Why does Lucas hide the fact that Palpatine is Sidious??

dooku knew palps = sidious.

Look at his face in ep 3 when palps says "kill him!".... "do it!"

He was hoping that sidious would come ot his rescue if anakin was winning. I don't think the sith can operate effectively if such basic truths are kept from each other...

I knew Palpatine was Sidious in Phantom Menace because immediately after Palpatine was shown the people behind me were whispering "That's the emperor!"

He doesn't hide the fact. It is revealed at the end of episode 1 who the Sith is. Didn't you see the awkward closeup of Palps face at the end right when they are asking who was killed, the Master or the apprentice?

Apparently not, but watch the movie again. It's right there...

lordy. i could just tell by the voice and the lower half of the face...and the fact ian mcdiarmid played the emporer in ROTJ. jeez. 😑

It was so obvious. I think you can figure out on your own.

Hello? Anyone ever hear of "Emperor Palpatine"? Frigin duh, that was his name forever, then a guy of same old age, "Senator Palpatine" comes into play. Who couldn't put that together? I was like 9 and I figured it out.

was it not like completely obvious right from the start.
look at the bottom of sidious face,it's exactly da same as palps without the evil grinvelho

It was obvious to anyone who'd seen the OT but I guess people who hadn't would of been alittle surprised ie kids

It was obvious to hardcore fans, but not to random viewers. And it was a bad move from GL to hide it like that.