I think either way is fine as long as the contrast and change is clear. Bonus points if you can find a way to illustrate it with one character, but it’s not required. After all, if we’re going to dig too much into the implications behind the choices, wouldn’t the more logical critique be that Palpatine’s views and goals never actually changed? Everything he said and did as a senator/Supreme Chancellor was a lie to gain the necessary power to act according to his real character, which is represented in picture two. Maybe that’s what Logan Hall intended, but I doubt it.
I think either way is fine as long as the contrast and change is clear. Bonus points if you can find a way to illustrate it with one character, but it’s not required. After all, if we’re going to dig too much into the implications behind the choices, wouldn’t the more logical critique be that Palpatine’s views and goals never actually changed? Everything he said and did as a senator/Supreme Chancellor was a lie to gain the necessary power to act according to his real character, which is represented in picture two. Maybe that’s what Logan Hall intended, but I doubt it.