None of Palpatine’s Sith apprentices surpassed his power, despite their ambitions of replacing him.

It was only Rey, backed by the spirits of past Jedi, who finally stopped Palpatine for good.

More than any other Sith Lord, Palpatine embodied Bane’s vision of what the Sith could become.

Darth Bane, Darth Vader, and Darth Sidious.

Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious to the left and Anakin Skywalker to the right, both from Revenge of the Sith in front of a red background

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Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars Return of the Jedi

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