Sheev Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious, was one of the smartest and most powerful villains in Star Wars. He was a ...

Palpatine has a reputation as one of the greatest evil masterminds in Star Wars, but how much of his success was genius, and ...

One deleted scene even has Palpatine explain to Anakin how he would take direct control of the once-autonomous Jedi Council. The most important deleted scene dealing with the political fallout of ...

When Emperor Palpatine was ultimately defeated in Star ... there is no limit to the number of Sith Lords who can exist, so long as they pledge themselves to the One Sith. The most interesting ...

Most damagingly, Anakin's conversion to the dark side is rushed through during a slack middle act where the chosen one bounces back and forth between Mace Windu and Palpatine like a confused ...