Star Wars FINALLY Explains Emperor Palpatine's THIRD & FINAL Death

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[@z3r0Co0l84]

Sidious being killed by Han Solo is Glorious and a total FU to the emperor 😂😂😂

[@onlygoodgamesofficial]

It was actually Empatojayos Brand who sacrificed himself to end him for good

[@Sci-Fi-Mike]

@z3r0Co0l84, Heck yeah!😎

[@JayOppold]

Indeed. I think one who is "free" of the force destroying Darth Sidious is quite poetic. Gives me a sense of breaking the cycle.

[@Mrakatsuki190]

Well it was a boring conversation anyway 🤣

[@Kaminasethna]

First, Palpatine groomed Anakin Skywalker to the dark side since he was a child, then he tried to kidnap an infant? Darth Didious

[@DarthRevan-cs9pn]

@@Kaminasethna Chancellor Combs

[@jonnytlong]

Haha

[@jonnytlong]

Darth kidious

[@Goremejy]

Wonder if he ever got out the baby oil for those private meetings with Anakin 😂

[@jonnytlong]

@@Goremejy whoa… you kind of went too far. Just too gross lol

[@SolarWraith]

A poetic end. Palpatine did not deserve a dignified death.

[@JayOppold]

I agree it was poetic. I think if it was diginified or not is a certain point of view thing. 😉

[@TadashiKitsune]

His death by blaster is fitting. In his blindness, he completely forgot the "little people."

[@mike14987]

How Darth Sidious must have felt after Han Solo killed him. He must have been so embarrassed. First his apprentice, then by Luke and Finally by a Smuggler.

[@EAWanderer]

@@mike14987 This was fate giving Palpetine the middle 🖕 to him! 😁

[@jayburn00]

Palpatine's clone body was also sabotaged by his own doctor if I remember correctly. This made it even more susceptible to decay.

[@sovereign-of-scars4372]

It's absolutely hilarious that the ancient Dark Lords told Palps that he can warm Vader's seat since he's no longer around.

[@Snipe-uc8df]

and also an homage to the fact Vader was Palpatine's own "failed" apprentice. Much like Darth Maul

[@kailimyee7253]

And from a certain point of view, a seat Vader turned down for a better role.

[@stevenyarnell]

Palpatine’s death in “legends” is at least 1000 times more satisfying than his demise in Rise of Soywalker! Another great video, sir! 🤠👍🏻

[@jkranites]

You all are unbearable

[@Onimemphisthedeadmummy]

Ur English 😂😂😂

[@TheAntiBigwsly]

@@OnimemphisthedeadmummyYour English.*

[@Onimemphisthedeadmummy]

@@TheAntiBigwsly ur is the texting version of your and you corrected me wrong smart one it’s you’re

[@TheAntiBigwsly]

@@Onimemphisthedeadmummy So it’s ironic that you mocked Steven for having “improper English” even though it’s correct yet you can’t even write a proper sentence.

[@brianrunyon266]

Another well done video, my good man. Han being the one to kill Palpatine's final clone body, ironic that an ex smuggler, now New Republic General killed a dark-sider.

[@grayflaneur4854]

That last super weapon shooting a beam of energy through hyperspace sure sounds like the eventual Starkiller Base...

[@jkranites]

It’s amazing how all these SW creators who love legend stories so much literally miss all the references in sequels to them. I think they do not acknowledge because it would force them to confront the fact most legends stories are crap

[@HHLucifer666]

Palpatine coming back was also ripped straight outta dark empire. To me, that makes it a high point of a, in my opinion, badly told trilogy. Even if everything had to happen exactly the same plot wise, I could still have come up with some better scripts. "Somehow... Palpatine returned..." for instance. Don't give that line to poe. Keep the bulk of that revelation involved in the conversation between Ben and Palpatine. Something like: Ben: I'll kill you. Palpatine: *laughs* Ben: what's so funny? Palpatine: Its ironic... the skywalkers always see fit to destroy me in the name of "peace" and "justice," and they never succeed... Ben: but how is that possible? You should've gone down with the second death star! Palpatine: the dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural... Ben: is it possible to weild such power? Palpatine: (turns to face Ben as Ben's lightsaber shines on his face) Not by a Jedi...

[@grayflaneur4854]

I think Sidious' death in the Dark Empire materials is better and somehow more metaphysical or cerebral. It's interesting, the ST could have worked well if they just planned it out and gave more time for production and polishing. Instead it ended up being a big, corporate, movie production studio mess.

[@aramsantos86]

I thought it launched a buffed up hyperspace capable rocket that would penetrant the planets core and detonate. I may be miss remembering it, may need to re-read it.

[@TheGreater-ScopeVillain]

Han Solo killing Palpatine was within Palpatine’s plans, since it allowed his spirit to leave his body and possess Anakin. Previously, when Palpatine wanted to take a younger body to fight and defeat Luke (which he did), he turned his own Force Lightning on himself to kill himself in order to transfer his essence.

[@Nathan-88-Sithari]

@@TheGreater-ScopeVillain I just wonder had he possessed Anakin solo what would he do then because sure he now has massive force potential but he is trapped in thd body of an infant and can’t do anything

[@TheAntiBigwsly]

@@Nathan-88-Sitharimaybe use the force idk

[@TheGreater-ScopeVillain]

@@Nathan-88-Sithari Idk, but a super-powered rage-baby Palpatine with Skywalker-potential would have been insane to witness. 😂

[@philipgrimler7856]

This is probably the anticlimactic yet deserving end for the Sith. Not from a superior, but from an inferior.

[@SurnaturalM]

Sidious being killed by not Boba Fett, not Luke, but the same manner and by the same guy as Greedo, of all people, is a fitting end for all his evilness.

[@SomeGuy4245-f1v]

Love how Dark Empire ends. Giving Palpatine an epic death would have justified his actions on some level. Plus, the poetry of being shot by a non-force sensitive, and his spirit being conquered by a Jedi's sacrifice is fantastic

[@Hello-bi1pm]

Idk, does Vitiate's epic MCU-esque final death justify his actions?

[@wolfpredator1000]

Han Solo killed Palpatine. That's one of the most badass credits he took.

[@BCCSquidward]

@@wolfpredator1000 Legends Han is goated. 🔥

[@TadashiKitsune]

"Dude, you killed Hitler." -Sam Winchester

[@TheGreater-ScopeVillain]

I will say that it is mightily impressive that, as Empatojayos Brand said, it takes the combined power of every deceased Jedi and the Force itself in order to keep Palpatine’s spirit trapped in Chaos. Darth Sidious is too powerful even for Star Wars Hell to hold him on its own.

[@Erdan5-br7ir]

Hi Stupendous Wave. I first saw that you made a video years earlier about Darth Vader's castle attendant, Vanee. Given that there are a lot more information about him lately, given the Vader's Castle comics, could you make a revised and updated video about him? Just a suggestion.

[@EAWanderer]

10:05 - A satisfying end to him! 😁 For once, Palpetine had been insulted, killed by a non force sensitive!

[@kevin-2.1]

I find it humorous, that Palpatine was killed by none other than Han Solo. He got SHOT in the back, 😂😂😃😀.

[@EAWanderer]

@@kevin-2.1 And was helpless to prevent it! 😆

[@aliastheabnormal]

Sidious shot first!

[@robertagu5533]

The WAY he did things an his SKILL level hints that he MIGHT have been least a little Force Sensitive. Or so that's one the theories

[@MichaelEle-z1v]

Yeah he has been insulted two times! First by the Sith of the Past(Which he was very demanding to find a way out of one ticket to join them and continue his garbage idea called "The Rule of 1" which they really hated that idea), the second and final one, he was embarrassed and insulted by a NOMRAL HUMAN when he HAN SOLO, THE SMUGGLER, THE PILOT WHO MADE THE KESSEL RUN IN LESS THAN 12 PAR SECs, THE CAPTAIN OF THE FALCON AND THE GENERAL AND HERO OF THE GALAXY shot him and killed him! In your face, you old coot! SW, You are the best in your Star Wars Videos! 5 Stars!

[@alfg4228]

How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man! -the skywalkers probably

[@morpheusmirror2857]

Han Solo protecting his family. There is no stronger Force than love as that is the truest expression of its will.

[@tommoore2012]

Oh you just know that the dark side of the Force was snickering at Sheev when he got hit with the blaster and when Brann intercepted his spirit before he could transfer it into the body of Anakin Solo. Probably some of the best amusement it had since the Jedi fell from its counter side.

[@Mortivex_Gaming]

Love your content friend

[@jackumentory]

dude, you have such an amazing way to foretell a story. ❤ it was poetry because sidious was in a desperate situation and these kind of situations can lead to your demise.

[@psycake1310]

I think THIS death of Palpatine is much better than Rise of Skywalker. Rise of Skywalker: he is killed in an anticlimactic fashion, by a force sensitive who would've been WAY weaker than him. Rey Palpatine (while some like I guess) defeats him because of plot convenience, when she has A) less training than the Sith Lord under her belt, B) facing Palpatine when he is basically at the height of his power, and C) has been weakened by Palpatine by a ritual to make himself stronger. He is killed by his own force lightning, which to comical effect, he just cannot turn off. Legends: Palpatine's hatred and ego blinds him, denying the embrace of death, and even the throne among the dead offered by the spirits of Korriban. While he's not weakened in the Force, his overreliance on it puts him on a strict deadline, as his powers will shorten his life expectancy, his resources, and a show of his desperation. While the story COULD have been some huge, climactic battle where he could've been a god-like entity in the Force, akin to a Nihilus or even a Vitiate, this I think is much more fitting for him. Remember that Palpatine thinks SO little of those who cannot touch the Force, even individuals like his own father, Cosinga Palpatine, that this comes back around as one of the most humbling moments in his life. Palpatine, as a Sith lord, covets power, and has stepped over and ruined the lives of billions, if not trillions of lives, in order to feed that lust for power and ego. To have him gunned down by someone without the gifts of the Force is perhaps the ultimate insult to his ego, and the sacrifice performed by an Order 66 survivor, is perhaps the greatest judgment he could receive.

[@Hello-bi1pm]

So you're going to wax poetically about a smuggler, but don't consider anything about his own bloodline rejecting him in TROS. This sounds like dishonest analysis

[@psycake1310]

@@Hello-bi1pm I disagree. The sequel trilogy is, well, a mess. Between JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson, whatever chance Rey Palpatine had as a character was ruined, in my honest opinion. No disrespect to Daisy Ridley, of course. But anyways, the major problem between Rey and Grandpa Sheev is power scaling. A) Rey IS a Mary Sue. This is because JJ Abrams doesn't understand how the Force works (thinking characters just have to believe in the Force, and they unlock their powers). She COULD have a high midichlorian count, be naturally gifted in the Force, but has minimal training under her belt. B) Palpatine is WAY older, and with that time, has practiced with the Dark Side longer than Rey has been alive. His understanding and knowledge of the Force would eclipse her power, several times over. C) He drained some of her power, and used it to bolster his own power level. This would only expand the gap, and place her at an even larger disadvantage. Say what you will, but the idea was half-baked. It COULD have been better, were it written more competently. If Sheev could tear starships out of the sky with Force Lightning, why wouldn't a blast of power like that just atomize Rey Palpatine? At least with Legends, the stakes were comprehensible. On both sides.

[@sypherthe297th2]

@2:24 a beam? The Galaxy Gun shot projectiles. That is how Byss itself was destroyed. Also, his clone bodies were sabotaged and his DNA sample corrupted so new ones couldn't be made.

[@unigaming9921]

Finally? Bro, this story is almost as old as me

[@FinalSeraphLeo]

Someone told me they didn't like that Palpatine was brought back in Rise of Skywalker; my response was "well someone isn't familiar with the expanded universe "

[@96smittyjr]

I think this is a perfect death for him. Because it’s not really death by a whisper, but it’s close, not killed by someone he would consider an equal, but by someone he would consider beneath them to me that is fitting for him.

[@thelegendaryhero9632]

I'm glad you are also covering Legends material. I don't see many Star Wars youtube channels doing that nowadays, so thank you. I always like to go to Legends, especially as a comfort zone when I see something dumb from Star Wars canon.

[@ReicantheJester]

What I like so much about this is that it shows that Leia too got strong not only because of her genes but also due to training with the force. Rather than Disneys "I can perform every force ability better than any jedi ever simply because I believe"

[@BCCSquidward]

Dark Empire >>> The Rise of Skywalker

[@MichaelB07]

I agree

[@KJC04]

Y'all are unbearable

[@BCCSquidward]

​@@KJC04 While I acknowledge the fact that similar events happen in both The Sequel Trilogy and Star Wars Legends, my point is the fact that stuff like Dark Empire fundamentally does it better... imo at least. 🤷

[@YamiRondo2]

Dark empire >>>anything sequels

[@KJC04]

@@YamiRondo2 Dark Empire: Luke turns to the Darkside. SW Fans: FUCKING BADASS Sequels: Luke contemplates killing his potential genocidal nephew. SW Fans: BOOOO FUCK DISNEY THEY RUINED STAR WARS. PS. Luke was never going to kill Ben Solo, people just took one scene out of context then whined and pissed themselves over it.

[@jeremiahdeslatte211]

Quite poetic that the emperor was taken out by someone he would have considered insignificant and beneath his attention, someone not powerful, but opportunistic, yet someone who had cast off the shackles of greed!

[@aster4jaden]

Legends Palpatine is leagues better than Canon. I like how the Ancient Sith only begrudgingly helped him, it really shows how it wasn't just Marka Ragnos who didn't like the Bane Sith.

[@JimG27]

Thanks for telling the final story of Palpatine/Sidous.

[@jeffreyherndon5259]

The Skywalkers as an entire family were the chosen ones.

[@try-w5s]

Stupendous do a video on why Luke was the only one who could redeem Vader explain what set Luke apart from people closest to annikin and the Jedi as a whole.

[@Toshineko]

Han Solo: It's over, Palpatine! We have the high ground! Emperor Palpatine: You have underestimated the power of the Dark Side! Han Solo: Don't try it! *Emperor Palpatine screams, trying to snatch the baby, only to be shot by Han's blaster* Han Solo: I told you not to try it.

[@GamingxKnight]

I mean, just like with RoS, I thought Palpatine coming back was dumb cause it basically undo's Anakin's redemption in RotJ. But one question I do have, I thought I heard or read somewhere that the Force ghosts of Yoda, Kenobi and Qui-Gon basically bound and forced Palpatine into Chaos after his final death. I could be completely wrong, and it could have been a fan-fiction I read haha.

[@MichaelB07]

Hello Mr. Wave, great video! If possible would you be able to more DE content? And if it's also possible for a What If, would you be able to do a (What if Palpatine won in Dark Empire and managed to take control of Anakin Solo?)

[@spidalack]

It is underwhelming, and that's what makes it so poetically powerful. That he was denied a grand death is the ultimate insult the dark side could have done him. The ultimate balance of a life lived for his own power, ended by the most vulgar of weapons. Love your content.

[@JwpGaming]

I've had the first part of the Dark empire comics since I was a child picked it up from a flea market in the early 2000s. It's one of my most priced possessions. I've indented to get the other parts as well for years but keep forgetting about it.

[@Seanscharb]

What a video 👏👏 bravo sir bravo.

[@zedbruh7212]

Thats dope leia learned from nomi sunrider

[@kevin-2.1]

To trapped Sidious in an electric trap. 🪤

[@JustinMinckley]

This is absolute poetry.

[@TheAntiBigwsly]

I hear a new video you have, Stupendous Wave. Or should I call you Marvelous Wave?

[@williamklister3627]

His Death In Two Words: Satisfyingly Ironic.

[@mynamesnotdan]

han solo quickdrawing palpatine is peak

[@allnamesaretakenful]

Fitting

[@alphaisyeeting4880]

If Han's blaster is going to have a replica, it's gotta have the nickname of Sidious Slayer 9000.

[@Richtofen-gy9cj]

It's called the Boomhilda, usable in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 3 Zombies mode

[@FinalSeraphLeo]

Sideous forgot the most important rule: "Han shoots first"

[@standoutsteel023]

i love star wars lore!!!!!!!!

[@archmdc370]

As @Solarwraith said, "Poetic." But we cannot say this was a minute death by a smuggler. Rather, the natural authority of a father (and mother), whose position as head of his family (presider, provider, and protector) exercised his love concentrated in the blast bolt that destroyed the enemy and freed his son. Multiple space wizard priests were present to stop and exorcise the devil, but it was the authority and love of a father who ended the strife. And the sacrifice in the light of the fallen Jedi who ended the cycle.

[@ChrisGrogu]

Let’s go!!!!!!!

[@corvus2327]

I remember this story and it is the best one.

[@lordeldauoud142]

Well Done

[@Snipe-uc8df]

Definitely an "underwhelming" end, but also very fitting that it would be so non-eventful. He died the way he lived, in the shadows.

[@Nathan-88-Sithari]

Honestly I wish DE Sidious just had a better death I would rewrite it so Anakin as a force ghost would fight Sidious in the most climactic duel ever. With all of the Jedi backing Anakin and Sidious absorbing the energy and power of the Sith previous making them both OP

[@Thebroshow13]

Yep , I personally think it would be cool had the force ghosts of anakin and plagues teamed up to breath sidious .

[@Nathan-88-Sithari]

@@alsimmonshellspawn6021 I would have it that Sidious would force there power from them and then would instigate a war on the new republic

[@DragonZord979]

Could we get a video on Anakin Solo? I'm having a hard time understanding why Leia would name one of her kids after her father since she couldn't stand him

[@evanraynolds8699]

honestly, i find the final death of palpatine very fitting. The most dangerous sith ever to be was sent to his fate not by some grand climax but by a mere blaster bolt. This is an insult, that the jedi wouldnt kill the sith, but instead a purely mundane way of dying is what finally killed Darth Sideous and the Sith as a whole (given the One Sith are known to be pretenders). it is not epic, it is not dignified, but it is what the Sith (both Sideous and the whole damn order) deserve

[@Onimemphisthedeadmummy]

Imagine not being touched by the force but only to get blasted by a shot gun

[@Mike1064ab]

I thought it was because his chief surgeon was bribed to sabotage the remaining clones so they died quickly. Had nothing to do with the dark side of the force.

[@thomaskeane5723]

Brand would be an awesome LEGO minifigure.

[@Petulant_Kragg]

Third? I only remember two

[@TheStupendousWave]

Yup, in Legends there was a third and final showdown.

[@corpsedesecrator2612]

Well the Battle Of Endor climax of ROTJ and the second time where after being defeated in Lightsaber Combat by Luke Skywalker both Luke and Leia trap him in his own Dark Side energy to explode upon the Force Storm he was unleashing and through the Force Harmony by Luke and Leia then he did essence transfer on this last clone body during Empire’s End was the second and final confrontation with resurrected Emperor Palpatine during this Trilogy.

[@elmermedina1713]

His servants also tampered with his clones

[@VincentWebb-z7s]

Satisfaction

[@CommanderCodyChipless]

I love that they canonized Palpatine coming back to life. Even before disney bought SW I always imagined the sequel trilogy to be that Palpatine comes back. I just hate that it had to be Rey's and Kylo's story. It should have been 30 your old Luke, in his prime, starting his new Jedi Order.

[@KageDarkAngel]

I don't know if everyone would agree with this, but I would've loved it if the Legends story had been the continuation of the Canon story that followed the Return of the Jedi, rather than the three that we actually got.

[@hempracer]

I believe, in my Head Cannon, that Palpatine successfully transferred his soul into Rey. Now he is free to start over in a powerful Force body. That is a much better ending than the one we were given.

[@Rickil96trollencio]

This was a lot better than the sequels, the sequels is a spit in comparation with this.

[@venkelos6996]

Thanks be to King Empatojayos Brand. And yeah, a fine way for Palpatine to finally fade away, ans make room for the Vong, Darth Caedus, and Darth Krayt.

[@elmermedina1713]

Thank you, Han.

[@RaphBlade7]

*The following are the musings of a Salty SEAGULL named EARL who just shows up in my posts whenever he feels like it!* [EARL the Salty SEAGULL:] "Palpatine folly was he didn't know that HAN SOLO SHOOTs FIRST!"

[@saiynoq6745]

I would have loved this ending!

[@hammerroo558]

Word...

[@HyperVegitoDBZ]

Palpatine literally brought a knife to a gun fight

[@AllyGirl-hg2sb]

Very interesting something I didn't know about I love watching lore videos. This is random but I got a Darth Vader Balloon for my birthday the last week of September and it's starting to deflate so instead of Darth Vader I called it Darth Deflator. 😂

[@Carrie449-xyz]

Wow!!

[@ryanfrancis7393]

I think starkiller with a master who’s there is unbeatable, to teach him all the small things that he didn’t get from Vader, plus the combat training he pretty much smokes anyone

[@jeffreyherndon5259]

Love the content master @TheStupendousWave

[@peterbergvall7752]

This is how Episode IX should have played out

[@Xyma-YT]

"Anakin Solo" ??!!! 🤯🤯🤯

[@robertstrong6798]

How can Han still be a smuggler at this point ? Married to a princess and Jedi ? His wife and brother in law Luke ! Would be arresting him 24/7 lmao 🤣

[@ZlothZloth]

He's got them all fooled. They all think Han is some sort of rancher - a "nerf herder" if I remember right. ;)

[@orionorion328]

Great ending.

[@kingshadow8782]

Hello there!

[@eobardthawn6903]

Why did Palps not transfer his force into Luke? Why just artificial clones? I thought in the last George Lucas movie, Palpatine wanted Luke to kill him, so he could steal his body. That was also his plan for Anakin before he was burned. So why couldnt he transfer his essence, into Luke or Anakin? Mabye its a plot hole but it would be cool if there was a reason. Curious to see your thoughts.

[@aramsantos86]

Despite the hate people had for this comic. I loved it and time has only made it better after the trash Disney has made.

[@mrl4646]

Episode 9 sounds like it was written by an infant

[@zedbruh7212]

I like to see more super science in SW

[@solidstehl9546]

They should have listened and used the legends lore.... Don't get me wrong I like the sequels however, ... Well you said it all better than I ever could.

[@ZlothZloth]

But then Solo didn't kill Palpatine, he just killed the last clone. Palpatine ended up in Brand's body and then Brand died before Palpatine could get out again. So Palpatine died from one of his own lightning blasts and because Brand was able to play the role of flypaper in a burning house.

[@milesthebunky]

What is music that starts at 8:10 ? Am unsure.

[@RyanBlazeheart]

Please put Legends in your Legends videos. I almost thought they brought him back again in the Disney series. That I would hate so much! If even the Mary Sue couldn't kill him for good, what then?

[@fredcourtney03]

Dude is not a cat. Im tired of the 9 lives of Palpatine the Sithcat!

[@jaredquinney204]

Interesting

[@sloanblatchford7462]

This would have been funny as hell the most powerful sith Lord and he gets nailed Indiana Jones style LMAO

[@GeltChad]

Mercy...... Coming from the greatest pranksters

[@The1976spirit]

In the 4th Reich the Emperor will explain Kenny McCormicks final death.

[@OwenLeBlanc-l7h]

I would have preferred a death from tripping on a cleaning droid. Really ratchet up the patheticness.

[@e.g.9823]

Darth Sidious should always meet his end at the hands of Anakin Skywalker or the force ghosts of Yoda, Kenobi, Qui-Gon, Anakin, and the efforts of a still living Luke and Ahsoka.

[@benjaminharris7091]

Palpatine was running out of the hundreds of clones he had made? So, why couldn’t he have more made? Kaminoians we’re out of business? Bankrupt?

[@saurabhdang7307]

Sith will Rise again .