“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” baffled moviegoers by bringing back Emperor Palpatine without explanation (the film begins and all the characters readily accept the Sith lord is alive), but the ...

"Somehow, Palpatine returned" is arguably the most infamous line in the "Star Wars" franchise, but does it actually make ...

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 ...

Obi-Wan Kenobi is on the run from Darth Vader and Inquisitors... but is he truly the victim of a 1000-year Sith revenge plot ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...