Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the video’s narrator says, the prequels weren’t just a tragic tale of a Republic’s collapse. Nor were they about just the ...

In Star Wars, Emperor Palpatine serves as the scary Big Bad in a galaxy far, far away, with his malign … Continue reading "Emperor Palpatine Was Originally Just A Pawn In Star Wars" ...

One chilling moment set between two Star Wars trilogies demonstrates Emperor Palpatine’s sheer skill with a lightsaber and philosophy on using the weapons. Throughout the Star Wars franchise, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The moment Darth Vader sacrifices himself to kill Emperor Palpatine and save Luke is undoubtedly a ...

Has Emperor Palpatine ever been able to, ahem, do it? Ian McDiarmid can't say for sure. In an interview commemorating the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, the actor ...

Variety spoke to Emperor Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid for the Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith re-release. The topic turned to Palpatine’s TV show, where McDiarmid was asked if he was given any details ...

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, returning to theaters on April 25th for a one-week engagement, revealed Emperor Palpatine’s (Ian McDiarmid) machinations coming to fruition, a ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels was a direct analogy to Hitler’s ascendency in 1930s Germany. But in the ...