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*** Palpatine/Sidious does something similar, but to more sinister intent, when he tells the newly-suited Vader that in his anger he killed Padme. It wasn't Anakin/Vader's force-choke that really killed her, but it ''was'' her shock at Anakin's betrayal that caused her to lose the will to live. So, from a certain point of view, Palpatine was telling the truth.
*** According to the novelization, and as far as Palpatine knows, the damage to her windpipe ''is'' what killed her. The explanation for the whole "lost the will to live" thing is that the robot doctors were built by the alien race that run the base she dies on and just made something up to cover for not actually knowing what they were doing when dealing with a human.
** Palpatine usually is more deft.
{{quote|[http://www.stardestroyer.net/ROTS/Revelations-1.html We also learn] that Palpatine's genius is not in lies (despite what Yoda says about the Sith) but in carefully using the ''truth'' to his advantage. [...] When you look at the things he says to Anakin, to the Jedi, and to the Senate, you come to the surprising realization that he doesn't actually lie in this movie. He simply states the ''portions'' of the truth which are convenient to him, and ensures that those who know the ''rest'' of the truth do not live to speak it.}}
* In [[Agatha Christie]]'s ''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]'', everything {{spoiler|Princess Natalia Dragomiroff}} says to Hercule Poirot. S/he had to lie to throw him off the trail, but Honor dictated s/he couldn't do it outright. So s/he "merely" gave the nearest equivalent answer, like Mr. Whitehead became Mr. Snowpeak.
* ''[[Saw]]''
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{{quote|'''Spock:''' You lied.
''' {{spoiler|Spock Prime}}:''' I implied. }}
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