There are few villains more iconic than Emperor Palpatine. Across all three Star Wars trilogies (not to mention spin-off media and video games) he's an omnipresent threat; cackling, manipulative ...

Now we know how Emperor Palpatine managed to come back from being burned to death in the fiery heart of a planet-killing superweapon. Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where ...