Finishing Andor S2 made me desperately want to see an interaction between these two. You can bet your Banthas it would be one of the most layered and fascinating dialogs in all of StarWars history.

 

I've always subscribed to the idea that if Saw Gerrera was the Vader of the Rebellion, then Luthen would be its Palpatine. After all, both Luthen and Palps are genius strategists and manipulators who fathered an enormous political movement  from the shadows that would eventually take over and usurp the old regime. I would even say that Luthen's exposure by Deedra shortly before his death was, in many ways, very reminiscent of the Jedi's attempted arrest of Palpatine in ROTS. There's no doubt that Palpatine and Luthen share many similarities, which is why an interaction between the two would be so fascinating to see play out.

I could see them formally meeting each other whilst both are in their personas. Palpatine being force sensitive, he would probably sniff out Luthen's bs immediately, but he might be so impressed by Luthen's genius that he'd let him continue acting out because he finds it entertaining. Their dynamic would probably be something akin to Light and L's from Death Note, or Absolute Batman and Joker, where Palpatine is always one step ahead and Luthen is working tirelessly to try and pull a big one over on Palpatine.

Of course, there's also the short-lived(and lamer) scenarios where Palpatine quickly finds out who Luthen really is and quickly dispatches him, or Luthen commits suicide after Palpatine figures him out and he becomes a liability to the Rebellion, or nothing happens because Palpatine is arrogant to believe no one's on his level in terms of intelligence.

Still, I want to know what you guys think? If Palpatine and Luthen were to ever meet, how could you see it playing out. A real-time game of chess, immediate destruction, or nothing at all?

Imagine if these two met in the show 👀