Darth Plagius [SPOILERS]

[John Q. Mayhem]

Just wanted to say that I infinitely prefer Sith conception to immaculate conception. 'Cause that's just silly.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Just wanted to say that I infinitely prefer Sith conception to immaculate conception. 'Cause that's just silly.

Not to mention borders on a certain RW religion which I won't go into.... Perhaps it's better the theory of "midichlorian manipulation" going on..... And probably artificial insemnation. And making Shmi think that "there was no father..." with a bit of a mindwipe or whatever it is... She may have been out of it during the whole "procedure" (for lack of better term) and woke up later and found out at some point that she was preggers.

 

[Wayside]

Not to mention borders on a certain RW religion which I won't go into....

It doesn't border on a certain RW religion at all. It's a motif you can find in any number of mythologies, and at its base it's simply an expression of the possibility of a divine birth ex nihil in human terms. Most mythologies contain a kind of uncreated god, an unmoved mover who is a cause without being caused; when a divine savior is posited, the archetype of the spontaneous birth is applied, just like it would be to a creator god, as a way of representing the power of his absolute autonomy. Anakin's being spontaneously conceived is absolutely consistent with Lucas' mythological interests, which are nothing like the very self-consciously Judaeo-Christian ones of the The Matrix. Lucas is concerned with the broader pattern of these narratives, not any specific occurence.

 

[Welverin]

But you have to remember, that was Palpatine talking. You can't trust a word he says, especially when its to Anakin before he was turned.

Exactly. Never trust a a legend that refers to a Sith as wise, I always say.

So at some point or another, Palp had to have been lying about something. The smallest lowest-impact lie would be that he didn't know how to fend off death. He does, he just doesn't want Vader to be happy because he needs an evil Vader.

And thus why he tells he tells Vader Padme is dead, which he likely didn't even know at that point, and is smiling when he does so.