Originally posted by Darth Windu
No one can rule the entire known galaxy. . .
You mistake the galaxy for the universe, somone can rule the known galaxy and sidious ruled most of it aside from the rebellion. We dont know if the infinite empire ruled the entire galaxy without opposition but since its called the "infinite" empire they probably did.
Originally posted by Darth Windu
I didn't mistake it. I meant what I said. Sidious ruled most of the KNOWN galaxy. Not all the rest of it. You just said it yourself. ANd the known galaxy isn't a hell of a lott. Well it is, but there's still a LOT of unexplored territory.
Sidious ruled what was known aside from the small rebellion. I guess he didnt rule the vong or whatever is way outthere in the star wars universe but if you rule all thats known to the galaxy you have basically conquered everything.
I give up arguing with you. It's a pointless topic anyway. But here it is; Sidious did NOT own the entire galaxy. The Rebellion owned squat. It's just that he did not own every star and every planet, or even every star system of the galaxy. There are hundreds of systems that are unheard of, I guarantee it.
Okay. Darth Janus is the one who is going to be hardest here to prove wrong, but I'll try my best.
I don't see any real evidence to say that Sidious did not control the galaxy. Was it referred to as the "known" galaxy? I seem to recall it stated just as "the galaxy". Nothing was ever hinted that there was more to it. Some will argue this: Well, where did the Yuuzhan Vong come from, then?
And to this, I have a reply. The Vong existed outside of the Outer Rim. Essentially, in another galaxy. There is a SINGLE universe, but billions upon billions of galaxies. We are, for example, in the spiral Milky Way galaxy. Yet there are much more - larger and smaller - out there.
Perhaps it is possible that Sidious controlled only a small portion of the galaxy. Yet I believe this is, again, an attempt to squander or discredit him - as to make it sound like a little achievement. So let me go further.
IF Sidious only controlled a small portion of the galaxy, it was sure as hell more than any other known Sith Lord OR monarch controlled. And that, in itself, is a great achievement.
Sidious came closer than anyone else. I advise you to remember that. Positive bias is bad. Negative bias is equally so. Darth Windu, I see some valid points from you. But Sidious DID control the galaxy (may or may not be just the KNOWN galaxy). But it was more - as far as we know - than what anyone else controlled.
Remember that achievement. Respect that achievement. As none of your precious Ancient Sith Lords (again, as far as we know) ever accomplished more. And that is a fact YOU can't argue. 😄