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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Star Wars] What did Sidious think of himself? How did other people describe him, and how did people describe Sidious to his face?
gpt
He saw himself as the culmination of Sith achievement. The smartest, most powerful, most dangerous mastermind in galactic history.

Others, to his face, probably described him much the same, excepting "Sith" for "leader".

Privately, he probably had his detractors - every man in charge does - but the general consensus would still be favorable. Only an idiot would deny that history's first galactic emperor must be a pretty shrewd, capable guy.