I completely missed this subtle Death Star Easter egg in Revenge of the Sith, but it confirms Palpatine's obsession with this ...
Just as Darth Vader surprised Palpatine during the Exegol heist, Vader also shocked his master by turning on him at the end of Episode VI. The Emperor thought he had Vader totally under his thumb ...
Palpatine was immensely powerful in the Dark Side, enough to conceal his own dark presence. In Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, for example, Yoda (Frank Oz) mentions that he senses ...