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Palpatine
Sign in to saveAlso known as Darth Sidious, Emperor Palpatine, Chancellor Palpatine, Sheev Palpatine, The Senate
Sheev Palpatine ( ) is the main antagonist of the Star Wars franchise. He first appeared in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back as . He is also known by his Sith name, Darth Sidious, which was first used in the novelization of the 1999 film The Phantom Menace.
Key facts
- Character.name
- Sheev Palpatine
- Character.image
- Emperor RotJ.png
- Character.caption
- Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine inReturn of the Jedi (1983)
- Character.first
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Character.creator
- George Lucas
- Character.portrayer
- Ian McDiarmidMarjorie Eaton
- Character.franchise
- Star Wars
- Character.full_name
- Sheev Palpatine
- Character.alias
- Darth Sidious
- Character.lbl21
- Master
- Character.data21
- Darth Plagueis
- Character.lbl22
- Apprentices
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- First Order
- Place of birth
- Naboo
- Place of death
- Exegol
- Child
- Supreme Leader Snoke
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- supreme leader
- Languages spoken
- languages in Star Wars
- Noble title
- Darth
- Student of
- Darth Plagueis
- Creator
- George Lucas
- Performer
- Tim Curry
- Mass
- 75
- Height
- 1.6
- Residence
- Coruscant
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- student
- Lumiya
- name in native language
- Sheev Palpatine
- pseudonym
- Darth Sidious
- Commons category
- Sheev Palpatine
- member of
- Trade Federation
- killed by
- Rey
- home world
- Naboo
- present in work
- Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
- publication date
- 1980-00-00
- first appearance
- Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
- enemy
- Jedi Council
- last words
- You are nothing! A scavenger girl is no match for the power in me! I am all the Sith!
- manner of death
- vaporization
- media franchise
- Star Wars
- character type
- villain
- relative
- Rey
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Encyclopedic overview
29 sectionsContents
- Creation and development
- Concept and writing
- Portrayal
- Makeup and costumes
- Reception
- Appearances
- Film
- Original trilogy
- Prequel trilogy
- Sequel trilogy
- Television
- ''The Clone Wars''
- ''Rebels''
- ''The Bad Batch''
- ''Obi-Wan Kenobi''
- ''Tales of the Jedi''
- Books and comics
- Video games
- ''Star Wars'' Legends
- ''Clone Wars''
- Books and comics
- Video games
- Characterization
- In popular culture
- On the Internet
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Sheev Palpatine ( ) is the main antagonist of the Star Wars franchise. He first appeared in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back as . He is also known by his Sith name, Darth Sidious, which was first used in the novelization of the 1999 film The Phantom Menace.
Palpatine appears in all three film trilogies in the Skywalker Saga, and is portrayed by Ian McDiarmid in all five films in which he physically appears. In the original trilogy, Palpatine is Emperor of the Galactic Empire and the master of Darth Vader. In the prequel trilogy, which chronicles his rise to emperor, Palpatine is a senator from the planet Naboo who plots to become Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. He masterminds the Clone Wars to turn the Republic into the Empire, destroys the Jedi Order, and manipulates Anakin Skywalker into becoming his apprentice, Darth Vader. In The Rise of Skywalker (2019), the final film in the sequel trilogy, a resurrected Palpatine is revealed to be the grandfather of Rey, a Jedi-in-training who is the protagonist of the sequel trilogy. He is also the mastermind behind Snoke, whom he created to lead the First Order against the New Republic and seduce Skywalker's grandson, Ben Solo, into becoming Kylo Ren.
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