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Luke: You...represent destruction and oblivion. What have you done besides destroying planets and killing billions? The dark side represents the end of life, which we all cannot avoid, but you only draw power from part of the cycle of life. That makes you the weak one...
Palpatine: You call me weak, when you are like this?...
Leia: He is right. You're the one who is weak. I don’t know how you lived, but you will never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.
Palpatine: Your attachments made you the weak one, Leia Organa. I have none, and I am limited by nothing that will hold me back...Family...Attachments...if only you knew the potential of having none of them, you would have gone so far. Shame.

— Balancing of the Force: Volume 1, before Palpatine tries to torture Luke and Leia to death with Force Lightning

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...fans wrote their own takes on the worst the galaxy had to offer, whether canon or original.

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Pente Patrol Star Wars works (by release date)

• What If Darth Sidious Trained Anakin Skywalker (link): Palpatine uses his powers to give Anakin nightmares of Jedi killing him and massacring innocents across the galaxy; uses an illusion of Qui-Gon Jinn to lure Anakin to Toth, where he manipulates the boy into becoming his apprentice; has Dooku subject Anakin to Training from Hell on Korriban to mold him into a weapon; and sends Anakin across the galaxy to learn about the Dark Side while he himself prepares to kick off the Clone Wars.
• What if Darth Vitiate Returned During the Clone Wars (link): Vitiate kills the billions of people on Ryloth right after he appears in the Clone Wars timeline, an action which shocks Count Dooku himself. Vitiate kills both Mace Windu and Dooku, destroys their armies, and sends his forces to purge many planets of life across the Outer Rim. Vitiate plans to continue his slaughter until he burns the galaxy to the ground, and tries to kill his attacking enemies on Korriban when they attempt to stop him.
• What If Mace Windu KILLED Count Dooku on Geonosis (link): General Grievous takes control of the Separatists after Count Dooku's death and betrays Sidious. Grievous unleashes a droid army on the galaxy to completely destroy the Republic, with entire worlds and civilisations burned to the ground and the Jedi and clone army of the Republic massacred. Grievous uses Malevolence to destroy any opposition, thrilling in the sense of victory it gives him. When the Republic starts winning the Battle of Cato Neimodia, Grievous tries to escape before encountering Anakin Skywalker and attempting to kill him.
• What If Anakin, Obi Wan, and Padme Were KILLED on Geonosis (link): Palpatine, after learning of Anakin's death, tortures Dooku with Force Lightning before changing his plans and using the Jedi's poor performance in the Battle of Geonosis as a justification to have them put under command of Clone generals during the Clone Wars. Palpatine has Duchess Satine assassinated and her homeworld of Mandalore almost completely destroyed by Separatists before it is saved by the Republic and neutral systems united by Satine are brought under his control. Palpatine continues to sabotage attempts at peace talks, including assassinating Yoda, Oppo Rancisis, and Ashoka, framing the Jedi as warmongers and executing Order 66. Palpatine prolongs the Clone Wars for five years before declaring himself Emperor and ordering Darth Maul and Savage Opress to kill Dooku and the Separatist council. He has Maul and Savage kidnap Force-sensitive children across the galaxy in order to turn them into a Dark Side army which will hunt down threats to his rule, taking Ezra Bridger and Mara Jade as his apprentices. After getting rid of Maul and Savage as well, Palpatine uses transfer essence to achieve immortality and rule the galaxy forever.
• What If Darth Sidious SECRETLY Cloned Anakin Skywalker (link): Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious, has a vision of Anakin's body being severely damaged and orders him cloned as a back-up plan in case he doesn't prove powerful enough to be of use to him. Palpatine fills Mount Tantiss with clones of Anakin, having Jedi who survive The Purge captured and used to help cultivating working Force-sensitive clones. To keep the clones secret from Vader, Palpatine has the latter help to enslave species across the galaxy. Years after the formation of the Empire, Palpatine has one clone face Vader on Thyferra, torturing and gaslighting him after he wins. He has three working clones brought to Exegol, where he prepares the Imperial fleet in case he needs to establish dominion of the galaxy by brute force, and trains the clones in lightsaber combat until he has them fight to the death. After Vader loses a battle with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Palpatine sends a clone who survived the battle on Exegol to face Vader, before killing him personally. Palpatine continues with cloning, planning to create an army of clones with the same strength in the Force as Anakin in order to drain them all and become the Force god. Palpatine sends clone Anakin to destroy the Rebels and kill Luke and Obi-Wan, before spending years preparing for a ritual to drain clones. When clone Anakin fulfills his mission, Palpatine summons him to Exegol to be the first clone to be drained for his ritual.
• What If Sidious Saved the Younglings from Order 66 (link): Darth Sidious turns Anakin Skywalker to his side and orders the extermination of the adult Jedi while planning to turn the younglings and surviving Padawans into his Dark Side army. Sidious has them watch as he kills Yoda before sending them all to the Sith temple on Krayiss II. Sidious declares himself Emperor of the Galaxy and uses Anakin to destroy all who dare to rise up against him, while raising his army in The Dark Side by having them massacre innocents across the galaxy. Sidious manipulates Anakin and his wife Padmé into turning against each other while corrupting their children to evil, resulting in nine-year-old Leia pushing her friend to her death when they had a disagreement. Sidious has his Sith army fight among themselves so only the strongest will remain, taking surviving losers and the bodies of dead ones to be experimented on in Sidious's quest for immortality. Sidious sends Anakin to kill Obi-Wan and Ahsoka while inducting his children into his Sith army. Sidious eventually orders Anakin to get rid of the last opposition to his rule, Padmé included, while using it to turn Luke and Leia against their father. Sidious fully takes Anakin as his apprentice after he kills the twins, successfully attains immortality, and rules the galaxy with the new Sith Empire forever.
• What If the Younglings Saved Anakin Skywalker During Order 66 (link): Palpatine, aka (Darth) Sidious, launches Order 66. When Anakin finds himself unable to kill the younglings at the Jedi Temple—and realizes Palpatine tried several times to have Padmé killed, he confronts Palpatine and faces him in a lightsaber duel. However, Palpatine is much stronger, and easily overcomes Anakin, wounding the latter. Palpatine eventually will kill Anakin, but not before conquering the galaxy, killing Padmé, and raising their son to be Sidious's servant. In addition, Palpatine plans to give the Jedi Temple survivors hope—having them become Sith—before killing them.
• What If Sidious Captured Ahsoka & Ezra in the World Between Worlds (link): Darth Sidious, also known as Emperor Palpatine, uses Ahsoka Tano and Ezra Bridger to enter the World Between Worlds and see the future. Letting Ezra go to test the predictions of the World Between Worlds, Sidious keeps Ahsoka prisoner and uses her to access it while keeping her in constant agony. Sidious manipulates the situation so that the Rebel Alliance would fail to destroy the Death Star and Princess Leia would be killed by Darth Vader, before sending him to destroy the remaining rebels and kill Luke and Ob-Wan in the process. As the Force creates multiple new Chosen Ones to fight against him, Sidious has them all either killed, at one point killing every first-born child in a city to get to his target, or using enslaved to serve him. Sidious has his granddaughter Rey captured and raised to be his new body after killing her parents, creating more clone children so he could eventually possess their offspring. Sidious faces Vader and reveals to him that he is responsible for the death of his children after defeating him, before killing both him and Ahsoka. Sidious uses Ray to access the World Between Worlds and uses it to rule the galaxy forever.
• What If Pong Krell Survived & Joined Darth Vader (link): Pong Krell survives his canon death and somehow becomes even worse than he already was. Masterminding the Umbaran Clone Trooper massacre, Krell escapes justice by slaughtering his way through their ranks and leaving few survivors. Travelling the galaxy and killing Jedi to increase his knowledge and strength, Krell throws in with the rising Galactic Empire and becomes one of Emperor Palpatine's Co-Dragons alongside Darth Vader. The worse of the two villains, Krell uses his power to enslave and decimate vast portions of the Outer Rim, keeping his mass slavery plots hidden from Vader. When his ambition grows insatiable, Krell convinces Vader to betray and kill the Emperor by destroying Coruscant's capital city with orbital bombardment. Krell then personally leads the annihilation of the Rebel Alliance, gleefully trapping its many members on a planet so they can be hunted down one-by-one and secure Krell's new role as Emperor.

The Star Wars Galaxy works (by release date)

• What If The Clone Troopers RESISTED AGAINST Order 66 (link): Palpatine, upon realizing that Order 66 is a failure due to the bonds the clone troopers made with the Jedi, initiates his escape plan. Faced with a legion of clone troopers and five Jedi on the way out, Palpatine uses the unnatural powers of the Dark Side to mercilessly wipe them out. Escaping to his Star Destroyer, Palpatine is then killed when Republic ships, tipped off by a remorseful Anakin, rain fire on him.
• What If Darth Plagueis Essence Transferred To Anakin Skywalker As He Died (link): Darth Plagueis escapes death by using Essence Transfer to possess a young Anakin and plots his own return. After a decade of residing in Anakin's subconscious while increasing his power in the Dark Side, Plagueis emerges to possess and trap Anakin in his own body. Immediately killing Palpatine for his betrayal, Plagueis faces the Jedi Council and drains their powers before killing them and everybody who gets in his way, including council members who were off-planet at the time. Plagueis causes an earthquake that destroys the Jedi Temple before going to activate a Sith shrine hidden beneath it. When Anakin briefly resurfaces after seeing Padmé, Plagueis utterly destroys Anakin's essence before killing Padmé and activating the shrine, killing everybody on Coruscant. Plagueis kills the Separatist leadership and ends the Clone Wars, blaming both them and the destruction of Coruscant on the Jedi and branding surviving Jedi and anybody who helps them fugitives. He declares himself Emperor of the Galaxy and threatens any world which rebels with the same fate as Coruscant, cementing his rule as the Sith Emperor.

Star Wars Theory works (by release date)

• What if Anakin Skywalker Never Killed Count Dooku in Revenge of the Sith? (link): Chancellor Palpatine poses himself as the benevolent leader of the Galactic Republic, but in secret is actually the Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, who orchestrated the events behind the Clone Wars. After Dooku exposes him to the Jedi Council, Sidious flees from Coruscant and has the clones execute Order 66 as a distraction. After years of planning his revenge, Sidious, along with Maul and a group of bounty hunters, come into the Jedi Temple and begin killing the Jedi as they sleep, including the younglings. When Palpatine notices Padmé in the temple, the Sith Lord electrocutes her before Anakin's own eyes, finally breaking the Jedi.
• What if Mace Windu Arrested Palpatine with Anakin in Revenge of the Sith? (link): The Sith Lord Palpatine brutally murders three Jedi masters and sways the Council against the Jedis, managing to ruin the reputation of the Jedi. In one ending, he initiates Order 66, eradicating every Jedi despite them no longer posing a threat to him. In another, Palpatine electrocutes Padme, killing her and her unborn children just because Anakin doesn't want to be his pawn anymore. This leads to Anakin becoming the very thing Palpatine wants him to be: A mercilessly cruel tyrant wreaking havoc across the galaxy.
• What if Order 66 Failed? (link): Emperor Palpatine, after murdering Mace Windu alongside his new apprentice, orders the Clone Troopers to execute Order 66 in an attempt to finally crush the Jedi Order, having Darth Vader lead his troops into the Jedi Temple and kill as many Jedi as possible, before sending him off to go handle the Separatist leaders. After learning his plan to destroy the Jedi Order had failed and was cornered by Yoda and several other surviving Jedi, Palpatine would taunt Yoda about how it was foolish to come to stop him, brutally killing both Aayla Secura and Cin Drallig before attacking both Yoda and Ki-Adi-Mundi in a final attempt to save his own skin.
• What if Obi Wan NEVER Followed Padme to Mustafar (link): Emperor Palpatine is the mastermind behind both the Clone Wars and Padmé's numerous assassination attempts, manipulating Anakin to The Dark Side over a matter of years before having the latter become his apprentice. After having Anakin join him, Palpatine would order the Clones to wipe out the Jedi Order and have Anakin go to the Jedi Temple to kill everyone inside. During his final confrontation with the Jedi, Palpatine tries to manipulate a regretful Anakin back to his side, only to no prevail. After being impaled by his former apprentice, Palpatine pulls one last trick and impales Anakin on his own two blades, killing the Chosen One.
• WHAT IF VADER FROZE LUKE IN CARBONITE AND PALPATINE TOOK HIM (link): Emperor Palpatine, after being brought Luke Skywalker, forces the latter into becoming his new apprentice as he believed Vader no longer had any use to him. Palpatine would have Luke go through absolutely agonizing training, nearly having him killed by Rancor monsters and bounty hunters Palpatine had hired, reducing Luke to an Empty Shell of his former self. When he learns of Luke and Vader's betrayal, Palpatine nearly kills the two of them, revealing that he would have Leia serve as their replacement, and as a final attempt to destroy the Rebel Alliance, prepares the second Death Star to destroy Endor.

Franchise-wide

• Die Anatomie Der Macht (The Anatomy of the Force) (link) (Primarily based on Jude Watson's novels, with a few elements from The Clone Wars): Joylin, the tyrannical ruler of Romin, stands in stark contrast to the relatively sympathetic Jenna Zan Arbor. Posing as a freedom fighter, Joylin starts abusing and starving his people and executing his political rivals once he takes over. He also continues the practice of his predecessor, Teda, of being paid to provide shelter to dangerous criminals. Despising the poor people and wishing to wipe them all out, Joylin has Trexin steal a couple of viruses from Jenna in order to make a stronger virus from them which kills his victims by slowly decomposing their bodies, with Joylin planning to use this virus to kill billions of his subjects. Joylin later betrays Trexin—only 16 years old—and attempts to give him to the sadistic Dr. Tennbon for her deranged experiments, a fate he has condemned countless others to. Later, Joylin starts launching rockets, destroying huge parts of the capital and killing countless people. During this bombardment, Joylin mocks Jenna over her inability to save the people and over the fact that there are many kids who have died, taking sadistic pleasure in her suffering and planning to kill her after he has finished exterminating his own people.
• Balancing of the Force: Volume 1: (link): Emperor Palpatine retains most of his canon crimes and goes beyond them. Wanting to live forever, in one way or another, Palpatine used a Force-sensitive concubine from Naboo to produce a daughter to inherit his Empire. Palpatine coldly dismisses the mother’s death and has Snoke subject his daughter to torturous training to mold her into a Sith. Stationing the incomplete second Death Star above Kashyyyk, Palpatine leaks its location to the Rebels, planning to lure them to their destruction before using the Death Star to blow up Kashyyyk. Palpatine has his army terrorise Kashyyyk and massacre the Wookies, broadcasting the bloodshed across the galaxy to lure the Rebellion. When Ahsoka and Luke are captured by Vader, Palpatine tries to have them fight his acolytes Mara and Lumiya to the death, forcing his daughter to watch and see the power of The Dark Side. When their allies intervene, Palpatine personally kills Yoda and tries to have the Skywalker twins kill their father, before trying to kill both of them himself.
• Heart of a Jedi (link): Prince Xizor is the heir of the planet Falleen and the leader of the Black Sun syndicate. Working with Governor Tarkin and Admiral Daala, Xizor raids planets across the galaxy for slaves whom he has work on Despayre to build the planet-destroying Death Star, with many dying over the course of two decades. After Tarkin is elected president of the Republic thanks to Xizor's backing, Xizor has him declare war on the Corporate Sector in order to destroy Urdur because Han Solo, who once stopped his slave shipments, married the daughter of the planet's Governor. Xizor has the newly-completed Death Star destroy Despayre and kill all the slaves and guards still on it, before taking it to Urdur. He uses his pheromones to force Daala into having sex with him, before destroying Urdur and having Tarkin declare himself dictator of the galaxy. Xizor betrays and kills Tarkin after having him threaten to destroy Roonadan, presenting himself as the hero while planning to use the Death Star to keep control of the galaxy. When Daala attempts to betray him, Xizor reveals he was working with her daughter Shira and helped her learn the ways of the Sith. After Shira kills her mother, Xizor sends her to Coruscant to deal with the Jedi and eliminate any threats to his rule.
• Eclipse: Emperor Palpatine is the sadistic ruler of the Galactic Empire who wants to make Luke and Leia his and Vader's heirs so his influence on the galaxy will continue even after his death, while using them to hunt down rebels. Palpatine has countless children kidnapped and brainwashed into his Inquisitors, uncaring about the many who die during the training on missions. When Luke hesitates to execute a Rebel spy, Palpatine has him tortured with Force Lightning, punishment which he is ready to give to all his subordinates for the smallest of reasons. Palpatine plans to create the Death Star and threaten with destruction any planet which shows signs of disobedience, causing the disgusted Skywalker twins to defect to the Rebellion. Palpatine has Luke captured and tortured for weeks in an attempt to break him, even implanting in his head memories of his father torturing him. When the Rebellion frees Galen Erso and steals the Death Star plans, Palpatine orders its crew to destroy Naboo to spite the Rebellion's leader, Padmé Amidala, by destroying both her and his own homeworld. Eventually, Palpatine plots to lure an entire Rebel fleet into a trap on the Coruscant, with the intention of destroying them all and either breaking Luke and Leia back into his servants or killing them.
• The Naboo Chronicles (link; For the Love of the Queen; To Everything There is a Season):
  • Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious, is a manipulative Dark Lord who plans to rule the galaxy. He orchestrates the invasion of his own homeworld Naboo, using the crisis to manipulate his way into the Office of Supreme Chancellor. Plotting to turn Anakin to the Dark Side, Palpatine manipulates both Trade Federation soldiers and Naboo's former King Veruna in an attempt to assassinate Padmé. Capturing and corrupting Count Sar Dooku into his servant, Palpatine manipulates him into killing his friend Sifo Dyas, whom Palpatine manipulated into ordering the clone army. Palpatine orders raids across the galaxy in order to acquire the kelvacyte necessary for a planet-destroying superlaser. Palpatine captures and corrupts Force-sensitive teen Dahlia into serving him, sending her to infiltrate the Jedi Temple and steal the Staff of Marka Ragnos. Learning that Naboo's moons possess huge amounts of kelvacyte, Palpatine sends Valkin to acquire it by any means necessary. Palpatine organises the near-death of a Kallesh revolutionary in order to make him general in his war. Ready to kick the war off, Palpatine sends Dahlia to infiltrate the army of Naboo and lures anti-war senators into a trap on Geonosis.
  • Valkin Ord is one of Palpatine's highest ranking and most ambitious servants. Head of the Mandalorian arms-dealing family whose father befriended Dooku, Valkin assists Palpatine in turning Dooku to the Dark Side. Valkin is put in charge of building armies for the Clone Wars, including development of a superlaser. He eventually allies with Dooku to betray Palpatine, planning to betray Dooku as well and conquer the galaxy on his own. Uniting Mandalorian clans under his command, Valkin leads raids on kelvacyte-rich sites, killing countless workers. Sent by Palpatine to acquire Naboo's kelvacyte, Valkin uses his superlaser-equipped flagship Avenger to destroy Eqab 9 and threatens to do the same to Naboo. Valkin captures Padmé, planning to make her his bride and turn Anakin to the Dark Side to serve him. Beaten by Anakin, Valkin orders the Avenger to destroy Naboo.
• Reborn Trilogy: Emperor Palpatine is the cruel ruler of the Galactic Empire and secretly the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Sidious. Corrupting Anakin Skywalker into his apprentice after the latter's marriage to Padmé was discovered, Palpatine has Anakin assist in the genocide of the Jedi Order and THE oppression of the galaxy. When Palpatine learns that Vader has lost his memory, the former has Boba Fett captured and drugged to make him susceptible to his manipulations. Palpatine drains captive Force-sensitives of their blood to inject it in Boba and train him as his new apprentice, Darth Kain. Palpatine sends Kain to destroy the Rebel base on Yavin 4, ordering his spy to be abandoned when she blows her cover. Palpatine starts planning to turn Luke and Vader to his side and orders Kain to capture their friends so they can be tortured and used as bait. Palpatine captures the crew of the Millennium Falcon by threatening Cloud City and gives Han Solo to be delivered to Jabba the Hutt. When Vader confronts him, Palpatine tortures him and awakens his memories, causing a tidal wave in the Force that results in great pain to all Force-sensitives. Palpatine uses the second Death Star to lure the Rebels into a trap designed to completely destroy them, while sending Kain to kill Yoda. Palpatine lures Luke and Vader to the Sith fortress on Byss, planning to either turn them to his side or kill them, even trying to goad Luke into killing Kain when he sees no more use for him.
• Saga of the Skywalkers - A Fantasy Retelling:
  • Emperor Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious, is the ultimate source of evil in the story. Under his guise as a Senator of the Grand Republic, Palpatine organises the invasion of his own homeland of Naboo in order to become Supreme Chancellor. He kicks off a bloody world-wide war and eventually manipulates Anakin Skywalker to his side by promising him power to save his wife Padmé. Palpatine has almost all Jedi killed while reforming the Republic into the Empire under his rule. After Anakin is nearly killed, Palpatine uses his powers to transfer Padmé's life essence to him, killing her in the process. Palpatine spreads his tyranny and terror across the world, ultimately building the Death Star, a flying fortress that can destroy whole countries. After Vader's son Luke destroys the Death Star, Palpatine plans to turn him to the Dark Side. He has the whole Rebellion lured to the site of the rebuilt Death Star and tries to make Luke kill his father, ordering the Death Star's crew to destroy Endor if the Rebels gain the upper hand. Seemingly killed by a redeemed Anakin, Palpatine's spirit survives, and creates a homonculi named Snoke and has him corrupt Han and Leia's son Ben, and builds a new empire to terrorise the world. Ready to announce his return, Palpatine unveils a fleet with the power to destroy whole nations. He threatens destruction to anybody who refuses his new rule and tries to possess his granddaughter Rey, whose parents he had murdered.
  • Rogue One & A New Hope: Grand Moff Tarkin is the Imperial officer whose doctrine aided in the creation of the Death Star. After sanctioning the destruction of the Holy City in Jedha and its surrounding settlements, Tarkin takes control of the Death Star from his rival Krennic. He uses it to destroy a facility on Scariff, killing all Rebels there as well as countless Imperials. After Princess Leia is captured, Tarkin has Vader torture her before threatening to use the Death Star on Alderaan if she doesn't reveal the location of the Rebel base. When Leia seemingly gives him the location, Tarkin has the Death Star destroy Alderaan anyway before ordering Leia to be killed. After letting the Millennium Falcon escape so they can track it to the Rebel base, Tarkin prepares to destroy Yavin, thinking only about the drink he will have after the Rebellion is completely destroyed.
• A Single Decision:
  • Sheev Palpatine, also known as the Darth Sidious, is the ultimate instigator of the Clone Wars. In the past, Palpatine had Nute Gunray invade Palpatine's homeworld of Naboo, using the sympathy garnered to become a Supreme Chancellor of the Republic. Seducing the disillusioned Count Dooku to the Dark Side, Sidious uses him and the Confederacy of Independent Systems to throw the galaxy into a bloody war. Having Jedi take control of the clone army, Palpatine ultimately planned to have the Jedi destroyed and turn the Republic into an Empire. Staging his own kidnapping while having the Confederacy attack Coruscant, Palpatine manipulates Anakin into killing Dooku, having planned to turn Anakin to the Dark Side.
  • Wilhuff Tarkin started as a member of Palpatine's inner circle before coming into his own after the latter's death. Manipulating his way into becoming a Senator, Tarkin uses his influence to sacrifice both the Mynator sector and the 12th Fleet to the Confederacy, prolonging the war for years and using the losses to have Mas Amedda removed from power. Now Chancellor, Tarkin continues the war, notably pushing for much faster construction of the Death Star and giving a huge region of the space to the Hutts to secure an alliance with them. Tarkin founds the Knights of the Republic, a faction of the Force users loyal only to him. Searching for an alternative to the super laser, Tarkin recruits Darth Maul and has him open the ancient Sith holocron. The holocron leads to Tarkin discovering a mystical flower which can provide power equal to the super laser in exchange for the life force of millions of beings. Tarkin plans to feed the flower with the "undesirables" of the galaxy and use it to destroy the Confederacy's capital Raxus, using fear to win the war and rule the galaxy.
• Sith Hero (link): Sheev Palpatine becomes aware of Anakin Skywalker and sends Darth Maul to kidnap him. After Maul is killed, Palpatine kills Qui-Gon Jinn and Anakin's mother Shmi, before taking Anakin under the pretense of being his father. Palpatine spends years training Anakin in the ways of the Sith, regularly torturing him with Force Lightning. Starting the Clone Wars in order to take power and destroy the Jedi, Palpatine has Anakin serve as the general of the Republic in order to improve public opinion about the Sith. Learning that Anakin accidentally got General Grievous killed, Palpatine has him punished with Force Lightning.

Films

• Darth Vader: Hero of Naboo: Darth Sidious, better known as Senator Palpatine, is a monster even by the standards of the Sith. Outraged by the appearance of Darth Vader, Sidious tortures Darth Maul to death with Force Lightning for bringing him the news that Vader knows his identity, rationalizing that Darth Plagueis can resurrect Maul. Believing Plagueis trained Vader to replace him, Sidious attempts to murder Plagueis when he thinks the latter is distracted. Upon Vader tearing away the Veil of the Dark Side, Sidious floods the minds of the Jedi with horrifying visions, while at the same time slaughtering a group of Jedi who left the Temple, even torturing Sar Labooda to death in order to make her sister Depa Billaba feel the pain as well. When cornered by Vader and several Jedi Masters, Sidious uses many dirty tricks to try to kill them, culminating in him unleashing a Force Storm capable of destroying a tenth of Coruscant and killing hundreds of billions, simply to ensure that Vader dies with him.
• Invocation (link): Devil is the evil Ethereal of Death dedicated to bringing Hell on Earth. He created the Knights of Ren to be his servants in spreading death and destruction across the world, constantly using his powers to torture their minds in order to keep them obedient. After being defeated by the combined efforts of the Ethereals and the defected Knights of Ren, Devil is eventually freed by his servants and possesses the body of one of his Knights. He sets demons to spread death and chaos across the world, killing thousands and causing natural disasters, while he personally kills and collects the skulls of his treacherous minions. Devil plans to marry Rey so he can use their combined power to rule the world, threatening Kylo Ren's life to break Rey's spirit before trying to kill Kylo anyway.
• Point of Divergence (link): Darth Sidious is just as evil as he is in both canon and Legends. After being ousted as the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic by Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu, Palpatine assumes control of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and makes Asajj Ventress his new apprentice, giving her the title of Darth Virosa and ordering her to kidnap the Skywalker twins. Sucessful in capturing Luke, Sidious pretends to be Luke's father and trains Luke as another apprentice. Under his leadership, the Separatists invade Kashyyyk and enslave the Wookie population to build the Death Star, with Sidious resorting to increasingly brutal tactics, such as the use of chemical and biological weapons. 19 years following his ouster, he destroys the planet of Corellia using the Death Star and subsequently orders an attack on Coruscant. After Leia sneaks aboard the Death Star with Anakin's strike force, Palpatine goads Leia into striking down Luke to convert her to the Dark Side. When Luke defeats Leia and refuses to kill her, Sidious tries to kill her himself using force lightning, and would have succeeded had it not been for Anakin's intervention.
• REDONE: Sheev Palpatine is just as evil as he was in the original films. He orchestrates the invasion of Alderaan; the assassination of Chancellor Organa so he can become Chancellor of the Republic; and the Clone Wars themselves so he can achieve supreme power over the Galaxy. He manipulates Anakin and Padmé into joining his side. When Padmé is injured fighting Mace Windu and Anakin is injured on Mustafar, he takes Anakin to a rehab center while he steals Padmé's life force, and when Anakin awakes as Darth Vader, Palpatine claims that the Jedi killed Padmé. Palpatine later teams up with Jabba the Hutt to enslave Kashyyyk and plans to use the Sun Crusher to destroy the Rebellion. A sinister, uncaring, and despotic Sith Lord, Palpatine still remains an utter monster.
• What if Palpatine killed Rey and Ben on Exegol? (link): Palpatine fatally electrocutes his own granddaughter, Rey, along with Ben Solo, before wiping out the whole Resistance. He conquers the galaxy, destroying any star system that opposes him. As Emperor, Palpatine kills or enslaves entire species if he deems them unworthy to exist, and enacts a cleansing of anyone who disagrees with his rule, with many worlds purged. He creates a cult which preaches complete devotion to himself and makes the practice of any other religion punishable by death. When he is not ruling, Palpatine kidnaps many Force-sensitive children and infants to turn to the Dark Side, and conducts experiments to reshape reality to his will.

Others

• The Clone Wars fanfics:
  • The Harvested (link): The Warden is the psychopathic overseer of Eonin, a secret facility which specializes in capturing Clones and subjecting them to inhumane experiments; there is an entire room filled with the mangled bodies of all the Clones who have died during their imprisonment at Eonin. As a side project, the Warden also brutally tortures some of the Clones to get classified, Republic information and sell it to Count Dooku. When his operation is compromised, the Warden detonates the whole facility, leaving everyone else to die in the ensuing explosion while he makes his escape.
  • Lasting Marks (link): Keeper Agruss is just as sadistic as in the series. Agruss has the Torguta colonists of Kiros enslaved in his slave processing facility, having Torgutas of all ages subjected to horrible work conditions while being monitored by his sadistic guards, killing all who are unable to work. When Obi-Wan Kenobi and Captain Rex are sent to his facility, Agruss orders his guards to punish Torgutas any time they show resistance in order to break Kenobi's spirit, at one point killing a Torguta teenager in front of him. When Jedi and the Republic attack the facility to free the slaves, Agruss threatens the lives of the imprisoned Torgutas, destroying a control panel which could save them when Obi-Wan and Rex rebel after weeks of torment and mocking a traumatised Kenobi that Jedi can't harm an unarmed man.
  • Star of Death (link): Tarkin takes control of the Republic after Palpatine's death and uses the newly completed Death Star to destroy Kamino and blame it on the Separatists. He has two Jedi Masters allied with him seemingly take control of the Death Star for the Republic and use it to threaten the Separatists into surrender or they will destroy the Separatists' capital world of Raxus after demonstrating its power on Raxus's moon. Tarkin plans to use the Death Star to keep the galaxy in line. When the Jedi Council organises a covert mission to destroy the Death Star, Tarkin declares all of the Jedi traitors and orders the clones to execute Order 66, bringing the Jedi Order to near-extinction.
  • Ventrobi: The Paradox Zone (link): Pong Krell somehow returns from death and proves himself as evil as ever. Coming to Rakata Prime in search of immortality and power to conquer the galaxy, he causes the Force drain that slowly drains life from all Force users in the galaxy. When Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ventress come to Rakata Prime to investigate the origins of the Force drain, Pong Krell uses them to get through traps guarding the tomb of Rakata Sage Kindama, planning to force them to watch his victory.
• Rebels fanfics Children of the Force & Every Colour But Red:
  • The Grand Inquisitor is head of the Inquisitorius and Darth Sidious's right hand. He leads the Inquisitors in crushing any opposition to the Empire's rule, leaving a trail of death whatever they go. The Grand Inquisitor personally leads a purge on Mandalore to crush the Fifth Uprising, forcing Sabine Wren to develop technology used in massacres. Under his leadership, Inquisitors steal and hunt Force-sensitive children and send them to the Academy on Dromund Kaas where they are tortured until they embrace the Dark Side. After the death of the High Interrogator, the Grand Inquisitor plans to make Ezra the new Interrogator, kidnapping a kind farmer's wife to force him to lure Ezra into a trap. He gives the Seventh Sister the task of breaking Ezra, leading to her sexually abusing the boy and eventually forcing Ezra to kill his friend Dev Morgan. When Sidious wants new Inquisitors in the field as fast as possible, the Grand Inquisitor orders the Headmaster to send all broken kids to him and kill the rest in a week, before ordering all kids killed when the Rebellion comes to rescue them. Working with Grand Admiral Thrawn, Grand Inquisitor plans to attack a rebel base on Yavin IV and wipe the rebellion out and steal freed children back, while giving Viceroy Gar Saxon the idea to provoke another Mandalorian purge.
  • Children of the Force only: The Headmaster is a cruel man in charge of the Inquisitor Academy. Introduced almost shooting a young girl for crying and beating Ezra when the boy protests, the Headmaster drops kids into a jungle on Dromund Kaas, making them either come to the Academy in five hours or die. In the Academy, the Headmaster subjects kids to constant mental and physical torture, having no problem with his staff or Inquisitors taking sexual advantage of children, in order to break them and make them into puppets of the Empire. When Ezra and his friends plan to escape, the Headmaster shoots Dev Morgan in the gut, making Ezra beg for him to Mercy Kill Dev or watch him suffer for days.
  • Every Colour But Red only: Viceroy Gar Saxon is the treacherous Governor of the Mandalore Sector who oppresses his people on the Empire's behalf and lets Inquisitors steal their children. He falsely befriends and manipulates Sabine into going to Sundari Academy, planing to use the girl as a hostage should her clan turn against him. During the Fifth Uprising, Saxon works with the Grand Inquisitor to regain control of Mandalore, uncaring about all the Mandalorians who died in the purge, even introducing Sabine to the Inquisitor and presenting her technology to him. After Sabine joins the Rebellion, Saxon makes her young brother Tristan one of his commandos, threatening to massacre the whole Wren clan if the boy turns on him. When the Mandalorians continue to prove rebellious, Saxon plans to fake a terrorist attack to kill clan heads and call forth a new purge.

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