Does anybody know why every dark one is ugly (Page 1 of 2)

i wouldnt consider Vader ugly, scary maybe but thats what he is supposed to be xizor is ugly but thats only if you look for him in epi.1 so i dont think it counts and he really isnt dark so that might not count either.

Yeah, it has something to do with being as ugly on the outside as you are on the inside.

I personally don't think Dark Side people are ugly. I think they're rather good looking, in a gothic sort of way. Some even look really cool, like Bao-Dur from KOTOR II. He looks really badass.

He isnt ugly just because he is old.

Emperor Palpatine always wanted younger people as his apprentice.
Think about when he took Anakin as his apprentice instead of Dooku and wanted to teach Luke, but kill Vader.
Hard to beleive Darth Maul was old though...

I disagree that they're all ugly...

But if it were true, it would be because George Lucas is trying to present the message to children that evil=bad, which is why he has Zam turn into a wrinkly hag when she dies (and if you listen to the DVD commentary, you'll see that he admits it himself--"all bounty hunters are ugly monsters" or something like that.)

I would say that lots of evil characters (i.e. pre-lava Anakin) are not ugly because evil is supposed to be seductive.  That's a much better message to give to children.  (As Ann Coulter says, "Satan really looks like Julia Roberts.")

i wouldn't consider palpatine ugly and he was one of the most powerful dark lords ever and the only reason he turns ugly is because of force lightning scaring

I agree with Fetterthanyou on this one. I was wondering why Palpatine didn't stop Mace Windu into turning him into an ugly old hag. Either he's crazy or he just wanted Anakin to believe that he was weak, and he went to great lengths to fool him. And LORD OF STOMTOOPER, Revan definitely wasn't ugly!

i think since he did have the power of foresight that he would need proof of the Jedi turning ont he republic and so by scarring himself  he had all the proof he needed and hence could create the galatic empire and would later heal himself through the force ( and he did to some extent i think)

thats a good point.

I don't see every dark lord as ugly. Ol' Palpy is ugly and maybe a few others, but Vader Is Awesome looking. Fearsome. And I've read of a bunch of different dark jedi that somewhat remind me of Darth Vader before he gets his buns sizzled. Ya know, the fair skinned yet evil smirky eye thing....take Xanatos for example...the only thing ugly about him is a circular scar on his cheek. Bad guys are often hansome.....its just that ol palpy gives them a bad rep for ugliness...

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Ya, but that's not the dark sides fault. It would be his own for being stupid enough to jump over Obi-wan instead of jumping to the ground infront of him... or force pushing him. His face is under that mask so long he is going to be very pale, and since he is sustained by a machine, it is easy to see why he looks the way he does.

But I agree that not all sith are ugly, it is just the nature of them to become uglier as time goes by. The darkside eats away at your soul in a way. Easiest way to see it is if you play Kotor, the more dark your character gets, the worse their skin gets. This isn't proof, just an easy example to look at.

It is in the nature of the dark side to twist and distort the user, although Mara Jade came out looking hotter than most of the other chick's in the sw universe.  Yasain Issard other than the red and blue eye wasn't bad either.