Was Sidious a true Banite Sith?

His end goal was "an eternal dynasty with the Skywalker family as its nobility and Palpatine himself as its omnipotent ruler" according to the Dark Empire Sourcebook.

That's interesting DES says that, since that's what Lucas and Ian have also said.

Coincidence? mmm

Because "a Master without an Apprentice is a Master of nothing".

It's in a Sith's nature to fly as close to the sun as possible. Sidious didn't need Anakin or Luke to rule the Galaxy. In fact it would have been better for Sidious to just kill Anakin and keep Dooku as an apprentice or take Maul back.

Same with Krayt and Cade. Krayt didn't need Cade anymore, he already had the secret to immortality.

The role of the apprentice is to make sure the master doesn't grow sloppy or weak.

Originally posted by Azronger
Sidious never wanted a successor;

So what was his plan for Anakin then?

I think the more that has been added to the story retroactively, the less Sidious wanting a successor or training an apprentice with higher potential makes sense. Perhaps initially when the original trilogy came out it was more plausible since so many concepts like the Rule of Two, Essence Transfer, etc weren't invented yet.

Or it could make perfect sense: maybe Sidious is so delusional, or so genius, that he thought he could engineer a scenario where he transfers his essence into a Skywalker's body like he tried to in Dark Empire and live forever. I'm gonna go with that. He could also be so delusional that he thinks he can keep anyone under his thumb or in partnership with him forever, no matter how powerful or ambitious they become.

Originally posted by Unbowed
Because "a Master without an Apprentice is a Master of nothing".

It's in a Sith's nature to fly as close to the sun as possible. Sidious didn't need Anakin or Luke to rule the Galaxy. In fact it would have been better for Sidious to just kill Anakin and keep Dooku as an apprentice or take Maul back.

Same with Krayt and Cade. Krayt didn't need Cade anymore, he already had the secret to immortality.

The role of the apprentice is to make sure the master doesn't grow sloppy or weak.

Krayt wanted to possess Cade's body. I really wondered if those cheesy lines in PT and OT of 'strike me down' were actually a hoax to make his enemies kill him - so he could take over their bodies - sans: Anakin and Luke.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
So what was his plan for Anakin then?

Become his 'Celestial' weapon.

I'm going to say no.

He always felt more like a true Dark Brotherhood dude to me.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
So what was his plan for Anakin then?

Originally posted by Azronger
His end goal was "an eternal dynasty with the Skywalker family as its nobility and Palpatine himself as its omnipotent ruler" according to the Dark Empire Sourcebook.

Basically, he wanted Anakin under his thumb to initially serve as an enforcer, "the public face of the dark side" as Vader had been described as while he maintained the guise of the benevolent and well-meaning Palpatine of Naboo, but later on when he had assimilated the galaxy into his being, I think he was just there to be an ego boost, the same as the rest of the Skywalkers. Would've been the ultimate middle finger to the Force after all.

😂

Palpatine is, basically, a spoiled psychopathic child trapped in the body of a man.

Palpatine Pan

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
That's interesting DES says that, since that's what Lucas and Ian have also said.

Coincidence? mmm

Their statements, please?