Ian McDiarmid has admitted he felt like he'd "gone much too far" in the iconic Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith scene where his character Supreme Chancellor Palpatine reveals he is ...

Anakin easily defeats the Sith Lord and kills him at the request of Chancellor Palpatine, who is the Jedi’s mentor. The leader of the Republic is so impressed by Anakin’s growth that he asks ...

It's absolutely riveting to watch McDiarmid glide through how this chaos unfolds, from his withering Chancellor Palpatine begging for mercy to his horrifyingly proud boast of "UNLIMITED POWER!!" ...

With one speech and thunderous applause, Chancellor Palpatine brought the era of the Republic crashing down. ... Mon Mothma, Saw Gerrera, and Bail Organa face the encroaching darkness.

Yeah, Twazzi disguised herself as the Chancellor, while disguising the Chancellor as a Senate guard, to throw the Jedi off the scent. That allowed Cad Bane to all but stroll off with Palpatine in tow.

When Obi-Wan said, "Chancellor Palpatine is evil!" ... Luke's weaponizing of the oral tradition, Han getting frozen in carbonite by a familiar face — but sometimes we leave out the why.

Several deleted scenes from Revenge of the Sith further explain how Palpatine took control, ... But several deleted scenes explored this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine even more.

It turns out Anakin Skywalker was not the only young Jedi that Chancellor Palpatine nudged toward the Dark Side. In an exclusive excerpt from the upcoming expanded-universe novel Star Wars: Inquisitor ...

Lucasfilm . The most important deleted scene dealing with the political fallout of Palpatine’s takeover was a clandestine meeting of Senators Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, and Padmé Amidala.