Well, I think Palpatine DID create Anakin. It makes perfect sense actually. One day Palps was visiting his buddy Jabba, and he saw this hot chick and impregnated her with the force in some kinky kind of way. Many years later when he meets Anakin (circa. 1999) he realizes that it is his son, and that is why he says "I will be watching your career with great interest." Makes perfect sense.
