Thrawnis one of the most interesting ‘ big - bads ’ inStar Wars(includingEmperor Palpatine ) because he ’s one of the few ones who does n’t handle the Force , yet is cunning enough to be a major terror to not only the Jedi , but the entire galaxy . Still , though , Thrawn is n’t dopey , and he live that in parliamentary law to truly beat the Jedi , he ’d need a Force - wielder of his own . After obtaining one , Thrawn ’s Jedi partner exhibits a level of power that fans never knew they had realize in action before , as it was one secretly displayed by the Emperor throughout the original trilogy .

Emperor Palpatine mostly took a back stern in the original trilogy just as he did for the prequel and sequel trilogies , though his comportment is always felt disregarding . In the prequels , Palpatine was the honest germ of wickedness and struggle in the extragalactic nebula . The man start out a galactic civil warfare just as a smokescreen to extend up his real plans to wipe out the Jedi and take control of the Senate , leave behind him free to create his own Galactic Empire . Then , once in power , Palpatine silently controlled the actions of Darth Vader and other high - level imperial – most notably Grand Moff Tarkin – and did n’t even reveal himself fully until the final episode . Even after he was seemingly killed inReturn of the Jedi , Palptaine was still behind the shot with the establishment of the First Order through his ringer - creature , Snoke . Palpatine ’s power is so great , he can comfortably sit out of mountain and manipulate any give place to his liking . Andthe original sequel toReturn of the Jedireveals he really did verify near every given office , literally .

Emperor Palpatine Controlled His Imperial Troops with the Force

InStar war : Heir to the Empire#2 by Timothy Zahn , Mike Baron , Olivier Vatine , and Fred Blanchard , readers get to see Thrawn ’s Jedi partner in natural process , as the Grand Admiral is attempting to claim his rightful spot as Heir to the Empire , and he ’s using the power of Joruus C’Baoth to do so . Joruus C’Baoth is the clone of Jorus C’Baoth , a great Jedi Master who died many years ago . While Joruus is a sinewy Force - exploiter , he has gone unbalanced , and he does n’t uphold the manner of the Jedi as he should . Joruus only cares about form a novel Jedi Order to have ascendence over them , not because he really cares about the old teachings . Therefore , he is uncoerced to do whatever Thrawn asks of him , so long as Thrawn extradite on his hope to deliver Luke and Leia to him . As part of the deal , Joruus does what Palpatine was ostensibly doing all along : he used the Force to lead Imperial fighter aircraft against the Rebels .

While neither Joruus nor Palpatine actually controlled the Imperials , they did use the Force to implant impossible - to - recognize information into their heads to make them deadlier . For example , any attack or manoeuvre the Rebels did in secret , Palpatine knew about it , and he passed that data along to his troops in the field to anticipate ( just as Joruus did here ) . This index was peculiarly obvious inReturn of the Jedi , as Palpatine was capable to seemingly predict every move the Rebels take aim , and already implemented countermeasure to kill them . That ’s why it was n’t until Palpatine was perturb with Luke and finally killed by Vader that the Death Star was ruin .

Looking back , it makes perfect sense that Palpatine had the power to assure / inform his troop remotely through the Force , as that big businessman assuredly nonplus him through the Clone Wars unscathed just as it did for most of the Empire ’s reign . However , while this ability may have been veil in sheer sight , it was n’t forthwith obvious until Thrawn instantly articulate it when fall in Joruus C’Baoth his mission naming , as it was only at that moment thatThrawn ’s Jedi partner confirmedEmperor Palpatine ’s undercover Dark Side great power .

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