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. Following an attempt to arrest the chancellor, the Great Jedi Purge commenced with Sidious enacting Order 66 and taking Darth Vader as the final Sith apprentice he would ever teach as a Master. With Dooku, Sidious masterminded the galactic event of the Clone Wars, and three years into the conflict soon his second apprentice met his death, leading Palpatine to reveal himself to Anakin Skywalker as a Sith and his exposure to the Jedi Council. Over a decade, Sidious continued his work for the Grand Plan, selecting Darth Tyrannus as his new apprentice, and orchestrating The Separatist Crisis with the latter in order maintain his status in power.

Eventually Sidious eliminated his master in accordance with the Rule of Two and ascended to be the new leader of the Sith Order himself.Īs a result of the Invasion of Naboo, a crisis orchestrated by Sidious, the Senate elected Palpatine as Supreme Chancellor, though in the battle he lost Darth Maul. Palpatine lived a double life for many years, serving an untarnished career as Naboo's ambassador in the Galactic Senate while learning from his master and training a young Zabrak as the Sith assassin Darth Maul. Darth Sidious, to Rey Skywalker and Ben Soloĭarth Sidious, publicly Sheev Palpatine, was the human male Dark Lord of the Sith from Naboo that ascended to the first Emperor of the Galactic Empire, ruling the galaxy as a warlord from 19 BBY to 4 ABY.īorn on the Mid Rim planet Naboo in 84 BBY during the Republic Era, Sheev Palpatine possessed a strong connection to the Force and became Darth Sidious, secretly trained in the ways of the Sith by Darth Plagueis.

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