Which Emperor makes for the best character concept?

As the title says, from a solely conceptual standpoint (so without accounting for actual execution, merely how they look on paper, imagine you're storyboarding), which Emperor do you think makes for the most compelling character?

The maddened and power obsessed ancient Sith Lord who seeks to devour the universe?
The grim culmination of a Jedi revenge plot turned megalomanical ruler of the galaxy?
Or the immortal eternal ruler who creates empires on a whim as playgrounds for his ideals?

Vote in the poll and post reasons below. 🙂

Sidious.

Honestly, Valkorion may have been my favorite if he wasn't Vitiate; I.e. An interesting third party. But Sidious.

Sidious clearly, Vitiate/Valk weren't really great characters apart from having large power...what else is there to either character?

I absolutely love them all.

Valkorion

Originally posted by XSUPREMEXSKILLZ
I absolutely love them all.

Originally posted by Beniboybling
The grim culmination of a Jedi revenge plot turned megalomanical ruler of the galaxy?
Or the immortal eternal ruler who creates empires on a whim as playgrounds for his ideals?

Valkorion is pretty cool, and I actually enjoy Vitiate's oratory and inhumanity quite a bit, but you can't really top Emperor OG if you think of how brilliant and original the character and his story is. So ultimately the answer is Sheev.

Sidious obvs.

Vitiate is a real shitty character, honestly.

Valkorion in and of himself is pretty delicious, tbh. 🙂

They're all cool, but Palpatine is the coolest.

They're all terrible, but at least Sidious was terrible first.

The hell?

He's right. In reality, they're all pretty terrible.

Sidious is the ultimate Star Wars Big Bad, no one comes close. Especially not Vitiate. Valky's OK, though.

Landslide victory for Palpatine it seems. 🙂

Valkorion's a marked improvement over Vitiate, who was nothing more than a pathetic attempt at replicating an actually masterfully designed and written character (well, except for DE).

Still, Palpatine is the original and the best. He's still leagues above Valkorion, and Vitiate's horribly one-dimensional, so there's really no comparison to be had there.

Palpatine stomps them.

Agreed that Valky is a huge improvement over Vitiate. A refreshing reinterpretation.

But that's not enough here.

The thing is, Vitiate's so bland and horrible as a character that a significant improvement over him only brings you to about average. But I have a soft spot for Valkorion.

That said, Palpatine is still light years out of their reach.

You guys did read the OP, right? Because I didn't.

Valkorion.