One of the problems I have with the Plagueis novel is that he should be long dead by the time period before TPM. The EU contradicts too much. Sidious has Maul at this point. What happened to the rule of two?

Also, it makes Palpatine seem weaker. Plagueis is coming up with the idea for Palpatine to use the Naboo situation to become Chancellor. That's weak.

I don't need Plagueis coming up with the plans for Palpatine. In the attempt to fit Plaguies into all of this, Palpatine gets neutered. I know that the book tries to say Palpatine was just playing along, biding his time, but I think the damage was done.

I'm no big lover of the rule of two, but it is explained well in Terry Brooks novelization for Episode I and as to why the Sith went this route.

I don't tend to follow much EU, so I don't even know which came first anymore. Unfortunately, the EU tends to do more damage than it helps. To me, the whole thing seems based on the idea of the fallen angel, a Lucifer-type thing. A Jedi that goes bad, becomes a Sith, disrupts the Force, throws off the balance, etc. I think the Jedi should have existed first.

It seems that even ROTS screws over Plapatine’s success.

“Once more the Sith will rule the galaxy.”

Once more? So … what? It was just Plapatine’s turn in line?

Not only did Lucas screw Anakin/Vader. He also screwed Palpatine/Sidious.

Palpatine should be the first (and only) Sith to actually succeed in taking over the galaxy.