Darth Tenebrous was a bith working as a renowned ship designer. Darth Plagueis was a muun working as the head of the Intergalactic Banking Clan. Darth Sidious was a human working as a Senator. What if both previous Sith Masters had left things behind that could only be decrypted by a Force Sensitive math whiz? What if the Chancellor let "a few unresolved puzzles from a dear departed friend" lying around during Anakin visits, not realising the child might understand or memorize them?
Yes, and you know Palpatine can’t do math, he stopped learning after knowing just enough for politics (and then hired people to do it for him).
What types of information do you think the Sith Masters might have left behind in their puzzles? What would Anakin learn while solving them in secret?
Probably including the Sith's 1000 year plan, or at least how to manage an Empire long-term. Yeah, things that Palpy never learned.
What if Plagueis had left behind something only a Force Sensitive math whiz could open just in case his Apprentice betrayed him, in the hope that whoever solved it could avenge him? Everything could be about stuff Sidious had problems with, had less defenses against and/or just didn't bother to learn. So Sheev Palpatine would not necessarily recognize any of it if Anakin were to use it or adapt it for himself.
What if Plagueis left behind a puzzle that didn’t require the force but did require extensive knowledge of money math in various currencies so that only Clovis could solve it in case Palpatine did what Sith Apprentices so often do and usurped him.
Crossing this over with the Darth Clovis idea, so now Rush Clovis has all these Sith secrets he can't do anything with but definitely won't let Sheev touch either out of spite.
He totally gives them to Padme thought.
Sheev may have been the Apprentice, but Rush was always the favorite son, because Plagueis never had to worry about Rush murdering him in his sleep.
Plagueis like: “Look at my wonderful little force-null always bumbling around and getting into trouble!”
Baby Rush: “Daddy I'm gonna be an asshole when I grow up!”
Plagueis, chuckling fondly: “Oh, I don't doubt it!”
Padmé (politics and laws), Clovis (money, loopholes and the accumulated Sith knowledge of daddy Damask) and Anakin (Force and technology) team up to bring down Sheev Palpatine.
And then Padme and Anakin backstab Clovis.
Also like, imagine the frustration of Rush Clovis being the only person who knows the Sith identity and ancient Sith knowledge like, ugh we gotta pick his brain for info? They need him but literally no one wants him so they all just gotta like, fake pretend politeness.
The planning sessions must be something else. They have to actually teamwork to bring down the Chancellor, they can't just do separate tasks.
Clovis: fawning over Padme.
Anakin: trying not to throttle Clovis because Plagueis' puzzle is bonded to his Force Signature now and if he dies they can't open it themselves.
Padmé: desperately trying to corral everyone towards an actual objective.
Plagueis's puzzle only opens and stays so because both Clovis' living Force Signature and a Force Sensitive with murderous intent are working around it.
Aww, was it for both his boys then? And Palpy ruined it because he betrayed him?
Maybe the puzzle give rewards in the form of interesting not world domination related Sith knowledge after regular intervals of x number of accumulated hours of activation? Honestly it is probably a holocron disguised as a puzzle because that’s the only thing that could contain this amount of knowledge, while also having the ability to sense Force Signatures around the object. It was created so Plagueis had a way to ensure Sheev didn’t just, murder Rush as soon as he died.
If Clovis' signature is specifically needed, but it can be any angry enough Force Sensitive, then does that mean that Plagueis was totally prepared to outlive Palpy and have to find another apprentice? (Damn Clovis really is the favorite son!)