Palpatine's Rise to Power Analyzed

[@KODAKCAR4]

Just think, Anakin destroyed the Jedi order, betrayed the closest person he had to a brother, And became severely burned unable to live without prosthetics and life support, All for Padme, But she still dies even after Palpatine promised she could be saved. Now he's trapped, Alone, His life is gone, And everyone he knows is either dead or in hiding because of him.

[@anonymousceleb1148]

That is not the full story, the Clone Wars was so fantastic as it actually went deeper into Anakin's fall, he had a Padawan named Ahsoka, and at the beggining, he was this determined, cunning and compassionate warrior, he was what we know the Skywalkers to be, he cared deeply for life and those close to him, and was a greater Jedi than any, slowly imploding as the War span out of control. The Jedi order was arrogant, and in desperate need of change, but they refused to evolve their order, so they imploded from within, this led to Ahsoka being obviously set up by someone and arrested, Plo Koon, Obi Wan, Yoda all knew that there was more, but they didn't do anything because they were afraid (ironic considering they were so outspoken against fear, believing it always leads to darkness, a fatal error in the order), and she was expelled from the order, Anakin was helpless, knowing and stating that it was unfair, that it was all just face with no body so to speak, and she was turned over for trial, until Anakin found out who set her up and turned that individual over for trial. The order apologised (apart from Mace with his "This was actually your great trial", narcissistic way to excuse yourself from responsibility), she then left the order, leaving Anakin behind, until just before Grievous' assault on Coruscant, where they last spoke. This explains further how the order was broken and couldn't see it, and how Anakin became so disillusioned with the order, combining this with Palpatine's manipulation of Anakin, even making him believe that Padme died because of him, when actually it did not appear to be a direct result of Anakin's lash out at her, but that's another topic. Simply, there was a lot more to this than simply him being too attached to Padme and Sheev manipulating him to oblivion, and I could go into the psychology of Anakin and how all this transpired within him, however, that would take another lengthy paragraph, but his loss of his Padawan because of the order's arrogance, his close friend Obi-wan condemning him to his broken-self, and Sheev using his love for Padme as a way to seduce him to being a sith, using the force for nothing good, killing the order that were too traditional to evolve, and allowing himself to be desecrated by Palpatine until he saves Luke and forgives himself for what he did. This is why Star Wars seems too real for a sci-fi adventure universe, emotionally, it is so raw and authentic, and Anakin's story is one of self-realisation, and self-sabotage, and something we can all relate to on some level.

[@joelasaucedo]

@@anonymousceleb1148 this is really well written man

[@S_Warden]

Escaped slavery only to end up a slave.

[@tylerg6511]

@@S_Warden poor ani

[@rayvonvelez3129]

Everything you said adds absolutely nothing to anakin's character that wasn't already there in the films. You fans keep trying to make that 2008 more important than it actually is. It's a horrible show that adds nothing to anakin. The only thing you get is that horrible Ashoka character. Anakin is Great character without that show. Honestly that show messes up his character. I like the conflicted character in the films way more. No one can do anakin as great as Hayden Christensen.

[@AndreNitroX]

As a kid I could never understand or appreciate the master plan of sidious and now it is one of the reasons why I love Star Wars. This extreme web of power and deception is why sidious is one of the greatest villains in fiction

[@TheKeyser94]

I had seen the Originals first, when I was a kid in the 90', the original cuts, I had to admit that I never made the connection that Palpatine was the emperor back then, because their personalities were polar opposites, I really trough that Palpatine was honest and wanted to help the Republic, but well, that teach me a lesson, a truly dangerous demagogue is the one that you think that is really helping you when in reality is working to screw you over.

[@swrewind]

"He was deceived by a lie. We all were." -Obi Wan Kenobi

[@patatebanine4278]

Me, when I was young I wondered why there was so much politics scene in star wars. I also never made the connection between Palpatine and the Emperor. Now that I have studied the complex story of Star Wars deeply, I have it all figured out. But I ve to admitted that before, I tought that Palpatine was a good guy

[@starlighter93]

I was 6 years old when Episode 1 came out, but I already knew the Emperor's name because I had the Visual Dictionary for the original trilogy and he was named Emperor Palpatine there. So when in Episode 1 the Naboo pilot said to Anakin: "Look, Senator Palpatine is waiting for us", I was like "OHMYGOD, it's the Emperor!" :D Although, they had me a little confused because in my language Palpatine and Sidious was voiced by two different actors. Now I know it was because they wanted to keep in secret that Sidious and Palpatine are the same guy. Back then, I thought he was using a voice changer thing to cover his identity.

[@TheKeyser94]

@@starlighter93 When I was a kid like ten, twelve years I find a encyclopedia of the original trilogy, but it was to expensive to buy it, luckily in the age of the internet you could find all those designs yourself if you know were to look.

[@fubarpie]

I remember watching Phantom Menace as a kid and at the very end scene where they burn QGJ's body my mom suddenly goes OH MY GOD HE'S THE EMPEROR! PALPATINE IS THE EMPEROR! Blew my little mind

[@thatoneguy609]

hearing “sheev” used in a non-meme context is kind of surreal lol

[@calebcustombricks2631]

agreed lmao

[@cielthefangirl2876]

That’s what you get for living off memes, now imagine the children being raised. They won’t grow up with the actual material 💀

[@dionr1168]

Funny how Palpatine's big bait to turn Anakin to the Dark Side ultimately backfired in the end!

[@KirkTacticz]

Dion R sorta he still ruled the galaxy for some time

[@ethpling165]

Insert that George Lucas meme quote here. “It’s like poetry. It rhymes.”

[@V01D72]

Damn 14:50 onward brought tears in my eyes, really nice way of ending this story and video! I also think it is interesting that Anakin kills Dooku (unarmed prisoner) and later when Windu is going to do the same thing (kill unarmed prisoner) Anakin tells him "he must live". Really shows that he is conflicted and can't quite grasp the things that are happening around him. I also find it very interesting that Anakins story is a self fulfilling prophecy, in trying everything he can to avoid his wife dying he sets in motion actions that will cause her to die. He even ends up choking her in a fit of rage, something that shows just how far gone Anakin is.

[@anoon-]

Also Anikan despised Windu, his only true friend was Palpatine, so when Palpatine tells him to kill Dooku (a well known war criminal and sith lord) of course he does it, but when Windu says Palpatine must die of course he sides with Palpatine.

[@kandaibanez2430]

If someone browses in comment section, I want to let you know that SW is not only the franchise who changed sci-fi, but one of the deepest stories I had the satisfaction to discover. I´m surprised how popular is Star Wars only for it´s mixture of fantasy and science-fiction, and how little is known about it´s politics and the real engine of all this whole universe among people. Someday, this will be remembered as one of the best and deepest stories of all modern age.

[@AndreNitroX]

Well said, many people only think of Star Wars for the superficial reasons but there is a great story here, a tragic one, but still great

[@kingofsciencefiction3808]

It's interesting how (in the canon) the events between episodes 1 and 3 showed how Palpatine got rid of his competition one by one, obviously those being the Jedi, particularly the council, Talzin, Ventress and the Nightsisters, Dooku, Grievous and the Separatists, Savage Opress and the Shadow Collective, etc. The only ones who he deemed the biggest threats after episode 3 were Maul, Yoda and Kenobi, but then the rebellion arose. The beginning of the end for the empire

[@CYBERJASE]

As it was written in the novel, the Sith evolved during the 1000 years after their defeat from the army of Light, but the Jedi remained the same... The galaxy changed, evolved, the Republic changed, the Sith changed along with them. But the Jeri didn't change at all! They remained the same, expecting to fight an opponent from the past. They were blind to the degradation of the Republic, the big decline of the society in general. They became servants of the Senate, forgetting that they were serving the Force above all. The moment the Jedi order lost its focus from serving the Force and its will, to being the servants of a corrupt political system, their fate was sealed. .

[@c.k.mcknight8921]

The Revenge of the Sith novelization is a masterpiece. As is the Star Wars saga in general, but yeah. I particularly enjoyed the part of the novel where this is described, and the juxtaposition between the Anakin vs. Obi-Wan and Yoda vs. Sidious duels and what they represented -- the first representing the breakdown of Anakin and Obi-Wan's relationship, the second being all about the bigger picture and less about the individual combatants involved. "Light versus dark. Winner take all."

[@CYBERJASE]

@@c.k.mcknight8921 agree 100% This novel is one of my favorite SW novels, but in my opinion the best SW novel is Darth Plagueis.An absolute masterpiece...

[@c.k.mcknight8921]

@@CYBERJASE I completely agree. It's my favorite Star Wars novel as well. There's just SO MUCH material and references to other EU material -- Legends canon, of course, but all the same, it really is a masterpiece. And Jim Luceno is just a damned good writer in general. We knew, of course, that it would end with Palpatine killing his master, but it was the where and the when that was the real surprise. I also liked that Palpatine didn't have to be seduced to the dark side. He was already there, just waiting for the right one to come along and teach the secrets of his power. Top-notch writing all around.

[@orion5445]

But you know the funny thing? Anakin is the reason for the fall of the Jedi and the fall of the Sith. The reason why he betrayed the both was for love. This goes to show that Anakin wasn't truly a Jedi nor a Sith. He just wanted to protect the people he cared about.

[@CYBERJASE]

Couldn't agree more my friend. In my opinion, Darth Plagueis is a classic SW masterpiece-novel, because I never get tired of reading it, no matter how many times ... Moreover, it takes place in a somewhat... dark chronic period, for which we have very little information, canon or legends...

[@genius2005]

That's why George Lucas will be remembered as the greatest story teller of all time

[@JPQFilms]

*In modern history

[@legendary3952]

Just stop

[@genius2005]

@@legendary3952 stop what?

[@ajon6205]

George RR Martin and Tolkien are much better but he is alright

[@genius2005]

@@ajon6205Most will disagree, because George Lucas stories have had far more influence worldwide, created a Jedi philosophy about the balance between compassion and selfishness and inspired a new religious ideaology practiced by people today.

[@LordWyatt]

Darth Sidious is the greatest Movie Villain in history. Seriously, pure evil, manipulated his way into power, tyrant, stayed true to himself, and whose only weakness was his Overconfidence.

[@tdlockley1]

Palpatine is a genius, how many ppl can pull off a 30yr plan while hiding in plain-sight. Anakin in my opinion was unredeemable when he killed a room full of younglings. I do understand the incredibly difficult position that he found himself in. When you take a step back and analyze him. He ignored the teachings bc of same reasons the Jedi council initially rejected him.

[@SamvedIyer]

In retrospect, the younglings probably went out the easier way. Had they been discovered by Palpatine, there is no telling what depraved experiments he would have used them for (think back to the Clone Wars series).

[@juggernautnation369]

The New World Order lol

[@veevendetta3448]

Oh and in our World...an old Man like Palpatine taking so much interest in a young boy like Anakin would likely put him on a registry list.

[@Michael-kd1ho]

Sidious killed Plaguies after becoming chancellor, not senator. Darth Plaguies was alive during most of The Phantom Menace, though he never appeared on screen. Darth Maul had been in training under Sidious at this point for some years now - though it was technically a violation of the Rule of Two, Plaguies was aware of Maul and approved of it, as Maul was trained to be a Sith assasin, not a full fledged Sith Lord. And while being a junior senator from a relatively backward world had given Sidious time enough to train Maul, he simply couldn't do that as chancellor - hence the turning of Dooku, already a Jedi Master.

[@lewisbean4250]

Only in Legends canon. In Disney canon, Plageius’ death occurs earlier, only very shortly after Palpatine starts training Maul but after he has been elected senator

[@dc4296]

Being older you really come to appreciate the political aspects of the prequels.

[@Venom-Bell_420]

Same

[@ThijsWard]

This was really well made! Good job!

[@wherermytacos5903]

Palpatine is literally Petyr "Little Finger" Baelish

[@TheDifferenced]

Would like to see a GoT prequel surrounding Lord Petyr Baelish machinations. No magics, no illusions, only wits and realism.

[@wherermytacos5903]

@@TheDifferenced I'd watch that. It'd be all like ; Ned : The Small Council will decide your fate Petyr : I AM the Small Council

[@YaboiOrangeYT]

This was a masterpiece sir 👏

[@gumdeo]

Luke: But how am I to know the good side from the bad? Yoda: You will know... when you are calm, at peace, passive. Palpatine's genius was to force Anakin to make his fateful decision in a split second.

[@brandonmedina494]

Which is why Palpatine returning shits all over the concept of Anakin's fall and redemption. This is the story of a young man who's love for his family and friends led him down a very dark path, under the rule of a sadistic despot, only to free himself from his bonds, kill the man who damned his soul, and free the galaxy from his reign of terror.

[@admiralandroid1]

Please make this video get millions of views. Incredibly well said.

[@Gunnumn]

I think the most mind blowing peace of information in this video is the fact that Palpatine's first name is sheev and i went 25 + years having no knowlege of that fact. Its almost like realizing the day is thursday when you thought it was friday.

[@OdinOddly]

I just rewatched these for the first time since I saw them in theaters as a child. What a tragic story.

[@veevendetta3448]

If I had to make Anakin's choice regarding saving somebody I truly Love or the Jedi? Well I'd take off two hands from Mace not one then lol. The Jedi weren't the brightest lot. Palps gave himself away many times...and besides, him befriending Dooku then Dooku falls to the Dark Side is such an obvious alarm bell.

[@theodorej.burkhardt8844]

It's like poetry, it rhythms.

[@auditect950]

So, you argue that the Sheevster had no real allies? I don't know too much about him, but I feel like Mas Amedda was in on everything.

[@swrewind]

Mas was definitely in the know. He was just another tool though. Sidious would have dumped him if he really needed to.

[@freonblast8125]

@@swrewind i mean Sidious had 3 friends, greenjatus, doriana and pestage who he couldve dumped but he let them go on and yeah.

[@nightfallshort9232]

Mas Amedda was basically Palpatine's butt buddy

[@serenemountain6769]

this is happening has we speak, but not the galaxy but the planet !

[@originalSiiiN]

it would be awesome if you updated the video to include the failsafe plan Sidious had prepared in case of his death. lots of cool stuff now like essence transfer, clone bodies, secret sith acolytes and holocrons etc etc

[@ryanpetersen3789]

Palpatine would win the Game of Thrones

[@daragh9372]

Sometimes I forget palpatine even failed because I watch so much prequels content lol

[@upstream5316]

Sidious was a powerful Sith and cunning at genius level. All he had to do was to trick the squabbling idiots of the Senate and the halfwits called Jedi who did not have that much more brain power and sucked at using their Jedi enhanced intuition. Becoming Emperor did take some years but it was only a matter of time. The "politicians," the Queen(s) and the GMO fused Jedi were sheep to the slaughter. "Leave one wolf alive........and the sheep are never safe." Arya Stark as Walder Frey.

[@thebigivalbowlski]

i take it there is no term limits for Chancellors? I just find it hard to believe Chancellor Vallorum was removed so quickly from just one person

[@alexstephenson7746]

Great video but, remember, Plagueis was killed after Palpatine became the Chancellor, not a senator. :)))

[@mjkalasky2775]

3:42 From an in-universe perspective, yes. But WE all knew better.

[@LHJlives]

The key to conquering the galaxy - networking

[@richardspencil]

This explained it so much better than the prequels. It just had bad acting but not a bad story.

[@Nihoolious]

I'm assuming this only an analysis of the movies themselves because expanded universe material contradicts several things you've said here.

[@Trader_65-OT]

You need to explain how Anakin's fall is a lesson on the importance of the Jedi Code and why Force sensitive training starts when (I'm guessing) they are toddlers. It's too easy to fall to the dark side, this is what JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson have missed. I noticed it in TFA when Rey able to use the Jedi mind trick without training and now thinking about it, how was she able to defeat Kilo Ren? Kilo Ren has enough Force capabilities to stop a blaster bolt.

[@darkgreenrifleman4871]

Because star wars is a broken universe. Disney makes it up as they go along.

[@Malkiore1]

Good because he chose love? More like he could not face losing her that becomes border line obsession pushing Anakin not just to betray the Jedi but to murder children. Something his wife would have left him and never approved of. If he truly loved her he would never have done anything to give her a reason so clear that she would have not just left him but try to keep her children away from a child murderer. Yea lets get that clear. Anakin was unable to handle love to a point that losing it drove him to a level of evil that no one as pure hearted as Padme would ever have wanted anything to do with. Anakin thought only of himself not her. He went from Jedi husband to psycho Sith killer. Then so drunk on power he attacked his wife just because he THOUGHT she had betrayed him and speaking of that I would like to give a nice Fuck You to Obi Wan who stood there with his hands on his hip like some douche super hero and let Anakin force choke her and did nothing to stop it but try to order Anakin to stop. Obi wan understood how far he had gone off the deep end after seeing him kill kids yet he did not spring at Anakin light saber drawn and try to save her. What a dick.

[@coreythomas3633]

Love Palpatine

[@veevendetta3448]

Gooooooooood! Dew it!!!!

[@bensonfang1868]

Idk having your master be the most powerful banker helps you

[@princexizor5151]

You could argue the case that since the jedi serve the senate and palpatine is the senate, murdering dooku was like the equivalent of an executive order that had to be followed

[@HowToPnP]

I love that this videos needs 1 minute explain why the rule of 2 is the dumbest idea ever, without even trying to do that!

[@AzguardMike]

Palpatine: i can save Padme from death she dies 40 years later Ray: lol i can randomly raise people that are badly injured because im a Palpatine Krylo: Lol me too, and im a cross between Solo and Skywalker. Anakin's force ghost:the fuck!?!?!?!?

[@CCQ75]

Hi, I have a question, How did Palpatine know what Anakin did to Padme if he wasnt there? I mean.. When Anakin as Vader asked him if She had survived he answers: "in your anger you killed her" How did he know that if he wasnt there when that happened?

[@CRYSTAL_CUSTOMS]

He could sense it. And its palpatine he could have a mustafarian spy down below the landing pad

[@CCQ75]

@@CRYSTAL_CUSTOMS umm maybe

[@Doctor699]

You fuck with anyone's son or daughter in front of them, it's not going to end well. Of course it was love that pushed Anakin into and then out of the darkness, but i think any parent would have stood up to save their child. An instinctual kind of thing. Dangerous thing for Vader to be in that place again. Had to choose between throwing away his emperor or his son.

[@bdiddy2951]

Palpatine killed plagueis immediately after becoming chancellor, not senator. He also took maul as an apprentice while he was still apprentice to plagueis

[@vernonthompson3060]

Sidious killed Plaugueis after becoming chancellor not senator

[@louisdemm1758]

The prequels are truly his story.

[@clintb3927]

The beauty of Star Wars was thrown in the trash and burned for the sequel trilogy.

[@anuaremagana1258]

He should've killed palpatine himself instead of Windu for manipulating him so much

[@slimkickens]

If the Jedi hadn't been so over confident that the sith could never come back, they could easily have a clause in the constitution that any Sith was their immediate jurisdiction and therefore the senate and the courts wouldn't have mattered. The council could have sentenced him themselves and Anakin wouldn't have seen Mace break the code, which I think is the last straw for him

[@HowToPnP]

Small correction: Maul was an assassin, not an apprentice. He was never intended to be. Plageous knew about Maul and allowed Sidious to train him. Also Plageous was killed after phantom menace. Inconsequential nerd stuff, but I just wanted to mention it.

[@CRYSTAL_CUSTOMS]

This is canon not legends

[@bardiashariat8479]

Very Very Very beautiful...

[@schnebot]

when i see videos like this it makes me really think about the drive darksiders have for domination. it seems wasteful overall especially when it always brings you in conflict with the jedi. hypotethically if i was in palpatines shoes or someone similar with his Force potential i think id choose more gray jedi way, living hedonistic lifestyle as star wars galaxy offers so much and if you have the Force your possibilies there are nearly limitless. i liked Jolee Bindo from Kotor because he chose his own path, followed his own beliefs.

[@ryanf4106]

It's not domination, it's the ambition and passion for revenge. To wait and be calm, cool and collected for a thousand years so you can be slowly forgotten and let your enemies grow complacent, idle, lazy and headonisgic to the point of self destruction. That perfect opportunity to strike at everything at once and bring it all down. That's the kind of focus that the jedi never had and that's the reason they fell. The sith used the prosperity, peace and comfort they provided to eliminate them.

[@JamieJoseph88]

More proof that the sequel trilogy lacks the spirit of the originals and prequels, which is why all three are terrible films

[@Ruby-Doc]

*_[and then... the Rise of Skywalker came along]_*

[@swrewind]

Yeah ngl I am not the biggest fan of what they did with Palpatine in Rise of Skywalker

[@Orto-jj2di]

Ironic....sidious' paranoia led to his doom but not before the jedi order is destroyed

[@baileydement59]

Anybody else see similar patterns in American politics???👀

[@philiphays445]

Those poor younglings.....all for love. Yeah whatever

[@Crackmiser]

You got a few things wrong. But all in all well done

[@inaminute1826]

neo and Anakin have a lot of similarities with this whole "one" thingy...... very interesting.

[@robertperez6367]

If he would of choose the Jedi she wouldn't of died

[@Bluesonofman]

Plagus was not killed until after Palpitine became chancler

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

It was the night before

[@jesusluvincognito3630]

What's a chancler?

[@JayJay-de5jv]

Anakin choose lust he was scared of death like master yoda said lost his mind

[@nicholasdickens2801]

Just like what Trump is doing to American democracy.

[@bolg892]

Wrong.

[@Thecrocodiemanmask]

Wrong in so many levels is pathetic.