Sheev Palpatine

**Emperor Sheev Palpatine**, also known as **Darth Sidious** or simply **the Emperor**, is the main antagonist of the *Star Wars* franchise.

He is the immensely powerful Dark Lord of the Sith as well as the master of Darth Vader, along with both Darth Maul and Count Dooku on previous occasions, who ruled over the Galactic Empire - which he formed from the Galactic Republic - in addition to secretly leading the Separatist Alliance, which he used to give himself autocratic powers as Supreme Chancellor of the Republic. He is also the archenemy of the Skywalker family, Yoda, Mon Mothma, and Rey.

Palpatine had plotted to overthrow the Jedi by orchestrating and manipulating the events of the Clone Wars to bring himself to rule the whole galaxy; thus posing as the Chancellor throughout these events. This worked successfully when Palpatine initiated Order 66 to wipe out the Jedi, who beforehand were suspicious of him even after Dooku's death when they were unaware that Palpatine was actually Darth Sidious.

Years later, Palpatine resurfaced upon being resurrected. It soon transpired that he was revealed to not only be the secret benefactor and founding cause of the First Order's existence, being the creator and puppeteer of Supreme Leader Snoke to the point of manipulating him as well as all the events behind the organization all along, but also the paternal grandfather of Rey; so much so that he even seduced Vader's grandson Ben Solo to the dark side from the shadows, especially through Snoke at the time.

## Roles

### Movies

He serves as the main antagonist of the Skywalker Saga, serving as the overarching antagonist of the original and sequel trilogies and the main antagonist of the prequel trilogy. He also serves as the overarching antagonist of *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*, the unseen overarching antagonist of *Rogue One* and an unseen antagonist in *Solo: A Star Wars Story*.

In the original trilogy, he serves as the unseen overarching antagonist of *Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope*, the overarching antagonist of *Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back* and the main antagonist of *Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi*.

In the prequel trilogy, he serves as the overarching antagonist of *Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace* and *Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones* and the main antagonist of *Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith*.

In the sequel trilogy, he serves as the unseen overarching antagonist of *Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens* and *Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi* and the main antagonist of *Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker*.

### TV Shows

He appears as the main antagonist of *Star Wars: Clone Wars* (serving as the overarching antagonist of the first and third seasons and one of the two overarching antagonists, alongside Count Dooku, of the second season), *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (serving as the overarching antagonist of *Season 1: A Galaxy Divided*, *Season 3: Secrets Revealed*, *Season 4: Battle Lines*, *Season 5: Death and Destruction* and *Season 7: The Final Season*, and the main antagonist of *Season 2: Rise of the Bounty Hunters* and *Season 6: The Lost Missions*) and *Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi*.

He is also the overarching antagonist of *Star Wars Rebels* (serving as the unseen overarching antagonist of the first and third seasons, and the overarching antagonist of the second and third seasons), *Star Wars: The Bad Batch* (serving as one of the two overarching antagonists, alongside Governor Tarkin, of the first season and the overarching antagonist of the second and third seasons) and *Obi-Wan Kenobi*.

He is also the unseen overarching antagonist of *Star Wars: Droids*, "Battle for the Sunstar" (the twentieth episode of the second season of *Star Wars: Ewoks*), *Star Wars Resistance* and *Andor*.

### Video Games

He is the main antagonist of *Star Wars: The Force Unleashed* and its sequel's DLC expansion *The Battle of Endor*, the unseen overarching antagonist of *Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II*, *Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series*, *Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order*, *Star Wars: Squadrons* and *Star Wars Jedi: Survivor*, and the overarching antagonist of *Star Wars: Bounty Hunter* and *Star Wars Battlefront II*.