There are few villains more iconic than Emperor Palpatine ... Never underestimate a droid. Palpatine's grand revival in Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, though, met with criticism.

The most plausible theory, that Snoke was a failed clone of Emperor Palpatine, got a boost when ol’ Palpy’s signature cackle closed out the first trailer for The Rise of Skywalker — but what ...

How exactly did Emperor Sheev Palpatine show up in The Rise of Skywalker when any fan will tell you he plunged to his death in Return of the Jedi? The novelization has an answer, it turns out.

Rey was the main hero of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, but the franchise just explored the opposite possibility, revealing ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels ... collapse of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader.

Clive Revill, the actor who originally voiced Emperor Palpatine in "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back," has died. He was 94.

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels ... collapse of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader.