There are few villains more iconic than Emperor Palpatine. Across all three Star Wars trilogies (not to mention spin-off media and video games) he's an omnipresent threat; cackling, manipulative ...

Rey was the main hero of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, but the franchise just explored the opposite possibility, revealing ...

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

This makes it one of the most important cut scenes of the entire saga. The entire story of Palpatine’s rise, and the fight against it, showed just how much George Lucas was a student of history.

Now we know how Emperor Palpatine managed to come back from being burned to death in the fiery heart of a planet-killing superweapon. Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where ...