See, now that’s can be an interesting story! Was he lonely ruling the galaxy without someone special by his side? As he was waiting for the first Death Star to be built did he want to give relationships a shot? Was it a night of drunken debauchery? Who knows, maybe Palpatine was a really good listener? He does have a…

I think they wanted to have her be related to someone. The “nobody” thing was always a red herring.

From Austria here - saw it three hours ago...