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[Star Wars] Did Palpatine believe in the prophecy of the chosen one? And was it fate for Anakin to burn on Mustafar?
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He likely heard of it at some point, but either figured it was an old legend, or simply didn't care. Once he knew about Anakin, he did his best to groom him to become his apprentice later, because the only thing greater than destroying the Jedi Order is stealing their prophesied hero at the same time.

It wasn't Anakin's fate to burn on Mustafar. The only thing we know about his fate was that he was supposed to destroy the Sith and in doing so restore balance to the Force; this was performed at Endor when he killed Palpatine and subsequently died.