Every Star Wars Movie Villain Ranked Worst To Best

2. Emperor Palpatine

Darth Vader
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Emperor Palpatine is the manipulative Sith Lord who was the reason for all three trilogies' events.

Playing both sides of the Clone Wars against each other, Palpatine manipulated Anakin Skywalker to become Darth Vader and murdered Mace Windu. He was an extremely powerful Dark Side user, capable of concealing himself from the Jedi council and defeating Yoda in combat.

Palpatine was the big bad of every Star Wars trilogy, capable of manipulating the entire universe to his bidding and ruling the Empire for decades.

Despite a controversial reappearance in Episode IX, the character is still one of the most iconic and insidious villains in cinema history, and has more than earned the number two spot on this list.

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