Later in Revenge of the Sith, Palpatine says he was unable to save Padmé from dying and the whole immortality line of questioning is dropped, to Darth Sidious’ benefit. In theory, this would include the power to create life with midichlorians and prevent people from dying, though Palpatine claims to have not learned those particular details.
If you believe Palpatine (and you’d be wary to completely buy in), then Darth Plagueis taught his apprentice, a pre- The Phantom Menace Darth Sidious, everything that he knew. Darth Plagueis was killed in his sleep by his apprentice, Darth Sidious. It’s “checks and balances” but based on strength, with the power of the Force as a test for fitness in leadership. The only way to make more Sith Lords is for the Master to replace and kill the current Apprentice or for the Apprentice to grow in strength to finally kill the Master. In the ideal Sith relationship, both Master and Apprentice are constantly out to kill the other, which is seen as testing and maintaining their strength. Bane’s “Rule of Two” sets up a structure where there are only two Sith Lords (Darths) at any given time: a Master who wields the ultimate power of the Dark Side, and an Apprentice to serve the Master and covet that power. There are only supposed to be two Sith at any given time, because of something called the “Rule of Two” established by the ancient Sith Lord, Darth Bane.ĭarth Bane was the sole Sith survivor of the order’s wars with the Jedi, and blamed some of the Sith’s loss on infighting amongst some of his powerful contemporaries. The Sith are a tricky bunch, especially Count Dooku (aka Darth Tyranus) and Darth Sidious, who took on other apprentices all throughout the comics and animated series. A bit of Sith history (or Sithistory, as cool kids call it) The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Here’s the important part of what Palpatine tells Anakin:ĭarth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The prequels are messy films and the parts about politics are often boring scenes to slog through it’s easy to overlook that Palpatine tells his own origin story while explaining the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise. We follow his rise from Senator of Naboo to the Supreme Chancellor, but little time investigating his shadowier motives as Darth Sidious, the Sith Lord. The prequel trilogy turns Emperor Palpatine into a symbol of ultimate evil capable of converting Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader. When Return of the Jedi was first released in May 1983, all we knew about Palpatine is that he liked to build Death Stars and kill Rebels. Vader tosses him down a reactor shaft and he definitely dies. He finally appears in physical form in Return of the Jedi to tempt Luke to the Dark Side. In the original 1977 Star Wars, the Emperor gets name-drop-only-status only.
Lucasfilm The original Palpatine in the Star Wars movies To understand Palpatine in Rise of Skywalker, we have to remember the tragedy of Darth Plagueis and dig deeper into what’s happened in the last decade of Star Wars stories. And if you reach back into that canon, you’ll find the highest powered Force Users on both the Light and Dark Sides are obsessed with conquering death. But, like the Force, there’s a Dark Side to the implication: Could the Emperor, last seen plummeting to his death, still be around to threaten our heroes? He certainly appears to be if the final trailer, which shows a cloaked presence sitting tall above Rey, is any indication.ĭarth Sidious, who floated through galactic politics as Sheev Palpatine, was one of the most powerful Dark Side Force users to ever exist in Star Wars. In the first trailer for the film, Palpatine’s laugh is preceded by Luke Skywalker (who is dead) in voiceover: “No one’s ever really gone.” Star Wars has positioned itself as a saga with hope as a primary motivator for our heroic characters, so it’s easy to hear the line as a glimmer of hope. Maybe you missed the tale in Revenge of the Sith because you were reeling from the bubble ballet visuals or the blue George Lucas cameo, but the scene describing the Sith Lord’s fate is worth revisiting in light of the Emperor Palpatine’s involvement in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise ?
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