As a man who throughout his entire life lusted for unlimited power, Palpatine seemed to not
genuinely care for anything or anyone else but attaining said goal.
However there may have been at least one person Palpatine actually did care for and perhaps
even love in his life.
Her name was Sly Moore, a reserved Umbaran female who’s life was surrounded by rumors
as the public believed that she and Emperor Palpatine had a romantic relationship with
each other.
With some of them going as far as giving her the unofficial title of “Queen of the Empire”.
These rumors seemed to be based off of Palpatine’s public interactions with Sly Moore, as they
were kind of seen as a couple at times.
We actually get a glimpse of said couple like interaction from them in Episode 3, where
right before Anakin enters Palpatine's private Opera house chamber, we see him and Sly Moore
laughing together as they sat next to each other enjoying the show.
Also apparently Sly Moore was the mother of Palpatine’s secret son, Triclops, who was
created after she supposedly impregnated herself with Palpatine's DNA.
So what made her so special and why did Palpatine seem to care for her so much, and why did
she herself seem to care so much for him?
Well this possibly might have to do with how they first met and their relationship afterwards.
When she was born, Sly Moore was said to have been force sensitive.
But before the Jedi Order could take her, she was instead kidnapped by Darth Maul on
orders of Palpatine, presumably so the force sensitive child could be used for dark side
experiments.
Experiments that took place within the asteroid Cron Drift where she was subjected to ancient
Sith Lord spirits that mentally and spiritually assaulted her.
Despite being forced to undergo this torment for months, she remained sane as her strong
will pushed her through the dark side experiments.
Perhaps after seeing how strong she was, Palpatine decided to take her under his wing and forge
her into a powerful assist of his.
He did this by staging a rescue mission for her, to which under the guise of the humble
Senator from Naboo, Palpatine made it look like he rescued her from the asteroid, making
her believe that he had no connection to the original kidnappers.
After nursing her back to health, Palpatine took care of her and began educating her in
politics, all the while keeping her a secret and safe from potential enemies.
An interesting contrast with how he treated her compared to Darth Maul.
Where with Darth Maul Palpatine went out of his way to abuse the poor Zabrak and to constantly
remind him with the fact of how little he cared for him, while with Sly Moore he treated
her as if she were his daughter.
Anyway, over the years they formed a strong sense of trust among each other, so much so,
that Palpatine eventually revealed to her that he was force sensitive just like her
and that he was in fact a Sith Lord.
Though it’s unknown if he told her that he was the one who ordered her kidnapping
when she was younger.
He eventually told her of his plan to take over the galaxy, and after she proclaimed
eternal loyalty to him, Palpatine had her become one of his most trusted aides in the
Galactic Senate.
When he became Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, Moore quickly ascended to the position of
Senior Administrative Aide where she could be remain at his side at all times.
It was later rumored that Moore blackmailed the previous Staff Aide Sei Taria into stepping
down so that she could take her place.
As Staff Aide her duties consisted of helping organize the Chancellor's schedules, meeting
with other figures on behalf of the Chancellor, taking notes on the Chancellor's meetings
and ideas, as well as helping form policy to be presented to the senate.
On top of her formal duties, she was also entrusted by Palpatine to use her force sensitivity
and her native species’ natural mind-clouding abilities to impersonate Darth Sidious whenever
he needed her to do so.
And Palpatine did this as a means to convince his pawns that he and Darth Sidious were separate
people, as when Moore was impersonating Darth Sidious and communicating with his minions,
Palpatine would make sure he was somewhere in the public around the same time to make
it seem like they both were at separate places at the same time.
So none of his minions could ever imagine linking the two together.
After the formation of the Empire, Sly Moore was one of the first members to be appointed
to the Imperial Ruling Council, which acted as the Emperor’s inner circle.
It was around this time that the public began to believe that she and Palpatine had a romantic
relationship going on, due to how close she was to him and how they acted around each
other.
One of her first duties in the Empire was to oversee the training of captured Jedi padawans
and other force sensitives on the planet Byss, where they were converted and trained to become
dark side servants of the Emperor.
She had them tortured and pitted against each other if they refused to submit, with some
even being killed if they refused to serve the Empire.
On top of that, she was also interested in Dark side experiments.
She was in a way inspired by Palpatine’s old master, Darth Plagueis, wishing to continue
his tests involving manipulating midi-chlorians to create life.
Apparently her experiments with the manipulations of midi-chlorians was how she created Palpatine's
son, by using his midi-chlorian rich DNA to impregnate herself so she could give birth
to a powerful being.
It was rumored that when she became pregnant from the DNA, that she retired to her home
planet Umbara where she died when giving birth to Triclops.
Which if true would explain why Palpatine disliked his son so much, to the point of
making him into a slave and sending him to the spice mines after his many failures of
being trained as a dark sider.
As he was the cause of his lover’s death.
But then again those were just rumors, so Sly Moore’s ultimate fate is left unknown.
Now it’s possible that Palpatine loved Sly Moore not only because he raised her up himself
like she were his daughter, but also because they had very similar personalities.
Umbarans were naturally known to be very manipulative people who craved power and influence.
Just like Palpatine.
But they were also known for having a very dark sense of humor, so much so that ordinary
beings tended to be disgusted by their jokes.
But Palpatine was clearly no ordinary being, and he actually had a
very dark sense of humor himself, to th