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Palpatine's ultimate fate is further chronicled in the Dark Empire II and Empire's End series of comics. The Dark Empire II series, published from 1994 to 1995, details how the Emperor is once again reborn on Byss into a clone body. Palpatine tries to rebuild the Empire as the Rebel Alliance grows weak. [113] In Empire's End (1995), a traitorous Imperial guard bribes Palpatine's cloning supervisor to tamper with the Emperor's stored DNA samples. This causes the clones to deteriorate at a rapid rate. Palpatine tries to possess the body of Anakin Solo, the infant son of Leia Organa and Han Solo, before the clone body dies, but is thwarted once again by Luke Skywalker. Palpatine is killed by a blaster shot fired by Han, but his spirit is captured by the mortally wounded Jedi Empatojayos Brand. When Brand dies, he takes Palpatine's spirit with him into the netherworld of the Force, destroying the Sith Lord once and for all. [114]Jensen, Hans, and Richard Chasemore. Star Wars: Complete Locations. New York: DK Publishing, 2005. ISBN 0-7566-1419-8. Hambly, Barbara (1996). Children of the Jedi. New York City: Bantam Spectra. ISBN 978-0-553-57293-3. Shepard Kraemer, Ross; Cassidy, William; Schwartz, Susan (2003). Religions of Star Trek. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. p.69. ISBN 978-0-8133-4115-6. a b c d Gonzales, Dave (December 19, 2019). "Answering the biggest questions about Emperor Palpatine's return to Star Wars". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019 . Retrieved January 11, 2020. Open Government: Pork protection". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Seattle, Washington. September 1, 2006 . Retrieved September 5, 2006.

Lucas fleshed out the Emperor in the prequel trilogy. According to Lucas, Palpatine's role in The Phantom Menace is to explain "how Anakin Skywalker [later Vader] came to be Palpatine's apprentice" and the events that sparked Palpatine's rise to totalitarian power after being a senate representative. [28] The film's novelization is the first time he is called Darth Sidious. [29] His home world, Naboo, is also home to Anakin's romantic interest, Padmé Amidala, who later becomes a senator of that planet. Palpatine also appears in Rae Carson's novelization of The Rise of Skywalker, which expands upon the film's story. In the book, Palpatine is revealed to have discovered the "secret to immortality" from his former master, Darth Plagueis, using this knowledge to survive after his death in Return of the Jedi. [68] [88] [g] The novelization also describes Palpatine's son as a failed clone of himself. [68] [89] However, the 2021 book Skywalker: A Family at War describes Palpatine's son as an "offshoot of [his] genetic research, not precisely a clone but made of cloned tissue and donated cells." [90] [91] Goldman, Eric (May 9, 2015). " Star Wars: Lords of the Sith Review". IGN. San Francisco, California: j2 Global. Archived from the original on June 6, 2016 . Retrieved May 27, 2016. Darth Sidious". Star Wars Databank. Archived from the original on December 5, 2006 . Retrieved August 17, 2006. Luceno, James. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary. New York: DK Publishing, 2005. ISBN 0-7566-1128-8.a b Kahn, James (1983). Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. New York: Del Rey Books. p.69. ISBN 0-345-30767-4. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 2: Rise of the Bounty Hunters (DVD). Los Angeles, California: Warner Bros. Television. 2009.