Despite giving countless Jedi and even some Sith a run for their money, Star Wars' strongest character has never shown up in ...

Star Wars has so many fantastic characters, but some of them have run their course and should be able to retire.

If "Order 66" could be summed up in a person, it's the way McDiarmid progresses Palpatine through his seeming arrest by the Jedi Council to his embrace of his new apprentice in Darth Vader.

Anakin Skywalker’s first act as Darth Vader was to follow Palpatine’s orders and personally take part in Order 66… but yes, before he turned murderous traitor, he was a remarkable Jedi.

Star Wars never presented a reason to even consider Palpatine's sex life until its final movie, 2019's The Rise of Skywalker, which resurrected the Emperor after he was presumed dead in 1983's Return ...

I thought, 'That's a relief.'" The actor also said he thought he was laying it on too thick in the Revenge of the Sith scene in which Palpatine kills Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson).

Star Wars never presented a reason to even consider Palpatine's sex life until its final movie, 2019's The Rise of Skywalker, which resurrected the Emperor after he was presumed dead in 1983's ...

However, her kill count skyrocketed during the Battle of Exegol, wherein Rey destroyed Emperor Palpatine's temple and about 50,000 Sith cultists with it. In one fell swoop, Rey became one of the ...

In Revenge of the Sith Chancellor Palpatine emotionally manipulated Anakin, worried about Padmé dying, with a story the Jedi would never tell him. Palpatine recounted the tale of the Sith Lord ...

Still, even if Palpatine didn't create baby Anakin with the Force, it does seem likely he was aware of Anakin and, like the Jedi, sensed Anakin's potential to "bring balance to the Force." ...