A great story. Very good.

OOh, PALPATINE!! He is my favourite Star Wars character and it saddens me to see how many authors write him to be a flat and undeveloped evil idiot. Luckily you are not one of them, this fic saved my day! Gongrats, this rocks!

I think the prose is good. For some reason I feel that a Sith wouldn't have this kind of inner dialogue. It almost makes me feel like he isn't such a great "puppet master" of the falling republic. The writing isn't bad, but the case subject's thoughts don't quite match the personality for me. Keep writing! You have talent!