That hissing, croaking voice, the cowled, disfigured face and hunched-over appearance, the way he encourages people to give in to their heart's desire so he can then twist it and use it against them... it can only be Palpatine! And for bonus points, when he assumes a more human form, it's in the form of a handsome, sophisticated Smug Snake in a business suit who charms and manipulates people, just like Palpatine in his chancellor days. But how, how could it have happened? Well, Star Wars takes place a "long long time ago", and we know from the Expanded Universe that Sith Lords can exist as Dark-Side spirits after they've died. The Djinn is actually Palpatine's spirit, and the Djinn world is what the Dark Side of the Force looks like from the perspective of a fallen Sith. And Palpatine's fe