Palpatine has a reputation as one of the greatest evil masterminds in Star Wars, but how much of his success was genius, and how much was luck?

This brand-new Star Wars story has finally helped me to understand how Palpatine managed to hold onto power for nearly 20 ...

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

Sheev Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious, was one of the smartest and most powerful villains in Star Wars. He was a ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the ... explored this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine ...

Clive Revill provided the original voice of Star Wars' Emperor Palpatine in 1980's 'The Empire Strikes Back'; Ian McDiarmid ...

His voice can be heard for only a minute in “The Empire Strikes Back,” but it provided the first draft of a character that ...

How exactly did Emperor Sheev Palpatine show up in The Rise of Skywalker when any fan ... unable to contain his immense power. It couldn't last much longer. For those who might not remember ...

But several deleted scenes explored this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine ... The entire story of Palpatine’s rise, and the fight against it, showed just how much George Lucas ...

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 ...