>SPOILERS (Don't read if you haven't seen the movie)
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>>> Why does the Emperor tell Darth that Darth killed Padame if he knows that Darth didn't directly kill her?
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>>IMO, Palpatine had no intention of saving Padme. He offered an explanation, so he wouldn't turn on his new master. Full of deception, he is. At least indirectly, of course, Vader is responsible.
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>Interesting to note that ( in the Star Wars universe :-) ) ultimately it was Anakin ( soon to become Vader ) who was responsibale for Padme's death. She died because she lost the will to live because of what Anakin had become ( Vader ) and had done murdered the Jedi, younglings, etc. He interpreted his dream of Padme dying in light of what happened to his mother. But Yoda had clearly and more than once indicated that the future was hard to see/predict, especially when strong emotions were at work and that in recent times the "rise" of the dark side was "clouding" the future. It's just a movie, of course, :-) but if Anakin had not consistently and continuously disobeyed his superiors, his "vision" might not have been fulfilled and Padme might not have died ... and it would have completely messed up the series and episodes IV-VI. :-) Thru the movie my son and I, knowing what was going to (and had to) happen, still kept saying, "Don't do it Anakin, don't do it." They did
>(IMO) and excellent job of making Anakin a lovable character and we just didn't want him to become Darth Vader. :-)

The Emperor, who was Darth Sideous, is inferred to be in complete control, all the way to Episode 6, due to his ability to forsee the future. The ultimate goal was never Vader, but Luke. Luke was a far more powerful Jedi than his father (final battle, Episode 6).

The Emperor more than likely knew of Padme's twins, and their births, but withheld this knowledge from his apprentice, until the time was ripe to pluck Luke. Vader was a violin, that Sideous played to perfection, until Vader's last spark of humanity resurfaced unexpectedly, due to the love of his son, much to the chagrin of the Emperor.

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>>>I seem to recall that the Emperor told Darth that he has two kids in episode IV, is this revealed in ep. IV?
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>>IIRC, the Emperor informs Vader about Luke in Episode V. Vader learns about Leia from Luke in Episode VI.
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>This is correct. The Emperor was only spoken of in episode IV, first seen and heard in episode V ("Empire...").