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[Star Wars] Would Palpatine have been successful of Anakin died before becoming Vader?

It is heavily implied at the end of TPM that Palpatine had plans to use Anakin in his plan to rise to power. However what would happen if Anakin had died some point before his plan came to fruition, for instance during the Clone War? We know that Palpatine is the Grand Chessmaster, playing both sides, having plans and contingencies. How would he go about restoring the Sith without a powerful piece like Anakin to precipitate the fall of the Jedi?
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Anakin was always incidental at best to Palpatine's overall plans. The plans for the Clone Wars were already laid before Anakin was even discovered, after all.

Had Anakin not been around, he would have taken a different apprentice instead.