xhonzi said:
And, as a quick aside, this is a fantasy universe that includes both Dark Magic users and cloning technology- I don't see how you can't have the darkest of dark magic users use cloning technology to achieve some kind of immortality and bring himself "back from the dead."
I agree. I always liked the notion of an immortal Palpatine, and really enjoyed Dark Empire. I'm quite surprised that Palpy has not been resurrected in the EU (again). Instead we are stuck with crap like this:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Krayt