Darth Sidious

Dark Lord of Sith

A native of the planet Naboo, Palpatine worked his way up in politics to become that sector's senator on the Galactic Senate. However, unbeknownst to everyone, Palpatine, being very Force-attuned, had also secretly learned the ways of the Sith and its arts and religion and had become a Dark Lord of Sith: Darth Sidious. Following the traditions of Darth Bane, he apprenticed a Zabrak named Khameir Sarin, who later created the alias, Darth Maul, a terrifying and powerful Dark Lord of Sith. Meanwhile, Palpatine played on both sides to gain all the power he could. As a Dark Lord he began building his dark empire, scheming and causing problems to the rest of the galaxy. As senator he feigned to solve those same problems while at the same time gaining more political support. As Darth Sidious, he used his awesome stature and fear, to cement his position as the secret head of a powerful organization, called the Trade Federation. The Trade Federation was mainly composed of a race called the Neimoudians, tall and calm, but ugly and idiotic as well. Sidious ordered the figurehead of the Federation, Nute Gunray, to cut off all trade with the planet Naboo and begin a trade embargo, for reasons unknown. Becoming a senator, once again, he rallied and argued for the relief and disruption of the blockade. However, the Senate could not decided what to do, since it was weak with corruption, and one side wanted to leave it alone and the other to help Naboo. And so, for safekeeping, they sent two ambassadors to Naboo, to negotiate between the two people. They were two Jedi Knights, Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Palpatine therefore became desperate, ordering the invasion of Naboo. What he wanted was the infamous cloning technology which the young ruler, Queen Amidala, used to make a decoy in order to protect herself. The reason he wanted this was so that he could begin cloning troops to create a standing army of Sith. The Federation captured the queen, but the Jedi Knights, who were also ordered killed, escaped from the Neimoudians and came to her rescue. Darth Sidious, enraged that his key witnessess had escaped, realized that the Neimoudians were fools and could not be relied on. He ordered Darth Maul to find the Jedi and kill them. Maul, being a devout Dark Lord, vigorously began to hunt down the small party. He finally found the band on Tatooine. He launched a small surprise attack, on them, just as Jedi Knight Jinn was about to get on board his ship. But Jinn realized what he had come into contact with: a Dark Lord, so fled the duel, by jumping onto the closing platform of the Naboo ship. And so, Maul vowed again, to bring them down.

The two Jedi Knights escorted the Queen to Coruscant, letting her speak in front of the Senate. However, the claim of invasion caused a great division in the Galactic Senate, as some believed Amidala's and Palpatine's plea to help their planet, while others believed that investigation was necessary before action. When the ruling Supreme Chancellor Valorum decided to investigate instead of defend, the Queen of Naboo, feeling for her suffering people, decided to begin a process of impeachment against the Chancellor, with a "no-confidence" vote. Senator Palpatine, having many friends, became one of the nominees. The result was his being elected to Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, thus replacing the former Chancellor Valorum. However, before Palpatine's victory was complete, Amidala, Jinn, and Kenobi returned to Naboo, where they faced Maul once more. The Dark Lord managed to kill Qui-Gon, but Obi-Wan, in great anger, killed Maul, after catching him by surprise. And so, Darth Sidious/Palpatine needed to find another apprentice to continue the Sith line.

There was good news. Anakin Skywalker, a slave whom Qui-Gon had found and freed on Tatooine, had a secret not even he himself knew about. As a blood-test confirmed, his midi-chlorian levels were unsurpassed and unheard of. Also, another mystery was wrapped around him. Young Skywalker had no father. Soon, it was believed that he was concieved by midi-chlorians, themselves. Chancellor Palpatine secretly watched the young padawan as he was trained by Kenobi. Anakin soon became a hero, as he was a daring and ace starpilot and foremost in various other things. However, during this time, Palpatine's other personality, Darth Sidious, was secretly meeting with Anakin, preaching about and seducing the young Jedi with the Dark Side. As Skywalker became more and more evil, his universe that he lived in, was becoming more and more evil, as well. As Supreme Chancellor, Palpatine became even greedier than ever. So, one day, he suddenly pronounced himself as the Empire of the Galactic Empire, which spanned the entire galaxt. Then, to stifle all opposition, the new Emperor disbanded the Galactic Senate. As Emperor, he had great powers over things, and soon he began to lure in the now Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker with promises of power and wealth. As everyone realized the true meaning of the new Empire, so did Anakin Skywalker. As he turned more and more towards the ways of the Dark Side, his former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, confronted him near a lava pit. Here, the two fought, upon which Anakin fell into the pit. Obi-Wan, greatly saddened, believed that his friend was dead and went back home. However, a badly burned, barely living, and very much angry Anakin Skywalker was rescued by the Emperor. Agreeing to turn to the Dark Side and become the Emperor's apprentice, Anakin was filled with the magic of Sith by the Emperor. To replace his badly burned body, Anakin was encased in a cybernetic suit, complete with all the life-sustaining capabilities and blaster-proof plastoid armor. Anakin requested the black color and the cape, to turn his image into a menacing one, completing his journey to the Dark Side and becoming the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader.

Together, the two great Dark Lords waged a furious war against the Jedi of the entire galaxy, initiating the Great Jedi Purge, in which they killed almost all of the Jedi in existence. As he did, he also expanded his Empire, researching new and greater technology and recruiting more and more people. As one of his most abominable deeds, he built an enormous cloning facility on the planet Byss. Perhaps becoming paranoid, due to the effects of tapping into vast amounts of the Dark Side as he had, he surrounded himself with personal bodyguards: the crimson Imperial Royal Guards; a personal assassin: Mara Jade; and of course, his loyal apprentice: Darth Vader.

Unknownst to the Emperor, Anakin's wife, Queen Amidala of Naboo, had two children, Luke Skywalker and Lei Skywalker. She and Obi-Wan decided that they should hide them from their dark father, and so, Luke was sent to his father's brother's place, Uncle Ben and Aunt Beru. There, he became a second-hand on a moisture farm on Tatooine. The daughter, Leia Skywalker, was sent to Alderaan and adopted by Senator Bail Organa, one of the candidates of Chancellorship. Leia Skywalker became Leia Organa thus did the two Skywalker children become hidden.

Then, a small group of people banded together to form the Rebel Alliance, vowing to brign down the Empire, which was the cause of so much distruction of the galaxy. The leader was Mon Mothma, a wise and graceful senator who distrusted Palpatine from the beginning. The Emperor ordered the Rebellion crushed and would not accept failure. However, the Rebel Alliance gradually grew larger, and failures became common. The Emperor did not accept failure lightly and killed everyone who was responisble for failure. He put his apprentice, Darth Vader, in charge. Vader, too, would not accept failure, and a great many admirals felt his wrath as they were choked to death, by the strong grip of Dark Side. As this small band of rebels grew, more and more people joined it, including the son and daughter of Skywalker, and Han Solo. The Emperor felt a disturbance in the Force, along with Darth Vader. After much investigation, the Emperor learned that Vader had a son, Luke Skywalker, who had joined the Rebellion. This was the opportunity for more power which the Emperor wanted. The Emperor believed that if he could turn Luke to the Dark Side, his power would grow even stronger, as he could feed of of two Skywalker's Force powers. He ordered Vader to get his son to turn to the Dark Side. But what he didn't know, was that Vader already knew that he had a son and he had always been plotting to overthrow the Emperor with his son, as the next Dark Lord of Sith. And this, the Emperor did not foresee. Darth Vader also made a mistake. He assumed that his son would willingly join him. But, when Darth Vader confronted Luke and told him the truth about his father and invited the young Jedi apprentice to join him and rule the galaxy, the young Skywalker, remained true to the teachings of his master, the great Jedi Master Yoda. And so, the startled Darth Vader, could not bring himself to kill the young Jedi, his son. Later, when Skywalker was brought to the Emperor, he was electrocuted by the Emperor's Force Lightning. But, as he was being electrocuted, Luke managed to plead to his father to save him. The Dark Lord of Sith heard, and the tiny part of his mechanical heart which was still human, took over his body. Shrugging off the immense pain of electrocution, Darth Vader picked up the Emperor, who was too busy seething in rage to notice the change in his apprentice, and threw him down a deep ventilation shaft.

The Rebellion rejoiced at this and the New Republic came about. However, unknown to many, Palpatine had a secret cloning chamber on the planet Byss. And there, he had utilized Sparti Cloning Cylinders left over from the Clone Wars. The Emperor had the foresight to clone himself: he had millions of young clones of himself, that he had created for such a disaster. Just before his bodily death, Palpatine, using ancient Sith magic, transfered his soul to one of these clones. And so, six years after his "death", Palpatine reappeared with a new army and waged war, using even more destructive weapons such as the Galaxy Gun, against the New Republic. When Luke Skywalker, promising to destroy the Empire from within, came to him, the Emperor took advantage of the young Jedi. This time he succeeded in turning Skywalker to the Dark Side, but only temporarily. Skywalker was turned back to the Light Side and counter-attacked. Luke confronted him in a final duel, while Han Solo destroyed the cloning facility on Byss. The Emperor, knowing his time had come, made a final bid for life and tried to jump into the body of Anakin Solo, one of the two Solo twins standing near Luke at the time of his death. But the brave, but dying King (????) forced the Emperor into his own body, in order to save the child. And thus, Emperor Palpatine, aka Darth Sidious, was no more.