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- humorousslanglifestyleEmperor Palpatine, a fictional antagonist in Star Wars.
I believe there simply has to be more to this than meets the eyes of the 'Palpy IS Sidious' brigade.
1999 August 13, John Rooksby, “If Palpy *is* Sidious...”, in alt.fan.starwars (Usenet), archived from the original on 23 May 20262 more examples
What we are lead to believe in the plot is that Palpy and Sidious are one and a same person, and that Palpy - as Sidious - arranges for the whole chain of events that lead to the take-over.
1999 July 23, PM, “Darth Sillious a plot hole or a non-Palpy???????”, in alt.fan.starwars (Usenet), archived from the original on 23 May 2026Well, at first I acutually thought Sidous was Palpy, end of story, then I noticed Senator Palpatine, who apparently turns into Palpy. Sidous has the same voice as Palpy and looks the same of what you see in TPM, but lets face it, the offical^([sic]) web site says the Senator turns into Palpy.
2002 February 12, Bazilla, “My ranting and raving On Sidous/Palpy”, in alt.fan.starwars (Usenet), archived from the original on 23 May 2026
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Palpy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Palpy
“Palpy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Palpy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Palpy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Palpy.
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