The Midnight Series

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Series Begun:
2024-10-11
Series Updated:
2025-09-02
Description:

Is it possible to redeem Palpatine? Yes, it is ... two ways, actually.

This series started out twenty years ago on TFN as the Palpatine redemption story "Midnight in the Garden." Palpatine's appointment as interim senator from Naboo, and the political consultant and campaign manager who's fallen for him, lures him into bed, and joins hands with him to make his career is called "Architects of the Realm."

Next is "Masters of the Game," in which Palpatine must defend the Senate seat he was appointed to after assassinating Vidar Kim, "What Lies Beneath," and "Murder by Murder," in which Palpatine clears way on the Trade Federation Directorate for his allies. (Of course, some of them end up defying Lord Sidious and he will have all his trouble over again, but that's Cloak of Deception.)

Palpatine must deal with the question that has plagued every Sith Lord since the beginning of the order: Does love exist? And if it doesn't, how does one handle sex and attachment and still remain a Sith?

*I created my Palpatine backstory for "Midnight" years before Luceno was ever hired to write Darth Plagueis, and I'm sticking to it. The reason: I have a philosophical bone to pick with Lucas and Luceno. Sorry!

Notes:

Twenty years ago when Midnight was written, some commented that they were disappointed that Palpatine's redemption only happened after he was dead.

Over time, I thought about that, and realized that he *could* choose to redeem himself antemortem. Although, it would take VERY special circumstances, and if it weren't for the World Between Worlds invented for Star Wars Rebels, it would have been impossible. But, now we have the Vergence Scatter, and TWO possible timelines.

As I worked on this, I ran into Darth Ishtar on TFN, and we discovered we were writing the exact same Palpatine with only ONE difference. We ended up merging our sagas into one shared Palpyverse, so you will find her Amne Selrieen Palpatine showing up in my stories and my Sereine would have shown up in hers had she not sadly passed away in May 2025. Her canon-compliant series Wife of Deceit got truncated during the infamous moving of the boards on TFN. The parts that are finished are up here: https://boards.theforce.net/threads/garden-of-deceit-tales-from-the-combined-palpatine-universes-of-lll-and-darth-ishtar.50060390/

Our shared Palpyverse has a Substack--always free!--where we post chapters of Midnight, deleted scenes that didn't quite fit into either series, and artwork, some AI and some commissioned. It's called Garden of Deceit. Please come join us!!

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Words:
310,750
Works:
5
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No
Bookmarks:
3

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