Analyzing Evil: Darth Sidious, Emperor Palpatine From Star Wars

Hello everyone and welcome to episode number 30 of Analysis of Evil

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ring Darth Sidious, the fearsome

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of the galactic empire. This episode is special to me, since Palpatine is my favorite movie villain. The amount of pure

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that the character of Darth Sidious contains. and the way he sows this

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is both cool and terrifying and I may be bold and biased in saying it, but I think he's the greatest villain to ever appear on film simply for the fact that his machinations and The actions on a galactic scale are far beyond anything most villains can achieve, coupled with the fact that Palpatine is a character who has no redeeming qualities and with all the details we are given about the man at the end From this video, I think I may have convinced you that this in

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monster is indeed a villain worthy of being placed at the top of the cinematic villain hierarchy.

In this video, I will give you information of all the resources that I used in the previous videos about maul dooku and vader as well as two novels

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plagueis and tarkin according to the negative feelings that people have towards the return of

palpatine

in the comic series legends dark empire there is an even wider range of people who hate his return in rise of skywalker and for those of you who have greatly disliked the way Palpatine returned in episode nine. As a courtesy, I will provide a marker in this video that will indicate at which point I will discuss his role in the events of the sequel trilogy.

It will be brief. and feel free to skip that part if you want, as any information presented will have little impact on how I summarize the character at the end of the video, but his appearance in that movie is still part of his character and I I will discuss. Now, without further ado, let's begin with Palpatine's background and the personality he developed when he was a young man born in 84 bby to his father Kosinga Palpatine and an unnamed mother. Chief Palpatine was said to have been a strong and willful child since his birth. whom his father barely recognized as his own, young Palpatine would be a defiant child from the time he learned to walk and as he grew older he would find himself in trouble with the authorities on numerous occasions and would even cause the death of two pedestrians while he was running. in his speeder, however, due to his status as a noble, this would have little consequence for the young Palpatine, as his father was able to sweep any mishap that might befall his son quietly under the rug, the only anger he would get.

One of these moments would be the disdain towards his father, who thought that young Palpatine brought great shame to the noble name of the Palpatine house. This behavior was in line with the way Palpatine behaved at home, as he was constantly at odds with his family, especially his father, whom he considered much less intelligent. than he believed himself to be and was wrong in his efforts to promote the interests of House Palpatine. Part of this attitude came from the fact that Palpatine had two incredible traits within him: a genius-level intellect and a force sensitivity that was far beyond even the most prominent.

Force users in the galaxy, he had sensed this great power within himself from an early age and, due to his grandiose views and innate sense of superiority, Palpatine would come to desire to use that power to advance his own position. within the galaxy and with this desire. Ideas arose that were in

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k contrast to those of his parents and a considerable faction of the Naboo aristocracy in which Palpatine longed for the day when Naboo would shed its backward ideas of isolation and enter the larger galactic community believing that there was a great place for Naboo. between the galaxy proper and he knew that integrating Naboo into the galaxy would present the opportunity to acquire great power for Palpatine.

The

palpatine

we see here would have the vestiges of the sith lord that would eventually become what we have inside him. a stubborn mind a dominant set of unwavering opinions a hidden darkness waiting to be unleashed and the desire in life to do one thing and one thing only gain power despite his previous transgressions regarding his family and the law even here at this early Palpatine's age would have a great knowledge of restraint and patience, appearing to the general public as a calm, polite and kind individual, someone who knew the art of conversation and who could appease anyone who stood in his way with gentle flattery or cautious agreement with their positions, all of which would serve to strengthen their efforts for greater power, however, service-level interaction and public service were not sufficient to facilitate their objectives and to advance their position and the position he believed Naboo deserved in the galaxy he would collaborate with. the supposed enemies of his house the members of the aristocracy who wished to bring naboo into the galactic fold as he did through this espionage he would come to meet the man who would provide him with a path to everything he longed for and more his master

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plagueis known for The rest of the galaxy as the Damascus of the prestigious Damascus estates, sensing the ambition in the young Palpatine and his strong personality that was well suited for leadership, Plagueis would court Palpatine to become his spy to advance his businesses. on naboo through these efforts Plagueis had not yet felt the strong attunement to the force that Palpatine somehow managed to keep hidden in his subconscious and at this point he was hoping that Palpatine was force sensitive, but he wasn't exactly looking to make him his apprentice at this time. but instead sought to add him to his repertoire of useful minions to advance the Sith grand plan, sensing something deeper during prolonged exposure to Palpatine, he began goading him into aligning himself with Sith principles by telling Palpatine to take what he most desired. . and using Palpatine's hatred of his father to his advantage, Plagueis tells Palpatine a story about how he came to bring about the end of his own brothers and sisters who competed with him for the rights to his late father's legacy and ultimately defeated Through careful plotting and securing a high position among the moons and after a confrontation with his father aboard a family ship, Palpatine's anger and hatred unleashed the immense force he had been hiding, strangling his father and crashing him. against the thick metal walls of the ship until his death. proceed to murder his entire family, making him the sole heir and sole decider of the fate of House Palpatine, while also putting his true self in the foreground, letting the beast that had slumbered within his soul emerge to begin to transform Palpatine into the man he had always wanted.

Being a man free from the bonds that had been imposed on him since his birth and a man free to ultimately decide his destiny and the destiny of those around him, Palpatine in the moment after killing his family felt exalted. feeling that was slightly hindered by the fear of his actions being discovered, however this too, like every other terrible thing Palpatine had ever done, was swept under the rug only this time it was his new master who did it. cleanliness and not a father he had had so much. despised this was, of course, the first event that would separate Palpatine from the ambitious and selfish young man he had once been to the megalomaniacal architect of terror he would eventually become.

From here on Palpatine would completely immerse himself in the teachings of the Sith. Deferring his master in all aspects Plagueis would train his body and mind for 12 years while Palpatine rose through the ranks of the political structure on Naboo and at the end of these 12 years we find Palpatine in the position of ambassador of Naboo in a secret At the annual meeting hosted by his master during his time on the moon, we get to see Palpatine's mastery of the art of diplomacy and conversation in action, where he defers to the opinions of others, reads the crowd and the atmosphere before taking a position, and even when he does so, he does so in a manner fabricated to satisfy those asking the questions, but vague enough to obscure his differing opinions or true thoughts on the matter.

It was here on this same moon that Sidious made his first contribution to the Sith grand plan, an idea that would be instrumental in ensuring its success - the idea that the Jedi needed to be framed as enemies of peace and justice rather than their ally with their His master's own growing power and connections began to fall into place as new allies like Saint Pestage entered the fold as well as the unwitting and developing ones in Count Dooku and Sifo-dyas throughout his years as his apprentice. master, palpatine would increase his relationship with members of the senate and the jedi as well and his presence in the republic as a rising star was well known. and he spoke to the galaxy about the beauty of palpatine's restraint that we are shown in these early years and his ability to hide like a proverbial wolf among sheep is something that few villains of his magnitude are capable of. .

He moves in a way that is both elegant. and reserved projecting himself as a kind and affectionate man and the sincerity he has in both his smile and his gestures make Palpatine seem like a genuine and admirable leader in this person who has never seen give in to anger or any other volatile emotion and through the serenity of his character, he projects a calm and confident strength that served to disarm and inspire the people around him until the eventual execution of his master by his own hand, Palpatine would work to bring people and organizations who had been cultivated by his master was subordinate to him and in the process would also find his own apprentice in Darth Maul.

When the Naboo crisis reached its peak and Palpatine was elected Supreme Chancellor, his power and prestige had now far eclipsed his masters. and on the night of his election he killed his master in his sleep, establishing himself as the focal point of the dark side and the galaxy. Palpatine would continue to consolidate the power that had been bestowed upon him not only by his master and the republic, but by him as well. He felt in the moment after his master's death the same dark side as his master had felt years before when he had disposed of Darth Tenebrous enveloping him in a gloom of dark power that flowed through every fiber of his being now with his dead master and sitting palpatine.

At the pinnacle of power in the galaxy, the real work in executing the Sith's grand plan could begin with the loss of his own apprentice, Palpatine would now seek to recruit a fallen Jedi who had gained much of a reputation as a political idealist and an elusive . A man who operated on the fringes of the galaxy, Count Dooku would, with his help, orchestrate the plan his master had set in motion by entrusting the production of the clone army to the late Sifo-dyas, who had truly believed that what was doing was the right thing to combat the imminent attack of darkness that would fall upon the galaxy using his master's contacts within the various corporations and dissidents that would eventually make up the Separatist leadership.

Palpatine through Count Dooku would begin to fan the flames of discontent that had been growing for decades. The flames that had been kindled in part by the Sith and his secret collaboration with the more sordid and corrupt elements within the galaxy and the republic itself through these efforts, Palpatine would sit in a position that few can claim to have held in a plot like this one in which, no matter the outcome of the events that would follow, he would emerge as the final victor. I could go into individual detail about every atrocity orchestrated by the Separatists and every battle that cost the lives of countless innocents, but the easiest way to convey Palpatine's role in the clone

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to you is to state that he was responsible for everything, every death, Each broken world is ultimately traced back to Palpatine, making him responsible for casualties and cruelty on a massive scale that can hardly be matched by any other being. all while appearing before the public as the shining bastion of the republic the man who was steering the galaxy in the right direction this is the evil genius of palpatine the fact that he had the foresight to formulate a plan using the materials that were given to him by generations of sith with whom he would exact his revenge in the most efficient and effective way, while appearing before the galaxy as a man pure in his intentions, firm in his adherence to the principles of the republic and a defender of the law and the order that the galaxy wanted so desperately that the fact that he is able to hide his true intentions and completely evil self from everyone, even the Jedi, is a testament to his power and skill, known only to a select few, behind Palpatine's eyes meet every facet of evil you can imagine. in a person he has within himselfimmense cruelty and brutality, the absence of remorse and the ambition and willingness to sacrifice everything and I mean everything to achieve their goals, as long as when the dust settles there are still some toys to play with, we see this. notion when he expresses to Vader during a conversation in the Darth Vader comics that he does not wish to rule a galaxy of the dead, showing us that his desire to torment and rule people supersedes the intense bloodlust he has within himself, his contempt for life was not only seen on an impersonal but a personal level and along with his bloodlust comes an intense sadism, a sadism that went in conjunction with his vision of the helpless beings of the galaxy as nothing more than his toys, each life was nothing. other than a mind to bend and a will that he could direct towards his own pleasure or ambition and physical and mental torture were commonly employed by darth

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as i said at the beginning of the video, palpatine has absolutely no redeeming qualities at all and in his quest for the In power there is not even a shred of morality nor the desire to better the galaxy through his leadership like Count Dooku or to defend and save the lives of his loved ones like Anakin.

Not everything Palpatine does in his life is done for one person. and only one person is a sith and he wishes to avenge his order and defend his values ​​to a certain extent, but if palpatine needed to destroy and desecrate everything he had pledged his life to in order to stay on top, he I would have done it. So, since nothing is of more value to Palpatine than himself and his power, all of these things are the crux of what makes Palpatine the most sinister and cunning villain imaginable, his unbridled megalomania, endless patience, contempt for all life, understanding and abuse of intense power.

He lacks moral values ​​and his genius intellectual level makes him able to outwit his enemies at all times; However, these traits would have gotten him nowhere if not for the use of the sharpest tool in his arsenal, promises of manipulation. and bribes, flattery and feigned respect, common cause and moral values, all these attractions would be promised to thousands of beings throughout the galaxy, from senators to corporate heads and Jedi, all would fall prey to the real or false promises of Darth Sidious to prime. An example of these false promises are those he made to Tyranus and Vader, lured with the promise of a new order, an order that would be clean and robust, that would supplant humans above the common rabble of the filth-ridden galaxy. and would bring about a time in which the sith led an army of force wielders through sheer power a force that would establish the galaxy as an arena in which the powerful could reign their ferocity over the weak and meager masses this idea was purred in count dooku's ear a tendril extended from the indomitable shadow of palpatine's soul persuading the already power hungry dooku to become his apprentice and the perfect figurehead of the separatists, this of course was just a means to a end and the apprentice he had been cultivating since he laid eyes on him during the Naboo crisis was Anakin Skywalker, unknowingly nurtured from an early age with derogatory ideas about the role of the Jedi and the Republic in both Anakin's life.

As in the galaxy, Anakin would cling to the many ideas that were channeled into his head by the deceptive whispers of this dark entity persuading him to accept his feelings and fueling conflict in an already conflicted mind. Palpatine would succeed in converting Anakin with false promises and friendship that would ultimately backfire on Anakin, just as the falsehood of Palpatine's entire being had spelled the end for countless others. beings from across the galaxy, this is perhaps the greatest feat of manipulation that Sidious managed to achieve when he raised Anakin from a child to one day becoming the final piece of the great plan that guarantees the destruction of the republic and the jedi order, achieving this feat through careful coercion, deception and complacency in turning Anakin Darth Sidious made him have a vessel from which he could indirectly rule the empire a force and a voice for his vision while he focused on other important matters with all his might. that we have discussed at your disposal how can anyone expect to give a person who has successfully infiltrated the institution he is actively trying to destroy and not just as a run-of-the-mill saboteur but as a leader of that organization, a position in the that has thousands, if not tens of thousands, of beings secretly advancing its interests? agenda, whether they knew it or not, to control everything in the galaxy, from the criminal underworld to the most respectable companies and institutions that have stood in the name of the common good for a thousand years.

Palpatine's manipulation of the entire galaxy and his eventual victory are expertly depicted. with a beautifully poetic paragraph written by Matthew Stover in the novel Revenge of the Sith, the darkness is generous and patient and always wins, it always wins because it is everywhere, it is in the wood that burns in your hearth and in the kettle. the fire is under your chair and under your table and under the sheets of your bed walk under the midday sun and the darkness is with you attached to the soles of your feet the brightest light casts the darkest shadow and of course We know the darkness actually wins and even wins when he is losing, even when he is maimed by his own force lightning during his duel with Mace Windu, this only furthers his own ends by giving him the opportunity to lower the mask he had been wearing for so long. time, letting his true shine through would seem like he suffered serious injuries and irreversible damage to his person and in a sense he has, but now he is able to use these injuries to live forever as Darth Sidious by letting the dark side and your natural personality flow from within yourself.

He no longer cares about serving the masses, now his smile is as malicious as his intentions, his disdainful and cruel laugh and his actions and movements are a reflection of the bad intentions he keeps within himself at this moment at the end of the war that started. Jedi and the Republic, their ambitions are assured and the galaxy has been divided in two, transformed in the name of stability and order into the unlimited source of power and energy that Darth Sidious would use to transform himself into the almighty

emperor

of an entire galaxy, setting in motion A repressive and authoritarian government that had ironclad control over almost every aspect of sensitive sectors of life had been divided among moths that were reinforced by a military power that was ready to subjugate worlds at any moment and back them up with a network of spies and intelligence all the time. manufactured in the name of the new order, all of which were only there to protect Palpatine and increase his grip on power rather than being the force upholding the rule of law during his years reigning supreme over the galaxy.

Sidious would task his apprentice with training inquisitors to hunt down the remaining Jedi. He commissioned technological horrors that would strike fear into rebel systems and maintain a court rife with power struggles and relegation where conflict and subterfuge often replaced camaraderie. would enact policies and laws that would boost the position of humans within the galaxy by strengthening the core worlds to become their bastion of power while the outer rim systems languished as planets to be used and abused for their resources and hand of power. slave work, such as when he ordered the Geonosians who had been the architects of the Death Star to work on its construction against their will and then institute a sterilization policy for what would be the rebellious Geonosians who would annihilate an entire species to ensure that dissident elements remained buried.

This new order would attempt to rule through force of power and all initiatives Palpatine took during this time were aimed solely at increasing Imperial power without regard for the well-being of the citizens of the galaxy. The prosperity of the people of the galaxy was last on the list of priorities for the emperor and any benefits the empire could gain. brought to the galaxy was insignificant and under the attention of a man whose only goal was eternal power, there is a line I would like to point out here from Plagueis's novel where Palpatine expresses his slight distaste for the grandiose art of his home planet and tells him He tells his teacher that he prefers a more minimalist style during his youth, a senator and chancellor Palpatine would dress in the finery expected of him, but when forming the galactic empire he would project his minimalism into the very structure of the empire, preferring his soldiers. officers, starships and buildings to be pristine and pragmatic, this would include himself as he now dressed exclusively in a black hooded robe, allowing himself to be carefree about what he probably perceived as unnecessary fashion and indulging in this minimalism shows us how carefree Is Palpatine with the material world or with possessions who prefer to focus all their energy on the pursuit of power rather than anything else, however his appearance wouldn't matter too much since he chose to hide from the galaxy more often than not and Sidious would pass Much of the time he spent delving into the dark side, placing much of the daily activities of ruling the empire on his cronies, the pursuit of greater understanding of the dark side was, of course, only in service of his sole goal. true: expand his power and The most insidious way he wanted to achieve this was to provide himself with eternal life.

His efforts would include expanding his master's research, but also trying new and extreme methods such as Project Blackwing, which saw the Empire employ researchers delving into Sith alchemy to try to discover. The secret to unlocking immortality, accidentally creating zombie-like creatures in the process, achieving this still would not have been enough, as his efforts were also devoted to divining ways in which he could alter the very fabric of time and space by obtaining This power. He would use the dark side to reshape the galaxy and the universe in any way he desired, transcending from a simple sith lord and emperor to nothing less than a god, although the institution he created would be robust and have considerable power in this iteration of His empire would have its flaws as, despite all its preparations, its transformation from the disorder that was the republic to an immovable force was not perfect and its rule would be subject to various problems, such as separatist resistance, frequent assassination attempts and a growing rebellion. coupled with his lack of foresight regarding Anakin Skywalker's children, that would be the undoing of all the efforts he had put into increasing his power, as his dependence on his apprentice being totally subordinate to him and an overestimation of his own power was a fatal flaw in palpatine that ended in his downfall, the vestiges of imperial rule in the galaxy would not be extinguished in a single day, however, as palpatine had taken into account the unlikely scenario of his death and had put in place A contingency plan that called for the total destruction of the empire in the event of his death to set the stage for its eventual rebirth is a testament to the intense selfishness of the emperor who believed that the empire served one purpose and one sole purpose was to preserve the life of his emperor. and by ensuring his continued and uninterrupted rule of the galaxy through these orders, he would ensure the destruction of his empire, an empire that had served its purpose as practice for the plans he had been secretly forming during his reign, all the efforts he had put on preserving.

His life and expanding not only his personal power but the power of the institution he wished to rule for an eternity were concentrated on the planet Exagole where he had experimented with the help of his Sith cultists finding ways in which he could achieve the impossible and extend his life. indefinitely through the use of cloning technology and ancient sith rituals. This is where Palpatine accomplished a number of things, namely the creation of a clone body into which his soul could escape upon his eventual death. A fleet of star destroyers, each with the planet. destroying the capabilities of the death star and an army of brainwashed and genetically altered children who had been conditioned to be the perfect soldiers to form his new sith army in the quest to create his own clones, he created two separate beings that They would be fundamental in its rebirth. and the rise of his resurgent empire, the first being Snoke, through whom he would rule the first order as a puppet and simultaneously attempt to convert the grandson of his former apprentice to the dark side so that he would assume the mantle of his new Sith apprentice. his son who had been born as a result of the cultists' efforts to clone Sidious into a new body, however, this clone would have no force sensitivity and his purpose regarding Darth Sidious's plans would not come until would engender a force. sensitive daughterMany years later, when the time was right, Sidious lured Ben into exile by promising him a future as leader of the new and improved empire.

By doing so, he would in turn lure Ray to the planet where he would perform a ritual with his faithful cultists. in which he could possess the king's body and continue his existence through it, this of course fails, but these plans and his extensive preparation to account for his own demise are a testament to the cunning of Darth Sidious and reflect the planning and the effort he made. set on instigating the clone

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and the purge of the Jedi order and this shows us what he is willing to do to provide himself with an immortal body and an immortal empire, so in the end, who Darth Sidious was is a man who showed from a very young age his will to dominate and his desire to forge his own path in the galaxy and that he felt from this age that he was destined for a greater purpose, this purpose however was tempered with a selfishness beyond imagining, as Palpatine's ambitions They did not lie in the acquisition of power to serve his people or a set of moral values ​​but to serve his own desire to rule with his induction into the order of the Sith lords.

Palpatine's inner self would be unleashed transforming this ambitious and power-hungry young man into a megalomaniacal monster who would stop at nothing and sacrifice everything to gain ultimate power. In his efforts to achieve this power, Palpatine would use manipulation, cunning and violence to reach the highest position that can be obtained within the galaxy, while appearing before the masses as a benevolent and selfless leader who only sought to bring good to the people of the galaxy from this position he was able to start a war in the galaxy. who was the leader of both opposing factions, ensuring that no matter the outcome, he would emerge victorious in doing so, destroyed the lives of billions of beings in the galaxy all the while subjecting his allies, minions and enemies to torture and torment every time.

As the situation fueled the bloodlust and sadism that was a central part of his personality, all of his machinations resulted in the destruction of his enemies, ushering in a new order, a galactic empire that only served to further increase the power of a malicious entity that didn't care at all about people. If he ruled over this galaxy it would become the personal playground for this true demon where he would further abuse its citizens for both his own personal delight and his selfish desire to be supreme among all other beings, his crimes are immeasurable and the destroying life on a galactic scale simply to achieve supreme power is nothing short of terrifying arrogant cruel selfish sadistic brutal genius scheming ruthless ruthless selfish deceitful all the terrible traits you can imagine in a person come together to form a man whose intentions are nothing less than pure evil and his willingness to do whatever it takes for the sole purpose of enhancing his personal power and the ways in which he gathered this power make him the most devious and irredeemable villain to ever appear on film.

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