date Posted: Mar 30, 2007 12:21 AM
I think Palpatine did, indeed, know the 'secret'... of force-healing... or however it might be called. Preserve life, stop death, ect...
It looked like he used it on Vader when he was laying, near death, on Mustafar.
I mean what was that sweet, gentle, loving/caring looking display when he bent down next to the shattered Vader and placed his hand on him?
It looked like something you might see a man do when he approaches his beloved pet dog who has been mortaly wounded somehow right??