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'''''The Paths to Power''''' was a [[Politics/Legends|political]] [[Book/Legends|text]] written by [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] shortly after his [[Galactic Republic Chancery election, 32 BBY|election]] to the [[Office of the Supreme Chancellor|office]] in [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]]. The book was released on 5:3:13 [[Great ReSynchronization|GrS]] ([[30 BBY/Legends|30 BBY]]) and topped the best-seller lists. The release of ''The Paths to Power'' was later included in a listing of Palpatine's triumphs included in the [[Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241|Inaugural Edition]] of [[HoloNet News/Legends|HoloNet News]], celebrating the Chancellor's appointment as [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Galactic Emperor]].<ref name="HNN" /> The text was considered a modern masterpiece in the [[Time/Legends|time]] following Palpatine's [[Death/Legends|death]]<ref name="IW">{{SW|url=news/the-imperial-warlords-despoilers-of-an-empire-part-3|int=The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire|text=The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire, Part 3|archivedate=20170909121115}}</ref> in [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]],<ref name="NEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''</ref> during which [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Gaen Drommel]] had it highly ranked on his reading list.<ref name="IW" />
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*[[New Republic era]]<ref name="IW">{{SW|url=news/the-imperial-warlords-despoilers-of-an-empire-part-3|int=The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire|text=The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire, Part 3|archivedate=20170909121115}}</ref>}}
 
'''''The Paths to Power''''' was a [[Politics/Legends|political]] [[Book/Legends|text]] written by [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Palpatine]] shortly after his [[Galactic Republic Chancery election, 32 BBY|election]] to the [[Office of the Supreme Chancellor|office]] in [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]]. The book was released on 5:3:13 [[Great ReSynchronization|GrS]] ([[30 BBY/Legends|30 BBY]]) and topped the best-seller lists. The release of ''The Paths to Power'' was later included in a listing of Palpatine's triumphs included in the [[Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241|Inaugural Edition]] of [[HoloNet News/Legends|HoloNet News]], celebrating the Chancellor's appointment as [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Galactic Emperor]].<ref name="HNN" /> The text was considered a modern masterpiece in the [[Time/Legends|time]] following Palpatine's [[Death/Legends|death]]<ref name="IW" /> in [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]],<ref name="NEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''</ref> during which [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Gaen Drommel]] had it highly ranked on his reading list.<ref name="IW" />
 
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
''The Paths to Power'' was first mentioned in the [[in-universe]] article, ''[[Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241]]'', published in ''[[Star Wars Insider 84]]''.<ref name="HNN" /> The book was created by author [[Daniel Wallace]], who later noted on his [http://blogs.starwars.com/danwallace/25 blog] that it was but one example of Palpatine's career as a writer, as the Emperor had been established as the author of the ''[[Dark Side Compendium]]'' in the ''[[Dark Empire]]'' [[Star Wars comic books|comic]] series.<ref name="Dan">{{Blog|danwallace|25|HoloNet News: The Annotated Edition|Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka|Daniel Wallace}}</ref> The text was then mentioned in the third installment of ''[[The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire]]'', an article written by [[Abel G. Peña]] and [[Daniel Wallace]] and published on the [[StarWars.com]] [[Star Wars Blog|Blog]].<ref name="IW" />
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''The Paths to Power'' was first mentioned in the [[in-universe]] article, ''[[Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241]]'', published in ''[[Star Wars Insider 84]]''.<ref name="HNN" /> The book was created by author [[Daniel Wallace]], who later noted on his [http://blogs.starwars.com/danwallace/25 blog] that it was but one example of Palpatine's career as a writer, as the Emperor had been established as the author of the ''[[Dark Side Compendium]]'' in the ''[[Dark Empire]]'' [[Star Wars comic books|comic]] series.<ref name="Dan">{{Blog|danwallace|25|HoloNet News: The Annotated Edition|Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka|Daniel Wallace|archivedate=20120508025613}}</ref>
   
 
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The Paths to Power was a political text written by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine shortly after his election to the office in 32 BBY. The book was released on 5:3:13 GrS (30 BBY) and topped the best-seller lists. The release of The Paths to Power was later included in a listing of Palpatine's triumphs included in the Inaugural Edition of HoloNet News, celebrating the Chancellor's appointment as Galactic Emperor.[1] The text was considered a modern masterpiece in the time following Palpatine's death[2] in 4 ABY,[3] during which Imperial Admiral Gaen Drommel had it highly ranked on his reading list.[2]

Behind the scenes

The Paths to Power was first mentioned in the in-universe article, Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241, published in Star Wars Insider 84.[1] The book was created by author Daniel Wallace, who later noted on his blog that it was but one example of Palpatine's career as a writer, as the Emperor had been established as the author of the Dark Side Compendium in the Dark Empire comic series.[4]

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