During the Clone Wars, Palpatine further consolidated his power in the crisis of the war. More and more amendments were made to the Constitution in the name of security, all of them transferring more, and more power to Palpatine, including Statute 312b, which gave more weight to votes cast by Senators from Core and Inner Rim worlds, those whose support of Palpatine was more dependable, than those from Rim worlds. Palpatine continued to use his considerable skills at manipulation and subterfuge to play the Jedi and the Confederacy against one another. he grew worry of Dr. Nefarious's Presence threwout the Galaxy of a new threat.
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