Actor Ian McDiarmid recently revealed that George Lucas was working on a Palpatine prequel series before he sold the ...

While Emperor Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid recently revealed that a Palpatine series was once in the works with Lucasfilm ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

A background for the galaxy's villian!

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...