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[-] Maultasche@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

The book actually features a backstory pretty close to the Prequels with Senator Palpatine using the "massive organs of commerce" to gain power and become president of the Republic.

The biggest difference is that by the time of the book, he's pretty much a puppet to people like Tarkin.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

All I wanna know is, was he Sheev back then?

[-] Maultasche@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

That name came after the Disney takeover and the continuity reboot.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

I thought Sheev was named for the prequels. I could've sworn they even made light of his name in the Robot Chicken specials.

[-] Maultasche@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

The name was created for a book that came out in late 2014 after the reset. In the original EU no one knew his first name.

[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I could be mistaken because I haven't read the book in a couple years now, but I believe the Darth Plagueis novel from 2012 gave us Palpatine's first name.

[-] Maultasche@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It first appeared in Tarkin by the same author. The Darth Plague is novel just mentions why he doesn't use his first name but but what it is.

[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Tarkin was 2014, Plagueis was 2012 according to Wookiepedia

[-] Maultasche@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Plagueis is pre-continuity reboot and has no first name, Tarkin is post-reboot and has the name.

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