It's been the primary burden of all Star Wars writers since 2019 to add more context and retroactive buildup to Palpatine's return. "The Bad Batch," "The Mandalorian," and more have all been bent ...

We explore how Emperor Palpatine might have survived his death in Return of the Jedi and his possible connection to Supreme Leader Snoke in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

The image above is a real screenshot of Fortnite featuring Darth Sidious aka the Emperor aka Sheev Palpatine from Star Wars holding an assault rifle. I thought you would want to see this, so I’m ...

One of Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker’s wildest fan theories doesn’t hold a lot of water any more — but it does include Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, Kylo Ren, Rey, virgin birth, and Marvel ...

Emperor Palpatine is one of the most iconic villains in the Star Wars canon. Played to perfection by veteran actor Ian McDiarmid, Palpatine is known for this menacing laugh, lightning fingers, and ...

Clive Revill, the actor who first gave voice to one of Star Wars' most infamous villains, Emperor Palpatine, has died at the age of 94. His daughter, Kate Revill, confirmed that he passed away on ...

In that case, this new image could have spoiled one of the most climactic moments in Star Wars: Episode IX. Let’s just hope Rey and the rest of the gang are able to get off Pasaana before the ...

Ian McDiarmid in "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith" (2005). Image courtesy of Lucasfilm. As far as continuing Palpatine's story after Rise of Skywalker, McDiarmid spoke about the proposed backstory ...

These are not questions Star Wars fiction often asks us to think about, but it’s the way that we, in the real world, examine our own history, art, and culture. Rarely are we collating facts ...

When the original trilogy was rereleased in 2004, his voice was replaced by that of Ian McDiarmid, who played Palpatine in subsequent “Star Wars” films, starting with “Return of the Jedi ...