It could be along the lines of the theory that Palpatine/Plagueis inadvertently created Anakin/the Chosen One. They thought they could use him, but in the end it was their undoing.
The story group has come out and disproved this many times:
I think the whole Chosen One thing is dumb anyway, but the Plagueis novel (I know it isn’t canon) didn’t imply Plagueis or Palpatine made Anakin, but that Plagueis’ experiments with the dark side made the Force create Anakin as a reaction. So it never implied they actually made Anakin, but them toying with the dark side led the Force to counterbalance their growing power, thus creating the Chosen One. That was the comparison I was trying to make, not that Palpatine literally made Anakin.
EDIT: Also, in earlier drafts of ROTS, Palpatine did claim to have created Anakin in a sense. Clearly George considered the idea. I mean, we never get an explanation for Anakin’s virgin birth, and then later Palpatine said his master had the power to create life. This was clearly meant to be connected at one point before George changed his mind. While I’m glad George didn’t include it, I don’t really blame anyone for drawing that conclusion. I mean, who didn’t consider it when Palpatine said the “create life” line?
It’s all really silly regardless.