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All the Last Jedi references in The Acolyte The prequel movies showed us how the Jedi were duped and destroyed by Sith Lord Darth Sidious, aka Emperor Palpatine.
Star Wars: New Jedi Order will explore the future of the franchise and examine the franchise's past, particularly Emperor Palpatine's legacy. Rey's relationship with Palpatine and the restoration ...
A previous theory had speculated Palpatine had somehow been rescued following the reactor’s explosion in Return of the Jedi. Since then, he’s spent the last few decades repairing his body.
The Skywalker Saga films don't make it all that clear how Palpatine survived after Return of the Jedi. For that, we'll have ...
With Emperor Palpatine’s return set for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, one fan theory that’s been gaining momentum argues that Palps could have been masquerading as Supreme Leader Snoke the ...
The prequel movies showed us how the Jedi were duped and destroyed by Sith Lord Darth Sidious, aka Emperor Palpatine. But The Last Jedi was the first movie in the Star Wars saga to state that this ...
‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Actually Makes ‘The Last Jedi’ and ‘The Force Awakens’ Worse. Emperor Palpatine’s epic shenanigans are simply too crazy to make sense after the ...
Mr. McDIARMID: (As Emperor Palpatine) Good is a point of view, Anakin. CHADWICK: That's Anakin with the evil Emperor Palpatine. Anyway, Jonathan Last of the Weekly Standard magazine online says ...
Return of the Jedi (1983) builds to a climactic choice by Luke to not execute Darth Vader, his father, archnemesis, and the source of much of his pain. Spurred on by the evil Emperor Palpatine to ...