How Palpatine Spent his Sextillions of Credits - Star Wars Explained
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Palpatine had sextillions of credits yet he didn't waste a single penny on Gucci drip. Respect.
That's because he was Bad , NOT , Bougie!!! 😃
His brand was more... Supreme.
His robes were worth 1,000,000,000 credits 😂
He has class
I don't know man, his robes looked more Balenciaga to me
An interesting point to consider is that according to the novel Tarkin Palpatine didn't actually care much about wealth. He truly cared more about Power. The luxury he surrounded himself was partly to indulge old fantasies and to reinforce his status in the eyes of the galaxy.
Yea, he didn't rly have to be interested in it. He inherited a lot of wealth from his family, and then even more upon becoming a Sith Lord and I think the more wealth/power he attained, the easier it became to acquire more.
But yea, he definitely only valued wealth as far as it bolstered his power
Fun fact: The only reason Tarkin toasted Aldarran was because he had been swindled into buying a bunch of their worthless art, _and he made that crap _*_PRICELESS!_*
Most people acquire money to BECOME powerful, Palpatine acquired power while getting money.
He didn't care for wealth, only what it could get him. He values the power and influence it gives him, not the wealth itself. it's just one more resource to him.
I love how when you first see him He is literally just a dude in dark scratchy robes in episode 5/6 He absolutely does not look like he's the emperor of the whole galaxy that's for sure.
He wears burlap robes and sits on a throne with no cushions. Even the Jedi counselors had cushions on their chairs
"how palpitine spent his fat stacks" is not a sentence id ever thought id hear
It's funny because, conversely, the Emperor often seemed so...humble? He wasn't, certainly, but he carried no jeweled scepter, and wore no golden crown. He didn't garb himself in the finest clothes, but instead wore simple, black robes,and even his cane was rather nondescript. I totally accept that he had all the money, and bought the most expensive things, but he didn't have to flaunt any of it to remind people of his status; he was the Emperor, and everybody knew.
Palpatine didn’t become Emperor to dress like an emperor. He became Emperor so he could dress like a Sith Lord and not be called out for it.
Material wealth means nothing compared to the wealth of power the force offers. But really that was his view. He really found no value in the material wealth or physical desires. He was purely obsessed with mastering the force
When you have real wealth, you don’t need to flaunt it 👄
He wanted to appear as a servant of the people.
I thought i heard he had a lightsaber hilt made with the finest stuff from another youtube video
Palpatine was always a minimalist. He told Plaguies this back when he was the son of a royal on Naboo. Palpatine never cared for wealth or other worldly pleasures. Unlimited power and immortality were his only priority
I know what he did: Paying off the credit card bill for the first Death Star
Destroyed his credit
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@@pm7353 I find that idea really funny considering he rules the Empire, it's his, he can get nearly anything he wants, so credit wouldn't be any issue for him.
He invested it in cloning and possession of bodies!
@@TheZamaron It was in reference to Robot Chicken
Well as Emperor, it wasn’t on cosmetics, clothes, dental care or nail clippers.
It was on dark science and cloning!
It definitely wasn’t on deodorant either.
A little facial cream might have gone a long way.
Palpatine’s hobby “I still have enemies to find and destroy…”😂😂😂
I wonder, if he was SO absurdly rich. I wonder if in their verse if there's holonet shows, on their version of the History Channel if there's famous treasure and fortune hunters searching for "Palpatines Lost Imperial Fortune " the way some STILL go an hunt for lost Spanish, Pirate or Nazi Gold an other fortunes/relics like in our reality
Probably not, the new republic would destroy the treasures so palp. loyalists couldn´t stan him.
@@iammrbadguy9706 Not necessarily. Just look at what happened to the treasures of these empires in our times. Here are a few examples:
1) A big chunk of Spanish gold was pirated off by the English. Meanwhile, sunken Spanish Galleons are found every now and then containing gold by treasure hunters.
2) All the wealth (gold, jewels, art, furniture, etc) the Nazis stole from the Hungarian Jewish families worth billions was put on a gigantic train to be shipped to Austria. It got captured by US troops and the Americans as well as a few locals at the train station looted it. The US government also took a lot of it too. The US government paid the ancestors of said families something like 200,000 dollars 60 years later.
3) About 50% of all the stuff Napoleon pillaged (statues, paintings, tapestries, Egyptian artifacts, etc) was returned. The rest remains in France.
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@@iammrbadguy9706 judging from the recent shows streamed.. they'd "appropriate" an/or "liberate" it for the Republic..
That’s a really good idea. I might use this 😮
Ngl, I think Vader fell to the dark side after realizing how much of a Sugar Daddy Palpatine would of been 😂
i would have lol
In the video on modifications I made to the Imperial Palace, don't forget to mention the water slide I had installed in the Room of a Thousand Fountains. It's the best water slide in the galaxy. I'm really proud of it.
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Sounds like fun.
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How well does it conduct force lightning?
"We'll explain how Palpatine spent his fat stacks" 😂
Btw, the C in Scimitar makes an S-sound. Ssssimitar.
And since we’re on the subject: Palpatine was emperor, not king, so his were imperial guards, not royal.
Incorrect
@@Mechjeb661 You're* incorrect.
As Emperor , Palpatine owned the galaxy......... it was his.
Therefore everything in the galaxy belonged to him , including every single credit.
He could spend it as he pleased , on whatever he pleased .
But why purchase anything when you own everything , all that he had to do was take whatever he desired .
He already had a problem with keeping people loyal. And, despite his arrogance, he was clearly genuinely afraid of mass revolts. It's why so much of his reign was marked with propaganda designed specifically to make himself, and the Empire as a whole, out to be saviors, protecting the weak and impoverished from insurgencies and preserving peace.
If he just took whatever he wanted whenever he wanted without paying it would make the rebel cells (and then the Rebel Alliance) claims that he was nothing but a tyrant ring far more true to the average citizen of the Empire, which would only lead to even more people joining with the Rebellion, or at least starting local insurgencies. He wasn't a complete idiot. He needed to look like he was the good guy. Movements like the Partisans under Saw Gerrara he probably welcomed because they were great for Imperial propaganda.
A good guy would naturally pay for his luxuries. He doesn't coerce or steal from the people; after all, he's their protector and friend. That's the narrative he had to sell to maintain authority.
.. The E.U is the only 'Canon.' +
@@onojioboardwalk9748 Even ignoring Disney canon, that was what he was doing according to the older novels in the EU, so I'm not sure what you're getting at.
@@AnnPMadera .. He panders by even doing that thing whenever he mentioned near the end in this video too about the 'Disney canon' and 'The EU canon' - The arrogance of that sentence cant hide the fact that from start to finish this disney ''canon'' was a complete, Atrocious failure.
Live in denial of it if you want, Doesnt change a thing for the better in reality. THIS is the future-present you and other fad-hoppers wanted by ever pandering even in the theaters to pay for the disney-failureverse. +
I love all your videos.
Random thought while watching this one...Palpatine's real superpower was not just the Force or the Dark Side...it was time management.
How did this guy manage to do all this???!!!???
He had dark force agents, bounty hunters and information brokers all over the galaxy.
Mas Ammeda handled a lot of his day-to-day as well.
By being a fictional character
Im unsure of whether Palpatine used this technique, but Darth Bane was capable of ignoring his body's need for sleep through 2 hours of nightly intense Sith meditation
The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... unnatural.
One thing I'm kind of surprised about is that while the Jedi are against relationships, I'd figure the opposite of that would be to indulge in lustful relationships as Sith. I haven't seen any of this though from the Dark Side. The Jedi live more simple lives, and abstain from sex. Only makes sense (to me) that the Sith would indulge in wealth, luxury, and sex.
A smart Sith would have nothing to do with the light/dark thing. They'd use their power to set themselves up in a company so that they're not so high up that there's eyes on them but high enough that wallowing in opulence wouldn't be out of the question with them having force abilities being their biggest secret. But it doesn't seem like smart Sith exist but if there is one they're doing it right.
@@Capt.Twatbeard Well someone who uses the Dark side by nature will want to be known for their wealth/power/influence. Being a Sith by definition makes you obsessed with the Dark Side. Someone you're describing would probably be a powerful Force Sensitive that was missed by the Sith/Jedi, and became their own person and began learning about the Force at an older age. From there they could use both the Light, and the Dark for their ambitions, and being more balanced.
The only example I can think of atm is Darth Zannah, who admits to herself in Rule Of Two that she didn’t *need* to start boinking that guy she was manipulating, but she just felt like it. Zannah even gets bonus Sith points for shredding another woman’s mind apart with sorcery because she got jealous over that woman’s previous relationship with him.
@@naedanger123 lol damn. To me the Jedi, and Sith both have a shitty existence. Jedi can't have romantic relationships, and the Sith seem to embrace anger, and hate, which aren't remotely fun or enjoyable.
One would think but the Sith also were a No Go on relationships. They wouldn't dare allow themselves to have such a weakness.
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Pretty sure the Santhe and Sienar shipping companies far predated Palpatine's birth. Though given the two companies' merger in the waning days of the Republic, it's possible either Palpatine or Damask (or both) had a hand in orchestrating it.
All Bull snuff
I think it’s important to note that palps certainly had LLC’s set up and didn’t own anything but rather his companies did. The empire incorporated 😂
Palpatine just casully milked everyone
Like any royal he takes 10 percent of Empire's wealth. 😄🤗 In comparison the royals in UK only take 1 percent of nation's tax. 👏
My ears bled a little every time I heard "skimitar"
I thought he inherited Plaugius' wealth upon his masters death? That would have been the largest amount he received at one time.
My thoughts too... what gives?
Plagueis was a muun too even the poorest amount them would be billionaires and plagueis wealth was basically endless
@@sydneyg2235 Yea he was from the Banking Clan and a high ranking member on top of that. So I always thought his money came from there along with all of the wealth passed down through out the rule of 2. Maybe I misunderstand the new Disney canon but that is how I understood it in the old days. Cheers!!
Yep. And Plagues funded the clones, not Palps
Yea and plagueis was so rich that in the book he says he will fund the clone army himself like it’s nothing
I really love all these videos! Thanks for the great work!
Also, the ways in which the narrator is pronouncing some words is driving me up a wall. 😆
As a collector of antiques and artifacts, if i could have any of Palpatine's expensive possessions, I'd probably choose the statues of the four sages. Not only are they cool looking, but being from the dawn of the republic they'd be at least 20,000 years old
Extremely interesting. Interesting to know how much he had and what he did with it. But it didn't matter to him. It was only for status. To show off to his allies,and his enemies. He loved being Sith Lord and using the Force when he wanted. He only respected power and loved it. Being Emperor and Sith Lord was ultimate thrill for him.. He liked trinkets to too but much less than this. It would be nice to have some luxuries. Like gifts he got from the senators. May the Force be with you too😊
Actually it says in the book that he sold the lake house Plageuis was taken to and Palpatine bought a modest apartment on Corucsant, before he moved into 500 Republica. House Palpatine must have had a larger house on Naboo if they referred to that as the lake house. Palpatine also mentions that his house was far from the richest on the Naboo. I remember Prince Xizor said that the cost of a skyhook would be just a small pail out of the Emperors vast sea of wealth. (Shadows of the Empire - one of the best SW books btw)
Merry Christmas Stupendous Wave. And great video too.
Happy holidays!
@@TheStupendousWave---thank you
Im actually listening to labyrinth of evil .
In legends he built a new imperial/ galactic Palace. Right beside the jedi temple, Palace. Which was then a private wing of the larger Palace structure
I think they made it cannon that it became a galactic palace after order66. Which is crazy considering the jedi built on that exact site because it was a dark side nexus and building a jedi temple on top of it sorta canceled all the dark force energy out. At least that's how I understand it. 😅
@@ZReLiSh42 yes they did. Or you understanding is correct.
In legends he built another Palace bigger more like a pyramid. Right beside it .and he kept the temple for himself. And used the dark side nexus. But that was deep underground.
@shanenolan5625 honestly that's sick. More POWERRRR!!!
@@ZReLiSh42 😆
Merry Christmas!
I hope you do a Video about more Objects of great value.
What happened to the Darkside relics, after the fall of the Empire? Were the items never found or were they spirited away to another stronghold to wait for Palpatine's return?
Amazing video
I absolutely lovvvved this video, definitely do more topics like this. I really love getting down to minutia of the star wars universe its political sphere its finances the technology and also the characters and what happened between major events why they do what they did, how they do what they did, their motivations but also how thier day to day actions amd how those actions led into these massive iconic events we all know and love. I know alot of people hate all the politcal stuff in episode 2 bc it makee the movie drag in the middle but i think it wouldve actuwlly been really compelling and interesting if it had been spread over like say a couple seasons of a snow. Showing the different senators and their motivations and the back stabbing subterfuge but also good senators trying to do what they felt was the right thing but also the ones that appeared on the side of good but had secret nefarious agendas for personal gain, to a lesser than palpafine as hes the master of that but still probably compelling and huge in scale bc its over a whole galaxy. Even papa palps in all his immense power couldnt rule the galaxy without tons of delegation. Sorry i began to rant but thats why i love tnis channel bc it goes into the little tiny things i wonder about the star wats universe its an almost 50 year old icon of pop culture so it has so much buried deep in the cracks and layers that isnt explored that much or that deeply by other channels
He spent it on deathsticks!
Who was wealthier? The House of Palpatine or The House of Count Dooku?
Probably Dooku. Ruling an entire planet for generations will have to compound quickly.
@@thomassaxon8254No way
Merry Christmas all
Happy holiday
🤣🤣🤣 I LOVE how the thumbnail for this vid is Palpatine with the quote “I got fat stacks.” 😂😂😂
Love the thumbnail, would be hilarious to hear Ian Mcdiarman say in Palpatines voice and cadence that he has fat stacks😂
A really unique and interesting video! I haven’t seen ANYONE else ever dive into the subject of Emperor Palpatines vast wealth. So kudos to you for that.
One thing you had mentioned was that Palpatine funded the entirety of the Clone Army from his OWN pocket. But in the Darth Plagues novel the order was placed by Hego Damask through his company Damask Holdings, and through the intermediary of a Jedi Master Syfo Dias. So none of that said anything about Palpatine paying for it out of his own pocket. Could it be a Legends vs. Canon discrepancy? I would really be interested to see a video on Grand Admiral Thrawns background, facts about the Chiss people, the culture and traditions of the Chiss, the facts that Chiss navigators called “Skywalker’s” are actually force sensitive children navigating the unknown regions etc. A lot of information to cover in regards to Thrawn, his people, his society, worlds, military etc.
Merry Christmas can't wait to see that video when palpatine took over and changed the Jedi temple
Hyped for the Temple vid
Now you need to make a holocron on Marka Ragnoses wealth after putting this idea in our head. Very interesting video. Keep it up!
My soul einced each time he said scimitar lol. Otherwise a phenomenal video and definitely giving the channel a subscription
Palpatine is rolling in 💰
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How many 1/2 naked Twi'leks would he employ to dance for him at once...or better? 😄
Do anything the f*ck you like when you're an insanely wealthy, poweful and Emperor!
That’s actually pretty funny. Since it’s been confirmed that Darth Sidious is attract to Twi’lek women.
@@kingnamor7777 that explains why Shaak Ti was often guarding him...
@@jayo1212 lol😆 nice one
Hey! Sorosuub Luxury Yacht 3000! Always love to see stuff from SWG pop up in these videos!
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11:43 By beginning days, I'm assuming you mean post-Ruusan Reformations, as the Sith Empire was completely unknown to either the Republic or the Jedi Order at the time of the Republic's founding circa 25,000 BBY.
So, what you're trying to tell me is;
Sheev's promotion from senator to emperor was less an upward one and more of a lateral one....neat.
A man of culture I see.
you could imagine him using the archives of the jedi temple to stash his expensive wine and antique collection, probably the sort of guy to sit writing his sith journal with a big glass of port wine
The force sensitivity for one, but also the scimitar and the lightsabers and enough credits where the interest is always more than enough to keep the ship running smoothly
Be like a high class evil ronin
And here I was thinking that the wealth of Paalpatine was amassed starting with Bane, up until Damask. Not to mention Palpatine's familial wealth. Now I'm being told that he had some loot in his couch lol
So the Jedi were jealous of Palpatine because he had that exclusive apartment and most likely Anakin got to go there.
very good video
That was a good one.
Could you do a video called, what was Palpatine’s credit score?
Id expect his military expenditure was psyed gor by the treasury, tax payer's. Senate.
Palatine sold his family home ( convergence) before he became ambassador at large. And senator. . He got an luxurious apartment in theeed
Thanks for enlightening me on how much Palps was worth; I knew he had to get the money to fund the clone army somewhere. I wonder if we’ll ever get a film adaptation of Palpatine’s life.
I was part of a SW tabletop RPG wherein the DM led the party to the discovery that Palpatine had done kind of 4D chess Gordon Gecko dealings, and financed the Empire with junk bonds and investments, and the GCW was his way of collecting/covering for it.
BALLER!!
It may have been done, but could you do a video explaining how Padmé went from queen to just a senator of naboo.
8:28 what happened to the Sckimitar after the end of Phantom Menace?
Imagining Palpatine in a pool is…unsettling
I think I would only want. His shuttle. & the create of metal. That survived the destruction of Alderaan.
See! They say billionaires can't be ethical, look at this sextillioniare!
*Anakin:* My Lord, how did you finance the Death Star?
*Palpatine:* Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth J. Powell from the FED?
*Anakin:* No.
*Palpatine:* I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Wallstreet legend.
Darth J. Powell was a Dark Lord of the Wallstreet so powerful and so wise, he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create... money. He had such a knowledge of the dark side, he could even keep interest... from the ones he cared about
*Anakin:* He could actually... save people from paying for their debt?
*Palpatine:* The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
*Anakin:* What happened to him?
*Palpatine:* He became so powerful, the only thing he was afraid of was inflation... which, eventually of course, happened. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice margin called him in his sleep.
Ironic. He could save others from debt... but not himself.
*Anakin:* Is it possible to learn this power?
*Palpatine:* Not without a money printer.
I love the way the narrator in this says "Fat stacks".
Out of curiosity does the different media explain what happened to the other lesser temples prior to and after order 66?
Laying in ruin waiting for new Jedi to discover. 😃
@@hackman669 thought so but wasn’t sure because I knew that in other eras the other temples were in use at the same time as the Coruscant but by the time of the clone wars we really only hear about the Coruscant temple so I wasn’t sure if some of them had been hold outs any time during the purge. Thanks 😊
5:44 was there anytime that the lower levels wondered over closer to the Sith Shrine before and after the rise of the Empire?
I bet one of his ships was a "love boat"!
@@fsdf4311c He had kids.
Palpatine the GOAT
Spice and twileks
1:33 wasn't that art created for the Templin Institute?
I'd also imagine he was able to use mental manipulation to get an advantage in business dealings.
You should really know your protocol, young padawan ;). A king is "his royal majesty". Whereas an emperor is always styled "his imperial majesty". An imperial majesty outranks a mere royal majesty (i.e. king). In the old day a king wasn't even adressed as majesty, but as "your grace". But as the European kings grew envious of the Holy Roman emperor, they copied the title of majesty, necessitating the present-day distinction between a royal (e.g. King Willem of the Netherlands or King Charles of the UK) and an imperial majesty (e.g. emperor Naruhito of Japan).
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sidious lightsabers will always be one of the major ones to me
Papa plas had bands fr I think I remember hearing somewhere the cost of 1 clone was around 200000 credits. I could be wrong
What was that? A road wide enough to accommodate 8 ATAT,s or 80 ATAT,s.
I would want Revan's mask and lightsabers
He’s the richest man alive, and yet they still couldn’t get Vader properly fitting boots.
Bro got sextillion credits and walk around in a dirty ass towel🤣
I imagined he spent it all on walking sticks and designer robes 😂
Rule of 2 really made it all possible
Palpatine doesn't need to pay huge amounts of money to have something. In his book Shadows of Empire, he included an employee who accepted a higher paying offer into his retirement program.
I like to think it’s like Seth McFarland did in robot chicken
Man, he had some serious cash
As Empress, we could go on marvelous vacations, eat fine food, and sit in the Jacuzzi. Even more fun, we can zap things together.
I wonder if they ever did a TV show during Star Wars Legends kind of like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and did an episode for Emperor Palpatine?
Those Death Stars ain’t cheap.
Having the massed wealth of the galaxy and the accumulated wealth of the Sith over a thousand years. For Sidious was nothing more than a means to an end, enabling him to buy and maintain power in many different forms and means throughout the empire visa either new dark side knowledge and power or military might of his forces.
Is it known how exactly palpatine covered his parents murder up?
I guess he paid a few goons to cover it up? Perhaps making it look like an accident. And payment under another name untraceable to him. 😁🤗😏
Sex, drugs, art, mansions and fast cars
250,000 credits for a luxury ship? Seems like a really low number to me.
Ohh I visited his house on Naboo! In Star Wars Galaxies in 2005. heh :D STARSIDER SERVER FORVER! ^^
Honestly, I imagine being Emperor of a Galaxy such as this a very boring life.
Scimitar: Sim - it - tar
Let’s go band for band, Yoda…
His net worth was basically the star wars galaxy
What would I want out of all Palps' stuff?? One of his ships.. the Scimitar!
Have scrolled the comments for somebody wanting an island to steal life force and torture kids into Inquisitors but.. no sickos here haha
George R.R. Martin: What was Palpatine's tax policy?