WhatsMyName said:
My take on it, is that Anakin wasn't one his mind till after the end of TPM.
He was trying to find ways to overwhelm the Jedi, Invasion of Naboo making it legal. Which this is what i think how he originally intended to be the beginning of the end for the Jedi.
Once Anakin showed up and saw his potential, whether he's heard of the "Prophecy" or not, he knew he'd be a powerful tool for him. I don't think he had a specific plan to turn him. I do think it was his goal.
Well, Palpatine sure was impressed with a kid accidentally blowing up... oh wait, of course... Anakin was guided by the force.
Yea, you know, it could work... I mean, he kinda does imply in ROTS that he was behind the inoculate conception, but only very subtly.
Maybe he did an "Indy Ploy" with Anakin? Like, "hey, Padmé needs excuse protectors, how about I bring Anakin into the scene"? But then he's like "ahhh, hehehehehe". After that, lots of convenient things started happening - I guess Palpatine got pretty lucky.
I don't see anything to back up your Naboo theory. He wanted to invade or control the planet. Next? Nothing in the movies tells anything about it. Apparently, it SOMEHOW contirbutes to the Separatist movement (TF got pissed off and so on), and it gets Palpatine into chancellor position (could've waited a few years for reelection if he could manipulate votes, eh?). What you said is pretty much pulled out of the thin air rip.