The Phantom Menace, a veiled figure shadows all galactic happenings, exercising control over political systems and personal destinies.

As Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Darth Sidious took control of the Star Wars galaxy in the precise way that Darth Bane once ...

Although Palpatine claimed in Rise of Skywalker that he was "All the Sith", Star Wars canon has turned his boast into a joke ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to ... But in the original cut of Revenge of the Sith, even more scenes connected the ...

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 ...

It's been twenty years, and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith remains a gift that keeps ... why the hell didn't the Jedi catch Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) sooner? He was always right ...

All but one. Is it really that old already? The only surviving Sith Lord was Darth Bane (Mark Hamill), who witnessed all the destruction caused by the Jedi-Sith War and how his order was nearly ...