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"Emperor Palpatine rose to power through manipulation, deceit, and assassination. His secret mastery of the Dark Side allowed him to clandestinely influence the Senate into granting him more and more power until he was able to declare himself Supreme Emperor."

It seems to be implying that, along with his political genius, Sidious also used the dark-side to manipulate the Senate. Thoughts?

i thought this was established already

Not in Canon, as far as I'm aware.

of course it is; Dooku tells Obi Wan this in plain black n white: "Hundreds of Senators are now under the influence of a Sith Lord called Darth Sidious"

I've never interpreted that quote in that way, but I can see what you mean.

That's Legends, and the feat's been a thing since 1993.

:=)

Wrong. It's Canon.

This is from?

Force Collection, a Disney ran game from 2013 that includes Rebels/TFA characters.

Awesome.

Could be referring to tp, or some kind of ritual. My personal opinion is it's referrimg to him using his foresight to manipulate events to influence the senators.

Its not what we think it is. In canon, Palpatine is not that powerful