Well … Um … I am trying to reason with idea about “It’s an empire, needs an heir to pass it on to” so he could have had some concubine thing … but nothing like that is ever portrayed in any of the previous movies.
We know Disney will come up with some comics of Palp’s getting in on with someone … but I hate that kind of sloppiness where you need to have a comic or book to explain major stuff like that.
Don’t get me started with the whole “How Luke’s Saber was found” comic that’s either coming out or is out.