Emperor Sheev Palpatine

Emperor Sheev Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious, is a character from the Star Wars series.
== Charactah Account ==
Darth Sidious was a Force-sensitive male human who was the Dark Lord of the Sith and founded the Galactic Empire after toppling its predecessor the Galactic Republic from within. He led a double life as the kindly Senator Sheev Palpatine from Naboo, masterminded his rise to Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, the destruction of the Jedi Order, and the dissolution of the Galactic Republic after a millennium and the establishment of a new Galactic Empire, clandestinely ruled by the Sith, with himself as its tyrannical, fear-mongering ruler.
Darth Sidious' grand plan began with a proxy conflict on Naboo that he helped engineer, while also pulling the strings to develop a clone army for the Jedi in the conflict in the years to come. Over time, he would help initiate a secessionist crisis that would require the Jedi to go to war alongside this clone army. After corrupting Anakin Skywalker and having him become his new apprentice, Darth Vader, he utilized a secret order that would purge most of the Jedi and force the remaining survivors to go into hiding where they could be hunted down.
While in power, Darth Sidious used his unchallenged position of authority to secretly uncover various secrets about the nature of the Force in search for immortality, while developing the Galactic Empire into an entity that could suppress any threats to his goals. When Luke Skywalker destroyed the first Death Star, he began to seek to corrupt Darth Vader's son and shift his focus back toward crushing any threats to his rule. Ultimately, he would underestimate Darth Vader's capacity of love for his son, leading to a fatal mistake that would cause his downfall and the destruction of the Empire.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Star Wars Rebels Season 2
* Star Wars Rebels Season 3
* Star Wars Rebels Season 4
* Star Wars: The Bad Batch
* Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) Season 2
* Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) Season 3
* Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) Season 5
* Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) Season 6
=== Comics ===
* Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith
* Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren
=== Literature ===
* Star Wars: Aftermath
* Star Wars: Aftermath - Empire's End
* Star Wars: Aftermath - Life Debt
* Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
* Star Wars: Lords of the Sith
* Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
* Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
* Star Wars: The Secrets of the Sith
* Star Wars: Thrawn
=== Movies ===
* Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
* Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
* Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
* Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
* Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
* Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
* Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
* Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
* Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
* Star Wars: The Clone Wars
=== TV Series ===
* Obi-Wan Kenobi
* Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
=== Video Games ===
* Disney Tsum Tsum
* Kinect Star Wars
* LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
* LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
* LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
* LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
* LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
* LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
* Minecraft
* Pinball FX
* Pinball FX2
* Pinball FX3
* Star Wars Battlefront
* Star Wars Battlefront II
* Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
* Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
* Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
* Star Wars Pinball
* Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force
* Star Wars: Battlefront II
* Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
* Star Wars: Empire at War
* Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
* Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
* Star Wars: Force Arena
* Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
* Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
* Star Wars: Monopoly
* Star Wars: Rebellion
* Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III - Rebel Strike
* Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
* Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
* Star Wars: TIE Fighter
* Star Wars: Tiny Death Star
* Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
== Trivia ==
* In Legends, Palpatine was only ever referred to by his last name, with his first name being unknown. There are hints that it may have been Cosinga, the name of his father, and the name of the Emperor in very early drafts of A New Hope, but that is all speculation. The name Sheev only appears in canon.
* The Zillo Beast did not like Palpatine at all, a feeling that's quite justified given that Palpatine ordered its death. It's clearly offended when Palpatine calls it "just an animal" and even attacks a HoloNet screen showing a broadcast with Palpatine in it.
* Palpatine's features in Rebels are softer and less exaggerated than how he looks in The Clone Wars (at least when he's pretending to be the 'good guy' to manipulate Ezra).
* Along with Vader, Palpatine becomes a widely recognized popular culture symbol of evil, sinisterness, deception, tyranny, and the subversion of democracy.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Darth Sidious at Wookiepedia
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