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Sheev Palpatine, commonly known as Darth Sidious, is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. A human from the planet Naboo, he appears as a politician and as a Sith Lord, and is a central antagonist across the prequel trilogy and the broader saga.

In-universe, Palpatine operates under the Sith title Darth Sidious while serving as a senator for Naboo and

Palpatine is a master of political manipulation and the dark side of the Force. He frames himself

In terms of appearances, Palpatine is depicted in Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Episode II: Attack of

Names and legacy: Sheev is sometimes cited as his given name; Palpatine is his surname, and Darth

later
as
Supreme
Chancellor
of
the
Galactic
Republic.
He
manipulates
political
crises
to
accumulate
power,
engineers
the
Clone
Wars
to
weaken
the
Republic,
and
orchestrates
the
fall
of
the
Jedi
Order
to
establish
the
Galactic
Empire,
ruling
as
Emperor.
as
a
defender
of
peace
while
secretly
pulling
the
strings
behind
the
Republic’s
collapse,
guiding
events
to
his
own
ends.
the
Clones,
and
Episode
III:
Revenge
of
the
Sith,
as
well
as
in
related
media
such
as
The
Clone
Wars.
In
the
sequel
era,
he
is
revealed
to
have
returned
in
The
Rise
of
Skywalker
and
is
ultimately
defeated
there.
Sidious
is
his
Sith
alias.
The
character
has
become
a
defining
figure
in
science
fiction,
emblematic
of
political
corruption
and
the
hidden
machinations
behind
seemingly
stable
governments.