Palpatine wields lightsabers numerous times during the Galactic Civil War, using them to kill Jedi Purge survivors, massacre Bothan Rebels, and duel Luke Skywalker during Operation Shadow Hand ...

The protagonists often feel as though they’re genuinely in danger, and the lightsaber clash is no exception. Luke loses a hand ... this fight is having Emperor Palpatine in the background ...

Twenty years ago today, Genndy Tartakovsky's Clone Wars micro-series came to an end—and in its final moments, gave a very ...

The Emperor’s Hand Limited Edition Legacy Lightsaber set is designed to showcase Mara Jade’s transition from an agent of the Empire / Palpatine to an extremely powerful Jedi and wife of Luke ...

Discover how Star Wars mirrors Islamic teachings on jihad, justice, resistance to tyranny, and the inner struggle for moral ...

Disney and Lucasfilm are releasing a very limited edition replica of Mara Jade Skywalker’s lightsaber hilt ... and she went from being the Emperor’s Hand, one of Palpatine’s most elite assassins, to a ...

Explore how Star Wars' Jedi vs. Sith mirrors Islamic teachings on good, evil, destiny, and redemption in this deep, engaging ...

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 ...

New Zealand native Clive Revill, a London theatre actor and known as the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in “The Empire Strikes Back,” died on March 11. He was 94. Revill’s daughter ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels was a direct analogy to Hitler’s ascendency in 1930s Germany.