's a reason Palpatine's the apex predator of the galactic ecosystem.

 

So does it mean this will be released for Celebration, then afterwards sold in other shops, or is it JUST for Celebration and it means a lot of dishonest people will buy a lot at Celebration then sell it at an abusive price on Ebay?

It would be stupid commercialy-speaking for Funko Pop to sell that popular character only at one convention.

The rest of the world is always forgotten when it comes to Star Wars most of the time, I became used to it...

 

The story group needs to get that straightened out. Because Palpatine appeared before the entire Senate with his yellow eyes and scarred face when he claimed the title Emperor. And that session was broadcast across the Galaxy.

"The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed. But I assure you my resolve has never been stronger!"

The Emperor himself proclaims that he was scarred by the Jedi attack and he is now deformed.

And as we can see, he still made Holonet Broadcasts with no digital editing of his features.



I don't know where this whole idea of Palpatine editing his image to appear normal came from but it doesn't jive with George Lucas's vision of the character. Palpatine made a point of showing his scarred features to the public as evidence of the "Jedi treachery". He didn't make any attempt to hide them from the start.

 

Here's what the Propaganda book says about that:

Given that the events of the Annual take place after Yavin, that makes sense.

The book also says that, in the early Imperial era, crafted holograms or idealized portraitures of Palpatine in his prime became the face of the Emperor "more often than not."

 

It would be kind of fantastic if Palpatine himself made some of these idealized portraits.

Day 1 as Emperor, painted twenty self portraits.

 

He's the Emperor, not Gilderoy Lockhart.

 

I need that Thrawn pop. Hopefully I'll be able to get ahold of one. Why must all the cool Thrawn toys be hard to acquire? I still haven't seen the Thrawn figure in stores yet :/

 

I need to watch the Rebels finale at some point this weekend.

 

Thanks for the link, but I doubt they ship it at an international level. I guess that there will be very limited quantities in some Toy'r'us and in USA only... I wonder if the exclusive Thrawn will be just an "exclusive design of Thrawn" and if an alternate version, more common, will be released. That's what they should do, I think. Limiting the offer for such a popular character benefits only to the dishonest people selling them on Ebay for 10 times its price...

 

I guess his portrayal would be altered after some time has passed. Maybe after a few years.

By the way, i really like how this reminds me of the Coruscant Mission in Dark Forces with the statues of Palpatine.

 

Makes sense, to cut down on counterfeiting. I did watch most of the season fianle of Rebels, it was awesome. I was listening to Tchaikovsky and writing fan fiction at the same time, so that made it more awesome. BTW, happy Monday everyone.

 

Can't wait to read this!

 

Something's wrong with you. Really

 

What do you mean? Do you wish me a happy Monday, or mean that it is a happy Monday whether I want it or not; or that you feel happy this Monday; or that it is a Monday to be happy on?

 

All of the above, Gandalf.

 

You have failed me for the last time Disney.

 

Meh, there's always E-bay.