Completed Palpatine Essay

I'd say he probably didn't need to use them.

Plus he'd been exposed by then as Darth Sidious etc, so it would have been very hard to do powerful strokes of subtlety. Better to just crush the rebels with his unleahed might.

Plus death probably screwed him up. Being a disembodied spirit sucks donkey balls.

Originally posted by Gideon
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Nah seriously, I think Sidious should have stayed dead at the hands of Vader.

Originally posted by Nephthys
Plus death probably screwed him up.

Indeed. His genius was tempered with critical moments of batshit insanity.

Great essay man.

he seemed like those old witches/hags in ROTJ but in male form.

Eminence
GIDEON:[quote]According to the Core Rulebook, Palpatine’s Sith alter ego, Darth Sidious, had been “plotting the destruction of the Jedi for decades” by the time of the events of the Phantom Menace, which would suggest—though not require—that Palpatine ascended to Sith Mastery at the age of 30.

Simple math, you whore.

Palpatine was born in 82 BBY. TPM takes place in 32 BBY. Palpatine = 30 (or 29).

If he had been plotting the destruction of the Jedi for decades (plural), the least possible amount of time he could have been plotting was twenty years.

50 - 20 = 30.

[topic]Would he have needed to ascend to the rank of master to "begin" plotting? After all, the Sith had been laying out their plans for galactic domination since Bane came to power.[/topic]

Originally posted by Eminence
[topic]Would he have needed to ascend to the rank of master to "begin" plotting?

Not at all. But there would have been more immediate hurdles there, such as training and the removal of his Master.

After all, the Sith had been laying out their plans for galactic domination since Bane came to power.[/topic]

I'm not quite sure what you mean here. Any contributions made by Palpatine's predecessors would have been largely negligible.

are you sure

Positive. He is, after all, the best at pretty much everything in the mythos.

Prove it.

*Anticipates everything*

Originally posted by Eminence
Prove it.

*Anticipates everything*

That's what this essay did. He's a better strategist than Darth Revan, a better manipulator than Darth Traya, more charismatic than Count Dooku, more feared than Marka Ragnos, more powerful than Luke Skywalker, and just as important to the Force as Anakin Skywalker.

You're boring.

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Originally posted by Eminence
You're boring.

Not at all.

Originally posted by Shion Uzuki
Your statement was that he was the best at pretty much everything; since when does claiming that he is better than the people you listed serve as qualification for that?

Since my word became law [with the great Ushgarak's blessing] years ago.

It's all true, too.

Being feared in itself isn't a component of personal value, it's a product and reflexion of it.

When people like General Grievous, Darth Vader, and Count Dooku are terrified of you, you know you've accomplished something.

Claiming that he is just as important to the Force as Anakin doesn't suggest superiority. And out of curiosity, where'd you get that one from?

I said he was the best at "pretty much everything." When your influence and presence is more or less equal to the person born to restore balance to the Force, you know you're awesome.

As far as the Force is concerned, Palpatine and Anakin Skywalker are the end all be all.