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Palpatine met Darth Plagueis, the Dark Lord of the Sith and leader of the Sith Order, by unknown means, and became his apprentice. Palpatine was renamed Darth Sidious, and trained in the ways of the ...

Palpatine's betrayal caused Maul to discard his loyalty to the Dark Lord of the Sith, vowing to eventually overthrow him. Maul met Palpatine once again years later on Mandalore. However, despite his ...

It is hard-wired in our psyches. We have spent our entire lives watching it re-enacted in films, on TV, on stage: Sauron (the Dark Lord of Mordor, Lord of the Rings), Darth Vader (Star Wars ...

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