NOOOOOOOOOO!!!! WHAT ABOUT MY HECKIN PRIMARY SOURCERINOS??
WHY ISNT DISNEY CATERING TO ME, THE VS THREAD DEBATE TURBO-AUTIST? THIS CANT BE HAPPENING
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"The Daemon lied with every breath. It could not help itself but to deceive and dismay, to riddle and ruin. The more we conversed, the closer I drew to one singularly ineluctable fact: I would gain no wisdom here."
As with any material written by characters from an in-universe POV, much of the content presented here should be taken with a grain of salt, imo... Especially since Palpatine is the storyteller, and he isn't the most reliable of narrators.
That being said, I do think at least *some* of the information provided will be factual.
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"I am tired of Earth. These people.
I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."
Hopefully this book will clarify what Palpatine meant when he said “I am all the Sith”, whether this was literal or figurative. I suspect it’s the former based off other dialogue from the movie. If that’s the case I hope it explains the process in more detail.
Got my hands on a copy of the book. A few months back, we had a discussion about whether Snoke hails from Sheev's genes and whether Snoke was strong enough to serve as a vessel for Sheev's powers.
The recent StarWars.com Contingency article and the Secrets of the Sith confirm Snoke (1) is a Sheev duplicate and (2) is too weak to serve as a receptacle for Sheev.
Makes it abundantly clear that Snoke's defective vessel could not contain Palpatine's power... But I still have to wonder how powerful Snoke actually was?
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"I am tired of Earth. These people.
I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."
Snoke was indeed powerful, but he most definitely wasn't that close to RoS Palpatine's level, imo.
When Kylo first encountered Palpatine(who was still in his rotting clone vessel), he was borderline awestruck by his power and commented that it was beyond anything he'd ever sensed before... Which automatically scales pre-dyad!Palpatine well above the likes of Snoke and ST Luke(both of whom Kylo had obviously sensed as well.) This is important, because in Skywalker: A Family At War it is stated that Palpatine was "dying and weak" at the time.
Moreover, pretty much all material paints the picture that ST Luke was above Snoke as well.
So the scaling should be:
Post-dyad/revivified Palpatine >> pre-dyad/weakened Palpatine >> ST Luke > Snoke.
I'm still curious when Palpatine acquired the essences of all the Sith, though..? Hoping that side of things will be fleshed out at some point. /shrug
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"I am tired of Earth. These people.
I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."
Last edited by Galan007 on Oct 9th, 2021 at 08:36 PM