It would be extremely weird for her to have no idea who he was when she lives in the shadow of an Imperial Star Destroyer and her whole living is scavenging Imperial tech
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Replying to @arthur_affect @chton and
Really the issue here is the reverse - the AUDIENCE is much less familiar with the name "Palpatine" based on the onscreen content of the movies than the characters logically should be The name isn't spoken at all in the OT, because Lucas irl hadn't settled on the details
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Replying to @arthur_affect @chton and
IIRC it's in the novelization of the original SW, the one he actually wrote, which I had as a kid. It's in a short prologue page that sets the stage (also indicates he was a weak politician influenced by corrupt advisors, so definitely before he hashed the mastermind stuff out)
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Replying to @Sarcasmorator @arthur_affect and
Yeah was gonna say I grew up in the 80s and 90s knowing the Emperor's name was Palpatine long before the prequels but that was because I was an ubernerd
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Replying to @roryleahy @arthur_affect and
I don't remember there being anything about the EMPEROR being a Sith Lord until the prequel movies though, even once I knew that Vader was. There was no rule of two pre-1999. The emperor was an evil force user who corrupted Vader; Vader was the Sith lord
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Replying to @Sarcasmorator @roryleahy and
The whole Darth-as-title thing didn't exist until the prequels either as far as I can recall
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Replying to @Sarcasmorator @roryleahy and
It did not. It was this big thing when the marketing unveiled the Darth Maul toys and we were like HOLY SHT
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @Sarcasmorator and
This did necessitate some furious retconning of why all the ancient Sith Lords established in the EU (Freedon Nadd, Exar Kun, Marka Ragnos) did not have "Darth" names
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
To be fair, I think Lucas intended Bane to be the one who started the tradition. Veitch said he ran every plot point in Tales of the Jedi by Lucas. It was one of the few EU things (along with Shadows of the Empire, Clone Wars, and The Force Unleashed) he took an interest in.
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Replying to @nivenus @arthur_affect and
It was only with KotOR (which Lucas wasn't involved in) that the idea that *ancient Sith also* used the title got introduced.
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In the actual book about Darth Bane this becomes Bane sneering at the other Sith saying they're afraid to reclaim the title "Darth" because they're cowards who don't want to start a fight to the death over who deserves it even though that's exactly what a real Sith should welcome
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Replying to @arthur_affect @nivenus and
And it implies that he was inspired to formalize the Rule of Two based on Revan's relationship with Malak (it was written by Drew Karpyshyn, who was the head writer on KotOR)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
Oh yeah I remember the book. It was kind of funny how in a way it was Mary Sue-ing Revan into actually the most important Sith ever
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