Cloned himself to groom Luke's son to bring about a second empire while he was chilling in some pod on a distant world. It's more likely though that the Palpatine we see isn't the real one but rather a clone from before his demise that probably assumes he is the original.Would explain why any further clones of a clone would result in something hideous like Snoke.@anemone@ebiverse.social

@Alex @anemone there are no bums in ba sing se

@anemone that is exactly the vibe i keep getting from the avatar (the one i do not casually reference in politics replies) movies