But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels was a direct analogy to Hitler’s ascendency in 1930s Germany.

Back to the opening section of Lucas' last prequel we go, and to an intriguing moment that goes down just after Anakin Skywalker obeyed Chancellor Palpatine when he told him to "DO IT!" When the ...

Clive Revill, the actor known for voicing Emperor Palpatine in “The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), died March 11 in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He was 94. Revill’s death after a long battle with ...

When Emma Kidwell started working on new content for Marvel’s Midnight Suns, she turned to her fanfic roots. She isn’t the only one following the rules of fan-written stories to develop fresh ...

The cargo ship's owner Ernst Russ later said the captain was the man arrested. A man has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the ship collision in the ...

London — An American man who said he was among the crew on the MV Stena Immaculate tanker when it was hit Monday by a cargo ship, causing both vessels to burst into flames off England's east ...

British police on Tuesday arrested the captain of a cargo ship on suspicion of manslaughter as they searched for answers about why it hit a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military off ...

BEIJING, April 4 (Reuters) - China has demanded that Taiwan compensate Chinese fishermen for losses after a Taiwanese navy landing ship and a Chinese fishing boat collided outside restricted ...

An oil tanker and cargo ship collided off the UK coast near Hull, causing a fire. A major rescue operation is under way involving lifeboats and helicopters. An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided ...

The captain of the Solong cargo ship who was arrested after crashing into a US-flagged tanker off the English coast is a Russian national, the vessel’s owner said Wednesday, as maritime experts ...

In its heyday, though, the SS abbreviation was actually a valuable means of identifying a ship's capabilities and intent in the water at a casual glance. The practice of placing SS before a water ...