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Warning ! This clause contains spoilers for Star Wars : Darth Vader # 41 & # 42Star Wars’Emperor Palpatineput into place a contingency plan - aptly referred to simply as the contingence - which dictated how his straightaway successor would lead the Empire in verbatim response to Palpatine ’s last . This is something that originated in canon novels as opposed to the films or series , making the plan itself sense a small disordered from the widerStar Warslore , especially upon the completion of the sequel trilogy . However , afterStar Wars ’ latest adventure , Palpatine ’s Contingency finally makes common sense .
The Contingency was first introduced in the novel trilogyStar war : Aftermathby Chuck Wendig . In the books ( which takes place soon after the event ofStar warfare : Episode VI - Return of the Jedi ) , it ’s revealed that an Imperial named Gallius Rax is the Emperor ’s replacement , and he ’s been instructed by Palpatine to do one thing and one matter only upon his expiry : destroy the Empire . The Contingency dictate that Rax obliterates major planet to penalize the Empire for outliving the Emperor before seek to reconstruct at the bound of the Galax urceolata .
However , inStar war : Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker , it ’s show that the Emperor had a altogether unlike ‘ contingency plan ’ : his own Christ’s Resurrection . The Emperor was always planning to come back , so would n’t he want an Empire to come back to ? Or , at the very least , a populated galaxy to win back from the New Republic ? All - in - all , it did n’t make a lot of sense , and was met with buff critique . But now , Palpatine ’s Contingency not only makes good sense , it was probably the fresh matter he could have done to ensure that he would still be in power upon his Christ’s Resurrection .
Emperor Palpatine ’s Order 66 butcher nearly all the Jedi , but that was n’t even close-fitting to the smartest part of his plan , & Star Wars confirms it .
Palpatine Had Enemies Within The Empire That Needed To Be Destroyed
InStar war : Darth Vader#41 by Greg Pak and Adam Gorham , Darth Vader is in open difference of opinion with Emperor Palpatine , as he is raising an regular army of droids and cyborgs that he hop to use to take the Emperor down for good . This fascinate the tending of anothergroup of Imperials who want to see the Emperor ’s downfall : the Schism Imperial .
The Schism Imperial is made up of administrative official and high order official / military officeholder who think the Empire could be run more efficiently without Palpatine . The radical notices Vader ’s defiance , and they even get to out to him to link them in the very next matter . However , even without Vader , the Schism Imperial poses a very important terror to Palpatine . The Schism Imperial would n’t hesitate to occupy the emptiness of power within the Empire upon Palpatine ’s destruction , which would have all ruined Palpatine ’s architectural plan for a novel Sith Empire upon his resurrection .
The Contingency Was How Palpatine Attempted To Ensure A New Sith Empire
It ’s important to note that Palpatine in the prequel and original trilogies is not the same Palpatine from the sequel trilogy - by from the obvious conflict that the ' continuation Palpatine ' is a clone . Originally , Palpatine was a politico who see as though he came into power entirely legitimately . He was voted as Supreme Chancellor , he had the Senate ’s backing to reconstitute the Republic into the Galactic Empire , and he decree as a seemingly benevolent authoritarian for many class , with almost no one being cognizant that he was a Sith Lord . However , in the sequel trilogy , Palpatine did n’t even hear to conceal that he was a Sith , as he planned to destroy world across the galaxy and usher in an epoch of a new Sith Empire stem from his dark side cult on Exegol , the Sith Eternal .
Palpatine the Sith and Palpatine the Emperor are two dissimilar mass , so for the Sith to rule the galax upon his Resurrection of Christ , every touch of the EmpireEmperor Palpatineonce ruled over had to be obliterated , include and specially the Schism Imperial - hence , the Contingency - which is why this outlying man ofStar Warslore finally induce sentiency in the wider canyon .
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