Fourth, “power” and “power in force” are both vague. palpatine ruled the galaxy; nihilus did not. on that scale, palpatine wins. when we consider planet consuming power palpatine never does so like nihilus does (to my knowledge). stack this on top of the force being a mystical thing, and chosen ones like anakin or bane gain a bump even. When he asks luke to kill darth vader, palpatine wants to take luke on as his new apprentice. however, luke rejected sidious. that's what darth sidious does; he double crosses his apprentices because he always wants a more powerful apprentice. "soon i will have a new apprentice. one far younger and more powerful".
Within that five year time period, vader went from being equally formidable as sidious to being the most powerful sith in the galaxy. 1. tarkin by james luceno (2014) you are a true sith, lord. A star wars tie in has confirmed emperor palpatine, aka darth sidious, is the strongest sith in history. the question of who the most powerful character in star wars is has long been debated; ever since return of the jedi, which showed off his rare force lightning ability, palpatine has been in contention alongside the likes of darth vader anakin skywalker, luke skywalker, and yoda. You know that palpatine could wipe the floor with vader? show me that. only thing we've seen is vader literally mandhandle palpatine and launch him over a balcony. now, don't you think palpatine would have gotten out of that if he could? of course. palpatine has more knowledge and better mastery over the force than vader. vader is better with a. Darth vader's hatred and suffering made him a powerful sith lord, but he could never surpass his master, darth sidious. darth sidious had a the unique ability to draw on the unending hatred of vader to make himself more powerful. the following contains spoilers for star wars: darth vader #40, on sale now from marvel comics.
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