It seems Palpatine was even more delighted by Order 66 than I'd previously realized; the Emperor established a permanent monument to his victory.

Several new "Star Wars" pins including one with a "punny" take on Boba Fett are now available at Walt Disney World.

Posted: June 19, 2025 | Last updated: June 19, 2025 Palpatine has been revealed to be a CLONE in Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker from the Star Wars Episode 9 Novelization.

McDiarmid also portrayed Palpatine in Obi-Wan Kenobi and voiced the villain in select episodes of Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and Tales of the Jedi.

When the original trilogy was rereleased in 2004, his voice was replaced by that of Ian McDiarmid, who played Palpatine in subsequent “Star Wars” films, starting with “Return of the Jedi ...

Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Clone Wars’ Is Still the Best ‘Star Wars’ Movie Tie-In The 130-minute micro-series remains the standard for a TV show aimed at filling the gaps of a movie series.

Starting with George Lucas' Star Wars in 1977, the gargantuan media franchise has spawned literally countless incredible characters across multiple movies, books, TV shows, and video games.

Ok, joke aside, we learned in the 2019 movie that Palpatine had transferred his consciousness into a clone body after being tossed down that shaft in the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi.

Shortly after his death.” In Star Wars lore, Rey’s father, Dathan, was technically a genetically engineered clone created by Sith cultists in an attempt to preserve Palpatine’s bloodline.

Movies Ian McDiarmid Has the Best Perspective On Palpatine’s Star Wars Journey He along with Gwendoline Christie and Andy Serkis talked about their villains at Star Wars Celebration 2023.