Okay, this is a pretty controversial topic/theory I had to make, but here's the truth a Palpatine in the six Star Wars movies in my honest opinion.
Now I know majority of people and fans knows that Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker) is the main antagonist of the original trilogy of Star Wars.
However, in my case/opinion, the truth is in my unpopular opinion, that Palpatine is the TRUE antagonist of the Star Wars saga, for various reasons, but not much.
Palpatine executes Order 66 and he's the one who attempts to extinct the Jedi, and he is responsible for turning it into the Galactic Empire.
A betrayal toward the Jedi Knights as well.
Forces Anakin to be the Sith, which leads him to become Darth Vader.
Right several seconds away from his death in Death Star II, he attempts to kill Luke Skywalker, who was the son of Anakin himself.
To be fair, I'd rather take Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader over Palpatine. Even so, I feel like that Darth Vader is more of an anti-hero/or a anti-villain than just a villain despite this, since Luke was his father in ESB and ROTJ.
So what do you think of my topic about my thoughts on the difference between Palpatine and Darth Vader? As an adult that I liked Star Wars, I started to figured it out what it came from, and what turned out to be. Hope you like it.