"I'm the what...?" Luke said, staring dumbfoundedly at the officer that knelt before him.
"You're the new Emperor, your Majesty." the Imperial Grand Admiral who knelt before him repeated.
"Wha...? How...?" Luke said, still feeling rather stunned by this announcement.
"Your father..."
Two weeks earlier:
The Emperor watched in anticipation as the center of the circle of machinery that had been set up in the Imperial Throne Room began to glow brightly. In moments, an apprentice who would be far better than Vader and his rebellious offspring would appear before him. As he observed, the light grew and grew too bright to look at directly before it abruptly vanished. Standing in the center of the circle after the radiant light had vanished was a human adolescent with pale skin, shaggy black hair, and narrow dark eyes who was dressed in a black uniform of some sort that had a red band with yellow writing on it pinned to one of the sleeves.
"Good. Good." the Emperor said as he studied his future apprentice who was already radiating darkness in the Force.
"Who are you?" the boy asked the Emperor in a tone that was meant to intimidate after briefly surveying his surroundings.
"I'm the one who brought you here and, you can call me Master." the Emperor replied.
"I'm going to bite you to death!" the boy said as he raised a pair of nightsticks in a threatening manner.
Grinning, the Emperor raised his hands, reached into the Dark Side of the Force and called forth lightning, preparing to break the strong willed boy and put him in his place...
As the sun set over the Imperial Palace on Coruscant, a small bird perched on the Emperor's throne chirping Hibari, Hibari as the Head of the Namimori Middle School Disciplinary Committee curled up in the exceedingly comfortable seat and fell asleep.
Author's Note: If there's an Anti-hero or even outright Villain that you would like to see kill the Emperor, feel free to make a suggestion.