When was darth sidious born

They first met while Palpatine was still apprentice to Plagueis and Tarkin was a cadet at a piloting academy on the planet Sullust. Palpatine sought out to aid Tarkin in his journey to joining the Judicial Department of the galaxy, as he wanted to be apart of the law. Palpatine also recommended a political career for Tarkin and became one of his closest friends and allies.

Tarkin was one of the few people to call Palpatine by his first name. Mother Talzin was the head of the Nightsister cult on the planet, Dathomire. The Nightsisters were naturally gifted with the dark side of the force, as their planet was innately fused with it. They used the force with dark magicks, something that impressed Palpatine greatly. Mother Talzin was incredibly strong with this ability as head of the sisters, and she almost became Palpatine's next apprentice when he began seeking his own.

He enjoyed fusing his own force abilities with that of Talzin's magicks and wanted to make her his right hand, but instead chose her son, who became Darth Maul. Palpatine broke the Rule of Two the moment he decided to take Mother Talzin's infant son, Maul, to be his new Sith apprentice. By taking in Maul, Sidious had resided to uphold the traditions of the Rule of Two and kill his master. It is known from the movies and the "do you know the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?

But, it is not explained that the actual reason is due to the fact that Palpatine felt like Plagueis's usefulness had run out. Palpatine took in Maul in order to fulfill the Sith prophecy of Master and Apprentice. Since The Phantom Menace starts with Darth Maul already under Darth Sidious's wing, it is no surprise that Maul was trained in the dark ways of the force.

But, it is not known, based on the movies alone, that Palpatine was a horribly abusive master. In The Clone Wars , Maul detests Sidious, as he felt abused and abandoned his whole life, which is why he always seeks companionship with others, to make his own Rule of Two Sith regime. But, as Maul was essentially raised by Palpatine, he was trained to be a weapon for the Sith, rather than an apprentice himself. With the Jedi all but extinct, Sidious installed the New Order in the Republic's place, declaring himself Galactic Emperor and bringing an end to a millennium of democracy.

Not too long after betraying and causing the death of Tyranus, he took on a new apprentice, having lured the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker to the dark side and transforming him into Darth Vader. Their reign was virtually unchallenged for a generation until the formation of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. However, Sidious' plan backfired when Vader ultimately renounced the dark side and killed Sidious to protect Luke. Thus, with the Sith's destruction, the Force was brought back into balance, fulfilling Anakin's destiny as the prophesied Chosen One.

Through his master's teachings, however, Sidious transferred his essence to an imperfect clone vessel that had been modeled on his original body. Anticipating the possibility of defeat, he created the Contingency to destroy the Galactic Empire and replace it with a new Sith Empire , in the event of such a setback.

His plans culminated in the destruction of the New Republic and the emergence of the First Order , the creation of Supreme Leader Snoke , who turned Ben Solo —heir to the Skywalker bloodline —to the dark side, and the establishment of the Final Order. During the battle, he discovered a dyad in the Force in the form of the bond between Solo and Rey , a Jedi apprentice sired from the Emperor's bloodline.

His lifelong dream of eternal rule was finally quashed when Rey called upon the strength of past Jedi to vanquish her grandfather by turning his own power against him, destroying Sidious and his Sith Eternal cultists. The origins of Darth Sidious were closely guarded secrets that he took to his grave more than once.

The details about how Sidious came to study under the Sith were known by very few, [19] with it not even being known of when he did. As a Sith Lord , Sidious learned all his Sith Master knew about the dark side of the Force , [20] following the tradition first set by the ancient Darth Bane.

As a young man, Palpatine had traveled throughout the galaxy , collecting art while doing so. Unaware docents would have written off his collection as junk, but Palpatine knew better. So, if they worked together in accordance to Darth Bane's Rule of Two , with one of them serving as bait for the dark side of the Force and the other as a vessel, they would succeed in acquiring the ability to harness the full power of the dark side and rule immortal for ten thousand years.

Darth Sidious and Darth Plagueis worked together for years, trying to unlock the secrets to immortality. Because of imperfect transfer, Sidious later surmised that Plagueis may have kept his secrets in his grave and was "having the last laugh after all.

However, Plagueis was unable to form the dyad. Senator Palpatine represented his homeworld Naboo in the Galactic Senate while keeping his Sith identity a secret. In his public persona as Sheev Palpatine, his embarkment on a career in politics was aided by his master, who raised him to the position of senator for his homeworld in the Galactic Republic Senate.

He began to establish relations with those who'd become his future collaborators, such as Wilhuff Tarkin. The duo met for the first time when Tarkin was still a cadet of the Sullust Sector Spacefarers Academy , and while Palpatine was still apprenticed to Plagueis. Taking an interest in the younger man, Senator Palpatine resolved to help him to join the Judicial Department , according to Tarkin's desire but advised him to also consider a political career. In the following years, their relationship became more and more confidential.

Palpatine often lauded Tarkin for his talents and skills and remarked they were very similar: they both came from planets at the edge of the galaxy but were destined to have great repercussions on the history of the galaxy itself.

Tarkin eventually became one of the few people who called Palpatine by his first name. Sidious plotted in the shadows for years, intending to restore Sith rule throughout the galaxy.

Keeping his Sith identity a secret from the public eye, Sidious took it upon himself to execute the Sith's long-percolating plan of supplanting the Republic with a new Sith Empire as well as destroying the Jedi Order. Intermingling his knowledge of the dark side of the Force with Talzin's knowledge of Nightsister magicks , Sidious had considered to make Talzin his apprentice and right hand. However, by taking Maul under his wing, the Rule of Two had been violated, [ source? In need of pawns for his plans [33] but preferring a mysterious, hooded presence through holographic transmissions [19] rather than direct communication, [27] Sidious contacted the galaxy's most powerful beings and convinced them to do his bidding with promises and threats.

Ordering the Federation to construct a droid army , [33] Sidious also helped the Geonosian Poggle the Lesser rise to the position of Archduke of Geonosis and controller of their droid foundries.

Sidious orchestrated the Invasion of Naboo by the Trade Federation, which was under his influence. Sidious, as Palpatine, moved to seize power from Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum , who had virtually no political power and counted Palpatine as a close friend and ally, allowing for Sidious to easily manipulate him.

When Gunray questioned the legality of the invasion, Sidious simply stated that he would make it legal. The Neimoidians acted accordingly, but the Jedi survived the assassination attempt and escaped the Federation ship. Sidious, as Palpatine, feigned concern at this supposed revelation, but was cut off mid-sentence by the Trade Federation's communication blackout, notifying the Naboo to their invasion.

The Federation's droid army proceeded with their assault. Within a day, the army occupied the planet's capital city and its surrounding regions. Additionally, Amidala and her retinue were captured and presented with a treaty that would bring an air of legitimacy to their invasion. However, the Jedi arrived to rescue them, and they successfully evaded the blockade aboard the queen's starship.

When Gunray informed Sidious of Amidala's failure to sign the treaty, the livid Sith Lord introduced them to Darth Maul, whom he dispatched to find and recapture Amidala.

Due to Amidala's ship sustaining damage in the escape, the queen opted to land on Tatooine , an obscure desert world in the Outer Rim Territories , to repair the ship. Maul managed to ascertain the queen's location, and assured his master that his search on the sparsely populated world would be a short one. Sidious told him to move against the Jedi first, and then take the queen once they were dead. Maul left for Tatooine, but he failed to kill the Jedi or retrieve Amidala. While waiting for Amidala to reach Coruscant, Sidious found he had little to do, although he made sure to go to the Senate to vote on its current matters, even though he did not care for them.

With nothing else to do, Palpatine took to looking through his catalogue of art, having run out of space in his office to store the rest of his collection. He stopped his scrolling when he saw a black statue from Yonta Prime , which, despite being one of his favorite pieces, he found he could not fit into his office without looking careless.

He resolved to take it out of storage, ordering it to be taken to his apartment, so he could place it into the Supreme Chancellor's office when his current plan had finished. Despite these setbacks, Palpatine was able to convene with Amidala on Coruscant , where she intended to plead her case to Chancellor Valorum before the Galactic Senate. Bringing Amidala to his apartment for an audience, Palpatine told the queen that the senate was long past caring about the common good, while Valorum was essentially powerless against them.

With both the Senate and Valorum closed off to her as options, Palpatine offered her two choices: she could move for a Vote of No Confidence in Chancellor Valorum, and push for the election of a more effective leader; or she could take the matter to the courts, which would take even longer.

Hoping still to reach some resolution to the matter in the Senate, Amidala opted to attend the special session of the body the next day.

Faced with a growing crisis on Naboo, Amidala heeded Palpatine's advice, calling for stronger leadership in the Senate. During the awaited Senate session, Amidala attempted to make her case for Republic intervention to stop the Trade Federation's occupation of her world. However, the Federation representative Lott Dod fervently objected to the"accusations" levied against the Federation, citing that there was no proof that an invasion or occupation had even occurred.

He recommended that a commission be sent to Naboo to ascertain the truth of the situation, a motion that was seconded by the Senator from Malastare , Aks Moe. Vice Chair Mas Amedda conferred quietly with Valorum for a few moments, and Palpatine took the opportunity to predict that the Chancellor, shackled to Senatorial procedure at the behest of bureaucrats who were more than likely on the payroll of the Federation, would fail to help Naboo.

When Valorum reluctantly admitted that the Federation was within their rights to request a commission, an outraged Amidala realized that Palpatine was right; Valorum was too weak and ineffectual to provide her world with the help it needed. As such, she took Palpatine's advice and publicly moved for a Vote of No Confidence in the Chancellor. Within moments, hundreds of Senators began demanding for an immediate vote, leaving Valorum thunderstruck. When he announced his nomination to Amidala, however, the queen declared her intention to return to Naboo and reclaim it from the Trade Federation by whatever means she could.

Palpatine made a show of concern and tried halfheartedly to convince her to stay on Coruscant. She left regardless, taking both Jinn and Kenobi with her for protection and wishing Palpatine success in the election. Disillusioned by Republic politics, Amidala implored Palpatine to restore compassion to the Senate as its new Supreme Chancellor. Sidious contacted the Neimoidians on Naboo, instructing them to kill Amidala upon arrival, and sent Maul to accompany them with orders to make certain the Neimoidians killed the queen, and that the Jedi fell by his own hand.

Even while he managed the election on Coruscant, he made time to go over the Neimoidians' progress. Against his expectations, he learned that Amidala not only managed to escape Gunray's reach but also forged an alliance with the Gungans and assembled an army in the planet swamp in preparation for a strike against the Federation occupation force.

He doubted she would last even five minutes in such a contest, and gave his approval to Gunray's plan to meet the Gungans head-on. Ultimately, Palpatine won the election for Supreme Chancellor. However, the Federation army was defeated, Gunray was captured by Amidala's forces, and Maul met his presumed death at the hands of the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, though not before striking down Qui-Gon Jinn, whose funeral Palpatine would later attend.

Palpatine also learned that the Naboo owed their victory to the unexpected intervention of Anakin Skywalker , a young, freed slave from Tatooine who was highly attuned to the Force, fueling the belief that he was the Chosen One of Jedi prophecy who would bring balance to the Force. Palpatine personally congratulated the two Jedi during the celebration on Naboo, telling young Skywalker that his career would be watched with "great interest.

Sidious orchestrated the Separatist Crisis to destabilize the Republic, all the while training Darth Tyranus as his new apprentice. Over the next ten years, [37] Supreme Chancellor Palpatine amassed a favorable reputation as a mild-mannered servant of the common good, and the public remained oblivious to his true, insidious persona. As Anakin Skywalker grew older, his relationship with Palpatine deepened; on many occasions, Palpatine lauded Skywalker as the most gifted Jedi he had ever encountered, one who would surpass even Yoda , the Grand Master of the Jedi Council.

Skywalker, who grew increasingly frustrated with the strict lifestyle of the Jedi under his master Kenobi's guidance, appreciated Palpatine's praise and greatly took to his counsel. In truth, this was all part of Sidious' plan to gain Skywalker's trust and groom him into his eventual Sith apprentice.

However, Sidious was well aware that his plan to turn Skywalker to the dark side could not bear fruit for many years to come, and with Maul presumed dead, Sidious needed an apprentice in the interim. As such, he turned to the former Jedi Master Dooku to fill that role. Dooku left the Jedi Order, reclaiming his wealth and title as the Count of Serenno. Sidious discovered Galli, an orphan who grew up to become Gallius Rax, while visiting the frontier world of Jakku. After landing his yacht Imperialis in the Plaintive Hand plateau , Tashu ordered a detachment of six droids to begin excavating.

The yacht soon left off-world but a local twelve-year-old boy named Galli sneaked aboard the Imperialis. Sidious sensed his presence and gave the boy the choice of dying or serving him. Sidious then instructed Galli to return to the excavation site and guard it against any intruders. He stressed that intruders should not be allowed to taint the site and ordered Galli to kill them.

Sidious then introduced himself on a first-name basis as Sheev. For the next ten years, Galli guarded the Plaintive Hand excavation site. In 20 BBY , Sidious returned and invited the boy aboard the Imperialis this time as a guest of honor.

By that stage, work on the Jakku Observatory had been completed. Using a game of Shah-tezh as an illustration, Sidious explained that his future Galactic Empire could not be allowed to outlive its Emperor should he die prematurely. To demonstrate his seriousness, Sidious Force choked Galli. He tasked Galli with executing his secret Contingency plan and inducted the boy into Imperial service.

Sidious, as Palpatine, befriended Anakin Skywalker, knowing the young Jedi had the potential to become a powerful Sith. As Anakin Skywalker grew older, the relationship between Palpatine and the young Jedi greatly deepened. On many occasions, the Chancellor attended the boy's training at the Jedi Temple expressing appreciation for the progress reached by the young Padawan in lightsaber combat.

He could notice that he was deeply conditioned by his emotions and he asked Master Mace Windu to send Skywalker to him, saying he could help with the boy's formation. Dismissing Master Kenobi's reminder that Skywalker was not yet a Jedi and dangers could lie ahead, the Chancellor brought Skywalker to Level Both disguised as travellers, Palpatine told the youth that he himself frequents the area when his duties permitted it—to try to do some good.

Eventually, the duo arrived at Club Kasakar. There, Palpatine expressed some form of envy in the life of young Jedi Padawans, that was already decided from an early age, in difference with his political life, one of the troubling choices and difficult decisions.

He also explained that the Club was full of Senators. In particular, he pointed out Senator Colandrus , a Tarsunt who often went there for gambling. While the Tarsunt senator was betting at a game table, Palpatine said that Colandrus was corrupt, but there were no proofs of it.

Inspired by that unflattering description Anakin used the telekinetic Jedi power to rig Colandrus' last dice , making him lose large sums of money. Hearing the disguised Palpatine laugh at his misfortune, Colandrus sicced his bodyguard on him, but the Chancellor defused the situation by explaining that "his son" had just made a joke, and promised that they would leave at once. Still unconvinced, Colandrus nevertheless allowed the cloaked nuisances to go freely. Skywalker's potential convinced Palpatine that the young Padawan could become the greatest of all the Jedi.

Once the duo returned back to the Chancellor's office, Palpatine "apologized" to Anakin for involving him in a Senate matter. Anakin said the Jedi could arrest Senator Colandrus, but Palpatine replied that the Jedi were not required to obey him because if they did, he would be like a dictator and that wasn't his wish. He also told the boy not to talk about what had happened to them with his masters and further asked if Anakin was happy in the temple.

When the Padawan answered positively, Palpatine felt the truth of it through the Force. Eventually, Palpatine thanked him for his decisive role in the Battle of Naboo, and said there would always be a place for Anakin near him, and that he could make extraordinary use of a young man like Anakin.

Palpatine continued to act as a confidant to Skywalker, providing guidance to the young Padawan who trained to become a true Jedi. Under Sidious' direction, Tyranus rallied several thousand solar systems into declaring independence from the Galactic Republic, instead joining the Confederacy of Independent Systems with himself as its leader.

The Senate pushed for a vote to create a Grand Army of the Republic. Keeping his true motives a secret, [12] Palpatine resisted all of the Senate's attempts to create an army and the push to go to war with the Confederacy. Palpatine had the vote delayed and placed the senator under the protection of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, her old allies from the Battle of Naboo.

After a second attempt on the senator's life was made, Skywalker was assigned to protect her back on her homeworld of Naboo. There the two secretly started to fall in love which, coupled with Skywalker's later discovery of his mother Shmi's death at the hands of Tusken Raiders on the planet Tatooine, would bring the young Jedi ever closer to the dark side of the force, and even more vulnerable to Sidious' deceptive machinations.

Secession gave way to the Clone Wars, allowing Palpatine to create the Grand Army of the Republic with his emergency powers. However, when it was revealed that the Separatists were secretly building a battle droid army with the support of many commercial organizations, including the Trade Federation. Palpatine used the situation to have himself granted emergency powers from the Senate by Representative Jar Jar Binks.

Palpatine feigned reluctance to accept this authority, promising to return it to the Senate once the crisis ended. His first act was to allow the use of the clone army, which was discovered by Kenobi on Kamino, to counter the Separatist threat; this resulted in the Battle of Geonosis , which served as the opening salvo of the Clone Wars. After clone template Jango Fett was killed and the Separatist partners escaped the battle, Tyranus met with Sidious at the Coruscant tower in The Works with not only good news that the war the Sith had been orchestrating had begun, but with plans for a Geonosian superweapon that may be of use for their future Sith-led regime.

Sidious was pleased with these turn of events, and later with the leaders of the Senate oversaw the new Republic army marching towards war, while Skywalker and Amidala secretly wed on Naboo with their two droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 , as sole witnesses [12] besides a local holy man who officiated the rite, [18] which Sidious would later use as an advantage to lure Skywalker to become his next apprentice.

Sidious and Tyranus controlled both sides in the galactic conflict as Chancellor Palpatine and Count Dooku. After he was taken to Teth , Sidious contacted both Ventress and Tyranus. He assured them that the Jedi would be at war with the Hutts as well the Confederacy. Palpatine then received a message from Jabba, asking for help in rescuing his son. Despite Master Windu's reservations about allying the Republic with the Hutt, Palpatine knew they need the Hutt's space lanes to move their troops.

Despite General Grievous spreading the Republic forces thin, Windu told Palpatine that Skywalker and Kenobi could carry out the rescue. During the rescue, Palpatine learned that Jabba believed that the Jedi were behind his son's kidnapping and told Senator Amidala of this.

Jabba refused to speak with him, so Amidala decided to speak with Jabba's uncle Ziro at his palace , despite Palpatine's warning. Kenobi, Skywalker, and his new Padawan, Ahsoka Tano were able to return Rotta to his father and secure a treaty with the Hutts. Following the events, Sidious spoke with his apprentice about this setback. He assured Tyranus that the war was turning in their favor.

Palpatine learned that Senator Amidala moved through enemy territory into the Outer Rim, causing him to contact her aboard her H-type Nubian yacht. Amidala explained that an old family friend, Senator Farr of Rodia , had asked for her personally, as his people were starving. Palpatine claimed to understand, although he argued that she should have a clone trooper escort. However, Amidala had trust in diplomacy.

After Representative Binks tried to talk to Palpatine, he caused C-3PO's chair to move, knocking the Gungan down and causing the ship to veer off course. Amidala was able to regain control, but Palpatine discreetly urged her to keep Binks out of the negotiations, which she agreed to.

Sidious ordered Tyranus to retrieve Nute Gunray, not wanting the Jedi to learn of what he knew. Yet once Amidala was planet-side, she learned Farr had joined the Separatists to help his people, and she was captured by Nute Gunray's battle droids. However, Binks helped disrupt the Separatist's plans and Farr decided to side with the Republic. Palpatine contacted them via hologram, stating that Amidala had brought Rodia's needs to his attention.

The Chancellor had deployed a convoy of supply ships and stated that Gunray's capture was a major Republic victory. However, the secret Sith Lord saw the danger Nute Gunray's capture posed, as the viceroy would not last under the Jedi's questioning.

Contacting Darth Tyranus, Sidious was informed by his apprentice that Asajj Ventress could infiltrate the Republic warship, allowing her to rescue or kill Gunray. While Sidious was apprehensive about using an agent who had previously failed them in the past, Tyranus argued that she was a skilled assassin. Ultimately, the master allowed his pupil to proceed in this plan; Ventress successfully rescued Nute Gunray, denying the Jedi and the Republic the opportunity to extract secret information from the Separatist leader, whilst also demonstrating her ability to handle a Star Destroyer 's contingent of clone troopers, a Jedi Padawan, and a Jedi Master all at once.

As the war got underway, Dooku crash-landed his ship on Vanqor and was captured by the Ohnaka Gang. Kenobi and Skywalker were sent to verify their leader Hondo Ohnaka 's demand for a reward, [52] and then sent Senator Kharrus and Representative Binks to deliver it. Ultimately, Dooku escaped from the pirates. Sidious paid Cad Bane to steal a Holocron from the Jedi Temple's Holocron Vault , [54] which when used in conjunction with the kyber memory crystal would reveal the location of Force-sensitive infants across the galaxy.

Working with Doctor Sionver Boll, Palpatine ordered the termination of the Zillo Beast for purposes of scientific research. During the Battle of Malastare , the Zillo Beast was inadvertently awakened and Palpatine wanted the creature killed, but changed his mind when Doctor Sionver Boll and Skywalker pointed out the beast's indestructible hide could prove fruitful if analyzed.

The Zillo Beast was instead rendered unconscious, and transported to Coruscant. It broke out of its restraints and rampaged through the Senate District before being killed with poison gas. Palpatine ordered Boll to clone the animal. During the Senate hostage crisis , Cad Bane demanded Ziro the Hutt be released from prison in exchange for the hostages' release.

Palpatine reluctantly complied after Skywalker was subdued by Bane's gang. The following year, [60] while the Senate was considering deregulating the banks to increase funding for the war. Palpatine was soon informed by Amidala that the Separatist Senate , led by Mina Bonteri , was considering peace negotiations.

Dooku had the central power distribution grid bombed , and then staged another attack on the Confederacy, which killed Bonteri and was blamed on the Republic, dashing any hope of peace. Palpatine reflected on Amidala's speech against the escalation of the Clone Wars, noting her ability to sway public opinion. Desperate, Amidala attempted to rally support for opposing the bill but found few willing to do so. Upon further investigation, Amidala found that many of the senators who voted in support have actually been blackmailed to do so.

She also discovered that supporting the bill would mean bankrupting certain segments of the Republic such as their social programs, due to the Banking Clan's high interest rates. Pursued by assassins, Bail Organa, Onacondo Farr and Amidala continued attempting to oppose the bill with Amidala stepping up in front of the Senate.

In her speech, she pointed out that passing the bill would harm the citizens it was supposedly attempting to protect. Her speech marshals loud respect and support from the Senate audience. Later, Palpatine expressed his displeasure to Mas Amedda, noting how the success of one individual's passionate voice can have over his power. Palpatine resolved to wait until fate and the Senate once more turn to favor him. Palpatine attended the funeral of Senator Onaconda Farr, whose murder undermined Amidala's plans for a peaceful resolution of the Clone Wars.

When a military enhancement bill for more clone troopers was introduced, Palpatine claimed to be opposed to it. The bill encountered minor but effective resistance, although one of its greatest critics, Onaconda Farr , seemingly died of a heart failure before it could be voted on.

Palpatine attended the funeral , but, in the Chancellor's office, he and others met with inspector Tanivos Exantor Divo , who revealed a poison had actually killed the senator. As the inspector left, the Chancellor claimed that murder in the Senate was unthinkable. Later, Palpatine and the others reunited in his office, where Divo nearly arrested the false suspect, the Kaminoan Senator Halle Burtoni. However, Amidala realized Farr's aide, Lolo Purs , was the true culprit, and the Rodian was arrested.

Soon afterward, the military enhancement bill was passed; Palpatine claimed to a disappointed Amidala that he too was disappointed, but that democracy needed to be respected, and stated that, with more troops, the war could possibly end more quickly.

During the Battle of Sullust , Sidious ordered Tyranus to dispose of his general Asajj Ventress, having become aware of her growing power. Tyranus complied and ordered his troops to leave her to die during their retreat, but she survived. Sidious ordered Tyranus to ally with the resurgent Zygerrian Slave Empire , explaining past Sith Empires were built on the backs of slaves and theirs would be no exception.

Kenobi infiltrated the plot and helped the Jedi to prevent it, lulling them into a false sense of security. Dooku showed up the evening after the festival but was defeated and forced to flee. Sensing a disturbance in the Force, Sidious traveled to Mandalore to confront Maul, his first apprentice. The next year, [67] Maul returned to the galaxy after a decade of hiding, with his brother Savage Opress now acting as his apprentice.

The Jedi were concerned but Palpatine disagreed, convincing Yoda that the Separatists should be their concern and that Maul's vendetta was a private matter for Kenobi to resolve. Deciding to end the threat personally, Sidious had his shuttle flown to Sundari , where he confronted Maul and Opress. Sidious defeated Maul and killed Savage Opress, putting an end to their challenge to the reigning Sith Lords. Not fooled by Maul's attempts to become his apprentice once again, Sidious engaged the rival Sith Lords in combat.

Sidious proved himself to be not only a match for their combined strength but also superior, as after a prolonged duel, he separated the brothers by first bypassing Savage's defense and knocking him away with a kick and then force-pushed Maul, briefly knocking him out.

Sidious then briefly toyed with Savage, not even bothering to engage, before he then began battling him again and soundly slayed Opress in single combat. Not bothering to prevent Maul from going to his brother, knowing it was too late for him to do anything to save Savage after Opress finally succumbed, Sidious taunted Maul again, reminding him of the ancient rules of the Sith and how Maul had been replaced before he then once again engaged his former apprentice.

Although Sidious found Maul to be far more ferocious than Savage, he ultimately won the final blade lock and brought Maul to his knees, but chose not to kill him, foreseeing that his fallen apprentice could be useful to him in the near future. Chancellor Palpatine served as the judge of the trial of Ahsoka Tano , who was accused of masterminding a bombing at the Jedi Temple.

Flanked by two crimson-robed guards, he listened while Senator Amidala and Admiral Tarkin made their arguments as the defense and the prosecutor, respectively. When they had finished, the Chancellor delivered a speech warning the court to beware of Separatist schemes that aimed to undermine the Jedi Order, and by extension, the Galactic Republic, from within.

Before he could announce the verdict, however, Skywalker interrupted with Barriss Offee , who confessed to the crime. Palpatine ordered Offee taken away, and Tano was acquitted. Faced with a conspiracy involving the clone army, Palpatine ordered that the evidence be brought to him on Coruscant. During the Battle of Ringo Vinda , the clone trooper CT "Tup" suddenly faltered, becoming confused and killing the Jedi Master Tiplee , before ultimately succumbing to insanity and dying himself.

This incident was instigated by a faulty inhibitor chip, inserted into clones for the purpose of enforcing loyalty to the Supreme Chancellor and which laid the groundwork for their execution of Protocol The Chancellor had his guards stage an attack, making Fives look dangerous to the Republic and discrediting him. He then informed the Jedi that a parasite native to Ringo Vinda was responsible for Tup and Fives's behavior, for which all of the clone troopers would be inoculated against.

Palpatine told her to trust Clovis while hiring the bounty hunter Embo to target them on the Clan's apparent behalf. As Scipio fell under the Republic's control and Clovis committed suicide , the Muuns ceded control of the banks to the Office of the Chancellor.

Palpatine informed the Jedi Council, who deemed it unwise, so Master Windu volunteered to accompany him. Palpatine was visited by Yoda when the Jedi discovered Sifo-Dyas ' lightsaber at the location of a distress beacon: apparently, Sifo-Dyas had died on a mission to Felucia , but details were sealed by the Office of the Chancellor.

Sidious then went to berate Tyranus via hologram over this loose end, ordering him to sort it out. Vexed by Tyranus' carelessness, Sidious Force choked his apprentice, warning him to remember the price for failure. Dooku prevented Kenobi and Skywalker from learning who killed Sifo-Dyas, but they still deduced the Sith were responsible for the creation of the clone army.

Sidious and Tyranus used Sith sorcery while attempting to undermine the resolve of Grand Master Yoda. Greeting his apprentice once he arrived, Sidious led Tyranus to the tower's ceremonial chamber.

Using Sifo-Dyas' visage, he offered to reveal his identity if he would join him, but Yoda refused. Sidious dueled Yoda on the catwalks outside the tower, with Skywalker arriving outside shortly after. Sidious rendered Skywalker unconscious with Force lightning while he continued fighting Yoda.

As the illusion unfolded, Yoda refused to sacrifice Skywalker to pursue Sidious, and instead demonstrated he was willing to sacrifice himself to save the Chosen One. Sidious's illusion faltered: the Jedi Master won. Defeated, Sidious stated that they would need more time to defeat the Jedi. When he learned the otherwise unremarkable planet Utapau had produced a massive kyber crystal , the world became of interest to Sidious, as he wanted the large crystal for his battle station project.

Nevertheless, Yoda feared that Sidious was planning to create a superweapon, [80] and Sidious remained interested in Utapau. Thus, the planet was targeted to be occupied, which would allow a crystal search to begin. Meanwhile, Sidious wanted to use Maul to draw out Mother Talzin, the Nightsister witch who could pose a threat to his plans.

His operations against Talzin began when Mandalorian super commandos broke Maul out of his imprisonment in the Spire on Stygeon Prime. Talzin foresaw this and ordered her son to draw the Separatists to Ord Mantell , where he defeated and captured Dooku. Maul informed Dooku, goading him into allying with him. Sidious secured his plan for the galaxy by defeating his rivals Maul and Mother Talzin.

Maul and Dooku flew to Dathomir, where Talzin intended to siphon Dooku's lifeforce to regain her physical body. Sidious and Grievous also arrived on the planet and attacked Maul and the Talzin-possessed Dooku. Talzin regained her physical body and fended off Sidious's lightning, sacrificing herself to allow her son to escape.

Taking the opportunity, Grievous plunged two lightsabers into her body, eliminating the foe of Sidious. Despite Maul's escape, Sidious was satisfied that the Shadow Collective had been destroyed.

This mission was deemed Jedi business, so Palpatine was not informed. However, Skywalker was unsure if that was the correct decision, and he felt that the Jedi keeping secrets from the Chancellor was wrong. After Sidious was elected as the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, he murdered his master and usurped the role of Sith Master. However, after his apprentice was defeated and injured by Obi-Wan Kenobi , Sidious was unaware that Maul was alive, and was in need of a new apprentice.

Together, they formed the Separatist Alliance to spark a civil war. He was given sweeping central, emergency powers to handle the Separatist crisis, and he raised the Grand Army of the Republic to fight the Separatists in a galactic conflict known as the Clone Wars. The clone troopers in the Grand Army had been secretly commissioned by the Sith, and each contained a bio-chip with a preprogrammed protocol to eliminate the Jedi, the sworn enemies of the Sith, when the order was given.

At the war's end in 19 BBY , the vast majority of Republic citizens rallied behind Chancellor Palpatine, giving him enough support to amend the Galactic Constitution in the name of security and transfer most of the Senate's executive authority to his own office. With that, Sidious was almost ready to gain total control over the Republic. To fulfill his plan, Sidious allowed Anakin Skywalker to kill Dooku since he had no use for him, and that he would not survive the war.

Following Dooku's demise, Sidious, as Palpatine, revealed his identity as Darth Sidious to Skywalker and convinced him to that the dark side teachings that Plagueis had pursued could help Skywalker to save his wife, whom Skywalker had foreseen dying untimely. Now having Vader as his third apprentice, Sidious branded the Jedi as traitors and ordered the clones to execute Order 66 , thus destroying the Jedi Order. With most of the Jedi destroyed and none would oppose him, Sidious declared himself Emperor of the first Galactic Empire , bringing an end to the Republic that had stood for over 25, years.

As Emperor, Darth Sidious effectively wielded absolute control over the entire galaxy and virtually everyone who lived within it. During his tenure, he built one of the most powerful military forces the galaxy had ever seen and ruled unopposed for nearly two decades. Sidious had to abandon his facade of being an enlightened leader and began to rule through terror symbolized by the Death Star , a superweapon that was designed to destroy entire planets.

However, he later discovered that Vader was training Galen Marek , an exceptionally powerful Force Adept as a secret apprentice " Starkiller ".