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.

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.

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 ...

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

The moment Darth Vader sacrifices himself to kill Emperor Palpatine and save Luke is undoubtedly a fantastic Vader scene, but the buildup comprises an even better Luke scene. After exchanging ...

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.

Nor were they about just the personal collapse of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader ... this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine even more. One deleted scene even has Palpatine ...

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 ...