Palpatine
- Name:
- Sheev Palpatine
- Alias:
- Darth Sidious
- Actor:
- Ian McDiarmid
- First Appearance:
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Every Appearance:
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Star Wars Rebels
- Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Tales of the Jedi
- Next Appearance:
- TBA
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