Vader tried to kill Palpatine 5 times before Luke. Fueled by betrayal and ambition, these attempts highlight Vader's key role ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels ... this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine even ...

Palpatine's desire to erase this Jedi power remains a mystery, possibly linked to his own creation of monstrous beasts. After Emperor Palpatine wiped out the entire Jedi Order with Order 66 ...

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

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels ... this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine ...

But several deleted scenes explored this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine even more. One deleted scene even has Palpatine explain to Anakin how he would take direct control of the ...