"Aided and abetted by* restless,* power-hungry* individuals* within* the government, and the* massive* organs* of* commerce,* the* ambitious* Senator Palpatine caused himself* to* be* elected* President* of* the* Republic.* He promised to reunite the disaffected among the* people* and* to* restore* the remembered glory of the Republic.
**** Once secure in office he declared* himself* Emperor,* shutting* himself away from the populace. Soon he was controlled by the* very* assistants* and boot-lickers he had ppointed to high office, and the cries *of* the* people for justice did not reach his ears."