It's not easy being palpy. You have to put up with being called crinkle-butt by your guards. Your supposed super apprentice is actually some guy with asthma in motobike leathers. Your eyes don't match with anyone elses, your last few dates didn't hold off very well.

I mean that last date was just atrocious, there he was, entertaining a lass at the opera, all of a sudden some little kid runs in to talk with palpy and she runs away. Poor palpy.

He's also got the slight problem with his apprentices. They just don't seem to live long. First maul got cleavered by that obi-wan, JUST BECAUSE he killed his master.and then dooku got his arms sliced off - although his death was kind of engineered by palpy, it still must have been hard on the guy. He was his only friend who knew his secret - he fancied yoda.

You see that's why palpy was unable to kill yoda, he had a crush on him - their wrinkles were a match made in heaven. After their little duel, (which yoda started by the way, HE has a problem with taking over the galaxy - after all palpy has done for him) After that little altercation (palpy was so upset that he destroyed his beloved senate hall) palpy never saw yoda, but he died a little bit each day. Then once yoda died, palpy died, destroying his own death star to fulfill yoda's dream of a non-tyrannical galaxy - and the traitorous wrech that had become of his apprentice - after all palpy had done for him - gave him new lungs, a brand spanking new shiny helmet and a cool voice, it wasn't palpy's fault that his suit didn't work properly and involved him breathing while he spoke.