In Star Wars, Emperor Palpatine ... novelization's concept of Palpatine as a weak-willed sycophant. It's not entirely clear when George Lucas decided to make Emperor Palpatine into a scary threat ...

Star Wars is ripe territory for fan theories ... This all becomes extra tragic if you believe that Palpatine is the one who used the Force to conceive Anakin with Shmi. However, some fans dislike ...