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Originally posted by Master Han
This part I've never really understood. What, exactly, was Darth Sidious's plan with Skywalker?

He knew, and stated so to Yoda, that Vader would eventually surpass him in power by a helluva lot, and as soon as that happens, Palpatine is a dead man.

So, was he just going to kill Anakin when he becomes too powerful? If he was going to do that, why would he work so hard to get an apprentice with that level of potential? Because once Anakin hits his full potential, Sidious is doomed, even if he manages to discover his whole clone-body-hopping essence transfer technique.

This actually applies to every sith of Bane's order in general. Does Darth Bane actually want Zannah to eventually surpass and kill him? Doesn't that sort of give him a belief in a cause beyond himself...sort of contradicts the whole sith self-centered mindset, doesn't it?