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Why didn’t Luke become disfigured when he was electrocuted by the Emperor?

I am guessing this has to do with the fight with Mace Windu. Is that correct?

If it's because of old age instead, how old was he when he became Emperor?

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It appears that you have two separate questions here. – Major Stackings Nov 15 '12 at 6:49

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Palpatine became ugly all of a sudden due to the effect of his own "Force Lightning". It has nothing to do with old age or faster aging. In the movie Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, when Palpatine attacked Mace Windu with Force Lightning, Mace Windu used Vaapad to reflect Force Lightning to its source.

From the Revenge of the Sith novelization by Matthew Stover:

Lighting blasted the clouds above, and lightning blasted from Palpatine's hands, and Mace didn't have time to comprehend what Palpatine was talking about; he had time only to slip back into Vaapad and angle his blade to catch the forking arcs of pure, dazzling hatred that clawed toward him.

Because Vaapad is more than a fighting style. It is a state of mind: a channel for darkness. Power passed into him and out again without touching him.

And the circuit completed itself: the lightning reflected back to its source.

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Wow! Great answer. So its really that battle that changed his face. – Sid Nov 15 '12 at 6:57
Is that a quote from the novel or a summary? – zipquincy Nov 15 '12 at 18:54
@zipquincy From the novel... – Sachin Shekhar Nov 15 '12 at 23:58
@SachinShekhar are you serious? because that is some terrible writing. at least in a novel. fine for a summary on a SE website, but in a freakin novel? – zipquincy Nov 16 '12 at 14:27
@zipquincy I guessed.. I don't know exactly. It was clipped from this site to my Evernote. I have just searched.. DVK posted it on one of my questions. Let me ask him.. – Sachin Shekhar Nov 17 '12 at 16:02

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