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<blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 2339743" data-attributes="member: 10079">Yoda isn't the only one who's used Force Strike like this. However, I believe that the best thing to do is remove the DSP need alltogether, or follow the idea of INTENT of its use. Now, I wouldn't do this with things like Force Grip and Force Lightning, but Force Strike(and the Force Push detailed in a recent JC article) seems to make this necessary when comparing all the times we see this in the movies to the rules.Dark Stealth isn't needed at all, as Palpatine is the textbook exampls of a Force Stealth user. That skill covers masking himself in the Force just fine.I won't get into the detailed debate...but there's no evidence at all, beyond fan speculation prior to Sith, that the Emperor was masking any deformity. Going PURELY by what we've been shown in the movie, the lightning + lightsaber + closeness to his face IS what caused his face to be &quot;scarred and deformed&quot;.Yes, this can be debated back and forth and it probably will until Lucas finally says something definitive, but one must realize that the idea of the Illusion was all fan speculation and never was connected to anything Lucas ever said.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ankh-Morpork Guard, post: 2339743, member: 10079"] Yoda isn't the only one who's used Force Strike like this. However, I believe that the best thing to do is remove the DSP need alltogether, or follow the idea of INTENT of its use. Now, I wouldn't do this with things like Force Grip and Force Lightning, but Force Strike(and the Force Push detailed in a recent JC article) seems to make this necessary when comparing all the times we see this in the movies to the rules. Dark Stealth isn't needed at all, as Palpatine is the textbook exampls of a Force Stealth user. That skill covers masking himself in the Force just fine. I won't get into the detailed debate...but there's no evidence at all, beyond fan speculation prior to Sith, that the Emperor was masking any deformity. Going PURELY by what we've been shown in the movie, the lightning + lightsaber + closeness to his face IS what caused his face to be "scarred and deformed". Yes, this can be debated back and forth and it probably will until Lucas finally says something definitive, but one must realize that the idea of the Illusion was all fan speculation and never was connected to anything Lucas ever said. [/QUOTE]

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