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The main series ofStar Warsfilms is calledThe Skywalker Saga . This does n’t make a whole lot of sentiency , considering the sequels are centered on a descendant ofPalpatine , and the Emperor himself is the only eccentric with a consistent , potent and big role spanning every installment .
As such , we ’ve heel ten of the most prominent ways Darth Sidious / Chancellor / Emperor Palpatine changed over the course of all nine chief series films .
He Stopped Pretending To Be Good
This one happen comparatively too soon on . The prequels did show us that Palpatine was a tough guy ( because we all make love that ) through a few moments of communication withDarth Maul / Dooku under the guise of Darth Sidious , but in general , he had to seem like a prissy guy and a leader .
However , in installment III , this all went out of the windowpane and he openly prove himself to be a figure of pure evil .
His Appearance Changed Drastically
At the hand of Mace Windu , Palpatine had his electrical energy blasted back into his aspect .
This explain how he transformed from a kind - faced previous man , into the perverted malevolent genius full of wrinkles that fans saw in the original trilogy of flick and beyond . In fact , it was Anakin ’s hesitancy to work that made him make the point of defacement that he reached .
He Became A Father?
It was something that , rightly , went totally unmentioned throughout the original trilogy and the prequels , but by sequence IX , lover were treated to the information that Emperor Palpatine had , at some peak , had a son .
Whether he was a ringer ( apparently a bomb one ) or not is a different motion , but when was he baffle the time to do this while trying to shape / maintain an evil empire ?
And Then A Grandfather…?
After becoming a father to a son he obviously could n’t have cared less about , Palpatine set up out that at some point , he was also a grandfather . There must have been a little bit of grandfatherly inherent aptitude in there somewhere , because he did require Rey to take on his power and prevail the galaxy , but his specific intentions were n’t exactly wholesome .
There almost for sure was n’t a point in the original trilogy in which devotee asked ‘ I marvel if this guy wire has grandkids ’ , but there it is .
He Stopped Using His Lightsaber
In a scene that really does n’t twin the version of Palpatine we live from the original trilogy , Palpatine ignites his blood - red lightsaber and engages in an athletic conflict with Yoda .
This is something we did n’t know Palpatine was capable of , and there must have been a witting determination made at some dot to never do it again , because fans do n’t see this lightsaber after episode III .
He Became Less Powerful
The fact that Palpatine was able-bodied to wield a lightsaber in a stir of wildness and represent himself against Yoda , who is often considered the most herculean Jedi of all time , is a seriously telling effort .
It seems , however , that by the time of the original trilogy , he had turn a loss this lightsaber - manage acrobatic might and been subjugate to his position as an onetime man in a chair firing out electricity .
And Then A Lot More Powerful
All of a sudden , this development had been twist on its head and Palpatine was the most herculean example of evil in the history of Earth .
The days of sit on his minuscule chairman shoot out bits of electricity and being ‘ killed ’ by only being thrown into a big hole were over , and a newfangled and improved version of Palpatine was on the horizon .
And Learned How To Cheat Death
The expanded universe had regularly touched on the idea that those hefty enough with the power could chisel death . All of a sudden , the reintroduction of Palpatine proved this was indeed possible .
However , the necktie - in novels have since let on that this version of the malevolent emperor was simply a clone live by the spirit of the original . Why did he still have the wrinkles that Windu inflicted then ? He was n’t born with them !
Then Learned A Lot Of Crazy Powers
On top of his newfound power to betray death , Palpatine had a few new telling powers . This included the ability to imitateDarth Vader ’s voiceinto the headway of Kylo Ren , create Snoke from scar and rein an electricity magnate way beyond that which he had accession to previously .
He may have narrowly escaped destruction , but he was n’t just hang up out and recovering during his absence . He was getting more in strain with the dark side of the forcefulness .
But Eventually, He ‘Died’
Despite all of these young mightiness , Palpatine was take on down byReyand her ability to tackle the energy from all of the Force Ghosts of the yesteryear . It was cool , but does n’t make a whole muckle of sentience , study the amount of power Palpatine is shown to have had , and the fact that he could very easily still not be drained .
It would n’t be the first , or even the second time , that the sith lord cheated death .
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