Emperor Palpatine

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This Pure Evil was Headlined on December 2020.

Pure Evil
Full Name	Sheev Palpatine (Canon) Palpatine (forename unknown, Legends)
Alias	Emperor Palpatine Darth Sidious The Emperor Lord Sidious Master Sidious The Sith Lord The Dark Lord The Phantom Menace Emperor Reborn The Dark Side (self-proclaimed) Senator Palatine Chancellor Palpatine The Chancellor The Senate (self-proclaimed) The Supreme Chancellor Supreme Emperor Palpatine Emperor Sidious The Phantom Emperor The One True Emperor (self-proclaimed) Galactic Emperor The most Powerful Being in the Galaxy
Origin	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Allies	Grand Moff Tarkin Mas Amedda Sate Pestage Sly Moore General Grievous Cad Bane Satine Kryze The Grand Inquisitor Orson Krennic Grand Admiral Thrawn Supreme Leader Snoke Allegiant General Pryde Ochi Formerly: Darth Vader Kylo Ren Darth Maul Darth Tyranus Viceroy Nute Gunray
Powers / Skills	Mastery of the dark side of the Force Telekinesis Electrokinesis Azur-Pyrokinesis Incredible mastery of lightsabers Genius-level intelligence Mastery of manipulation and deception Leadership skills Mastery of tactics Intimidation Self resurrection Control & command over dark side army Charisma
Goals	Bring about the downfall of both the Jedi Order and the Old Republic. Convince Anakin Skywalker to join the dark side and force him to be his apprentice. Reform the Republic into an Empire and rule the entire galaxy. Restore the Sith Empire. Become immortal. Have his successors destroy all of galactic civilization in the event of his untimely death. Whisper in Ben Solo's mind and use Snoke to corrupt him to fall to the dark side. Take revenge on the Skywalkers for his first death (all succeeded). Sway Luke Skywalker to the dark side and have him replace Darth Vader as his apprentice. Use the First Order which he has formed in order to establish a new Sith Empire. Manipulate his granddaughter Rey into killing him so that he could transfer his spirit into her body. Unleash the Sith Eternal forces, including the Final Order, restore the Sith as rulers of the galaxy for eternity. Conquer the entire universe and rule over it as a living deity (all failed). Revive himself using his clone bodies and reorganize the Galactic Empire. Restore the Empire to its former glory by destroying the New Republic and the New Jedi Order under Luke Skywalker (Legends continuity; partially succeeded, but ultimately failed).
Moral Event Horizon	Canon: Corrupting Maul, Dooku, Anakin Skywalker into becoming Sith Lords. Orchestrating the Clone Wars. Ordering almost every Jedi in the galaxy to be exterminated. Attempting to electrocute Luke Skywalker to death for refusing to kill his father Darth Vader. Creating Snoke, leading to trillions of deaths across the galaxy and the corruption of Ben Solo. Legends: Killing his entire family. Brutally torturing and resurrecting Bevel Lemelisk over his failure with the Death Star. Causing force storms that jeopardized the galaxy. Attempting to possess newborn Anakin Solo.
Kill Count	Trillions
Worst Crimes	Mass murder Genocide Attempted omnicide Familicide Treason Torture Enslavement Mass mundicide Unethical experimentation Abuse of power War crimes Hate crimes Terrorism Possession Pollution Animal cruelty Slavery Mutilation Crimes against humanity
Type of Villain	Tyrannical Mastermind

• Canon Quotes
• Legends Quotes

“	The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.	„
	~ Emperor Palpatine's most famous quote.

“	I am defenseless. Take your weapon, strike me down with all of your hatred, and your journey towards the dark side will be complete.	„
	~ Emperor Palpatine to Luke Skywalker.

“	Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design!	„
	~ Emperor Palpatine

“	You've been nothing more than a pawn in a game played by a genuine Master. The Sith'ari. Reflect back on Yinchorr, Dorvalla, Eriadu, Maul, the Neimoidians, Naboo, an army of clones, the fallen Jedi Dooku … You think these were your ideas, when in fact they were mine, cleverly suggested to you so that you could feed them back to me. You were far too trusting, Plagueis.	„
	~ Palpatine on betraying and taking his master's place

“	I expected to take some damage from him. Any worthy opponent is going to inflict injury. If he doesn't, he's not worth troubling with. Let a few Devastators be destroyed. Let Skywalker think he's getting the best of me. As long as he believes he's succeeding, I have him in my grasp. And as long as I hold him, the more vulnerable he becomes to the unfathomable power of the dark side. Think what he'll do when he is fully mine, when he is working for the Empire, working to help us win!	„
	~ Palpatine on continuing his persist in corrupting Luke.

Emperor Sheev Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious or simply the Emperor, is the main antagonist of the Star Wars franchise.

He is an immensely powerful Sith Lord and the ruler of the Galactic Empire, which he formed from the Galactic Republic. He was also the de facto ruler of the Separatists, which he used to give himself autocratic powers as Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. As the Dark Lord of the Sith, he plotted to overthrow the Jedi by manipulating the events of the Clone Wars to bring himself to rule the whole galaxy, thus posing as the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic throughout these events.

He is the archenemy of the Skywalker family and the Jedi Order as a whole, expressly Yoda, and they were suspicious of him even just after Count Dooku's death when they were unaware that he was Darth Sidious. He is also later revealed to be the secret benefactor and de facto leader of the First Order, and he is the paternal grandfather of Rey. and in the Legends continuity, he returned with multiple clones in an attempt to end the Rebel Alliance.

He is famously portrayed by Ian McDiarmid in the films and by Clive Revill and the late Marjorie Eaton in the original version of The Empire Strikes Back. In The Clone Wars, he was voiced by the late Ian Abercrombie and then Tim Curry, who also played the Pennywise form of It in the 1990s miniseries of the same name, Taurus Bulba in Darkwing Duck, Hexxus in FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Skullmaster in Mighty Max, Kileem in Aladdin: The Series, Slagar the Cruel in Redwall, Von Talon in Valiant, Anatoly Cherdenko in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, and Nihilus in The Story Keepers. In Rebels, he was voiced by Sam Witwer, and McDiarmid later reprised the role for its fourth season as well as The Bad Batch and Tales of the Jedi.

What Makes Him Pure Evil?

In General/Background

• Even by Sith standards (who can have some degree of humanity, redeeming traits, honor, values, and loyalty to their masters), he is utterly and irredeemably evil and has none of those. Although he is sophisticated and polite even in his real persona, this is nothing more than a manipulation tactic to control those to further his ends, as is any time he refers to someone as his "friend".
  • He had no true loyalty to anyone, including his own minions, even if they served him well.
• While he did have an extremely poor relationship with his family, especially his father, and was the most hated member, being treated as an outcast by them doesn’t serve as a motivator for his crimes, as he was already a violent, spoiled, and misanthropic sociopath even before he developed any kind of relationship with his family (hence the estranged relationship).
  • It serves as deteriorating instead, since his personality becomes worse through time, which further cements him as antisocial since early childhood. Because of this, he didn’t care about them, and his actions went far past it as he murdered his own parents and siblings, including his family's two guards. His father did tell him that he should've killed him, but he is still far past it.
• Killed Senator Pax Teem by burning him alive, but not before killing his family, friends, and guests at the Embassy he was at in front of him by burning them all alive.
• He used his master Darth Plagueis to become a Sith Lord and ironically killed him in his sleep right after he became a Chancellor, even though Plagueis completely trusted him just because he wasn’t useful for his plans anymore.
  • Ironically, Plagueis had the power to save others from dying, but not himself.

• Canon Material
• Legends Exclusive

The Phantom Menace

• Mercilessly tortured and abused Darth Maul into becoming his ruthless apprentice. In fact, it was revealed that he kidnapped him from his mother before The Phantom Menace began.
• Had his homeworld, Naboo, invaded by the Trade Federation as part of his plan to become Chancellor, not caring if any of his own people or the Gungans were killed during the invasion.
• Ordered Nute Gunray to get rid of the Jedi as soon as possible.
• Manipulated Padmé Amidala into asking the Senate for a vote of no confidence, which led to Chancellor Valorum getting removed from office and replacing him with Palpatine.
• Tried to have Maul take out a 9-year-old Anakin Skywalker before deciding he would be of more use to him alive.

Tales of the Jedi (2022)

• Forces Count Dooku, his new apprentice, to kill Yaddle so he can both complete Dooku's commitment to the dark side and because Yaddle knew too much.
• Showed no care when Dooku calls him on having Maul kill Qui-Gon, just casually saying they both lost an apprentice and brushing off Maul's own (supposed) death.

Attack of the Clones

• Attempted to have Padmé Amidala killed upon learning she intended to vote against the creation of a military for the Republic, which would have denied him further political power.
• Orchestrated the Clone Wars, which resulted in countless deaths.
• He had Dooku create the clone army with chips in their brains, making them turn on the Jedi.
• He told Dooku that the war was near with a smile.
• Got all emergency powers as the Supreme Chancellor for total control of the Republic.

The Clone Wars

• Ordered the Zillo Beast killed when he found out its armor was unbreakable. Furthermore, he risked the destruction of the Senate building when he brought it to Coruscant.
• Hired Cad Bane to kidnap Force-sensitive infants so he could conduct illegal fatal experiments on them (of which he dismissed the ones who didn't survive) and convert them into dark side spies. When Ahsoka and Anakin went to save them on Mustafar, Palpatine ordered the droids to erase all evidence and kill all the infants.
• Forced Dooku to kill his own apprentice, Asajj Ventress, out of fear that she was growing too powerful, threatening to kill him if he didn’t comply.
• While he wanted General Grievous to be released from the Republic's custody, this was more so because he didn't want to lose a powerful force in the war, not out of care. This is also why he wanted Dooku to free Nute Gunray, and even then, he had no problem with Ventress silencing him if freeing him wasn't an option.
• Murdering a total of 4 of Maul's Death Watch guards, 2 of whom simply told him to halt, and the other 2 for no reason whatsoever.
• Betrayed his former apprentice, Darth Maul, upon learning of his return and growing power, which threatened to interfere with his long-term plans. In the process, he murdered Maul's brother, Savage Opress, right in front of him before sadistically torturing him with his Force lightning while taunting him that he has other plans just for him other than death.
• After betraying Maul, he forced him to help him in a scheme to kill his mother, Mother Talzin.
• Slowly corrupted Anakin Skywalker to turn against the Jedi and made the Jedi Council expel his apprentice Ahsoka after she was framed for bombing the Jedi Temple when she had nothing to do with it. He even managed to persuade Anakin to try to kill Obi Wan Kenobi, a man who considered Anakin to be his honorary younger brother.
• Once Fives, a clone trooper, learned of Order 66, Palpatine had him drugged to the point of insanity and murdered him in order to keep Order 66 a secret from the Jedi (who would be the victims of Order 66). He even revealed the truth about Order 66 just to mock Fives and provoke the trooper to attack him in order to make him appear insane.
• Force choked Dooku from far away after he failed to keep further details of Sifo-Dyas' death from the Jedi, during which he called Dooku clumsy and told him that he knew the price of failure.
• Attempted to corrupt Yoda by interfering with his trials on Dagobah.
• Told Yoda to let Anakin die if it meant stopping him.

Son of Dathomir

• He makes it very clear to Darth Maul that once he's established his rule over the galaxy, he will move on to conquer all of the universe.
• Taunts Maul over the death of his mother.

Revenge of the Sith

• When General Grievous showed concern over Dooku's death (only because he was wondering who would lead the Separatists), Palpatine mocked him and proudly told Grievous that Dooku was merely a necessary loss.
• Adhering to the Rule of Two, he instructs Anakin to kill Dooku once his role is finished (even though Dooku was nothing but loyal to Palpatine), later renaming the former Darth Vader after Anakin was forced to join him due to betraying Mace Windu in said master's attempt to avenge the other Jedi Masters, all of whom were killed by Palpatine as well, and having him murder all of the Separatist leaders after he'd taken control of the Senate. He also would've more than likely taken Padmé's life if Vader hadn't.
• Killed Agen Kolar, Saesee Tiin, and Kit Fisto when they arrived to apprehend him.
• Blasted Mace Windu away with his Force lightning and expressed his uncontrolled and excited enjoyment of his power, which hurt him.
• Orders the clones to kill almost all the Jedi through Order 66.
• His announcement to the galaxy on making propaganda of the Jedi being evil was a manipulation tactic to make the public side with him in making a ruling dictatorship being the Galactic Empire.
• Attempted to kill Yoda at the Senate so that he could take out one of the most powerful Jedi before he managed to stop him.
• Although he saved Vader's life in Mustafar, he did so because of his sheer potential with the Force and not wanting to look for another apprentice.
• Sadistically smiled at Vader's grief over the death of Padmé. Not only that, but Sidious is also indirectly responsible for her death in the first place, even putting Vader in an "And I must Scream" fate.
• He kept Vader awake during his surgical procedure, where he was given replacement body parts and gained his life support armor, leaving him screaming in agony.

The Bad Batch

• While he does become glad that Admiral Rampart will face charges for destroying the Kaminoan facilities, he then accuses the clone troopers of taking part in it despite the fact that they were not doing it out of their own will.
• While he does commend and show a degree of respect for Senator Riyo Chuchi for exposing Rampart's destruction of Tipoca City and is genuinely saddened that many lives were lost, this was only for him to be able to phase out the rest of the remaining clones and fully enforce the Imperial Defense Recruitment Bill, showing that he doesn't care about the rest of the living clones.

Mission to Ryloth

• Killed many Twi'leks using his Force lightning, which left them badly charred.
• Ordered Vader to slaughter a village of Twi'leks, which included Mala, who was pregnant at the time.

Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith

• Configured Vader's suit to be extremely vulnerable to Force lightning to ensure that he could easily kill Vader if he tried to defy him.
  • When Darth Vader used the Force on him in anger over Padme's death and the promise that Palpatine would save her, he brutally attacked Vader with Force lightning after convincing Vader to let his guard down.
  • He then held his lightsaber to Vader's throat and threatened to kill him if he ever touched him with the Force again.
  • And while he did not kill Darth Vader in that moment, it was only for pragmatic reasons, as Darth Vader accepted to not continue with this and he didn't want to lose such a useful and powerful pawn.
• Had the Inquisitors hunt down and eliminate any Jedi that survived Order 66.
• Enslaved almost all non-human species in the galaxy.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

• His evil deeds in The Bad Batch indirectly led to a clone trooper being homeless, left on the streets to beg for money, and looked down on even by Obi-Wan.
• He threatens Vader into giving up his pursuit of Obi-Wan, which was only done so as not to waste his resources and to ensure Vader doesn't turn from the dark side.

Rebels Season Four

• Uses planet-destroying weapons such as the Death Star to spread fear in the galaxy.
• Has multiple cities and populations razed or killed off out of paranoia that they might conspire against him.
• Tried to kill Ahsoka and Ezra when they were in the World Between Worlds, trying to use them to get in so he could use the power to have control of time and reality.
• Tried to prey on Ezra Bridger's desire to be with his family. When Ezra refused to open the portal, Palpatine ordered his guards to kill him so he could join his dead parents in death.

Darth Vader (2020)

• After Darth Vader refused to kill both Luke Skywalker and Padmé's body double, Sabé (which would've threatened his manipulation of him), Palpatine punished him by attacking him with Force Lightning. After, he took Vader's lightsaber to fight his two Royal Guards by himself, then proceeded to Force choke Vader and dismember three of his limbs. Palpatine worsened his punishment by taking Vader back to Mustafar to relive the painful memories of his defeat against Obi-Wan, ordering him to rebuild himself without using the Force.
• When Vader arrived on Exegol, he had his members of the Sith Eternal attack his broken apprentice, openly saying that any of them could potentially replace Vader and showing no care if his apprentice was defeated. He only restores Vader after the attack failed, and he decides to submit to him once again.

Return of the Jedi

• Lured the Rebel fleet to Endor as part of his plan to destroy the Alliance by purposely allowing them to know the location of the second Death Star's shield generator. He admits this to Luke Skywalker and taunts him about it.
• Used the second Death Star to destroy some rebel ships and uses this to provoke Luke to get him to join the dark side.
• Attempts to have Luke kill his father to seduce him toward the dark side. When Luke refuses, Palpatine sadistically tortures him to near death with Force lightning, which causes Vader to turn on him and kill him at the cost of his own life.

Battlefront II (2017) & The Mandalorian

• Ordered that all life in the galaxy be eliminated, including the Empire itself, if he ever died, thus enacting Operation Cinder via Gallus Rax.
  • As a result, he was directly the reason behind Valin Hess massacring the city of Burnin Konn alongside his loyal soldiers, killing thousands, leading to Migs Mayfeld defecting from the Empire.

The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi

• Orchestrated most of the events that happened in the sequel trilogy as he resurrected himself and was thus the one behind the creation of both the First Order and Supreme Leader Snoke.
• Besides creating Snoke to corrupt young Ben Solo into becoming Kylo Ren, Palpatine himself whispered voices in Ben's mind during his childhood to corrupt him further, making him responsible for Ben becoming Kylo Ren in the first place.
• Creates the Sith Eternal's fleet, the Final Order, to reclaim his rule over the galaxy and establish a new Sith Empire by having them destroy any planet that refuses to bow before him.
• Has Ochi kill his own (clone) son and his daughter-in-law once they refused to hand his granddaughter Rey over to him.
  • Even before that, he rejected Dathan as a son when he failed to have the same Force powers and left him to be raised by his cultists with no concern about how badly they treated him.

The Rise of Skywalker

• Tries to use the Sith fleet to enslave the universe once the galaxy has been reconquered.
• Orders the destruction of the planet Kijimi to demonstrate the Sith Eternal's power.
• Attempts to have his granddaughter kill him to force his spirit into her and take control of her body.
• Drains the Force energy out of Rey and Ben Solo's dyad to restore his body, then attempts to kill him by sending him plummeting into a ravine, all just to spite his grandfather and uncle for causing his first death.
• Uses his Force lightning to attack and disable the enemy fighters, killing many of them in the process.
• In his true final moments, he attempted to kill his own granddaughter while sadistically mocking her and telling her how she is "weak" like her parents. Caused her to soil herself as well in the process.
• Causes Rey to die as she destroyed him, because he had drained almost all of her and Ben's life energy.
• Is indirectly responsible for Ben Solo's death, as Ben sacrificed himself to revive Rey after she died to kill the Sith Lord.
• Succeeds in destroying the Skywalker, Organa, and Solo bloodlines, forcing Rey to change her last name to the former.
• While he treats his men better in the movie, avoiding harming them and telling them not to fear the Resistance, he doesn't mourn their deaths when they're killed by Ben and Rey, showing that he just continues to manipulate people and only doesn't hurt them because he needs an army.
• Although his ironic death was horrific when he was killed and disintegrated by his own Force lightning that Rey deflected back at him, it was not played for any sympathy at all but rather a fitting punishment for his atrocities, as he outright deserved it for all the horrible, cruel, and vile things he had committed.

Palpatine killing Plagueis was shown to be more sadistic and painful.

Gleefully killing three Jedi survivors of Order 66

With the intent to drive Tarkin further into the evil moral scale, he ordered Vader to murder his son Garoche Tarkin, which caused Tarkin to become a mass murderer of civilians on the kill count of billions.

The Force Unleashed Duology

• Encouraged Vader to continue betraying Galen by nearly painfully killing him.
• He had the Empire do many heinous things to the environment on Kashyyk and Felucia, such as having Ozzik Sturn enslave the Wookiees and installing a device into the sarlacc on Felucia, the latter of which left Juno audibly horrified.
• When he captured the politicians who were planning to form a rebellion, he was about to interrogate, torture, get information on more of their allies, and execute them.
• Tried to convince Galen Marek to fall to the dark side by killing Vader, and when Kota attempted to stop him, he tortured him with his Force lightning.
  • In the dark side ending, where Palpatine succeeds in convincing Galen to mercilessly kill Vader, he asks Galen to strike down Kota. When Galen refuses by attacking Palpatine instead, he proceeds to electrocute Galen, uses the Force to throw the Rogue Shadow (which has Juno, Galen's lover, as the pilot in there) onto him, and kills the rest of his allies.
  • After Galen survives the crash of the Rogue Shadow, he ends up in a harmful physical state similar to how his former master Darth Vader was in, where Palpatine controls him to do his bidding until he finds a new apprentice that will likely kill him.
  • The aftermath of this was Galen killing Obi-Wan and corrupting Luke to the dark side.
• When Galen rescues Kota in the light side ending, Palpatine insists on him giving in to his hatred for killing him. When Galen doesn't give in, Palpatine attempts to kill him and his allies with his force lightning, which leads to Galen sacrificing his life to make sure he wasn't successful in killing his allies.
• In the sequel's alternate Battle of Endor timeline, when he finds out about the cloning program, he attacks Vader with Force lightning all while laughing sadistically.
  • To make matters worse, right after he does this, he has Captain Sarkli kill the Galen clone, despite the fact that he helped bring about the fall of the Rebellion.

Empire: Betrayal

• Used the dark side to go into Shreeftuts dreams to make trading deals for the Ssi-ruuvi invasion of Bakura.
• Trained Mara Jade to serve the Empire and assassinate Luke.
• He had Bevel Lemelisk, one of the designers of the Death Star, tortured to death to punish him for giving the Death Star a design flaw. He brought him back to life multiple times just to torture him to death again, including feeding him flesh-eating insects.

The Dark Empire Trilogy

• Brought himself back as a clone to rebuild his Empire and continue his conquering of the galaxy.
• Drove Jeng Droga to madness while possessing him.
• Him being devastated by Thrawn's death was him losing some of the most effective war soldiers on his side to take down those who oppose him, not actual care.
• Corrupted Luke Skywalker to the dark side of the Force.
• Attempted to corrupt Leia to the dark side.
• Tried to make sure Luke stayed corrupted.
• Summoned a Force storm on the New Republic fleet, killing many people once again.
• Used the Galaxy Gun and Star Dreadnought to bring most of the New Republic under his rule.
• Tried using "World Devastators" to destroy Mon Calamari's homeworld as a punishment for their support of the New Republic.
• Destroyed the Pinnacle Moon to wipe out the Rebel base there.
• Arrived at Korriban to meet the Sith spirits as a means to be healed and was informed that he needed to use Han and Leia's third child, Anakin Solo, to do that. As predicted, he attempted to possess Han and Leia's child. Of course, a team would try to stop him from being Luke, Ysanna, and Brand, with Ysanna getting killed and Brand being wounded to near-death by Palpatine. Ultimately, Brand did die as a means to sacrifice himself in ending his tyranny once and for all.

Trivia

• While unambiguously Pure Evil as presented in both Canon and Legends works themselves, being considered the epitome of Pure Evil by nearly everyone, and never having demonstrated even subverted redeeming qualities, Palpatine, or his Legends version to be more precise, had one or two redeeming qualities and a mitigating factor through word of god and an unproduced work:
  • According to The Clone Wars Campaign Guide, Sidious eventually grew to care for Sly Moore despite previously kidnapping her, bonding with her, and eventually revealing himself to be a Sith, though he didn't reveal he kidnapped her. It was even speculated that they fell in love and that Sly Moore gave Palpatine a son, even if he didn't love him. In-universe, however, Palpatine and Moore are never truly shown interacting, with their relationship being professional, and his care for Moore doesn't count due to being from a sourcebook and thus Word of God.
  • In the unproduced Star Wars: Underworld, a planned 100-400 episode TV series that was due to air in 2009 but was delayed and eventually put on hold indefinitely due to budgetary concerns, according to Cory Barlog, Palpatine was somehow wronged by a heartless gangster woman, which destroyed him as a person and seemed to be portrayed as sympathetic. In addition, this implies he loved her, though it was never confirmed, and he likely stopped due to her wronging him. Though the backstory did seemingly inspire Kratos in God of War (PS4), the series was never produced due to the aforementioned reasons and Disney buying Lucasfilm. In addition, the novel Plagueis showing Palpatine was evil as a child and Darth Plagueis himself being recanonized later throw heavy doubt on whether the backstory would be included if Underworld is made (as it was never cancelled), cumulatively preventing the backstory from being mitigating.
  • McDiarmid once said that he considers Palpatine eviler than the Devil himself. Funny enough, McDiarmid once played the Devil in a stage adaptation of Paradise Lost, where the Devil was portrayed as a tragic villain with sympathetic and even redeemable qualities, which Palpatine does not possess. It is possible that Ian is referring to Satan from Paradise Lost and not the Devil from theology, as the theology incarnation of the devil is way more complicated and mysterious.
• In a documentary for Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas strangely states that Emperor Palpatine is the hero in his own story and a well-intentioned extremist. However, the film itself doesn't imply this at all, so Palpatine still counts as Pure Evil, especially because his own actor stated to summarize why he is doing many of his actions; Ian McDiarmid said that everything he does is out of pure hypocrisy.

External Links

• Emperor Palpatine on the Villains Wiki
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  • Emperor Palpatine (Legends) on the Star Wars Wiki
• Emperor Palpatine on the Disney Wiki
• Emperor Palpatine on the The Ultimate Evil Wiki
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