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For English speakers it's a really not subtle hint that he's evil. It's like naming a villain "Bad Man". The name Sidious by itself isn't a word, but it's probably derived from the word insidious.

Google defines the word insidious to be

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

which is a good description of what Darth Sidious/Palpatine did in the prequel trilogy.

For English speakers it's a really not subtle hint that he's bad and evil. It's like naming a villain "Bad Man". The name Sidious by itself isn't a word, but it's probably derived from the word insidious.

Google defines the word insidious as

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.

Which is a good description of what Darth Sidious did in the prequel trilogy.

For English speakers it's a really not subtle hint that he's evil. It's like naming a villain "Bad Man". The name Sidious by itself isn't a word, but it's probably derived from the word insidious.  Google defines the word insidious to be Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects which is a good description of what Darth Sidious/Palpatine did in the prequel trilogy.

For English speakers it's a really not subtle hint that he's evil. It's like naming a villain "Bad Man". The name Sidious by itself isn't a word, but it's probably derived from the word insidious. 

Google defines the word insidious to be

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

which is a good description of what Darth Sidious/Palpatine did in the prequel trilogy.

For english speakers it's a really not subtle hint that he's evil. It's like naming a villain "Bad Man". The name Sideous by itself isn't a word, but it's probably derived from the word insidious. Google defines the word insidious to be Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects which is a good description of what Darth Sidious/Palpatine did in the prequel trilogy.

For English speakers it's a really not subtle hint that he's evil. It's like naming a villain "Bad Man". The name Sidious by itself isn't a word, but it's probably derived from the word insidious. Google defines the word insidious to be Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects which is a good description of what Darth Sidious/Palpatine did in the prequel trilogy.