Though Palpatine's power seemed absolute, he feared those who threatened his master plan. Battles aren't the only way to ...

Either way, aside from some extremely minor potential hints in books, comics, and video games, the story of the new trilogy never seemed headed for a Palpatine resurrection, especially seeing as 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 ...

As Qui-Gon Jinn knew, "There's always a bigger fish." ...

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 ...

Long before the current Disney Plus era of Star Wars, it turns out George Lucas wanted to make a TV show centered around Ian ...

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 ...

It was revealed on Feb. 29 that the new novelization of The Rise of Skywalker confirmed how Palpatine survived the Death Star’s explosion in Return of the Jedi. That body actually did die, but the ...

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 ...

McDiarmid let it slip that Lucasfilm had plans for a Palpatine show that focused on the Sith’s time with his master, Darth Plagueis the Wise, who made his live-action debut in the only season of Star ...

Everyone knows that Emperor Palpatine is a scary guy. He’s got the Force lightning, he has total control of the most powerful Empire in the galaxy, and he’s a conniving two-faced weasel. But his most ...

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 ...