<p>Everything is as the universe foresaw: Palpatine&#8217;s name is about as *ahem* &#8220;unusual&#8221; as we&#8217;d have expected.</p>
<p>For decades, fans of Star Wars have pondered the name &#8220;Palpatine&#8221; since his visage graced cinema screens in 1980&#8217;s <em>The Empire Strikes Back</em>. What&#8217;s the name that&#8217;s printed on his mail? &#8220;Palpatine Palpatine?&#8221; That undoubtedly conjures up buried memories of a certain plumber&#8217;s cinematic debut. No, it&#8217;s something entirely more bizarre than that.</p>
<p>A leaked excerpt from James Luceno&#8217;s upcoming novel <em>Tarkin</em> reveals that the galactic emperor&#8217;s FIRST name is none other than&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Duh duh duh!</p>
<p>Sheev!</p>
<p>In a galaxy dominated by figures going by the likes of Jar Jar and Savage Opress, maybe it&#8217;s hardly that daunting of a revelation. For now, the name&#8217;s Wookiepedia entry (Wookiepedia&#8217;s the official Star Wars online encyclopedia) remains unedited, and while it can be edited by just about anyone, there&#8217;s been no correction in the meantime. We&#8217;ll no doubt learn just a bit more when Luceno&#8217;s novel comes out this November.</p>
<p><em>Tarkin</em> releases next month to tell the tale of the Grand Moff of the same name that oversaw and managed the original Death Star that<strong> &#8220;gives Grand Moff Tarkin the<em> Star Wars: Darth Plagueis</em> treatment, bringing a legendary character from A New Hope to full, fascinating life.&#8221;</strong> We&#8217;ll have to see about that.</p>
<p>You can read the full publisher&#8217;s summary below:</p>
<blockquote><p>Five standard years have passed since<br />
Darth Sidious proclaimed himself galactic<br />
Emperor. The brutal Clone Wars are a memory,<br />
and the Emperor&#8217;s apprentice, Darth Vader,<br />
has succeeded in hunting down most of the<br />
Jedi who survived dreaded Order 66. On<br />
Coruscant a servile Senate applauds the<br />
Emperor&#8217;s every decree, and the populations<br />
of the Core Worlds bask in a sense of<br />
renewed prosperity.</p>
<p>In the Outer Rim, meanwhile, the myriad<br />
species of former Separatist worlds find<br />
themselves no better off than they were<br />
before the civil war. Stripped of weaponry<br />
and resources, they have been left to fend<br />
for themselves in an Empire that has largely<br />
turned its back on them.</p>
<p>Where resentment has boiled over into acts<br />
of sedition, the Empire has been quick to<br />
mete out punishment. But as confident as<br />
he is in his own and Vader&#8217;s dark side<br />
powers, the Emperor understands that only<br />
a supreme military, overseen by a commander<br />
with the will to be as merciless as he is,<br />
can secure an Empire that will endure for<br />
a thousand generations&#8230;.</p></blockquote>
<p> ;</p>
<p><strong>Via</strong> <a href="http://toybox.io9.com/emperor-palpatine-has-a-new-first-name-and-it-is-ridic-1646942227">i09</a> &; The <a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sheev_Palpatine">Wookiepedia</a></p>

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