A new Star Wars series introduces "The Century Plan", explaining why Palpatine initially wasn't bothered by pockets of ...

Emperor Sheev Palpatine has always seemed to be a few steps ahead of his enemies, both force-sensitive and not, throughout his long (and extended) lifetime in the Star Warsgalaxy. He did finally ...

One deleted scene even has Palpatine explain to Anakin how he would take direct control of the once-autonomous Jedi Council. The most important deleted scene dealing with the political fallout of ...

In “The Empire Strikes Back,” the now-celebrated 1980 sequel, audiences were treated to the first on-camera sighting of Emperor Palpatine. After receiving only a glancing mention in the first ...