"He had such a Knowledge of the Dark side that he could manipulate the Midichlorians to create.....Life" I do not think it is a stretch to say that Darth Sidious' Master, (we all know he was the apprentice that killed him in his sleep), influenced the midi-chlorians to conceive Anakin. That is how Anakin came to be. Plagueis is Anakin's Godfather. Darth Plagueis never told his apprentice, Sidious, whom he created using the midi-chlorians, and so Sidious was hell-bent on finding out just who, because he realized that he would be The Chosen One, the most powerful being in the universe. Sidious made it seem to Anakin that Plagueis apprentice was more interested in learning how to keep people from dying. In reality he was interested in finding out whom Plagueis created using the Force. Palpatine was simply using logic, (if you could create life, surely you could prolong it) to influence Anakin, knowing all about Anakin's fear of losing Padme (WITH ME SO FAR?) Darth Plagueis tragedy was telling his apprentice what he had done. Darth Sidious found out about Shmi and so knew what he needed to know, and since Darth Plagueis was not about to teach him more, He murdered him in his sleep. (don't you just love how, when Palpatine is telliing Anakin how Plagueis die, you can just see that he is reliving the moment, and enjoying it.) And so Palpatine watched Tatooine, seeing that the Jedi would discover Anakin, and so setting in motion his long laid plans. Anyone disagree? Any other theories? As Qui Gonn has said. "He is the Chosen one, He will bring Balance" chosen by the Dark Side to bring about the Revenge of the Sith, Chosen by the Jedi to destroy the Sith. In the end he Chose to destroy Emperor Palpatine, destroying the Sith, bringing balance back to the Force, facilitating the Return of the Jedi!!