The Phantom Menace, a veiled figure shadows all galactic happenings, exercising control over political systems and personal destinies.

Several deleted scenes from Revenge of the Sith further explain how Palpatine took control, and how the Rebellion was formed in Star Wars.

Darth Krayt uses his Sith Lords to overthrow the galaxy’s governing body, and becomes the Emperor (just like Palpatine). Not only that, but like Palpatine, Krayt craved eternal life. A major ...

Emperor Palpatine's claim in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker that he'd become "All the Sith" has become a joke thanks to the Star Wars canon. In the final episode of the Skywalker saga, it was ...

It's been twenty years, and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith remains a gift that keeps ... why the hell didn't the Jedi catch Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) sooner? He was always right ...

Now we know how Emperor Palpatine managed to ... to imagine that the power-mad Sith Lord took note of the Kaminoan efforts and saw in the Republic's clone army an opportunity to prolong his ...

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 ... cut of Revenge of the Sith, even more scenes connected ...

Clive Revill, a prolific stage and screen actor known to "Star Wars" fans as the original voice of the iconic villain Emperor Palpatine ... a hologram and tells the Sith Lord that "there is ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels ... cut of Revenge of the Sith, even more scenes connected ...