History Characters / StarWarsVsWarhammer40KGalacticRepublicAndJediOrder

* RealityWarper: The Extra Talk video on Palpatine establishes that [[spoiler:his Dark Side aura is so powerful that it acts as its own Warp rift, changing and distorting reality around him without the need for any direct effort on Palpatine's part. Palpatine has mastered his powers to such an extent that he can freely amplify or suppress this aura according to his whims.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The Republic are slowly shedding their more noble traits in their desperate drive to defeat the Imperium.

** In canon, Palpatine was rivaled by Yoda enough that he was wary of the little green Jedi Master, and their duel in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' saw them evenly matched and mostly ended in a draw. Here, the fic's author has confirmed that Palpatine greatly surpasses Yoda in both power and skill to the point where a CurbStompCushion is the ''best'' possible outcome Yoda could ever hope for if he found himself in a 1v1 duel with Sidious. The author's interpretation of canon is that the ''only'' reason Yoda seemingly held his own during his duel with Sidious in ''ROTS'' was because Sidious was toying with him, and Yoda fled specifically because he realized this and had to escape before Sidious could unleash his full power upon him, while Sidious in turn ''allowed'' Yoda to escape alive as a form of CruelMercy.

* MageMarksman: She is a Jedi Master who carries a lightsaber rifle, a CoolGun which uses ''lightsabers'' as ammunition and fires kyber crystal energy beams [[ArmorPiercingAttack capable of punching through Space Marine armor like it's nothing]].

* MasterOfIllusion: What makes Darth Sidious so deadly in a fight is his skill at wielding the Dark Side subtly, including the use of illusions and invisibility. [[spoiler:In Episode 44 Part 2, he goes from standing in front of Tahr Whyler to standing behind him without Tahr ever seeing him move or realizing that the "Sidious" he's wasting his telekinetic onslaught on is an illusion until it's too late.]]

!!Sheev Palpatine (Darth Sidious), Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic and Dark Lord of the Sith

** Canon Palpatine was "merely" a powerful human Sith Lord with incredible mastery over the Dark Side that made him unmatched by any other living Force-user of his time. This Palpatine is a [[spoiler:reality-warping TranshumanAbomination created from the fused souls of ''every'' Sith Master that lived and died since the time of Darth Bane, the process of which has transformed him into a borderline PhysicalGod capable of besting '''Alpha-Plus psykers''' in single combat and potentially solo ''nearly half a thousand'' experienced Jedi Masters and Knights at the same time.]]

* TranshumanAbomination: Originally, Palpatine was a human Sith apprenticed under Darth Plagueis. However, [[spoiler:after slaying Plagueis in his sleep, Palpatine became unknowingly possessed by his master's dark essence (which he at the time mistook for the Dark Side's clarity) and gradually had his mind subsumed into a 1000-year-old gestalt entity with potentially god-like powers.]]

* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Per canon, to the point where Ahsoka is mistakenly identified by a Skitarii as a daemon of Slaanesh on one occasion.

** Canon Palpatine was "merely" a powerful human Sith Lord with incredible mastery over the Dark Side unlike any other living Force user of his time. This Palpatine is [[spoiler:an over 1000-year-old, reality-warping TranshumanAbomination created from the fused souls of ''every'' Sith Master that lived and died since the time of Darth Bane, the process of which has transformed him into a borderline PhysicalGod capable of besting '''Alpha-Plus psykers''' in single combat and potentially solo ''nearly half a thousand'' experienced Jedi Masters and Knights at the same time.]]
** In canon, Palpatine was rivaled by Yoda enough that he was wary of the little green Jedi Master, and their duel in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' saw them evenly matched and mostly ended in a draw. Here, it's confirmed by WordOfGod that Palpatine greatly surpasses Yoda in both power and skill to the point where a CurbStompCushion is the best outcome Yoda could ever hope for if he found himself in a 1v1 duel with Sidious. The author's interpretation of canon is that the ''only'' reason Yoda seemingly held his own during his duel with Sidious in ''ROTS'' was because Sidious was toying with him, and Yoda fled specifically because he realized this and had to escape before Sidious could unleash his full power upon him, while Sidious in turn ''allowed'' Yoda to escape alive as a form of CruelMercy.

* TheArchmage: Palpatine has discovered and mastered almost all previously-created Force techniques and knowledge known to the Sith. Any Dark Side powers which a previous Sith knew, he also knows. [[spoiler:Episode 44 Part 2 confirms that his mastery over the Dark Side is such that it makes him more powerful than any living Jedi or even ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction Alpha-plus psykers]]''.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: For the majority of the series, he shares the role of main antagonist with Orion Phatris and Davik Thune. While Orion is the overall commander of the Imperium's forces transported to the ''Star Wars'' galaxy and Thune is the one spearheading the actual invasion, Palpatine is the mastermind responsible for starting the Republic's war with the Imperium in the first place. He does skirt perilously close to becoming a BigBadWannabe in Season 2 as the story undermines Palpatine as a threat by repeatedly having him HoistByHisOwnPetard and introducing new villains who seemingly pose a greater threat than the Sith like [[spoiler:Iskandar Khayon and the Genestealers.]] However, he manages to avoid this and comes roaring back to prominence late in Season 3 by [[spoiler:personally intervening in the Battle of Axum and pulling an EvilerThanThou on [[ArcVillain Tahr Whyler]].]]

* HigherTechSpecies: Played with. The Republic's technology isn't more advanced than the Imperium's, generally speaking -- in fact, in many places, it's ''worse'' due to the Ruusan Reformation and the 4,000 years of peace that stemmed from it. However, the Republic has a consistently high level of available technology and technical know-how, in contrast to the Imperium's SchizoTech society. They ''also'' have a much more efficient logistics network and lack the religious opposition to technological innovation, making them capable of advancing their base technology far more rapidly than their Imperial counterparts.

* WillfullyWeak: After the last Sith War, the Republic enacted the Ruusan Reformation, deliberately downgrading their military forces and weapons technology in hopes of ensuring peace. They still maintain pre-Reformation technology in functioning condition and data archives, and ''could'' retrofit their armies with it if they felt it neccessary. The Clone Wars weren't considered enough of a threat to warrant such a reaction. [[GodzillaThreshold The war against the Imperium, on the other hand...]]

* WorldsStrongestMan: Palpatine is the most powerful Force user in the Galaxy Far, Far Away with only Anakin having the potential to surpass him. The author has stated in his [[AllThereInTheManual Extra Talk video about Palpatine]] that even in the ''40K'' universe, only the most powerful of psykers can compete with him, [[spoiler:and that the only other beings in ''Star Wars'' history who could truly rival Palpatine are Vitiate (who was KilledOffForReal thousands of years ago) and Abeloth (who is dormant inside the Maw and not due to emerge for another sixty years if we're going by ''Legends'' timeline).]] In addition, he is an extremely skilled lightsaber duelist on the same level as Yoda and Mace Windu. Episode 44 Part 2 really lets him show off what he can do when he duels [[spoiler:Tahr Whyler]].

** Canon Palpatine was "merely" a powerful human Sith Lord with incredible mastery over the Dark Side unlike any other living Force user of his time. This Palpatine is [[spoiler:a reality-warping TranshumanAbomination created from the fused souls of ''every Sith Master'' that lived and died since the time of Darth Bane, the process of which has transformed him into a borderline PhysicalGod capable of seriously challenging '''Alpha-Plus psykers''' in single combat and potentially solo nearly ''half a thousand'' experienced Jedi Masters and Knights at the same time.]]

* AncientEvil: [[spoiler:While Palpatine himself is less than a century old, the amalgamated Sith souls which have been subtly overwriting his personality are as old as the Ruusan Reformations which took place a thousand years prior to the Clone Wars.]]

* FatalFlaw: Per canon, he has the fatal flaw of {{Pride}}. However, as pointed out by the author in his [[AllThereInTheManual Extra Talk video]], this is a [[ZigZaggedTrope highly conditional pride]] that goes beyond simple arrogance and overconfidence. You see, Palpatine doesn't merely "think" that the Dark Side gives him more power than the Light Side; no, he is '''utterly convinced''' that the Dark Side is superior to the Light Side in every conceivable way and treats this belief as an absolute truth with ''zero'' exceptions. So when fighting lightsiders like the Jedi, it's practically a guarantee that Palpatine will constantly be holding the VillainBall as he severely underestimates his opponents, [[IAmNotLeftHanded deliberately holds back his true power]], and wastes time toying with his enemies due to being almost mentally incapable of accepting the idea that the Light Side could ever truly threaten him. This is the fic's AdaptationalExplanation for why Palpatine was never seen unleashing his full might against the Jedi in the canon films, despite ''Legends'' establishing that he is ''far'' more powerful than his film depiction would otherwise indicate. Of course, the same cannot be said for darksiders, as Palpatine's belief in the Dark Side's absolute superiority means he views other powerful darksiders as potential threats that must be quickly eliminated before they become legitimate rivals to the Sith, meaning that he will go into full NoNonsenseNemesis mode when facing a Dark Side opponent.

** Canon Palpatine was "merely" a powerful human Sith Lord with incredible mastery over the Dark Side unlike any other living Force user of his time. This Palpatine is [[spoiler:a reality-bending TranshumanAbomination created from the fused souls of ''every Sith Master'' that lived and died since the time of Darth Bane, the process of which has transformed him into a borderline PhysicalGod capable of seriously challenging '''Alpha-Plus psykers''' in single combat and potentially solo nearly ''half a thousand'' experienced Jedi Masters and Knights at the same time.]]

** Canon Palpatine was "merely" a powerful human Sith Lord with incredible mastery over the Dark Side unlike any other living Force user of his time. This Palpatine is [[spoiler:a {{Body Surf}}ing TranshumanAbomination created from the fused souls of ''every single Sith Master'' that lived and died since the time of Darth Bane, the process of which has transformed him into a borderline PhysicalGod capable of seriously challenging '''Alpha-Plus psykers''' in single combat and potentially solo nearly ''half a thousand'' experienced Jedi Masters and Knights at the same time.]]

* AllLovingHero: A kind and compassionate girl who repeatedly tries to find a peaceful resolution with the Imperials and goes out of her way to try to capture enemy combatants alive instead of killing them. She is also deeply bothered by the idea of others being afraid of her as shown when she discovers just how genuinely terrified the Imperials react when faced with her.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 4 is told from his POV start to end, and also describes his backstory.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The stolen Imperial power axe he claims during the Battle of Axum is able to bury itself into a metal wall when he swing the axe at it one-handed.