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“The Jedi we’re wrong to fight in the Clone Wars!” How so? Should they have just ignored what happened on Geonosis aka when Dooku and the CIS leadership attempted to murder Padme(a literal senator) and then threw Obi Wan into an arena because he was pursuing said assassin and then threw Anakin and Padme in there with him? Where hundreds of them were butchered trying to rescue them by the droid army controlled by the Sith?

The Jedi not becoming generals makes nothing better. The war still happens and Palpatine has even more free reign to order Dooku to commit atrocities. The Clones still have to fight and probably are gonna be worse off. And the Republic is gonna be pissed them for refusing the draft(because the Jedi were drafted) and that means a lot less ability for the Jedi to do anything(there is only 10,000 of them without Republic support they can do little other than be a roving band of vigilantes.)

Entering the war was a sucky choice sure, but what other options do they have when confronted with the fact the Sith have an army rampaging through the galaxy? When hundreds of their members were killed by said army? When that would mean leaving the clones to fight and die? When it would cut off many way of them helping anyone? I really can’t see how sitting out is better here.

Me: I am very normal about Star Wars

My brain: Anakins first reaction when helping to kill Mace is to scream “What have I done!” He immediately knew what mistake he had just made. He likely knew that the clones would be forced to become mind controlled killers for Palpatine. He knew that both Obi Wan and Ahsoka would be put in danger along with every other Jedi. He knew that Padme would be horrified, that she would likely oppose Palpatine and would be put into danger because of that(Dooku literally tried to have her killed prior). He knew what the Sith are and what this new empire would do to countless people.

He very likely understood what the consequences of this would be, but the offer of never having to lose anyone ever again was just too tempting for him to give up, even at the expense of everyone he loved and the galaxy at large.

During the prequels…

I think Sheev will be awake at 3 a.m. and he’ll call the Separatist’s Assassin Hotline to try and kill Padme Amidala because her death would help Anakin fall, but mostly because he’s bored and watching the assassins scramble to kill Padme (who might have unlocked immortality) is better than the opera. 

wear robes do magic serve cunt

another doodle in the journey of Fox being the only person Palps actually likes

One thing that caught my attention while watching The Phantom Menace in the theater, a movie I didn't expect to find anything new with after how many times I've seen it and analyzed it, was that Sidious mentions multiple times that he has to change his plans to fit the new circumstances. It got me to thinking about how Palpatine gets credit for his carefully crafted plans, but often times not for how flexible he is in changing them on the fly, especially in time travel fics where someone destroys one of his plans and that's the end of it. Which, I'm not advocating against, I love a good Take That Wrinkled Walnut The Fuck Down However You Gotta Do It fic and I don't want them to change! But in canon Palpatine makes note of things he's not expecting, like:

When Valorum sends the Jedi as ambassadors, it's not part of Sidious' plan: DAULTAY DOFINE: This scheme of yours has failed, Lord Sidious. The blockade is finished. We dare not go against the Jedi. DARTH SIDIOUS: Viceroy, I don't want this stunted slime in my sight again! This turn of events is unfortunate. We must accelerate our plans. Begin landing your troops. NUTE GUNRAY: My lord, is that… legal? DARTH SIDIOUS: I will make it legal. NUTE GUNRAY: And the Jedi? DARTH SIDIOUS: The Chancellor should never have brought them into this. Kill them immediately!

On the Trade Federation ship, after Queen Amidala has disappeared from Naboo, Palpatine originally planned that she would be forced to sign the treaty, and then brings in Maul to deal with this. DARTH SIDIOUS: And Queen Amidala, has she signed the treaty? NUTE GUNRAY: She has disappeared, My Lord. One Naboo cruiser got pat the blockade. DARTH SIDIOUS: I want that treaty signed. NUTE GUNRAY: My Lord, it's impossible to locate the ship. It's out of our range. DARTH SIDIOUS: Not for a Sith. This is my apprentice. Darth Maul. He will find your lost ship.

On Naboo, after Padme allies with the Gungans: NUTE GUNRAY: We've sent out patrols. We've already located their starship in the swamp....It won't be long, My Lord. DARTH SIDIOUS: This is an unexpected move for her. It's too aggressive. Lord Maul, be mindful. MAUL: Yes, my Master. DARTH SIDIOUS: Be patient... Let them make the first move.

Palpatine's plans aren't static, they adapt and change with the events that happen, just as the other characters react to new information and head in new directions for it, so too does Palpatine and I think it's interesting to note that part of what makes him such a good villain is that he has an outline for what he wants to do, he sets up the dominoes of what he needs, but even when they don't fall precisely into place, he generally gets what he wants. He originally intended that Padme would sign the treaty, the Jedi wouldn't be involved, and that would lead to a vote of No Confidence to oust Valorum, using the sympathy for Naboo as a way to boost himself into the position. But he didn't really need her to sign it and still managed to use the sympathy for Naboo to get elected, it ultimately didn't matter what happened to the planet, so long as it was in danger while he needed it to be, he could use it either way. Nor, honestly, do I think he ever planned for Anakin Skywalker's existence, he had no idea they would find such a boy on Tatooine or how useful he was going to be, that was another way he changed his plans once the opportunity arose. Or a lot of his plots in TCW--he has Cad Bane steal the list of Force-sensitive children and kidnap them, bringing them to Mustafar for some sort of program to use them probably not too unlike how he uses the Inquisitors later. That plan is foiled by the Jedi, the babies are returned to their families, and Sidious' plans fall through, but that doesn't really change the outcome. tl:dr: I don't think Palpatine gets enough credit as a villain whose plans shift and change along with the new events that happen, just as much as the heroes' plans shift and change when new things happen. Yeah, he's a great villain because he creates an impossible trap for people, but also because the thing about him is that he's incredibly charming and charismatic and he knows an opportunity when he sees one, that any one given plan might fall through, but it's not necessary to his overall plot.

Ahsoka deserves to bite Palpatine

SHE DOES!!

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ok. I have been silent but it is time. let’s talk about the magnitude of the double crossing, double agents and straight up fuckery that’s going on here. 

a team of bounty hunters have been order by dooku to abduct chancellor sheev palpatine. 

dooku has been ordered by darth sidious to carry out this plan. 

dooku has tasked a team of bounty hunters with the job of completing the abduction. 

obi-wan has been sent undercover as a bounty hunter to assist in the abduction. 

only the jedi council and sheev palpatine know the bounty hunter rako hardeen is actually obi-wan. 

obi-wan will act to prevent the abduction from the inside. 

the abduction of sheev palpatine. 

which was order by sheev palpatine. 

because darth sidious is sheev plapatine. 

sheev palpatine knows all of this is taking place. 

sheev palpatine arranged his own abuduction. 

sheev palpatine then placed a double agent to prevent his abduction. 

the abduction he ordered in the first place. 

sheevception. 

This is the funnest expression ever pulled in all of starwars history

I adore fics where Palpatine's plans go wrong because Anakin keeps fucking up in Silly Failguy Ways.

Is leading Palps through the forest and whaps him in the face with a branch by letting go too early.

Induces an allergic reaction by bringing cookies that, Whoops, Sheev didn't know he was allergic to.

Brought a gift box to make him feel better about the allergies but the Space Bonsai Tree has a small wasp nest and now the hospital is full of Stinging Insects.

Gestures widely while telling a story to some senators Palps is friends with and smacks ol' Sheev in the face.

Nudged a carpet wrong and now Palps tripped over the bump and knocked out a tooth.

Eagerly tried to help take some notes and somehow blasted an entire Illegal Conversation With Dooku to the entire holonet.

All this to say, does anyone have any recs in the vein of Senator Obi-Wan AU? (I don't know AO3 BeanieBaby's Tumblr or I'd tag then)

Only one and a half of the specific incidents up there happen in that fic, but worry not! Anakin gives Palpatine a wig made of Swamp Muck in good faith. He means well. He's not good at it. I adore him.

Far Above

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We don’t know where we’ll fall

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This Dathomiri Zabrak is ruining my life.

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