For Star Wars Day, Nathan Goldwag takes us Beneath the Hood of Darth Sidious: Unraveling Truth and Myth in the Legend of the Sith Lord Who Ruled the Galaxy, daring to wonder (in tags) "what did people know about Darth Sidious | and when did they know it".
https://archiveofourown.org/works/65274991
EmperorNorton150 Wrote:Professor Golon Wag
Galactic University of Coruscant
Coruscant
New Republic
The Galactic Empire Reconsidered: Perspectives on the Third Centenary of the Battle of Endor
304 ABY
It is time, and long past time, for a critical reexamination of Palpatine’s rise to power, specifically in regards to some of the most popular and sensationalist beliefs that persist about the Clone Wars and the coup d’etat of 19 BBY. In short, let us ask the following questions: Was Palpatine really a Sith Lord? Were the Clone Wars really the result of a secret Sith plot? Did Darth Sidious, as we must call him, really rule both Republic and Confederacy simultaneously? And what does it mean for our understanding of the Interregnum if none of this is true?
https://archiveofourown.org/works/65274991