Star Wars vs Star Trek

[A Black Falcon]

If our explanations of Palpatine's history and motivations can't show you that there is a lot more to him than just a man with a pure power grab you have not paid any attention to anything we have said and have not watched TPM or AotC while looking for anything about Palpatine, because we've made it pretty blindingly obvious that he has a lot more going on than something as simple as that. It's pretty pititful that given all this you still can't see that he has a lot going on... pitiful in the 'willful ignorance' way. Like OB1 in arguements you clearly have no intrest in the facts of the situation.

As I've said a million times, to understand Palpatine you have to undestand the Sith. You, despite repeat explanations, still show zero comprehension of them. So go watch the movies again, learn about the Sith, and understand why Palpatine is really doing what he's doing... it's not just for power! Sure that's great too and the Sith encourage it, but that's hardly it.

All that Palpatine as a character is missing is a story that explains how he first became a Sith. And honestly this does not necessarially have to be some super deep thing... at some point he learned he was force-sensitive but became dissafected with the Jedi society or what he knew about them or something happened and he was pushed towards evil. Then at some point the Sith lord learned about him and began grooming him as his successor and the rest is history...