Star Wars: A New Hope, formerly titled Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, is a Legends novel ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster and credited to George Lucas. It adapts the film of the same name, and it was based on the screenplay by Lucas. The novelization was first published on November 12, 1976 by Ballantine Books, prior to the film's 1977 release. A sequel, Splinter of the Mind's Eye, was written by Foster and published in 1978. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was later collecte
I could be mistaken because I haven’t read the book in a couple years now, but I believe the Darth Plagueis novel from 2012 gave us Palpatine’s first name.
I thought Sheev was named for the prequels. I could’ve sworn they even made light of his name in the Robot Chicken specials.
The name was created for a book that came out in late 2014 after the reset. In the original EU no one knew his first name.
I could be mistaken because I haven’t read the book in a couple years now, but I believe the Darth Plagueis novel from 2012 gave us Palpatine’s first name.
It first appeared in Tarkin by the same author. The Darth Plague is novel just mentions why he doesn’t use his first name but but what it is.
Tarkin was 2014, Plagueis was 2012 according to Wookiepedia
Plagueis is pre-continuity reboot and has no first name, Tarkin is post-reboot and has the name.