The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
Han väljer istället att spela det långa spelet.
Han skapar en fiende för hela republiken att rally mot - handelsförbundet och deras droidarmé. När kriget bryter ut, trick han senaten till att ge honom nödbefogenheter - befogenheter som han aldrig avser att avstå.
Från Anfall av klonerna :
MAS AMEDA This is a crisis! If the Senate votes the Chancellor emergency powers, he could approve the use of the army in a minute.
PALPATINE Please, please, I don't wish to have emergency powers. That's too extreme a solution. It's akin to a dictatorship. We must rely on the Jedi. Master YODA, how many are available to go to Geonosis?
MACE WINDU and YODA look at one another.
YODA Two Hundred,... less or more.
BAIL ORGANA With all due respect for the Jedi Order, two hundred will be no match for hundreds of thousands of battle droids.
MACE WINDU Patience. We should wait for Obi-Wan to report back. We don't know that Count Dooku has made a treaty with the Corporate Alliance, it's speculation.
SENATOR ASK AAK But we must prepare for the worst. I'm going to propose a motion granting emergency powers to the Chancellor at the next session. We must not wait!
PALPATINE Out of the question, Senator! You and I are too closely aligned. The issue will become partisan and debates will begin. The proposal must come from a neutral source.
MAS AMEDA If only Senator Amidala were here.
JAR JAR steps forward from the back of the group.
JAR JAR Supreme Chancellor... my august colleagues, I would be proud to propose the motion in question. This is a grave situation, and I'm sure Senator Amidala, and the Queen of Naboo would agree.
SENATOR ASK AAK Thank you, Representative Binks.
Silence. Then PALPATINE sighs deeply.
PALPATINE If called upon, I will serve. But it will be the saddest day of my life.
Genom att låta kriget dra på sig och framträda som en fast ledare, gratulerar han sig med folket och blir mer och mer populärt. Vissa planeter / system / territorier blir mer beroende av republiken eftersom de blir krigshärna. Jedi, under tiden, minskar i antal som vissa av dem förloras i strid.
Med tiden använder Palpatine den stängda Jedi Council. mot sig själva och officiellt tar övervakning av rådet.
Från Revenge of the Sith :
ANAKIN stands with PALPATINE at his window overlooking the vastness of Coruscant. Several buildings have been destroyed. A brown haze hangs over the landscape.
PALPATINE: ANAKIN, this afternoon the Senate is going to call on me to take direct control of the Jedi Council.
ANAKIN: The Jedi will no longer report to the Senate?
PALPATINE: They will report to me . . . personally. The Senate is too unfocused to conduct a war. This will bring a quick end to things.
ANAKIN: I agree, but the Jedi Council may not see it that way.
PALPATINE: There are times when we must all endure adjustments to the constitution in the name of security.
ANAKIN: With all due respect, sir, the Council is in no mood for more constitutional amendments.
PALPATINE: Thank you, my friend, but in this case I have no choice . . . this war must be won.
ANAKIN: Everyone will agree on that.
PALPATINE: ANAKIN, I've known you since you were a small boy. I have advised you over the years when I could ... I am very proud of your accomplishments. You have won many battles the Jedi Council thought were lost . . . and you saved my life. I hope you trust me, ANAKIN.
ANAKIN: Of course.
PALPATINE: I need your help, son.
ANAKIN: What do you mean?
PALPATINE: I fear the Jedi. The Council keeps pushing for more control. They're shrouded in secrecy and obsessed with maintaining their autonomy . . . ideals. I find simply incomprehensible in a democracy.
ANAKIN: I can assure you that the Jedi are dedicated to the values of the Republic, sir.
PALPATINE: Nevertheless, their actions will speak more loudly than their words. I'm depending on you.
ANAKIN: For what? I don't understand.
PALPATINE: To be the eyes, ears, and voice of the Republic . . .
ANAKIN thinks about this.
PALPATINE: (continuing) ANAKIN . . . I'm appointing you to be my personal representative on the Jedi Council.
Med sin akutmakt, kontroll av Jedi Council och effektiv makt över all senat, kan han nu lagligt ta kontroll över allt.
BAIL ORGANA: Now that he has control of the Jedi Council, the Chancellor has appointed Governors to oversee all star systems in the Republic.
FANG ZAR: When did this happen?
BAIL ORGANA: The decree was posted this morning.
PADME: Do you think he will dismantle the Senate?
MON MOTHMA: Why bother? As a practical matter, the Senate no longer exists.
GIDDEAN DANU: The constitution is in shreds. Amendment after amendment . . . executive directives, sometimes a dozen in one day.
Till sist har han samlat så mycket makt, och Jedi har blivit så försvagad att de inte kan stå chans mot hans förräderi och skapandet av imperiet. Krigets slut ger också en bra tidpunkt för att rama Jedi som rebeller. När kriget slutar kommer Jedi att gripa Palpatine för att vara en Sith Lord och konspirera mot Republiken. Men utan att allmänheten känner till något av detta kan deras misslyckade försök lätt spinnas som en misslyckad mördning i en plot av Jedi för att ta kontroll över regeringen.
Från Revenge of the Sith :
MACE WINDU: I sense a plot to destroy the Jedi. The dark side of the Force surrounds the Chancellor.
Kl-ADI-MUNDI: If he does not give up his emergency powers after the destruction of Grievous, then he should be removed from office.
MACE WINDU: That could be a dangerous move ... the Jedi Council would have to take control of the Senate in order to secure a peaceful transition . . .
Kl-ADI-MUNDI: . . . and replace the Congress with Senators who are not filled with greed and corruption.
YODA: To a dark place this line of thought will carry us. Hmmmmm. . . . great care we must take.
och senare
ANAKIN: Master Windu, I must talk to you.
MACE WINDU: What is it, Skywalker? We are in a hurry. We have just received word that Obi-Wan has destroyed General Grievous. We are on our way to make sure the Chancellor returns emergency powers back to the Senate.
ANAKIN: He won't give up his power. I've just learned a terrible truth. I think Chancellor Palpatine is a Sith Lord.
MACE WINDU: A Sith Lord?
ANAKIN: Yes. The one we have been looking for.
MACE WINDU: How do you know this?
ANAKIN: He knows the ways of the Force. He has been trained to use the dark side.
MACE WINDU: Are you sure?
ANAKIN: Absolutely.
MACE WINDU: Then our worst fears have been realized. We must move quickly if the Jedi Order is to survive.
Palpatine vill ha makt och han vet att sättet att få det är genom kriget.