Unravel the dark tale of Emperor Palpatine, Star Wars' most formidable Sith Lord, from his rise to power to his fall and ...

Palpatine's return in the Star Wars sequel trilogy surprisingly improved one aspect of Return of the Jedi. Palpatine's controversial appearance in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was unexpected, to ...

Back in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Darth Vader put aside his allegiance to Emperor Palpatine and briefly became Anakin Skywalker once again in order to save his son Luke from certain death. That ...

Palpatine regularly met with the Jedi while surrounded by Sith artifacts, hidden lightsabers and evidence linking him to the ...

One of Star Wars’ longest-tenured stars has just pulled back the curtain on a project that never made it to fruition. Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) recently sat down for an interview with Variety ...

When Disney dropped the first trailer for "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" on April 12, fans were shocked the first-look footage ended with the sinister laugh of Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid).

In a recently resurfaced September 2021 interview with Metro, McDiarmid suggested that it’s possible he could reappear as Palpatine in literally any Star Wars installment set before his demise in The ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. In a surprising twist, Ian McDiarmid’s Star Wars character, ...

McDiarmid let it slip that Lucasfilm had plans for a Palpatine show that focused on the Sith’s time with his master, Darth Plagueis the Wise, who made his live-action debut in the only season of Star ...

The nine episodes of Star Wars tell the tale of the Skywalker clan and their dance with destiny, starting with Anakin, ending with Ben Solo, and finally, revitalized with Rey. But The Rise of ...

As much as Lucasfilm is holding back on the plot of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, we know one juicy detail about the final entry in the Skywalker Saga. This sequel will bring back Ian McDiarmid's ...

"Rise of Skywalker" isn't opening until December 20, but the decision to resurrect Palpatine is already proving controversial. When Disney dropped the first trailer for “Star Wars: The Rise of ...