Darth Sidious (Canon)

* Darth Sidious
* Chancellor Palpatine

— Darth Sidius.

— Palpatine.

## Summary

**Darth Sidious**, born **Sheev Palpatine**, is a Dark Lord of the Sith and the Emperor of the Galactic Empire. Rising to power in the Galactic Senate as the senator of Naboo, the secretive Sith Lord cultivated two identities, Sidious and Palpatine, using both to further his political career and deceive his way into accomplishing his goal. He orchestrated the fall of the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order through the Clone Wars, and then established his reign over the galaxy which lasted until his death at the Battle of Endor.

Darth Sidious was careful to put on a charade, presenting himself as a grandfatherly gentleman and a servant of the public good. Sidious was, in fact, a skilled manipulator and strategist, having orchestrated countless events in the galaxy, from the Invasion of Naboo to the Clone Wars, while deceiving the Jedi, Senate, Republic, and even the Separatists, with the sole aim of increasing his own power.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** **High 6-C**

**Name:** Sheev Palpatine, Darth Sidius.

**Origin:** Star Wars

**Gender:** Male.

**Age:** 50s (Prequel Trilogy), 80s (Original Trilogy), 110s (Sequel Trilogy.)

**Classification:** Dark Lord of the Sith, Emperor of the Galactic Empire.

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Weapon Mastery (Palpatine was a highly skilled swordsman, having been well trained in the art of Lightsaber combat by his master Darth Plagueis.), Acrobatics (Palpatine was a highly skilled acrobat.), Social Influencing (Palpatine possesses an oddly compelling aura of evil, which made so Rey could not look away from him.), Stealth (Palpatine can hide his presence in a way that even masters in the use of the Force cannot sense him.), Instinctive Reaction (The Force guides and warns the user of incoming danger instinctively, allowing them to react effortless in situations where there is not time for thought.), Combat Precognition (The Force gives the user slight predictive abilities in battle, allowing them to accurately guess the opponent's next move and dodge incoming attacks before they hit.), Extrasensory Perception (The Force can grant the user a supernatural awareness of their surroundings, which was shown to be superior to targeting computers, allowing them to detect objects, incoming attacks, and living beings without the need of their natural senses.), Telepathy (The Force passively fact-checks everything that is said to the user, allowing them to know whenever someone lies to them. The Force allows the user to know when a target is unaware of something. The Force allows the user to telepathically speak with others.), Telekinesis (The Force allows the user to move objects telekinetically.), Statistics Amplification (The Force can be used to increase a physical attribute for a limited time, allowing the user to jump higher, move and react faster, and strike harder.), Mind Manipulation (The Force can be used to control the thoughts, behavior and actions of others.), Forcefield (Force Barrier was a defensive technique within the Force, used to block out any potentially deadly elements.), Absorption and Attack Reflection (Tutaminis is an umbrella title used by the Jedi Order to classify Force abilities related to energy absorption, allowing them to absorb and reflect energy attacks.), Pain Manipulation (The Dark Side of the Force can be used to cause extreme pain.), Rage Power (The Dark Side of the Force becomes more powerful when the user feels extreme emotions such as fear, anger, hatred, passion, or aggression.), Sound Manipulation and Vibration Manipulation (Force Scream will create powerful shock waves, greatly damaging the user's surroundings when they scream.), Electricity Manipulation (Force Lightning allows the user to launch bolts of electrical energy at enemies.), Fire Manipulation (Palpatine has shown to be able to manipulate fire.), Life Force Absorption (Palpatine could absorb the life force of others to heal himself.), Non-Corporeal as a spirit, Immortality (Type 6, Palpatine could transfer his spirit into a clone body, allowing him to live on after his original body had been destroyed.), Possession (Palpatine's spirit can possess others if his body is ever destroyed.), Resistance to Pain Manipulation (Palpatine could remain active after being horribly disfigured by his own Force Lightning.), Instinctive Reaction, Precognition and Extrasensory Perception (Palpatine can hide his presence in a way that even masters in the use of the Force cannot sense him.), Mind Manipulation, Telepathy and Telekinesis (Force Barrier can protect a Force user from being affected by the powers of other Force users, such as Mind Trick or Force Choke.)

**Attack Potency:** **Large Island level** (Palpatine's Force Lightning could easily disable the entire New Republic fleet, including multiple MC85 Star Cruisers, which could withstand XX-9 heavy turbolasers.)

**Speed:** At least **Subsonic** (Palpatine is massively superior to Darth Vader.), **Massively Hypersonic+** reactions and combat speed (Palpatine can battle Mace Windu, who can block lightning.)

**Lifting Strength:** **Peak Human**, At least **Class M** with the Force (Far superior to Darth Vader.)

**Striking Strength:** **Class EJ**

**Durability:** **Large Island level**

**Stamina:** Superhuman.

**Range:** Extended melee with lightsabers, Galactic with the Force (Palpatine could Force Choke Dooku from the other side of the galaxy.)

**Standard Equipment:** A pair of lightsabers.

**Intelligence:** Genius (Palpatine trained Darth Maul and kept the rise of the Sith a secret from the Jedi for years, hid his true nature as a Senator for years by cultivating a bland facade, brought Count Dooku to the Dark Side and used him to start a war that would give him politically advantages, manipulated the political system to become Supreme Chancellor and eventually Emperor, wielding unprecedented political power throughout the Galaxy, brought Anakin to the dark side to become Darth Vader, secretly created a clone army that ultimately results in Order 66, purging the Jedi at the height of their power, survived after death in a clone body, plotting in secret for years to train a successor through a series of clones, creating the First Order to replace the Empire, and raising a fleet of ships powerful enough to overtake the galaxy, and prepared a granddaughter to overtake his legacy and prolong his life as a further contingency.)

**Standard Tactics:** Palpatine will hide his presence and quickly incapacitate his opponents using abilities such as Force Choke or Mind Probe. If the opponent can resist those abilities, Palpatine will fight by using his Lightsabers, as well as abilities such as Force Push or Force Lightning. Palpatine has mastered the use of the Force, and will let it guide him during battles, allowing him to instinctively attack, dodge, and defend, predict the opponent's next move or dodge projectiles before they are fired, sense the area around him without the need of his natural senses, and to freely read the opponent's mind. If Palpatine is severely hurt or weakened, he will absorb the opponent’s life force to heal himself.

**Weaknesses:** Palpatine is overconfident in his powers.

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

* **Force Push:** A telekinetic ability of the Force, consisting of repelling a target by using the Force to push it away from the user. It could be used to varying degrees, from simply pressing against or softly moving targets away from the user, to shoving and staggering them, to knocking them backwards or to the ground, to sending them flying through the air, potentially causing serious injury or even death.
* **Force Repulse:** An advanced version of the Force Push, a user could fire the Force from their center like a wave, essentially creating a pulse of telekinetically-derived force that could stagger, shove or knock over anyone within the radius of the attack.
* **Force Stasis:** A technique in which the user forcefully restrains the target with their telekinesis, freezing the target in place.
* **Mind Probe:** A technique that allows the user to forcefully read the target's memories and subconscious. If used for too long, the target's mind could be overwhelmed and damaged, causing great harm or suffering.
* **Force Jump:** An ability of the Force that allowed its user to leap huge distances, by augmenting the user's physical characteristics.
* **Force Dash:** An ability of the Force that allowed its user to increase their speed for a brief time. The increased speed of the Force-user enabled the individual to perceive and react the world and the entities around them in slow motion, allowing them to dodge attacks easily and attack more quickly with greater accuracy.
* **Force Punch:** An application of Force push where the user would augment their striking strength, in the form of a punch, blow, or Lightsaber strike in close hand to hand combat.
* **Force Barrier:** A defensive technique within the Force, used to block out any potentially deadly elements.
* **Tutaminis:** An umbrella title used by the Jedi Order to classify Force abilities related to energy absorption, allowing them to absorb and reflect energy attacks.
* **Force Scream:** A scream, of strong frustration, rage, or grief, emitted through the Force. This caused devastation to any that were unfortunate enough to be in proximity.
* **Force Lightning:** An offensive technique which involved a discharge of electrical energy from the practitioner's hands and was capable of killing or inflicting severe pain on the target, as well as possible disfigurement or even disintegration.
* **Focused Rage:** A technique in which the user taps into their inner aggression to increase his durability, fighting prowess, and the overall potency of his attacks.
* **Dark Absorption:** A technique that allows the user to absorb the life-force of others and use it to heal themselves.