Darth Sidious



"The Alliance... will die. As will your friends. Good, I can feel your anger. I am defenceless. Take your weapon. Strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!"

- Darth Sidious to Luke Skywalker

Darth Sidious, AKA The Emperor, real name Sheev Palpatine, is the main antagonist of the Star Wars media franchise, as well as being the one responsible for the near-extinction of the Jedi, the cause of the Clone Wars, and the creation of the Galactic Empire. He also appears in the Star Wars Legends continuity, which is longer official canon as of the 2014 reboot.

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Battle Record
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Battle Record
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 * Wins: 3
 * Losses: 3
 * Draws: 0

Possible Opponents

 * Aku (Samurai Jack)
 * Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
 * Darkseid
 * Discord (My Little Pony)
 * Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Gorilla Grodd
 * Joker
 * Kaguya Otsutsuki (Naruto)
 * King Dedede (Kirby)
 * Loki
 * Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
 * Megatron (Transformers)
 * Ozai (Avatar)
 * Palutena (Kid Icarus)
 * Ragyo Kiryuin (Kill la Kill)
 * Raiden
 * Ridley (Metroid)
 * Salem (RWBY)
 * Sans (Undertale)
 * Senator Armstrong (Metal Gear)
 * Shinnok
 * Thanos
 * Yhwach (Bleach)
 * Yuki Terumi (BlazBlue)

Death Battle Info
'Note: After Star Wars was sold to Disney by George Lucas for several billion dollars, the Expanded Universe (EU) is now considered a sort of separate canon, dubbed Legends''. Darth Sidious/Palpatine is far more powerful in every way if the Legends version is being used, and EU Palpatine should be able to use his canon feats and abilities in addition to his Legends feats and abilities.'''

Background

 * Name: Sheev Palpatine
 * Age: ~86 at time of death
 * Height: 173cm (5'8")
 * Occupation: Sith Lord and Emperor of the Galactic Empire
 * He served his Sith apprenticeship under Darth Plagueis
 * He is the Senate

Physical Abilities
Disney Canon/Both: EU/Legends Only:
 * Able to keep up with Yoda and Mace Windu in their fights. Anakin, who has displayed Relativistic+ reactions and Sub-Relativistic speeds, only saw his movements when he fought Windu as blurs.
 * Is strong enough to lift Anakin's charred body, effortlessly vaulting over a cliff. (Source: Revenge of the Sith Novelization)
 * Extremely fast, one of the swiftest Sith Lords. His speed is comparable to that of Luke Skywalker's, as well as Abeloth's, who both consider nanosecond reaction times (Lightspeed) to be too slow. Luke was able to keep up with a person who can react at Faster than Light speeds, meaning that Sidious would scale to FTL reactions. He can also fight at Relativistic+ speeds (His combat speed), courtesy of being far faster than people like Darth Vader. In addition, his Precognitive abilities augment his reactions.

Lightsaber

 * Cuts through most objects
 * Palpatine has been shown dual wielding lightsabers
 * Expends no heat or energy until physical contact
 * Sidious is a master of all forms of Lightsaber combat.


 * He is able to throw his Lightsaber in order to deal damage at a distance.

Powers and Abilities

 * Extremely intelligent, Genius level intellect. Masterminded the plan that would ultimately result in the Galactic Empire, was managing two factions who were both warring each other at once without either side generally suspecting anything about Sidious, is highly charismatic and manipulative, managing to convince even the people of the Galaxy to believe in him, and convinced people like Dooku to corrupt to the Dark Side. He also shows great aptitude in battle.
 * (EU ONLY) Is apparently able to create new force abilities on the fly
 * Sith Alchemy
 * Sith Sorcery

Force Abilities
Note: His Destructive Capability with his Force abilities should be equal to his Defense with Force Abilities.

Disney Canon/Both:
 * With the Force, one is able to amplify their own physique, giving a boost to durability, stamina, speed, physical strength, and more.
 * Force Crush: Sidious uses the force to crush objects.
 * Force Scream: Force ability used to disorient and intimidate foes. A strong enough scream is able to damage physical objects.
 * Telekinesis: This is one of the more versatile components of Darth Vader's force arsenal. He is capable of pushing foes back, forming barriers with the force, disarming people, and even crushing the organs of the opponent.
 * Precognition: Through the force, Darth Sidious is able to see into the future. In battle, he is able to use it by predicting what his opponent will do next, and acting accordingly. This heavily augments his reactions.
 * Tutaminis: Enables Sidious to dissipate concentrated energy, or channel it away.
 * Force Barriers/Protection bubbles
 * Telepathy: Able to probe knowledge from opponents, read them, and even invade their minds. Sometimes, it is strong enough to kill outright the victim.

EU/Legends Only:
 * Force Lightning: One of the most infamous Force abilities, Sidious can either use this in a constant stream, or in bursts to electrocute the victim. Even when prepared, the speed of the lightning can catch even a well guarded defender offguard. Notably, Force lightning is excruciatingly painful and Sidious often uses this ability to torture or toy with his victims. Having his own lightning deflected back at him by Mace Windu resulted in the deformation of his face.
 * He is able to drastically increase the range that his Force can reach through the "Distant Power"
 * Convection: Sidious is able to literally make his fists hot to the touch, even to the point of ignition. This does not harm the user. Sidious has demonstrated an ability to heat up objects other than himself.
 * Force Drain: Sidious is able to drain life force from his opponents, adding it to his own. Most notably, he used this to drain the population of an entire planet, to be specific, Byss.
 * Enchanced Force Lightning: Showing a far greater proficiency than in canon, Sidious can incinerate nearly any opponent with this Lightning, and easily cause Micro-Fractures to the bones.
 * Force Maelstorm: Sidious starts by generating Force Bubble around his body, which conceals and protects himself from external damage. Through telekinesis, any loose objects or peoples around the the bubble would begin to swirl around it. Finally, He would devastate the objects by blasting them away, in a surge of Force Lightning.
 * Force Stealth: Used by highly skilled Force Users, this can be used to conceal the user's Force alignment (Light/Dark), their ability to use it, or even their entire prescence from other Force Sensitives.
 * Ionize: Sidious can overload and damage Electronical systems, like Drones. Ineffective against organic beings.
 * Force Storm: One of the most powerful Force abilities ever known across the galaxy, this volatile ability is able to generate hyperspace wormholes that can displace objects across vast distances and tear apart the surfaces of whole planets. The storms are rather difficult to control unless mastered, this ability can teleport beings across the galaxy and ravage planets and whole starfleets. However, it is only availible in his reborn form.
 * Shroud of Darkness: Through telepathy, he clouds the clairvoyance and precognition of other Force users within a Galaxy sized radius. This ability can last up to at least 30 years, if not longer.
 * Enchanced Telepathy: In addition to the previous abilities of Telepathy, Sidious is able to manipulate and create Illusions.
 * Mind Trick: User can mentally control and manipulate others. Sidious was able to mind wipe millions on Coruscant to hide a Star Dreadnought, Luskanya
 * Soul Possession/Manipulation
 * Transfer Essence: Using this, Palpatine is essentially Immortal, albeit requiring clone bodies to stay that way.
 * Enchanced Telepathy: In the EU, Vader's proficiency with Telepathy has grown to an extent that he is able to dominate the opponent's mind
 * Matter Manipulation on a Subatomic Scale (Required to edit the Telos Helocron)
 * Memory Manipulation
 * Pyrokinesis
 * Midichlorian Manipulation
 * Teleportation

Feats
Disney Canon/Both: EU/Legends Only:
 * Orchestrated his rise to power by having his predecessor removed from office, then having Count Dooku arranged the creation of the clone army before deceiving the Senate to give him emergency power to deal with the Separatist army.
 * Hid his Sith nature from the Jedi Order for years even in plain sight
 * Successfully turned Anakin Skywalker and Count Dooku to the dark side
 * Successfully took over the galaxy
 * Beat Yoda in a duel
 * Force Choked Count Dooku from the other side of the Galaxy
 * Casually defeated Darth Maul and Savage Opress in a 2v1 lightsaber battle without breaking a sweat
 * Slaughtered 3 Jedi Council Members in quick succession, then slicing up a fourth shortly after.
 * Throughout the Clone Wars, Sidious made sure nothing interfered with his plan: Killing Savage Opress and then punishing Maul with a make for his former ward, ordering the death of Clone Trooper Fives when he stumbled onto the Order 66 phase of the plan and attempted to tempt Yoda to the Dark Side.
 * In the final days of the Clone Wars, Sidious wins Anakin Skywalker's loyalty having managed to nearly wipe out the Jedi before using Mace Windu's attempt on his life to establish the Galactic Empire.
 * Nearly killed Luke Skywalker, with just one Force Lightning blast
 * Effortlessly defeated Darth Maul and Savage Opress at the same time, Maul being capable of fighting and reacting at extremely fast speeds (5 Digit Machs), and would scale to someone who was able to go
 * Overpowers Force Raged Darth Maul
 * Stated numerous times to be the most powerful Sith Lord in history.
 * Capable of trading strikes with Mace Windu, who is said to be second only in Jedi Swordsmanship to Yoda. Windu being a Jedi who mastered a form of lightsaber combat normally used by Sith (Vaapad), in spite of not corrupting to the Dark Side.
 * Can Casually kill Agen Kolar and Saesee Tiin before they can even react (Source: Revenge of the Sith Novelization)
 * Is way too fast for even Anakin to see, and Anakin can already fight at very fast speeds. (Source: Revenge of the Sith Novelization)
 * Easily Finished off Mace Windu with Force Lightning, even though seconds before he was at lightsaber point by that same person and crying for his life.
 * Sidious and Yoda fight so fast that their attacks form a "tornado" (Source: Revenge of the Sith Novelization)
 * Stated numerous times to be the most powerful Sith Lord in history. Some Sith Lords of comparable strength are some like Vitiate, who consumed Nathema, and obtained this much energy, enough to blow up Earth's Moon 10 times over, and after absorbing Ziost, he has likely doubled. This would place Sidious at Small Planet level. In addition, he has feats such as wiping out entire groups of starships, and the surfaces of whole planets with Force Storms. These Storms took Luke, Leia, and an unborn Anakin Solo through the Light Side to turn his creation against him.
 * His Force Lightning is powerful enough to make Darth Maul, who has a resistance to said power, scream in pain
 * Instantly speed blitzes a group of Jedi before any of them could even react to his blade
 * His Force Lightning is strong enough to light up an entire planet.
 * Held his own against Master Yoda and managed to sent him into a retreat
 * One hits Rayf with some good old Force Lightning
 * Vastly outclasses people like Darth Vader in speed, who was able to react at Relativistic, if not Light speeds and fight at said speeds as well. He could also nearly disarm Galen Marek. And Vader should also be far superior to the Jedi who was able to react Mach ~50000 Speeds. In his battle with Windu, Sidious' movements appeared as a blur to even Anakin.
 * While he was fighting Darth Maul, he was fighting so fast, that Maul only saw his movements as blurs. He then sees countless plasma blades and even more of that. (Source: Darth Maul: Shadow Conspiracy)

Flaws

 * Arrogant, and Overconfident. Tends to underestimate his opponents, especially Yoda and Luke Skywalker
 * Almost defeated by Mace Windu if Anakin did not intervene.
 * Admits that his master Darth Plagueis is more powerful than him, thus why he kills his master in his sleep instead of directly
 * Was unable to unlock the secrets of manipulating Midi-chlorians
 * Only engages in Lightsaber Combat to "humour" his opponents
 * Somewhat cowardly
 * His meticulous plans of the rise of the Empire nearly came to disaster numerous times
 * Some of his stronger abilities, such as Force Storm are only available to his Reborn forms (Clone Bodies)

Respect Threads

 * https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/1ua7lx/respect_darth_sidious/ (EU)
 * http://comicvine.gamespot.com/emperor-palpatine/4005-16164/forums/rots-palpatine-darth-sidious-respect-thread-1619731/ (EU and Canon, but mostly Canon)
 * http://comicvine.gamespot.com/profile/shootingnova/blog/rotj-palpatine-darth-sidious-respect-thread/101094/ (EU + Canon)
 * http://comicvine.gamespot.com/profile/shootingnova/blog/tpm-palpatine-darth-sidious-respect-thread/100444/ (EU)
 * http://comicvine.gamespot.com/profile/shootingnova/blog/de-palpatine-darth-sidious-respect-thread/101798/ (EU)