Back in the days when he was merely Senator Palpatine, the galaxy had been a Republic of stars, cared for and protected by the Jedi Knighthood that had watched over it for centuries. But inevitably it had grown too large—too massive a bureaucracy had been required, over too many years, in order to maintain the Republic. Corruption had set in. A few greedy senators had started the chain reaction of malaise, some said; but who could know? A few perverted bureaucrats, arrogant, self-serving—and suddenly a fever was in the stars. Governor turned on governor, values eroded, trusts were broken—fear had spread like and epidemic in those early years, rapidly and without visible cause, and no one knew what was happening, or why. And so Senator Palpatine had seized the moment. Through fraud, clever promises, and astute political maneuvering, hed managed to get himself elected head of the Council. And then through subterfuge, bribery and terror, hed named himself Emperor. EPISODE VI STAR WARS: Return of the Jedi, by James Kahn, Story by George Lucas, page 382 in the Del Ray Trilogy paperback, 1993
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