The Star Warsmovies barely offered more than a glimpse of Palpatine'strue role in the franchise, including missing out on the full scope of his relationship with Darth Vader. Supplemental sources have ...

Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid recently confirmed that George Lucas had planned to develop a television series centered around the fan-favorite Star Wars villain. Years before Disney acquired Lucasfilm ...

Palpatine has been the primary villain of Star Wars for decades, but questions nevertheless remain about him and the Sith ...

It's become one of the most infamous lines in the entire Star Wars canon, right up there with "I don't like sand," "Now this is podracing," and "I have the high ground." But whereas those prequel ...

Ever since the now-infamous Sequel Trilogy finale Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the Star Wars franchise has been retroactively trying to explain away the mess of how Palpatine returned – and how ...

For five years, the word “somehow” has been a big deal for Star Wars fans. Poe Dameron (Oscar Issac) delivered the phrase “somehow Palpatine returned” in The Rise of Skywalker, and since then, the ...

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