While the Jedi taught Anakin humility and restraint, Palpatine planted seeds of distrust and rebellion in a young Anakin ...

Kylo Ren found Palpatine alive but not exactly kicking on the hidden barren Sith world of Exegol in the Unknown Regions. For decades, the Emperor’s loyal followers had worked in secret to resurrect ...

The Star Warsmovies barely offered more than a glimpse of Palpatine'strue role in the franchise, including missing out on the ...

In a recently resurfaced September 2021 interview with Metro, McDiarmid suggested that it’s possible he could reappear as Palpatine in literally any Star Wars installment set before his demise in The ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. If you saw Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and ...

Let's make one thing clear: Palpatine isn't a sympathetic character. When Obi-Wan said, "Chancellor Palpatine is evil!" he was right. But what the hell did Palpatine think he was doing? As history and ...

Does Emperor Palpatine's convoluted plan make sense in 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,', if you think about it? By Andrew James Myers, Dan Gvozden Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi ...

The final chapter in Star Wars’ Skywalker Saga, The Rise of Skywalker, was controversial, to say the least. Perhaps most controversial was the choice to bring back Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine, ...

Back in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Darth Vader put aside his allegiance to Emperor Palpatine and briefly became Anakin Skywalker once again in order to save his son Luke from certain death. That ...

“Somehow, Palpatine returned.” This comically nonspecific explanation became a meme after The Rise of Skywalker came out, focusing the derision of fans who thought the movie made no sense. Not only ...

In the dialogue of The Empire Strikes Back, Palpatine is simply referred to as “the Emperor.” It wasn’t until 19 years later that moviegoers heard the name Palpatine in the dialogue of The Phantom ...

The nine episodes of Star Wars tell the tale of the Skywalker clan and their dance with destiny, starting with Anakin, ending with Ben Solo, and finally, revitalized with Rey. But The Rise of ...