I'd probably have to go with Palpatine too. A master plan which was already in conception at the beginning of TPM, tuned with the finding of the one (oops, wrong trilogy: I mean the one who will bring balance to the force), and ultimately enacted with hundreds and thousands of players over an entire galaxy, apparently as entirely predicted. Then, when a threat reappears in ANH the plan simply gets tweaked and all continues until love overcomes. What you don't understand will always getcha...
