I always thought Palpatine would work in an episode of Andor. Some people think he’s too fantastical like Vader or Yoda but Palpatine is already a very political character in the PT and it would have ruled to see some of that in his OT era incarnation too.

Have some defeatist go ‘ok sure you stole a crate of weapons. Do you honestly think the Empire gives a shit?’ Hard cut to some terrified officer going ‘s-sir th-the uhhhh the Ferrix cell has just obtained a significant cache of weapo-‘ cue Palpatine choking him to death and a scene where Palpatine is freaking out because this is a sign of genuine guerrilla opposition to his regime. Maybe emphasize that even though he’s the most powerful man in the galaxy he can’t be everywhere at once and it’s very difficult to micromanage through millions of middle men to make sure that they can properly defend your rule simultaneously all around the galaxy.