To what extent can Emperor Palpatine actually see into the future?
In Ep. VI, Luke surrenders to the Empire and brought before the Emperor. The Emperor taunts Luke, telling him "Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen" and that he has specifically foreseen the doom of the Rebel Alliance. Of course, we find that this is not the actual outcome.
What is the actual extent of the Emperor's forseeing/fortune telling power?
- Does the Emperor actually see the future as it exists at the moment of his vision, but the future can later be changed by other plot events a la the morphing photographs in Back to the Future?
- Is the Emperor actually unable to see into the future, but convinced that he is able to do so? In other words, his visions are bunk and come from some source other than the actual future, but he thinks they are really from the future and either is ignorant of or ignores any evidence to the contrary (e.g. he is "in denial").
- Is the Emperor fully aware of his inability to predict the future, and is simply lying to Luke in order to bluff him into giving up?
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In Ep. VI, Luke surrenders to the Empire and brought before the Emperor. The Emperor taunts Luke, telling him "Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen" and that he has specifically foreseen the doom of the Rebel Alliance. Of course, we find that this is not the actual outcome.
What is the actual extent of the Emperor's forseeing/fortune telling power?
- Does the Emperor actually see the future as it exists at the moment of his vision, but the future can later be changed by other plot events a la the morphing photographs in Back to the Future?
- Is the Emperor actually unable to see into the future, but convinced that he is able to do so? In other words, his visions are bunk and come from some source other than the actual future, but he thinks they are really from the future and either is ignorant of or ignores any evidence to the contrary (e.g. he is "in denial").
- Is the Emperor fully aware of his inability to predict the future, and is simply lying to Luke in order to bluff him into giving up?
star-wars the-force sith darth-sidious return-of-the-jedi
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In Ep. VI, Luke surrenders to the Empire and brought before the Emperor. The Emperor taunts Luke, telling him "Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen" and that he has specifically foreseen the doom of the Rebel Alliance. Of course, we find that this is not the actual outcome.
What is the actual extent of the Emperor's forseeing/fortune telling power?
- Does the Emperor actually see the future as it exists at the moment of his vision, but the future can later be changed by other plot events a la the morphing photographs in Back to the Future?
- Is the Emperor actually unable to see into the future, but convinced that he is able to do so? In other words, his visions are bunk and come from some source other than the actual future, but he thinks they are really from the future and either is ignorant of or ignores any evidence to the contrary (e.g. he is "in denial").
- Is the Emperor fully aware of his inability to predict the future, and is simply lying to Luke in order to bluff him into giving up?
star-wars the-force sith darth-sidious return-of-the-jedi
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Robert ColumbiaRobert Columbia
4,71062364
In Ep. VI, Luke surrenders to the Empire and brought before the Emperor. The Emperor taunts Luke, telling him "Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen" and that he has specifically foreseen the doom of the Rebel Alliance. Of course, we find that this is not the actual outcome.
What is the actual extent of the Emperor's forseeing/fortune telling power?
- Does the Emperor actually see the future as it exists at the moment of his vision, but the future can later be changed by other plot events a la the morphing photographs in Back to the Future?
- Is the Emperor actually unable to see into the future, but convinced that he is able to do so? In other words, his visions are bunk and come from some source other than the actual future, but he thinks they are really from the future and either is ignorant of or ignores any evidence to the contrary (e.g. he is "in denial").
- Is the Emperor fully aware of his inability to predict the future, and is simply lying to Luke in order to bluff him into giving up?
star-wars the-force sith darth-sidious return-of-the-jedi
star-wars the-force sith darth-sidious return-of-the-jedi
asked 10 mins ago
Robert ColumbiaRobert Columbia
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Robert ColumbiaRobert Columbia
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Robert ColumbiaRobert Columbia
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