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.

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

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.

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 ...

But danger suddenly rises from the ashes as the evil Emperor Palpatine mysteriously returns from the dead. While working with Finn and Poe Dameron to fulfill a new mission, Rey will not only face ...

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

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.

A "Star Wars" actor who played a key role in "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980 died in a care facility in California.

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.

His voice can be heard for only a minute in “The Empire Strikes Back,” but it provided the first draft of a character that ...

Clive Revill, a prolific stage and screen actor known to "Star Wars" fans as the original voice of the iconic villain Emperor Palpatine ... The Rise of Skywalker." A 2004 DVD release of "The ...