Supé Costil

Supé Costil was a member of the powerful Costil family of Naboo and the grandmother to the infamous Palpatine.

Biography
As the younger sister to a shrewd and sucessful negotiator nearly a hundred years before the Trade Federation's invastion of Naboo, Supé was expected from an early age to assist her brother until their retirement, then marry a man from either a rich or a noble family. She fulfilled the first expectation but not the second, first remaining unmarried until was twenty-six and retired for over five years, then eloping with Weano Rorriere, a member of the peasant class. Less than a year after the wedding Weano was murdered, persumably by a member of Supé's family, though as was typically the case in such murders, there was no investigation. To the consternation of her family, however, Supé was already pregnant with his son, Hos Costil, whom Supé persuaded the family to accept as one of their own. She hinted that she would be willing to marry again in exchange for this, but never did. Hos Costil eventually married Dreann Excenil, and Palpatine was their only son. From his birth Supé was especially fond of him, and he of her, or so it seemed, though it is likely that in later years he feigned his friendship. Even after he begun his political career and was often away from home, he often visited his grandmother. In 62 BBY, one of these visits ended darkly, as Supé was found with a knife in her chest, with Palpatine lying unconscious next to her. On awaking, Palpatine accused Supé's nephew Amro Costil of the murder, though this was determined to be impossible, and it was assumed that Palpatine's memory was inaccurate due to trauma. Only after Palpatine's devotion to Sith became known was it concluded that he had likely killed her himself.