Chancellor Palpatine

Chancellor Palpatine is a calculating politician who rises to lead the Galactic Republic as Supreme Chancellor, concealing a far darker identity beneath a veneer of democratic statesmanship as he manipulates the Clone Wars era from within.

Few figures in the galaxy cast a longer shadow than Chancellor Palpatine, who made his comics debut in Dark Horse's Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace #4 in 1999 — right at the dawn of the prequel era that reinvigorated Star Wars on the page. His catalog appearances span the Phantom Menace through Revenge of the Sith adaptations and even into Star Wars: Jedi - Yoda, placing him at the center of some of the most consequential storytelling in the modern Star Wars comics landscape. Along the way he shares the page with an extraordinary constellation of characters — Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu, and Yoda — which tells you everything about the pivotal, universe-spanning role he occupies in these stories. For collectors drawn to the political intrigue and epic drama of the prequel saga in comics form, Palpatine's Dark Horse appearances are essential pieces of the puzzle.