jae

That's why he's so powerful. He channels all of the negative emotional energy from doing regular politician things into the Dark Side of the Force.

He looks pretty happy here tbh. I think he probably loved politics. And that's what made him more successful in conquering the galaxy than basically any sith before him. He loved doing the political side, doing empire building. It took political allyship not just backstabbing.

that guy's got so many so many plates spinning that anything he does is part of The Plan

he gets up and combs his hair and thinks to himself, "yeessss, this kindly patrician facade will lull the jedi into complacency!"