Did Sidious know about the threats in the unknown regions?
Was Sidious aware of the unknown regions threat in canon? If so, did he know all the details about them? Did he make any kind of plans against them if so?
I know in legends he knew about the Vong, which is why he made the Death star. Thats why I ask.
Yes. Thrawn warned Palpatine of the threats in the Unknown Regions when they very first met(shortly after the Empire was established):
Most likely. After all, along with helping Palpatine map the Unknown Regions for all those years, Thrawn also detailed the threats that lurked there:
We don't know either way at this point... Though it would be completely unlike Palpatine to not have *some* sort of contingencies in place against these threats -- especially considering that per Thrawn, they were "far more dangerous" than the Empire itself. I doubt Sheev would just dismiss something of that magnitude. /shrug
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Last edited by Galan007 on Jun 24th, 2018 at 02:41 AM
Unless a significant retcon happens, that is very doubtful.
Palpatine had been planning the Death Star's creation as far back as AotC... But he only first heard of the threats in the Unknown Regions when Thrawn told him about them(which, again, was after the events of RotS, and therefore after the Death Star project had already been commenced.)
As for Palpatine's lust for power: he's a Sith... It's what they do. /shrug
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Last edited by Galan007 on Jun 24th, 2018 at 05:01 PM