


Emperor
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- "Kill the girl, end the Jedi, and become what your grandfather, Vader, could not! You will rule all the galaxy as the new Emperor."
- ―Darth Sidious, to Kylo Ren[3]
Emperor was the title of a leader who wieldedautocratic power over anempire. Itsfeminine counterpart wasEmpress.[4] TheAtrisian Emperors, including the14th Atrisian Emperor, ruledKitel Phard.[5] TheSith Empire was ruled over by anindividual who was identified as theSith Emperor.[1]Supreme ChancellorSheev Palpatine, secretly theSith LordDarth Sidious, masterminded theClone Wars and completed theGrand Plan of theSith. He adopted the title ofGalactic Emperor at theend of the war,transforming the Republic into theGalactic Empire.[2]
Following Sidious'death, the title of Galactic Emperor fell into disuse; not even thestrandcastSnoke made an effort to claim it despite his role asSupreme Leader of theFirst Order.[6]Kylo Ren,grandson ofDarth Vader, set out toconquerthe galaxy as the First Order's new Supreme Leader.[4] Sidious, having resurrected himself throughcloning, offered to help Ren become the next Emperor.[7] After Ren returned to thelight side ofthe Force as Ben Solo, Sidious urged hisgranddaughter, theJediPadawanRey, to give into thedark side and claim theThrone of the Sith as Empress. Ultimately, Sidious discarded the idea[8] of possessing Rey's body[9] upon discovering the true nature of theForce-bond between Solo and Rey; they were adyad in the Force. Although he succeeded in healing his cloned body with the dyad's power, Sidious'second destruction ended his dream of ruling aSith Empire as animmortal Emperor.[4]
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