Within Vader still resides a part of his former self, Anakin Skywalker, and it could be argued that this is why he can sense Luke while the Emperor cannot.
Whose presence did Luke sense on the moon of Endor?
After his master's death, Skywalker participated in the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, during which he confronted the Sith Lord Darth Vader, whom he learned was in fact his father, Anakin Skywalker.
Return of the Jedi then took place a year after its predecessor so Luke was 23 years old when the Rebels put an end to the Empire following the Battle of Endor.
If Vader managed to get to Luke before he did and convert him, he was basically doomed. Darth Sidious fears Luke Skywalker in the same way he feared Anakin before he managed to manipulate him into becoming his apprentice. He fears how powerful he can become.
Aware of the Jedi Master's power, Snoke saw Luke Skywalker as a threat to his plans. Perhaps at one time or another, Snoke considered taking Luke Skywalker as his dark-side apprentice and second in command over the First Order, surmising the galaxy would have certainly been his to rule if he had done so from the start.
The light side is said to be stronger than the dark, but Palpatine's connection to the Force appears to have grown far stronger in Return of the Jedi. So while Luke may have bested him in terms of athletics, Palpatine's Force-powers could very likely give him the victory.
But did Vader ever regret his transformation? RELATED: Sauron vs. Darth Vader: Who Is the Greater Dark Lord? The short answer is yes, without a doubt, Vader regretted becoming a cybernetic monstrosity.
Return of the Jedi, however, proved that Palpatine had a significant blind spot. There were plenty of warning signs Palpatine could have heeded that Vader might turn on him, and yet his ignorance and arrogance led to his decisive downfall.
Qui-Gon is one of the most powerful Jedi in the saga: highly skilled in the Force and mastering abilities that other Jedi couldn't, including the ability to consciously manifest after death. But more than his abilities as an individual, it was his maverick philosophy that the Emperor feared.
After meeting Rey in the final moments of The Force Awakens, Luke Skywalker reluctantly trains her until his moment of sacrifice in The Last Jedi. But only upon appearing as a Force ghost in The Rise of Skywalker does Luke admit that he was aware of Rey's Palpatine connection.
Snoke and his many copies were not a clone of any known individual the way the Clone Army soldiers were modified copies of Jango Fett. Nor was he a one-for-one recreation of a previous body like Palpatine's clone body. Snoke was an entirely new being made from scratch, and Dr.
Kylo thought he had destroyed a key part of the past that tormented him, but would soon discover Snoke had been created and controlled by a more powerful master of the dark side, as part of a sinister scheme set in motion decades earlier.
According to The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary (2019), Snoke's physical appearance was purposefully designed by Palpatine to ensure his species remained unidentifiable. Furthermore, Snoke's reluctance to meet in person with his First Order underlings helped conceal the fact that he was an artificial being.
Luke did INDEED become Extremely powerful, basically on the level of Superman with the Force. It was said in one of the EU books that Anakin and by extension, Luke and Leia, had TWICE the midi-chlorian count as Palpatine.
Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa were born the day after the formation of the Galactic Empire and Ezra Bridger's birth, which makes them a day younger than Ezra Bridger.
How old was Anakin when Luke and Leia were born? In canon, he was 22 (he was born in 41 BBY, and Luke and Leia were born in 19 BBY). In Legends, accounts vary saying he's either 22 or 23. Interestingly enough, he was around two years younger than Ben Solo was in the TLJ flashback were Luke reads his mind.
