Palpatine has a reputation as one of the greatest evil masterminds in Star Wars, but how much of his success was genius, and ...
Jedi Knights #1! One of the most iconic battles in Star Warshistory is between Yoda and Palpatine in Revenge of the Sith.
But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels was a direct analogy to Hitler’s ascendency in 1930s Germany.