Malus Palpatine

"The Chancellor loves power. If he has any other passion, I have not seen it."

- Mace Windy

Malus Palpatine, also known to some as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, was the last Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. As a Sith, he was trained by the legendary Darth Plagueis the Wise, the man formerly known as Damien Nightblade. Palpatine was also the final Dark Lord of the Sith in history and he used the power that came with that position to bring about the rise of the first Galactic Empire. This government came about after the end of the Clone War, a conflict which he had also manipulated from the beginning.

With the imperialization of the galaxy, Palpatine effectively had total control over its people and was able to create one of the most powerful military forces the galaxy had ever seen. For seventeen years, Palpatine’s rule went nearly unopposed until disgruntled former Imperial senators led the Alliance to Restore the Republic against him. The Galactic Civil War lasted for many years until Palpatine was killed by a redeemed Annikin Skywalker during the Final Battle of Coruscant.

Palpatine’s greatest mistake was deciding against killing Annikin Skywalker when he first discovered him. When Shmi Skywalker first became pregnant on Tatooine, even though she was engaged to Cliegg Lars and supposedly a virgin, it attracted widespread attention from religious hermits in the Dune Sea. Palpatine found out about this and because he had knowledge of the Jedi Bendu of the Ophuchi and their Prophecies of The Skywalker, he recognized the signs that the unborn child could have been the prophetic Son of the Suns. He ordered his apprentice, Darth Maul, to dispatch his would-be-dispatcher, but in the end Palpatine felt it would be better to turn the child to his side and make him his future apprentice. For a time, his plan worked, but in the end Annikin was redeemed by his son, Luke Skywalker, and ended the life of one of the galaxy’s most notorious tyrants and murderers.

Behind the scenes

 * "Malus" is a Latin word for "evil".
 * Palpatine attempting to murder the infant Annikin Skywalker is based upon the desires of King Herod of Judea to kill the infant Jesus of Nazareath.

Appearances

 * Nativity: The Birth of Annikin Skywalker
 * Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Episode II - Dawn of an Empire
 * Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Beginning
 * Star Wars: Episode V - Shadows of the Republic
 * Star Wars: Episode VI - Fall of the Lettow
 * Star Wars: Episode VIII - Sins of the Father
 * Star Wars: Episode IX - Return of the Jedi