The details of how Palpatine came to study under the Sith Lord Darth Plagueis are known by very few. Palpatine kept a shroud of absolute secrecy around his alternate identity as a Sith Lord. As he grew more powerful in the dark side, Sidious found it easy to advance his career as Palpatine, the seemingly innocent politician from Naboo. In time, Sidious acquired his own apprentice in Darth Maul, and murdered his master Darth Plagueis.

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