Darth Sidious

### Apprentices or underlings

Count Dooku; General Grievous; Senator Bail Organa; Senator Padme Amidala; Chairman San Hill; Durge (on occasions); Asajj Ventress; Senator Onnaconda Farr; Senator Orn Free Taa; Senator Gume Saam; Senator Mak Plain; Viceroy Nute Gunray; Senator Lott Dod; Emir Wat Tambor; Head Techno Union scientist; Magistrate Passel Argente; Settelemnt Officer Rune Haako; Jedi Grand Master Yoda; Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi; Jedi Master Mace Windu; Jedi Master Ki-Adi Mundi; Jedi Master Shaak Ti; Jedi Master Ayla Secura; Jedi Master Eeth Koth; Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker; General Oro Dassyne; Archduke Poggle the Lesser; Lieutenant Sun Fac

### Affiliation

Sith Order (secretly); Galactic Republic; Confederacy of Independent Systems (secretly)

Sheev Palpatine was a man from the planet of Naboo, born in an influential family. Palpatine became interested in Sith artefacts, holocrons, manuscripts and history. He was approached by the Muun Hego Damask, who revealed he was Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Plagueis and took him as his apprentice with the name of Darth Sidious. Sidious eventually learned all he needed and eventually took the young Zabrak Darth Maul as his first apprentice, after which he killed his master and became the new Dark Lord of the Sith. He planned to finish what other Sith had attempted, but not suceeded, he would make an Empire ruled by the Sith Order. Manipulating wealthy commerce guilds including the Trade Federation, Techno Union, InterGalactic Banking Clan and Corporate Alliance, Sidious, in his Palpatine personna, became the leader of the Galactic Republic, the Supreme Chancellor. To ensure that the Jedi Order, the Sith's hated enemy, will not stop him, he needed an army. The galaxy was in peace. He needed a conflict that he could use to hide his true intentions in order to make a Republic army.  Sidious took former Jedi Count Dooku as his new Sith apprentice, and through him united the various commerce guilds, systems, business conglomerates and planets unhappy with the Republic into the Confederacy of Independent Systems, with Dooku as Head of State, and Sidious their shadowy benefactor and the true mastermind. The Galactic Senate accepted the idea of an army to defend themselves against the Separatists, so the Clone Trooper Army was created. While the battles of Dantooine, Mon Calamari and Muunilinst took place, Sidious had sent Darth Tyranus, Dooku's Sith personna, to find them a new weapon to use, a powerful assassin to kill Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, Sidious did not want his death but a test of power as he planned to later turn the boy to his side and replace Count Dooku. The Count travelled to Rattatak where he found a promising Sith assassin named Asajj Ventress. Sidious was impressed with her skill, and ordered her to go and eliminate Skywalker. Later, while Dooku was training his new apprentice and second-in-command, General Grievous, Sidious contacted the two via hologram. The Dark Lord asked Grievous if his battle plan is ready and that his mission is to kidnapp Chancellor Palpatine. Why Sidious wanted to capture himself? His true plan was to lure Anakin Skywalker and his Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi into a trap and to bring Skywalker to the Dark Side. Dooku also knew the truth, but he didn't know Sidious planned to also replace him as well. Grievous didn't know at all about Sidious's other identity. As he had planned, Sidious in his official personnna of Palpatine waited until the General had arrived. However, Grievous's plan was almost stopped when Jedi Master Shaak Ti and two other Jedi Knights arrived and rescued the Chancellor. Grievous and his IG-100 MagnaGuards chased the fleeing Jedi and the Chancellor, until his droids were able to separate Ti from the others and Grievous brutally and cowardly killed the two other Jedi, which impressed Palpatine as he watched. After also defeating Ti and leaving her bound to the floor, General Grievous left with Palpatine.