29th April 2005, 1:50 AM
It's frusterating, Weltall, because we've explained it before but you seem to refuse to accept it as an explanation... Palpatine is a Sith.
Really, to any Star Wars fan who knew anything about the EU/backstory/etc, that should be more than enough. The Sith's mission is to destroy the Jedi. Palpatine has thousands of years of indoctrinated hatred in him... the Sith have been hiding for four thousand years and they finally get a chance to act. Really, he doesn't have super complex motives. He's a Sith. Okay, so we could learn why he became one... but I'd expect it to be something simple (and realistic!) like 'he wanted power'. And if there's one thing Sith know, it's power... so he becomes one, and then he learns their history and about their enemy the Jedi from their perspective, and he learns their long-term plans, and with his brilliant mind (he is very smart you know) starts setting up his plan for revenge on the Jedi. Simple.
Thousands of years of ingrained hatred isn't enough for you?
Really, to any Star Wars fan who knew anything about the EU/backstory/etc, that should be more than enough. The Sith's mission is to destroy the Jedi. Palpatine has thousands of years of indoctrinated hatred in him... the Sith have been hiding for four thousand years and they finally get a chance to act. Really, he doesn't have super complex motives. He's a Sith. Okay, so we could learn why he became one... but I'd expect it to be something simple (and realistic!) like 'he wanted power'. And if there's one thing Sith know, it's power... so he becomes one, and then he learns their history and about their enemy the Jedi from their perspective, and he learns their long-term plans, and with his brilliant mind (he is very smart you know) starts setting up his plan for revenge on the Jedi. Simple.
Thousands of years of ingrained hatred isn't enough for you?
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