The Rise of Skywalker reinforces how weak Emperor Palpatine became since returning from the dead. While Rise of Skywalker only hints at how Palpatine came back to life, modern canon lore has ...

Palpatiine's death led to Operation: Cinder, which devastated the galaxy and reduced the Imperial Remant to the most fanatical. These fanatics were able to resurrect the Emperor through cloning ...

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 ...

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.

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.