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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: By blinding the Jedi to the Dark Side in order to prevent them from sensing the darkness inside him, Palpatine made also it so that they were unable to sense the Imperials' arrival to their universe, meaning that he's the only one who is aware of this new threat that the Republic faces and has to pull a lot of strings in order to stage a FirstContact so that the Jedi will be made aware of the threat.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: By blinding the Jedi to the Dark Side in order to prevent them from sensing the darkness inside him, Palpatine also made also it so that they were unable to sense the Imperials' arrival to their universe, meaning that he's the only one who is currently aware of this new threat that the Republic faces and has to pull a lot of strings in order to stage a FirstContact so that the Jedi will be made aware of discover the threat.Imperials themselves.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: By blinding the Jedi to the Dark Side in order to prevent them from sensing the darkness inside him, Palpatine made also it so that they were unable to sense the Imperials' arrival to their universe, meaning that he's the only one who is aware of this new threat that the Republic faces and has to pull a lot of strings in order to stage a FirstContact so that the Jedi will be made aware of the threat.
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* EvilLearnsOfOutsideContext: The second half of this pilot episode has Palpatine learns of the Imperial refugee fleet being transported from the ''40K'' universe into the ''Star Wars'' universe from his connection to the Dark Side. Sensing the psykers aboard the refugee fleet, Palpatine perceives the Imperials as rival darksiders who must be eliminated lest they become a threat to his plans for galactic domination, kicking off what would eventually escalate into a full-blown war between the Republic and the Imperium.
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* JuxtaposedHalvesShot: The thumbnail cover art for Episode 1 has this done with half of Palpatine's face on the left side and half of the Emperor of Mankind's face on the right side.
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The risky Warp jump hurls the Xek-Tek fleet through time and space to the edge of the ''Star Wars'' Galaxy, whereupon being severed from their connection to the Astronomicon, the Navigators panic and declare that the Emperor is dead before being imprisoned or executed by the crews of their ships.
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* InMediasRes: The first episode of this series starts out ''after'' the Xek-Tek Imperials have evacuated their sector in response to a Tyranid Hivefleet invasion and made the Warp Jump into the Great Rift that transported them across time and space to the ''Star Wars'' universe. The opening scene shows Orion Phatris trying to make sense of where the Xek-Tek refugee fleet wound up upon exiting the Warp.

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* InMediasRes: The first episode of this series starts out ''after'' the Xek-Tek Imperials have evacuated their sector in response to a Tyranid Hivefleet Hive Fleet invasion and made the Warp Jump into the Great Rift that transported them across time and space to the ''Star Wars'' universe. The opening scene shows Orion Phatris trying to make sense of where the Xek-Tek refugee fleet wound up upon exiting some time after the fleet exited the Warp.
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* AntagonistTitle: This episode's title refers to the overarching villains of the series. Darth Sidious and the God-Emperor of Mankind are the emperors alluded to by the title while the "dark gods" are the four Chaos Gods from ''40K''.
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* VillainEpisode: This episode shows the immediate aftermath of the Xek-Tek Imperials being transported into the ''Star Wars'' universe from the viewpoints of the series' BigBadEnsemble. The first half is told from the perspective of Orion Pharos, the AntiVillain [[VillainProtagonist Protagonist]] of Season 1, and the overall commander of the Xek-Tek Imperial fleet. The second half is told from the perspective of Palpatine as he senses the Imperium's arrival to his universe and sets a scheme into motion to counter them.
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The risky Warp jump hurls the Xek-Tek fleet through time and space to the edge of the \'\'Star Wars\'\' Galaxy, whereupon being severed from their connection to the Astronomicon, the Navigators panic and declare that the Emperor is dead before being imprisoned or executed by the crews of their ships.

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The risky Warp jump hurls the Xek-Tek fleet through time and space to the edge of the \'\'Star Wars\'\' ''Star Wars'' Galaxy, whereupon being severed from their connection to the Astronomicon, the Navigators panic and declare that the Emperor is dead before being imprisoned or executed by the crews of their ships.



Upon the Imperium\'s arrival in the galaxy, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Galactic Republic--via his secret identity as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious--senses the darkness surrounding them and correctly identifies them as rivals to his plans for galactic dominion. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard But in blinding the Jedi Order to his true nature and ambitions, he has also rendered them unable to detect the incoming threat from such distances]].

Upon receiving his scientists\' report of how the Imperium\'s translation from Warp Space has activated Hyperspace Buoys in massive cascade, Palpatine dispatches Jedi Knight Renphi and his clone forces to escort a survey team to investigate the anomaly.

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Upon the Imperium\'s Imperium's arrival in the galaxy, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Galactic Republic--via Republic -- via his secret identity as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious--senses Sidious -- senses the darkness surrounding them and correctly identifies them as rivals to his plans for galactic dominion. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard But in blinding the Jedi Order to his true nature and ambitions, he has also rendered them unable to detect the incoming threat from such distances]].

Upon receiving his scientists\' scientists' report of how the Imperium\'s Imperium's translation from Warp Space has activated Hyperspace Buoys in massive cascade, cascades, Palpatine dispatches Jedi Knight Renphi and his clone forces to escort a survey team to investigate the anomaly.
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The risky Warp jump hurls the Xek-Tek fleet through time and space to the edge of the \'\'Star Wars\'\' Galaxy, whereupon being severed from their connection to the Astronomicon, the Navigators panic and declare that the Emperor is dead before being imprisoned or executed by the crews of their ships.

After consulting at length with his Astrogaters and comparing their findings with the agonized cries of his Navigators, Chapter Master Orion Phatris of the Skywatch concludes that they have been hurled into a new galaxy (and possibly even a parallel universe) and explains such to his 3[[superscript:rd]] Company Captain, Aurelian Teks.

Upon the Imperium\'s arrival in the galaxy, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Galactic Republic--via his secret identity as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious--senses the darkness surrounding them and correctly identifies them as rivals to his plans for galactic dominion. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard But in blinding the Jedi Order to his true nature and ambitions, he has also rendered them unable to detect the incoming threat from such distances]].

Upon receiving his scientists\' report of how the Imperium\'s translation from Warp Space has activated Hyperspace Buoys in massive cascade, Palpatine dispatches Jedi Knight Renphi and his clone forces to escort a survey team to investigate the anomaly.
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!!Tropes in this episode include:

* BaitAndSwitchComment: During his meeting with Jedi Knight Renphi, we're shown Palpatine's opinion on the [[LizardFolk Trandoshan]] Jedi.
-->It was bad enough to be a pathetic, parasitic reptile, warming itself on the power of the Republic, did it also need to be a Trandoshan as well?
* InMediasRes: The first episode of this series starts out ''after'' the Xek-Tek Imperials have evacuated their sector in response to a Tyranid Hivefleet invasion and made the Warp Jump into the Great Rift that transported them across time and space to the ''Star Wars'' universe. The opening scene shows Orion Phatris trying to make sense of where the Xek-Tek refugee fleet wound up upon exiting the Warp.
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