The Rise of Skywalker's Palpatine twist was undoubtedly controversial, but it did make one aspect of Palpatine's Anakin plan ...

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

Palpatine therefore shows his skills as a master manipulator, capitalising on the very real fears felt by both Anakin and Dooku. And the Jedi show themselves to be a poor student of history.

Palpatine is very much the man behind the curtain throughout the Star Wars prequels, but his master plan to destroy the Galactic Republic and become Emperor is so well put together, with nobody ...

Ian McDiarmid “thought [he’d] gone too much too far” during his Palpatine vs Mace Windu duel in ‘Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith’. The 80-year-old actor - who has portrayed ...

It might seem silly to say this with a performance from the Star Wars prequels, but McDiarmid really deserved some sort of award (or at the very least, an Oscar Best Supporting Actor nomination ...

It’s very Sheev Palpatine to announce that you’ve cheated death with a big fleet of Star Destroyers and by basically sending the “I lived, bitch” meme across the galaxy.

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 ...