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The Empire, led by Grand Moff Hissa and Supreme Prophet Kadann, attempt to install Trioculus as Emperor, claiming that he's Palpatine's son. Palpatine's real son, according to the series is a madman named Triclops. It is for this reason that the series is also sometimes called the Son of Palpatine series. Both Trioculus and Triclops are mutants who have three eyes.
The books were written by a married couple, Paul and Hollace Davids , and illustrated by Karl Kesel .
The series is generally not popular with fans of the movies, who consider them to be silly. Due to the series dispopularity, almost none of the character from the series have been in any other work of the Expanded Universe and the idea of Palpatine having offspring seems to have been, more or less, abandoned.
Aside from this, fans have accused the series of being preachily politically correct. For example, every book has a "save the environmentAn environment is a complex of external factors that acts on a system and determines its course and form of existence. An environment may be thought of as a superset, of which the given system is a subset. An environment may have one or more parameters, p" theme. Fans also believe many of the film characters either don't appear very often or act out of character. In response to the negative critique, Paul Davids points to the popularity of the series among student readers and their sales of millions worldwide.
Ken Palpatine is an overly enthusiastic youth, whose behavior is obviously meant to mirror Luke Skywalker. Raised in the Lost City of the Jedi for the first twelve years of his life, Ken joined the Alliance when he was discovered by Skywalker. Ken is the son of Triclops and, therefore, grandson of Palpatine.
Since the Jedi Prince series used Ken as its main hero, setting up Palpatine as his grandfather was obviously meant to mirror Luke Skywalker revelation that Darth Vader was his father.
Chief Slavelord Trioculus and later His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Trioculus I of The Galactic Empire is the self-proclaimed, with a lot of help from Grand Moff Hissa and Supreme Prophet Kadann, son of Palpatine. As his moniker implies, he is in possession of a trio of visual sensing organs upon his face. He attempts to procure the gloveA glove ( Middle English from Old English glof is a type of garment which covers the hand. Gloves have separate sheaths or openings for each finger and the thumb; if there is an opening but no covering sheath for each finger they are called "fingerless gl worn on the hand that Darth VaderDarth Vader is a fictional character and villain from Star Wars''. In film, he is portrayed in voice by James Earl Jones, in costume by David Prowse (for a majority of the scenes) and Peter Diamond (in stunt sequences), and his face (as his redeemed self) lost in his duel with Luke Skywalker in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. This glove is rumored to bestow great power upon its holder.