The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire Excerpt Untangles Palpatine’s Design for the Clone Wars

The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire by historian and Star Wars fan Dr. Chris Kempshall looks at Palpatine's Empire from a historical perspective and will release on July 4th. Ahead of its release, a sample chapter has been made available, which analyses Palpatine's machinations in the Clone Wars, shared by Dr. Kempshall on his Twitter account.



https://twitter.com/ChrisKempshall/status/1778464360697897080



One of the most interesting aspects of the book is that it's an in-universe historical document written by Resistance soldier Beamont Kin (Dominic Monaghan), who is referred to as a historian in the Visual Dictionary for The Rise of Skywalker. Being written after the fall of the First/Final Order Kin is able to look back with access to information that we, as the film audience, know but would be largely hidden from the citizens of the galaxy.

This alone is fascinating to me, the idea that the galaxy can finally access Palpatine's hidden records and see how the Sith manipulated the galaxy. The chapter doesn't bring any huge revelations but it does offer a new perspective on the conflict. The citizens of the galaxy, and us as viewers of the Prequel Trilogy and The Clone Wars, view the conflict as a battle of two sides but the book changes the focus to see the conflict as ultimately a game that Palpatine was playing with no opponent but himself.

The chapter is a fascinating analysis of how the Clone Wars was all engineered to manipulate the galaxy into being battered and worn and ready for a safe and secure society and how he achieved his ultimate goal of alienating the galaxy from the Jedi so that the Sith could finally have their revenge and rule the galaxy through him.



You can read the full chapter sample of The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, and pre-order the book on Amazon, ready for its release on July 4th.



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