Palpatine’s manipulation of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars is nothing short of horrifying. Chancellor Palpatine wasted no time sinking his claws into a young Anakin. As soon as the battle on ...

Padmé Amidalahas a subtle dark side in Star Wars, and it's a bit too close to Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious for comfort.

Those good feelings took a dark turn, though, when the end credits began to roll. That’s when an infamous music cue changed everything. Ahsoka ’s Anakin Skywalker May Not Be the Same One We Know ...

Apparently, the implication that Emperor Palpatine created Anakin Skywalker’s virgin birth is one that Matt Martin, a Creative Executive at the Lucasfilm Story Group, swears is false.

But to have Palpatine return in The Rise of Skywalker, or reveal that his apparent death was just one move in his long game of 3D chess, could significantly reduce Anakin's accomplishment and ...

Palpatine overstepped his democratic boundary with the Jedi Council. One thing that the prequels don’t really show all that well is how good of a Jedi Anakin Skywalker really was. Now, with only ...

Palpatine wanted Luke Skywalker and Ben Solo for the same reasons. After Anakin is no longer useful to him (or dies) Palpatine, again, is on the lookout for a conflicted "good" person who could ...

If she had talked to Anakin, he also might have been more deterred from joining Palpatine and the Dark Side. Especially if Ahsoka had told him, privately, about Maul’s vision.

Anakin Solo’s Lightsaber. ... Palpatine’s lightsaber hilt is quite small compared to other lightsabers, ... It’s one of the most iconic lightsabers in Star Wars history for good reason.

Palpatine is nothing if not a long-term planner. If he saw an opportunity to turn Anakin to the dark side and destroy the Jedi in the process, it makes sense that he would have seized upon it.

After he is christened Darth Vader by Sheev Palpatine, Anakin commits truly terrible deeds. ... It is hard to see the good in Vader. Anakin is gone, Darth Vader is what remains.