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[Star Wars] How much of Palpatine’s charm was The Force, and how much of it was pure charisma?
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In Darth Plagueis, his rise to political power seemed to be mostly charisma, House of Cards style politicking, and financial backing from his master who was rich.  With all the Jedi on Coruscant it'd be too difficult for him to use the Force overtly and publicly without causing suspicion.  Use of the force certainly helped a lot, but it was more indirect.