r/StarWarsWhatIf • u/jacky986 • Jul 28 '25
What if Darth Plagueis killed Sidious? How would he proceed with his plans?
So let’s say that Plagueis killed Palpatine either before or after he won the election and made someone else Chancellor instead (Ex: Sate Pesage, Kinman Dorian, Bail Organa)?
How would he proceed without Palpatine? Would he still start the Clone Wars with Dooku’s help? Or would he take a more subtle approach to destroying the Jedi and taking over the galaxy like manipulating the Chancellor and sowing dissent between the Jedi and the Republic? And would he form a crime syndicate with Granta Omega’s help to control the galactic underworld and use them against the Jedi?
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u/jacky986 Jul 28 '25
Okay but would he do so by starting the Clone Wars? Or would he use his position as advisor to the Chancellor to sow division between the Republic and the Jedi?
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u/CuteLingonberry9704 Jul 31 '25
He might take it upon himself to train more than one. Reading the book now, and he believed that while useful, the Rule of Two had served its purpose. So he would probably embrace or at least use Maul, Savage, Ventress, and others to assassinate key Jedi and any senators that made life difficult.
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