Palpatine’s manipulation of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars is nothing short of horrifying. Chancellor Palpatine wasted no time sinking his claws into a young Anakin. As soon as the battle on ...

Padmé Amidalahas a subtle dark side in Star Wars, and it's a bit too close to Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious for comfort.

Palpatine wanted Luke Skywalker and Ben Solo for the same reasons. After Anakin is no longer useful to him (or dies) Palpatine, again, is on the lookout for a conflicted "good" person who could ...

Those good feelings took a dark turn, though, when the end credits began to roll. That’s when an infamous music cue changed everything. Ahsoka ’s Anakin Skywalker May Not Be the Same One We Know ...

Apparently, the implication that Emperor Palpatine created Anakin Skywalker’s virgin birth is one that Matt Martin, a Creative Executive at the Lucasfilm Story Group, swears is false.

After he is christened Darth Vader by Sheev Palpatine, Anakin commits truly terrible deeds. ... It is hard to see the good in Vader. Anakin is gone, Darth Vader is what remains.

Anakin’s downfall wouldn’t be possible, however, without the manipulative machinations of one Sheev “Darth Sidious” Palpatine, the prequels’ true phantom menace and – thanks to a ...