Palpatine
Star Wars character
Star Wars character
Sheev Palpatine ( PAL-pə-teen) is the main antagonist of the Star Wars franchise. He first appeared in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back as the Emperor. He is also known by his Sith name, Darth Sidious, which was first used in the novelization of the 1999 film The Phantom Menace. Palpatine appears in all three film trilogies in the Skywalker Saga, and is portrayed by Ian McDiarmid in all five films in which he physically appears. In the original trilogy, Palpatine is Emperor of the Galactic Empire and the master of Darth Vader, who kills him. In the prequel trilogy, Palpatine is a senator from the planet Naboo who masterminds the Clone Wars to make himself Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, which he forms into the Empire after destroying the Jedi Order and manipulating Anakin Skywalker into becoming Vader. In The Rise of Skywalker (2019), the final film in the saga, a resurrected Palpatine is revealed to be the creator of the First Order against the New Republic and the grandfather...
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