Emperor Palpatine

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Force-sensitive human Galactic Emperor Sith Lord fictional character villain

Emperor Palpatine is the primary Sith Lord antagonist of the Star Wars saga, who secretly engineers the fall of the Jedi and the rise of the Galactic Empire.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Palpatine 3
Darth Sidious 2
Chancellor Palpatine 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Force-sensitive human ⓘ
Galactic Emperor ⓘ
Sith Lord ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
villain ⓘ
affiliation Galactic Empire ⓘ
Galactic Republic ⓘ
Sith ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Darth Sidious NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sheev Palpatine NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Emperor ⓘ
appearsIn Star Wars franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Empire Strikes Back ⓘ
surface form: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⓘ
apprenticeOf Darth Plagueis NERFINISHED ⓘ
commands Imperial Army ⓘ
Imperial Navy ⓘ
corrupts Anakin Skywalker ⓘ
createdBy George Lucas ⓘ
enemyOf Jedi Order ⓘ
Luke Skywalker ⓘ
Mace Windu ⓘ
Rebel Alliance ⓘ
Yoda ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
homeworld Naboo ⓘ
kills Mace Windu ⓘ
masterOf the dark side of the Force ⓘ
mentorOf Darth Maul ⓘ
Darth Tyranus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Darth Vader NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAbility Force lightning ⓘ
political manipulation ⓘ
precognition ⓘ
orchestrates Order 66 ⓘ
fall of the Galactic Republic ⓘ
rise of the Galactic Empire ⓘ
politicalOffice Emperor Palpatine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Emperor of the Galactic Empire

Senator of Naboo ⓘ
Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic ⓘ
portrayedBy Ian McDiarmid NERFINISHED ⓘ
secretIdentityOf Darth Sidious NERFINISHED ⓘ
species Human ⓘ
title Dark Lord of the Sith ⓘ
Galactic Emperor ⓘ
voiceActor Ian McDiarmid NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ian McDiarmid → characterPortrayed → Emperor Palpatine ⓘ
Ian McDiarmid → characterPortrayed → Emperor Palpatine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darth Sidious
Ian McDiarmid → characterPortrayed → Emperor Palpatine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senator Palpatine
Ian McDiarmid → characterPortrayed → Emperor Palpatine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chancellor Palpatine
Lando Calrissian → enemyOf → Emperor Palpatine ⓘ
Star Wars sequel trilogy → featuresCharacter → Emperor Palpatine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palpatine
this entity surface form: Palpatine
this entity surface form: Palpatine
Star Wars → notableCharacter → Emperor Palpatine ⓘ
McDiarmid → notableRole → Emperor Palpatine ⓘ
subject surface form: Ian McDiarmid
McDiarmid → notableRole → Emperor Palpatine ⓘ
subject surface form: Ian McDiarmid
this entity surface form: Darth Sidious
Emperor Palpatine → politicalOffice → Emperor Palpatine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor of the Galactic Empire
this entity surface form: Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine