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I'm trying to make sure that I've got Palpy's "big picture" down. So lemme see if I've got this straight:
1) *supposition* He is born on Naboo where the mere existence of the Binks family fills him with the raging fury of a thousand suns. This makes him the perfect candidate for being...
2) Made a sith apprentice where he learns mastery of the dark side from the dude he talks about in his story to Annikin in Ep III. He kills his master in his sleep and becomes the Sith Master so naturally...
3) He returns home to Naboo and goes into politics. He rises in power to eventually become a Senator and gets off this jerkwater, outer-rim world and goes to Coruscant where...
4) He wins friends and influences people. One of these people is this pointy headed dude who eventually becomes Darth Maul. Palpy knows that Maul is long on fighting technique but somewhat short in the brains department but that's ok. We all know what happens to Sith apprentices when they get too smart.
5) Once Maul is trained up to the point of usefulness, Palpy adopts the persona of Lord Sidious to approach the Trade Federation about a rise to power, starting with the blockade of a small planet named Naboo. "But we don't really have an army," says the Trade Federation. "No problem. I known these guys on Geonosis who can provide you with a Droid Army," says Sidious.
6) Trade Federation takes delivery of Droid Army, clearly believing that poor quality control is made up for by sheer weight of numbers. They blockade and invade Naboo. If they had succeeded then clearly the current Chancellor is a buffoon and needs to be replaced. Since they did not succeed then Palpy uses the Queen to provide a more tenuous basis for replacement with the whole "No Confidence" vote. It works and Palpy squeaks into the Chancellor's chair. (It seems likely that some bribery and Sith hand waving influenced this vote.)
7) Maul gets killed on Naboo, which is just fine with Palpy since he's spotted a very promising candidate to take his place. But this new candidate is still very youn so for now he needs the older and more savvy...
8) Sifo-Dias the Jedi is turned to the Dark Side. His first mission is to fake his own death followed shortly by travelling to Kamino to place an order for a Clone Army. After that he goes to Geonosis to oversee a big architectural project and the continuing flow of Droids to the Trade Federation.
9) Palpy uses his hidden influence (and that of "Count Dooku") to incite various star systems to begin to revolt against the Republic. Meanwhile he uses his control of the Trade Federation to start and stop small conflicts here and there to show that he's an effective Chancellor.
10) He allows the true threat that is the Separatists and their Droid Army to become known. This sets up a crisis that requires that he be given "Emergency Powers" moving power out of the Senate and into his hands. This also lets him have the Jedi discover the Clone Army and bring it to bear against his Droid Army.
11) He knows that the resulting war will keep Dooku hopping and quell any thoughts he might have of trying to elevate himself to Sith Master using the traditional method. The early battle against the Geonosians is won lending credence to the idea that this Chancellor gets results and deserves to have even more "Emergency Powers" granted to him.
12) He engineers his own capture by the new leader of the Separatist Army, General Grevious. He knows that his heroic escape will be good PR and generate even more sympathy among the Senate. It also gets him a chance for some additional face time with Annikin and puts the lad in a position where he can plausibly be appointed to a spot on the Jedi Council.
13) The Jedi don't like this one bit and this starts to set up the dynamic where the Chancellor can reasonably say that the Jedi are more of an outdated hinderance to his new order than any sort of actual help.
14) He meanwhile preys on the fears of Annikin to push him further toward the dark side. He finally makes his big play and outright tries to convert him to a Sith. This is risky and ultimately turns out to almost be the death of Palpy when Mace Windu has him down. But his faith in young Skywalker wins out and he is merely maimed.
15) His maiming serves as visual evidence to the Senate of the assassination attempt by the Jedi and he legally begins to exterminate them.
16) Darth Vader is now officially a Sith Lord and with the Jedi dead or in hiding, the Droid Army can be cast aside along with all of the earlier co-conspirators. The Emperor's rise to power is complete.
Did I leave anything out there?
1) *supposition* He is born on Naboo where the mere existence of the Binks family fills him with the raging fury of a thousand suns. This makes him the perfect candidate for being...
2) Made a sith apprentice where he learns mastery of the dark side from the dude he talks about in his story to Annikin in Ep III. He kills his master in his sleep and becomes the Sith Master so naturally...
3) He returns home to Naboo and goes into politics. He rises in power to eventually become a Senator and gets off this jerkwater, outer-rim world and goes to Coruscant where...
4) He wins friends and influences people. One of these people is this pointy headed dude who eventually becomes Darth Maul. Palpy knows that Maul is long on fighting technique but somewhat short in the brains department but that's ok. We all know what happens to Sith apprentices when they get too smart.
5) Once Maul is trained up to the point of usefulness, Palpy adopts the persona of Lord Sidious to approach the Trade Federation about a rise to power, starting with the blockade of a small planet named Naboo. "But we don't really have an army," says the Trade Federation. "No problem. I known these guys on Geonosis who can provide you with a Droid Army," says Sidious.
6) Trade Federation takes delivery of Droid Army, clearly believing that poor quality control is made up for by sheer weight of numbers. They blockade and invade Naboo. If they had succeeded then clearly the current Chancellor is a buffoon and needs to be replaced. Since they did not succeed then Palpy uses the Queen to provide a more tenuous basis for replacement with the whole "No Confidence" vote. It works and Palpy squeaks into the Chancellor's chair. (It seems likely that some bribery and Sith hand waving influenced this vote.)
7) Maul gets killed on Naboo, which is just fine with Palpy since he's spotted a very promising candidate to take his place. But this new candidate is still very youn so for now he needs the older and more savvy...
8) Sifo-Dias the Jedi is turned to the Dark Side. His first mission is to fake his own death followed shortly by travelling to Kamino to place an order for a Clone Army. After that he goes to Geonosis to oversee a big architectural project and the continuing flow of Droids to the Trade Federation.
9) Palpy uses his hidden influence (and that of "Count Dooku") to incite various star systems to begin to revolt against the Republic. Meanwhile he uses his control of the Trade Federation to start and stop small conflicts here and there to show that he's an effective Chancellor.
10) He allows the true threat that is the Separatists and their Droid Army to become known. This sets up a crisis that requires that he be given "Emergency Powers" moving power out of the Senate and into his hands. This also lets him have the Jedi discover the Clone Army and bring it to bear against his Droid Army.
11) He knows that the resulting war will keep Dooku hopping and quell any thoughts he might have of trying to elevate himself to Sith Master using the traditional method. The early battle against the Geonosians is won lending credence to the idea that this Chancellor gets results and deserves to have even more "Emergency Powers" granted to him.
12) He engineers his own capture by the new leader of the Separatist Army, General Grevious. He knows that his heroic escape will be good PR and generate even more sympathy among the Senate. It also gets him a chance for some additional face time with Annikin and puts the lad in a position where he can plausibly be appointed to a spot on the Jedi Council.
13) The Jedi don't like this one bit and this starts to set up the dynamic where the Chancellor can reasonably say that the Jedi are more of an outdated hinderance to his new order than any sort of actual help.
14) He meanwhile preys on the fears of Annikin to push him further toward the dark side. He finally makes his big play and outright tries to convert him to a Sith. This is risky and ultimately turns out to almost be the death of Palpy when Mace Windu has him down. But his faith in young Skywalker wins out and he is merely maimed.
15) His maiming serves as visual evidence to the Senate of the assassination attempt by the Jedi and he legally begins to exterminate them.
16) Darth Vader is now officially a Sith Lord and with the Jedi dead or in hiding, the Droid Army can be cast aside along with all of the earlier co-conspirators. The Emperor's rise to power is complete.
Did I leave anything out there?
