Though Palpatine's Sith identity remains a secret to most, his apprentice Darth Vader is the Sith Lord who is publicly known to the galaxy as the ally of Palpatine who is serving the Empire to purge the Galaxy of the Jedi.

Anakin then submits to the dark side of the Force, becoming Palpatine's Sith apprentice, Darth Vader.

As depicted in the Revenge of the Sith novelization and deleted scenes from the film itself, a bloc of senators began to emerge, even before the Clone Wars had ended, who opposed Palpatine's authoritarian rule and resented his treatment of the Jedi and other opponents.

It was mentioned by George Lucas in the Revenge of the Sith DVD commentary that Anakin thought he was doing the right thing saving Palpatine's life when he cut off Windu's hand with his lightsaber.

At first Leia is unsuccessful in turning Luke away from the dark side, but does manage to take a Jedi Holocron away from Palpatine's chambers.

The Super Star Destroyer Eclipse is the reborn Emperor Palpatine's flagship in the Dark Empire comic series, and it also appears in the Forces of Corruption expansion for Star Wars: Empire at War.

The ship is destroyed when Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo combine Force abilities to cause Palpatine's Force Storms to go out of control and destroy the vessel.

The Eclipse II serves as Palpatine's flagship until it is destroyed in Empire's End.

In the battle, Emperor Palpatine's concerns about the threat of this potential Jedi are justified as Luke, after being shot down, is able to bring down one of the Empire's massive AT-ATs singlehandedly.

In The Thrawn Trilogy, Luke meets former Emperor's Hand Mara Jade, who is bound by Palpatine's disembodied voice that repeatedly commands " You will kill Luke Skywalker.

Mace Windu, with a cadre of Jedi, enters Palpatine's office and declares that he is under arrest and that the Senate will determine his fate, Palpatine dispenses with his false modest persona and reveals his power-hungry nature, retorting " I am the Senate !".

In the Jedi Prince novel series, a group of impostors calling themselves the Prophets of the Dark Side install a three-eyed mutant named Trioculus as Emperor by claiming that he is Palpatine's son.

Kinman Doriana, one of Palpatine's most trusted advisors, is stunned by what had taken place before his eyes.

Deluded by Palpatine's charisma and skill ( and perhaps also by his considerable dark side power ), the majority of the Senate cheered him on loudly in approval, which provoked one of Senator Padmé Amidala's more memorable lines: " So this is how liberty dies: with thunderous applause.

Later, Plo Koon ( Matt Sloan ) flies an Attack of the Clones-era starfighter when he is shot down by clone troopers carrying out Emperor Palpatine's ( Ian McDiarmid ) Order 66.

The ship is intercepted on Palpatine's command and all hope of contacting life outside the galaxy ended.

* Triclops is Palpatine's illegitimate son.

The last remaining clone body undestroyed by Luke or traitorous Imperials is now aging rapidly, and Palpatine's final, irrevocable end is near unless he can either fix his genetic material ( an impossibility since no unadulterated samples remain ) or insert his spirit into another body.

Many members of the Jedi Council remained skeptical of Palpatine's growing powers, especially at the expense of the Senate — the only body they were contractually bound to serve.

A furious duel ensues in Palpatine's personal chambers, until only Windu and Palpatine are left standing.

A sacrifice by a dying Jedi named Empatojayos Brand saves them both from Palpatine's wrath, and destroys Palpatine's malignant spirit forever.

Anakin intervenes on Palpatine's behalf by cutting off Windu's hand, allowing Palpatine to send Windu plunging to his death with a blast of Force lightning.

Commanded by Darth Vader, it absorbed the military forces of the Galactic Republic after Palpatine's declaration of the New Order.

This was reinforced by the Emperor's final telepathic command to assassinate Luke, which had plagued her thoughts since his death ; upon learning this situation, Luke vowed to help Mara break Palpatine's hold on her, regardless of the danger she posed to him.

The rapid militarization of the Republic during the Clone Wars, overseen by Chancellor Palpatine, had far-reaching effects: the Senate's powers were reduced, the military became the primary arm of the government, and the Republic swiftly transitioned into Palpatine's New Order.

As Windu reasserts Palpatine's arrest, Anakin suddenly enters the room while Palpatine pleads for his own life.

Leia boards Palpatine's Super Star Destroyer, Eclipse I, and appeals to the good in Luke, ultimately redeeming him.

) Along with a Jedi named Jen, she defeats Palpatine's second-in-command, a Dark Jedi assassin.

At Palpatine's urging, Anakin kills the defenseless Count in cold blood, a violation of the Jedi Code.

Throughout the series, he grows increasingly wary of Palpatine's designs on the Republic — and his influence on Anakin.

The Senate that he has manipulated overwhelmingly applauds Palpatine's decision.

By the end of the series, Palpatine's true son, Triclops, helps the Rebels defeat this new enemy.

Thus Palpatine's New Order was finally brought to an end after 157 years of imperialism which opposed to his 10, 000 year rule that he had promised at its formation.

The Thrawn trilogy depicts Mara's first confrontation with Luke Skywalker, whom she has sworn to kill to avenge Palpatine's death.

Antilles commanded both squadrons against Warlord Zsinj and after that he returned to his command as Rogue Leader to battle against Thrawn, Krennel, Palpatine's clones and lead the team to other battles.

In Revenge of the Sith, Palpatine ( Ian McDiarmid ), who is really the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, manipulates Anakin's love for Padmé in order to turn him to the dark side and become his apprentice, Darth Vader.

In the Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith film, the temple is attacked.

The new temple is in the form of a massive pyramid made from stone and transparisteel that is designed to fit into the new look of Coruscant, though internally it is identical to the design seen in Revenge of the Sith.

Gray Jedi is the term that refers to Force Users in the Expanded Universe who have left either the Jedi Order or the Sith and do not believe that there is a strict division between the light and dark sides of the Force.

In Revenge of the Sith, when Anakin Skywalker turned to the dark side, he is seen wielding his blue lightsaber as Darth Vader.

In Star Wars: The Old Republic, the Kaggath is a duel between two Sith lords, the loser of which could be sentenced to a kind of damnatio memoriae.

The story-driven single-player is set in the Star Wars universe two years after the events of Mysteries of the Sith, Jedi Outcasts predecessor.

The single-player game is set approximately two years after the events of Mysteries of the Sith.

Jar Jar Binks is a fictional character from the Star Wars Saga ( appears in: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ), and the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

The existence of the Tector-class is established in the Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections book.

As the son of former Queen of Naboo and Republic Senator Padmé Amidala and her husband, Anakin Skywalker — a fallen Jedi also known as the Sith Lord Darth Vader — Luke is heir to a family deeply powerful in the Force.

In Tempest, Luke determines that the dark figure from his dreams is Lumiya, a former Emperor's Hand now known as the " Dark Lady of the Sith ".

He does not realize that the killer is his own nephew, Jacen, who has now taken the Sith name Darth Caedus.

Michael Kaminski argues in his book that it is unlikely that the plot point had ever seriously been considered or even conceived of before 1978, and that the first film was clearly operating under an alternate storyline where Vader was a separate character from Luke's father ; there is not a single reference to this plot point before 1978 ( further reinforcing this is Obi-Wan Kenobi calling Vader " Darth ", as if it is his true name rather than his new Sith name ).

During Luke's battle with Vader, in which he loses his right hand, he learns that the Sith Lord is his father.

In escaping the blockade, the ship is damaged and makes an unscheduled landing on Tatooine, where Qui-Gon meets Anakin Skywalker ( Jake Lloyd ), a young slave who shows such tremendous potential in the Force that Qui-Gon believes him to be the " Chosen One " of Jedi prophecy, destined to bring balance to the Force by destroying the Sith.

During the Battle of Naboo, Qui-Gon is mortally wounded by the Sith Lord Darth Maul ( Ray Park / Peter Serafinowicz ).

While Obi-Wan is in captivity, Dooku reveals that the Galactic Senate is under the control of a Sith Lord named Darth Sidious.