From Kylo Ren to Darth Vader, Star Wars' most powerful warriors tend to either be Jedi who mastered the Force, or Sith who ...

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

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 ...

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

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, the actor who originally voiced Emperor Palpatine in "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back," has died. He was 94.

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

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 ...

They never fully trusted Palpatine, but did consider him a suspect because they couldn't rule out anyone. However, their reasoning was always that he was already in power, so the Dark Side must ...