from the Rule of Two to their ultimate goal of establishing an empire to rule the galaxy, and the Star Wars movies only scratch the surface. The history of the Sith before the Grand Plan is one of ...

But in the original cut of Revenge of the Sith, even more scenes connected the Empire to real-world fascism. A video from the YouTube channel Star Wars Analyst explores this subject in greater detail.

The answer, though, is depressing: simply put, Palpatine's Code of the Sith ultimately ... the Empire had been reduced to a shadow of its former glory. Of course, Palpatine was true to himself ...

Although Palpatine claimed in Rise of Skywalker that he was "All the Sith", Star Wars canon has turned his boast into a joke ...