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It did raise some interesting questions...was that his natural appearance and the lightning getting thrown back on him just revealed his natural appearance or was he truly injured by it? So yeah, that was cool. But it's also tied in with one of the most ridiculous Hayden moments in the series. That was supposed to be THE moment. THE transformation to the dark side. Instead we get a half assed "he must stand trial" reason for ending Samuel Jackson's purple lightsaber wielding days and a completely unbelievable "What have I done? Meh...guess I'll be your servant now."
Well, I asked myself the same question when I saw it and I watched the scene a few times over a while back (hell, i've seen all the movies at least 10 times), and it seems like when the lighting is hitting him, it's not injuring him, allow me to show you:
I'm assuming at this moment, it's showing that it wasn't actually affecting him, he was acting like it was so Windu would stand down, only for Sidius to catch him with his guard down. I don't think it was really hurting him, it was just revealing his face underneath.
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