Star Wars Hints an Original Trilogy Villain Could Beat Palpatine

admonition ! This clause contains spoilers for Star Wars : Bounty Hunters # 34Emperor Palpatineis one of , if not the most powerful Force user inStar Warshistory . for certain , he ’s been beaten in the past , but in terms of knowledge in the Force , willingness to give himself fully to the Dark Side , and sheer specialty / powerful abilities , there ’s almost no one who can rival him . But now , there ’s perhaps one more person than fan in the first place think who can take him down , asStar Warshints that one pocket-size original trilogy villain could gravel Palpatine .

Sheev Palpatine aka Darth Sidious aka the Emperor was the apprentice ofSith Lord Darth Plagueiswho polish off his sea captain after Plagueis learn Sheev everything he know . Palpatine used that blue knowledge to insert himself into politics , quick becoming the elected Supreme Chancellor of the Republic . Sidious then mastermind the events of the Clone Wars so as to squeeze the extragalactic nebula into a nation of concern , pushing everyone more disposed to vote for the granting of emergency world power to the Chancellor , effectively making him a ‘ irregular ’ dictator . Meanwhile , Palpatine slowly created his new apprentice , Darth Vader , following the many years he spent groom Anakin Skywalker . When the time came for monastic order 66 , Palpatine was quick to put his program into action , pushing over the proverbial dominoes to eliminate the Jedi and take over the galaxy in one fell swoop . But , even with all his genius and the Dark Side business leader it took to make his architectural plan encounter , even Palpatine is n’t resistant to simply find his throat torn out by a H.M.S. Bounty Orion , and one in picky just prove they ’re the one for the occupation : Bossk .

Bossk Could Kill the Emperor (Because of His Secret Immunity)

InStar Wars : bounteousness Hunters#34 by Ethan Sacks and Paolo Villanelli , Bossk and his crew of bountifulness hunters are attacked by a gang of Imperial - stake mercenaries who are there to pass over the storage of Bossk ’s cyborg ally , Valance . During the attack , Bossk was traumatise with a floor of voltage that can “ knock out a Brezak ” . A Brezak is a giant lizard roughly ten meters prospicient and nine time tall , and are tough enough to have been ridden into battle during the Clone Wars . So , the fact that Bossk can take that storey of voltage without even feeling it means he can withstand an absolutely incredible amount of electrical energy – have him all but resistant toPalptaine ’s Force Lightning flak .

This exemption is madly telling , particularly since it ’s one that surpasses the might of even Darth Vader . Vader is incredibly susceptible to electrical attack due to his cybernetic circuitry , so much so that he ’s even been downed by Palpatine ’s guards and their shock sticks . Bossk , on the other hand , would barely feel those attack , which is interesting dedicate his nefarious role inThe Empire Strikes Back . Bossk was one of the bounty hunter holler before Vader to find Luke Skywalker , and inEmpire , Darth Vader want to team up up with Luke to take down the Emperor . Could Bossk have been a part of that plan if Luke did decide to join Vader ? unsufferable to know . But what is almost certain is that Bossk could have been a great asset .

Palpatine ’s favorite attack is Force Lightning – mostly because he just enjoys that one the most – which mean that it would be the attack he ’d most likely used if Bossk decided to ( or was hired to ) kill him . If Palpatine shot Bossk with his lightning as the premium hunter was charging full - speeding at him , thisStar Warsissue indicates that it ’s more than potential Bossk would be able-bodied to get close enough to Palpatine to deliver the killing slash before the lightning started to de-escalate the premium hunter . In other words , Star Warsjust hinted that Bossk , a minor original trilogy villain , could in reality beatEmperor Palpatine .