The great irony of being unforgiving, a failure, as you create a climate where people focus less on their jobs and more on, making sure they don’t end up the next subject of punishment. So instead of problems being addressed and fixed people instead play the blame game and focus on coverage meeting issues with the organization and procedure don’t get remedied, so problems go on solved. A good example of this in the modern day is actually the military, which takes a very punitive attitude towards any and all incidents or reported issues, regardless of whether or not, they were one’s fault. This is especially true for higher officer, promotions, where there are only limited slots and limited windows, in which an officer is eligible for a promotion, instead of having to retire under the up or out system. So the officers who actually get ahead and make it to positions like Colonel and General aren’t necessarily the best officers at their jobs, but rather are the best officers at limiting liability and incidents. They know to avoid any bad press, and know how to make themselves look good, regardless of whether or not, they actually produce performance and results that they are supposed to.
"Less forgiving? You kill anyone who fails you, how can he possibly be any "less forgiving" lord vader? "I merely kill you, the emperor will trap your soul and torture you for eternity"
Through time I make mistakes Through mistakes I gain experience Through experience I gain success Through success I gain confidence Through confidence I am free
For real all having The, you have failed me for the last time thing does is make everyone in the organization, focused more on limiting liability and covering up mistakes than actually getting things right and fixing problems to do better in the future. For a modern day example in the real world look no further than military officers who spend more time making sure they don’t have any blameworthy mistakes on their record so they can get promoted then they do actually focusing on being good at what their putative job is.
I remember thinking how funny it was that the last thing we hear Lemelisk say after finding out he's going to be executed is, "well I hope they get it right this time."
I remember this from Legends. At the time, it was obvious Palatine was killing two birds with one stone when punishing Bevel, practicing essence transfer and making an example of someone who failed him.
Congrats on the 10k raised for Saint judes hospital. I watched the whole live video with you and swt. Next is a face reveal lol no pressure to do it when your ready but I personally think it will be good for your channel. May the force be with you bro
Once Bevel was killed by molten copper. Why Copper? He asked Palpatine once and the emperor matter of fact-ly said, "That's what the smelter was using that day". Stuff is like is why I like Legends so much.
🤨 Wait…he walked into the throne room, and a cage fell from the ceiling? 😆😂 Clearly the "genius" of the empire was inspired in no small part by old Scooby Doo episodes, or maybe Adam West era Batman. "Okay, now let's who this Darth Sidious really is… OLD MAN PALPATINE?!?" "Yeah, and i would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you pesky rebels."
I recently found out about TSW after his colab with Star Wars Theory and this guy is such a NERD about star wars. I absolutely LOVE IT. I have been looking for something like this for a long time!!!!
Another awesome video brother. Also wanted to say. Happy to see that you and theory are going to be podcasting. I wish the both of you well. Also, thanks once again for following me on Twitter while I was on that site. Cheers brother!
Congratulations on you and Theory raising over 12,000!!! I was happy to be there live!!! Man, Vader was a monster but Sidious was an even greater monster... Great work Stupendous!!! I'd love to see a What If, of what if Death Star 2 was completed, before the end of Return of the Jedi.
I dunno ... It starts to feel old that people are still calling exhaustion port, that works exactly as planned to be "construction flaw" ... Maybe designers simply didnt count with space wizards capable of changing trajectory of torpedoes with their Force shenanigans in a way that defy physical laws ... one could even argue that it wasnt exactly smartest move to erase any evidence of their existence. :-/
Exactlt this. I like it so much more as this being interpreted as Palpatines self-destructive nature which eventually lead to his own downfall. Underestimating Darth Vader, erasing evidence of the Jedi and thus giving them the chance to rebuild their power, cruelly punishing the Death Star engineers over what is just a freak accident. His sadism has always been his undoing.
I have to say that my favorite part in the story of Lemelisk is the time he was lowered into the vat of molten copper. He had become oddly obsessed with the question, why copper. After a few weeks he actually asked Palpatine that question. The Emperor's reply was " that it was what the smelter was using that day.
if i remember correctly he was going to make a weapon for the hut that was just going to be the super lasor part of the deathstar. i dont remember what book it was in or comic book. but i think he ended up beeing turned into one of those spider droid monk thingys
It's impressive how he could perform Essence Transfer on others, and along with Cloning he could grant a form of Immortality. I wonder how loyal his officers and even wealthy elite of the Galaxy would be to him if they knew the Emperor could've given them "Eternal Life". I find that fascinating.
Where do you guys get your information for videos? Not just individuals, but planets, sectors, and hidden stories like this one? You guys are awesome! Keep up the good work!
I'm so sorry but i laughed so hard in the last three minutes i was crying. Jesus, what a hilarious way to make someone work themselves to their full potential.
In Star Wars Empire at war to punish the Bothans for helping the alliance he destroyed an entire Bothan city and mind controlled the entire population to kill themselves after the city was deatroyed.
Vader: "That is correct Commander, and he is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress." Jerjerrod: "Then we shall double our efforts." Vader: *pointing at Jerjerrod* " I hope so, Commander, for your sake...The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am." Jerjerrod: * a look of terror and dread showing on his face before turning around and walking towards Vaders shuttle*
I don't see how the Death Star really had a weakness, it took a wizard to shoot a magick missile that somehow went through a tiny hole, then somehow turned 90 degrees while flying full speed, and then somehow traveling down a narrow tube for miles without prematurely detonating.
Yeah. The idea that the entirety of the Death Stars waste exaust was funneled through one 2 meter wide hole is actually an engineering feat. Like you pointed out, people forget Luke literally used the force to curve the Torpedos into the exhaust port. NO ONE could have predicted that. This is just Palpatine being needlessly cruel over a freak accident, which unironically demonstrates the Empires failure.
@pancakes8670 Right? I agree the Republic needed to be cleansed up corruption. I could even agree to an Empire. But Palpatine's methods are the problem. If he didn't stage the Separatist and Republic war, and continued just manipulating the politicians, fine. If he led an Empire without fear and iron handed tactics, fine. I think the Roman Empire was pretty cool, they practically let conquered areas mostly run themselves and updated the infrastructure along the way, they only executed Jesus out of a fear of revolution. But Palpatine had to be such a jerk...
You would think the death star would need some sort of heat management system. 2m for an exhaust port is actually quite impressive for the death star's heat dissipation system.
Have to agree. You torture this scientist and clone him, only to torture him several different times for the slightest slip-up... Can't wait until Darksaber gets an unabridged audio treatment, as is happening with multiple Legends novels.
This reminds of Baxter Stockmen in the TMNT the animated series from 2003 where Shredder and Hun slowly turned the man into a robot in Spiderman the animated series Kingpin did the same thing to Smith just faster
Its called "exhaust". It pushes hot gases OUT, at insane velocity and power, if it was the entire moon sized battlestation only exhaust port. Going against such current would be simply impossible by anything small enough to enter it. The rocket fired in it should: 1) be blown away right before entrance by the currents 2) even if entered not getting anywhere and exploding on walls due to turbulence 3) not being able to do the sharp tour maneuver with the opposite flow against it The design wasnt flowed. The writer's knowledge of physics were.
3:44 There is something so wrong with Palpatine offering his guests something to drink 😂 "would you like coffee? Water? A little Sith alchemy per chance?"
Facts! This was literally my first thought too. Because you have to consider the totality. One man suffering a living hell. Or billions of peoples killed or enslaved, whether during the Clone Wars, or by the Empire. The latter only succeeding in its overthrow of the Republic because of Anakin's corruption.
@@dreadrathto be honest Palpatine's dad was an asshole in it's own right, he sent Assassin's to attempt to kill Hego Damask (aka Darth Plagueis) without knowing he was a Sith and only for Plagueis disagreeing with him, he helped cover Palpatine accidental murder and many more
The real reason why he gave the designer of the Death Stars was because he could not really hand that they were bad ideas while Vader’s and Thrawn’s warnings were completely correct in someways it was both the light side and dark side working to destroy the super weapon
I heard that a rog ig droid uploaded himself to the computer in the Death Star 2 and was planning to destroy all the meat bags and was messing with the emperor’s door not sure if this was cannon but thankfully it was blown up
So the whole death star is moot in real life because you can just aim a hyperspace ship at a planets surface and vaporize the entire crust. Any tie fighter with a hyperdrive could take out a planet. Kinda boring for a movie tho.
And thus, Legends continuity Palpatine COULD have probably cloned a new body of Vader, and moved his consciousness to it, but CHOSE not to. Cloning Force-users, growth acceleration madness, strong-Foecw deterioration, but it was possible. Sadly, this is another instance where I, as an aging nerd who once prided myself on being sk informed about the myriad workings within Star Wars, dislike the Disney canon, compared to the Legends verse. Give me Lemilisk, and Katarn stealing plans, over Erso, some "deep hidden flaw", and the rest of what amounted to Rogue One. And of course, tbe Emperor was a jerk to people who displeased him.
Bevel: "I assure you, Lord Vader, I'll get the Second Death Star done as flawless and quickly as possible." Darth Vader: "I hope so, Bevel, for your sake. The emperor is not as forgiving as I am." Bevel: *Palpatine flashbacks with Palpatine speaking to him with distain*
When he was still under the disguise of a benevolent chancellor while visiting the Jedi temple he took a shit in one of their toilets and intentionally didn’t flush
Please make a video on Daisy comments on not wanting to listen to legit fan criticism. Nothing will change if real fans don’t voice their opinions, thank you for being a voice for the fandom.
@@sandramalm8700 They've been literally "done to death" on UA-cam. Have a look around, you'll find about thirty different channels that have delt with exactly what you're asking for. "What if" Star Wars channels are a dime a dozen
Hey Stupendous Wave, while this is bad, it's just torture. I've always found that what is worse than doing evil is to force others into evil. I don't just mean corruption like with Vader. I mean making a pawn of someone who doesn't realize they are a pawn, setting them up to do things they find atrocious but somehow can justify it to themselves, only to find out it was all for nothing BS that you tricked them with and got them to do terrible things. That's worse and I could see palpatine doing this. On an aside, did you know Darkseid was the one who corrupted Dasaad into the torture loving sadist he is today and Dasaad was once a kind lovely child from New Genesis not Apokalips? At least Vader takes no pleasure in his evil but Dasaad is in some ways even more depraved and vile than Darkseid.
The emperor is less forgiving than i am
The great irony of being unforgiving, a failure, as you create a climate where people focus less on their jobs and more on, making sure they don’t end up the next subject of punishment. So instead of problems being addressed and fixed people instead play the blame game and focus on coverage meeting issues with the organization and procedure don’t get remedied, so problems go on solved.
A good example of this in the modern day is actually the military, which takes a very punitive attitude towards any and all incidents or reported issues, regardless of whether or not, they were one’s fault. This is especially true for higher officer, promotions, where there are only limited slots and limited windows, in which an officer is eligible for a promotion, instead of having to retire under the up or out system. So the officers who actually get ahead and make it to positions like Colonel and General aren’t necessarily the best officers at their jobs, but rather are the best officers at limiting liability and incidents. They know to avoid any bad press, and know how to make themselves look good, regardless of whether or not, they actually produce performance and results that they are supposed to.
@@Mortabluntdamn I was just about to basically reference the military. Beat me to it
He wasn't lying 😂
"Less forgiving? You kill anyone who fails you, how can he possibly be any "less forgiving" lord vader? "I merely kill you, the emperor will trap your soul and torture you for eternity"
Chilling line
"The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am". - Lord Vader
palpatine mastered immortality for others but only to torture them forever
💀
Have you heard of Lord scourge?
@@theodorerobertscoffieldkoz9329vitiate gave him a nice gift
Through time I make mistakes
Through mistakes I gain experience
Through experience I gain success
Through success I gain confidence
Through confidence I am free
For real all having The, you have failed me for the last time thing does is make everyone in the organization, focused more on limiting liability and covering up mistakes than actually getting things right and fixing problems to do better in the future. For a modern day example in the real world look no further than military officers who spend more time making sure they don’t have any blameworthy mistakes on their record so they can get promoted then they do actually focusing on being good at what their putative job is.
Good old Palpy got real creative with this one
I remember thinking how funny it was that the last thing we hear Lemelisk say after finding out he's going to be executed is, "well I hope they get it right this time."
I remember this from Legends. At the time, it was obvious Palatine was killing two birds with one stone when punishing Bevel, practicing essence transfer and making an example of someone who failed him.
Emperor Palpatine once a stole a fry from me when I was at Space McDonald's. He told me nobody would ever believe me.
"I believe you . . . the Emperor will NOT!!"
😮
Ok bill murray
This sounds really scary. I never tire of hearing about Palpatine's insidious ways.
Congrats on the 10k raised for Saint judes hospital. I watched the whole live video with you and swt. Next is a face reveal lol no pressure to do it when your ready but I personally think it will be good for your channel. May the force be with you bro
Once Bevel was killed by molten copper. Why Copper?
He asked Palpatine once and the emperor matter of fact-ly said, "That's what the smelter was using that day".
Stuff is like is why I like Legends so much.
Had a funny thought. The death star fires a massive lightsaber basically. Never put that together. Lol. Thank you
🤨 Wait…he walked into the throne room, and a cage fell from the ceiling? 😆😂
Clearly the "genius" of the empire was inspired in no small part by old Scooby Doo episodes, or maybe Adam West era Batman.
"Okay, now let's who this Darth Sidious really is… OLD MAN PALPATINE?!?"
"Yeah, and i would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you pesky rebels."
And that Insufferable Wookie.
*wookie laughing noises*
this was always one of my favorite bits of EU trivia.
I recently found out about TSW after his colab with Star Wars Theory and this guy is such a NERD about star wars. I absolutely LOVE IT. I have been looking for something like this for a long time!!!!
Another awesome video brother. Also wanted to say. Happy to see that you and theory are going to be podcasting. I wish the both of you well. Also, thanks once again for following me on Twitter while I was on that site. Cheers brother!
Stupendous dropping that spooky season lore! 🔥🔥🔥
Congratulations on you and Theory raising over 12,000!!! I was happy to be there live!!! Man, Vader was a monster but Sidious was an even greater monster... Great work Stupendous!!! I'd love to see a What If, of what if Death Star 2 was completed, before the end of Return of the Jedi.
"Did you die?"
"Yes... but I lived!"
Amazing content SW
"Ironic, he could save others from death, but not himself."
Love your content, and agree Star Wars/Art should cause an emotional response with the story telling/content. Wish the bad batch got more
I dunno ...
It starts to feel old that people are still calling exhaustion port, that works exactly as planned to be "construction flaw" ...
Maybe designers simply didnt count with space wizards capable of changing trajectory of torpedoes with their Force shenanigans in a way that defy physical laws ... one could even argue that it wasnt exactly smartest move to erase any evidence of their existence. :-/
Exactlt this. I like it so much more as this being interpreted as Palpatines self-destructive nature which eventually lead to his own downfall. Underestimating Darth Vader, erasing evidence of the Jedi and thus giving them the chance to rebuild their power, cruelly punishing the Death Star engineers over what is just a freak accident. His sadism has always been his undoing.
This is terrifying. It is sickening. Really. His first death reminded me of Nicholas Cage in Wicker Man. May the Force be with you too😊
"Somehow...Palpatine returned."
Lemilisk: "Aw shit, here we go again."
Thank you for making this free to subscribe you work is great
I have to say that my favorite part in the story of Lemelisk is the time he was lowered into the vat of molten copper. He had become oddly obsessed with the question, why copper. After a few weeks he actually asked Palpatine that question. The Emperor's reply was " that it was what the smelter was using that day.
That poor bastard🤤. Truly insidious.
if i remember correctly he was going to make a weapon for the hut that was just going to be the super lasor part of the deathstar. i dont remember what book it was in or comic book. but i think he ended up beeing turned into one of those spider droid monk thingys
It's impressive how he could perform Essence Transfer on others, and along with Cloning he could grant a form of Immortality. I wonder how loyal his officers and even wealthy elite of the Galaxy would be to him if they knew the Emperor could've given them "Eternal Life". I find that fascinating.
Where do you guys get your information for videos? Not just individuals, but planets, sectors, and hidden stories like this one? You guys are awesome! Keep up the good work!
If not in comics or books, often times while researching one topic, we stumble on an idea for two more! They just sort of domino each other.
Get out that backta tank and get back ta work😂😂😂
Well Vader wasn’t lying when he said the Emperor is less forgiving than I am
I'm so sorry but i laughed so hard in the last three minutes i was crying. Jesus, what a hilarious way to make someone work themselves to their full potential.
That's dark.
Cheers!
In Star Wars Empire at war to punish the Bothans for helping the alliance he destroyed an entire Bothan city and mind controlled the entire population to kill themselves after the city was deatroyed.
Vader: "That is correct Commander, and he is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress."
Jerjerrod: "Then we shall double our efforts."
Vader: *pointing at Jerjerrod* " I hope so, Commander, for your sake...The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am."
Jerjerrod: * a look of terror and dread showing on his face before turning around and walking towards Vaders shuttle*
“Once lemilisk got out of the bacta, and back ta work”😂 I see what you did there
Pffft. The Emperor never offered ME coffee.
I don't see how the Death Star really had a weakness, it took a wizard to shoot a magick missile that somehow went through a tiny hole, then somehow turned 90 degrees while flying full speed, and then somehow traveling down a narrow tube for miles without prematurely detonating.
Yeah. The idea that the entirety of the Death Stars waste exaust was funneled through one 2 meter wide hole is actually an engineering feat. Like you pointed out, people forget Luke literally used the force to curve the Torpedos into the exhaust port. NO ONE could have predicted that.
This is just Palpatine being needlessly cruel over a freak accident, which unironically demonstrates the Empires failure.
@pancakes8670 Right? I agree the Republic needed to be cleansed up corruption. I could even agree to an Empire. But Palpatine's methods are the problem. If he didn't stage the Separatist and Republic war, and continued just manipulating the politicians, fine. If he led an Empire without fear and iron handed tactics, fine. I think the Roman Empire was pretty cool, they practically let conquered areas mostly run themselves and updated the infrastructure along the way, they only executed Jesus out of a fear of revolution. But Palpatine had to be such a jerk...
Bacta tanks cant heal injuries to your ego
“The emperor doesn’t tolerate failure” *created a empire designed on failure*
This is much more interesting than what we got in canon.
Honestly I have to agree with that
Palpatine, the Robbie Rotten of Star Wars.
Sidious resurrected himself in Star Wars Legends.
I've been looking forward to this.
You would think the death star would need some sort of heat management system. 2m for an exhaust port is actually quite impressive for the death star's heat dissipation system.
Have to agree. You torture this scientist and clone him, only to torture him several different times for the slightest slip-up... Can't wait until Darksaber gets an unabridged audio treatment, as is happening with multiple Legends novels.
It is the Will of the Force that this video is published less than an hour after I finished rereading Darksaber.
Enjoy your channel and how your teaming up with Starwars Theory
3:25 Bacta work
Nice one
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH US ALL! 👋😎👋 ALWAYS!! 👋😆👋🍁
Palpatine makes a Hutt look clean and that's why we love him 🧎♂️
In Legends, Bevel was the one person palpatine was more pissed at them vader
1:59 “gasp* …DEWIT”
This reminds of Baxter Stockmen in the TMNT the animated series from 2003 where Shredder and Hun slowly turned the man into a robot in Spiderman the animated series Kingpin did the same thing to Smith just faster
THANK YOU @TheStupendousWave for telling this story. My brother didn't believe this was real lmao
The loss of Death Star 2 wasn't Lemelisk's failure, but Palpatine's. He decided to release information on building of Death Star.
To be fair, it was a good plane to lure out the rebel fleet. And it would have worked too had it not been for the meddling teddy bears
the emperor would send me back to retake Mrs. Haney's 11th grade English class: over and over and over a fate worse than any death.
Its called "exhaust". It pushes hot gases OUT, at insane velocity and power, if it was the entire moon sized battlestation only exhaust port. Going against such current would be simply impossible by anything small enough to enter it.
The rocket fired in it should:
1) be blown away right before entrance by the currents
2) even if entered not getting anywhere and exploding on walls due to turbulence
3) not being able to do the sharp tour maneuver with the opposite flow against it
The design wasnt flowed. The writer's knowledge of physics were.
Luke shot the torpedoes with the help of the force plus the reflexes of a Jedi, the "weak spot" is basically an necessity
He must need to take a TON of meds just to fall into a dreamless sleep after all that.
Death Star gone, Carry on
3:44 There is something so wrong with Palpatine offering his guests something to drink 😂 "would you like coffee? Water? A little Sith alchemy per chance?"
He was executed one last time by the New Republic...he asked the firing squad to do it right this time.
I'm guessing it probably involved a Wookie, a Jawa, and a jar of peanut butter.
Can you imagine how much heat a giant space lazer produces? A small wamp rat sized hole for exhaust is honestly impressive. Just sayin.
Worst thing Palpatine's done? Either corrupting Anakin or starting Clone War.
Low hanging fruits
Facts! This was literally my first thought too. Because you have to consider the totality. One man suffering a living hell. Or billions of peoples killed or enslaved, whether during the Clone Wars, or by the Empire. The latter only succeeding in its overthrow of the Republic because of Anakin's corruption.
According to Palpatine's father, his biggest crime is simply existing. Even the guy's dad knew he was evil incarnate.
@@dreadrath His father was a POS too.
@@dreadrathto be honest Palpatine's dad was an asshole in it's own right, he sent Assassin's to attempt to kill Hego Damask (aka Darth Plagueis) without knowing he was a Sith and only for Plagueis disagreeing with him, he helped cover Palpatine accidental murder and many more
Wow, We learn of Bevel in the book Darksaber By Kevin J. Anderson, Durga the Hutt build a super weapon called the Darksaber, yeah the original one lol
A little Destiny art in there as well i see :P I always knew Humanity in Star Wars was decendants of earth humanity xP
8:05 and when Lemelisk asked the Emperor why copper?
"It's what the smelter used that day"
The real reason why he gave the designer of the Death Stars was because he could not really hand that they were bad ideas while Vader’s and Thrawn’s warnings were completely correct in someways it was both the light side and dark side working to destroy the super weapon
I heard that a rog ig droid uploaded himself to the computer in the Death Star 2 and was planning to destroy all the meat bags and was messing with the emperor’s door not sure if this was cannon but thankfully it was blown up
What if Jedi Anakin had dreams of this?
“The with do not tolerate failure “ except for when they fail which is a lot
What a true Sith. A monster... 😂
So the whole death star is moot in real life because you can just aim a hyperspace ship at a planets surface and vaporize the entire crust. Any tie fighter with a hyperdrive could take out a planet. Kinda boring for a movie tho.
Ah, Darksaber when it was only the title of a novel.... (Also, kudos for using art from the PC game Rebellion.)
Have you ever heard of the Tragedy of Skywalker the Chosen?
I thought not. Few Jedi live to tell it.
One of those deathstar pictures is concept art from destiny of the traveler
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS
“But once he got out of the bacta… and “BACTA” work!” I see what you did there…😂
Scary
And thus, Legends continuity Palpatine COULD have probably cloned a new body of Vader, and moved his consciousness to it, but CHOSE not to. Cloning Force-users, growth acceleration madness, strong-Foecw deterioration, but it was possible.
Sadly, this is another instance where I, as an aging nerd who once prided myself on being sk informed about the myriad workings within Star Wars, dislike the Disney canon, compared to the Legends verse. Give me Lemilisk, and Katarn stealing plans, over Erso, some "deep hidden flaw", and the rest of what amounted to Rogue One. And of course, tbe Emperor was a jerk to people who displeased him.
Bevel: "I assure you, Lord Vader, I'll get the Second Death Star done as flawless and quickly as possible."
Darth Vader: "I hope so, Bevel, for your sake. The emperor is not as forgiving as I am."
Bevel: *Palpatine flashbacks with Palpatine speaking to him with distain*
When he was still under the disguise of a benevolent chancellor while visiting the Jedi temple he took a shit in one of their toilets and intentionally didn’t flush
Interesting
He's like Xi. But more powerful and way more likeable.
Sucking the life essence of an entire planet. What he did with Byss...
EU Palpy was so evil and insidious hahaha.
'Bacta' work... 🤣🤣🤣
3:18
This channel is on par with Star Wars Theory in content and much much better than Star Wars Explained
This doesn't even come close to what criminals in our world have done lol
Please make a video on Daisy comments on not wanting to listen to legit fan criticism.
Nothing will change if real fans don’t voice their opinions, thank you for being a voice for the fandom.
Day 623 of asking for a part 3 of what if anakin was trained by qui gon
Agreed. We need one of that what if, but a real good one
@@sandramalm8700
They've been literally "done to death" on UA-cam. Have a look around, you'll find about thirty different channels that have delt with exactly what you're asking for.
"What if" Star Wars channels are a dime a dozen
Anakin still would of ended up disobeying the Jedi council just like Qui Gon.
W commentment
Let wave cook
Hey Stupendous Wave, while this is bad, it's just torture. I've always found that what is worse than doing evil is to force others into evil. I don't just mean corruption like with Vader. I mean making a pawn of someone who doesn't realize they are a pawn, setting them up to do things they find atrocious but somehow can justify it to themselves, only to find out it was all for nothing BS that you tricked them with and got them to do terrible things. That's worse and I could see palpatine doing this. On an aside, did you know Darkseid was the one who corrupted Dasaad into the torture loving sadist he is today and Dasaad was once a kind lovely child from New Genesis not Apokalips? At least Vader takes no pleasure in his evil but Dasaad is in some ways even more depraved and vile than Darkseid.
How would that compare to the Sarlacc pit, though?
This time make sure it sticks...
The most disturbing thing Palpatine has done...organizing the Clone Wars, which killed billions of people, slaughtering the Jedi, his torture of Maul?
It has to be allowing Disney to make the sequals
Cool story.