As the video’s narrator says, the prequels weren’t just a tragic tale of a Republic’s collapse. Nor were they about just the personal collapse of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader. “They’re a warning, ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The moment Darth Vader sacrifices himself to kill Emperor Palpatine and save Luke is undoubtedly a ...

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Emperor Palpatine's new boast changes the entire Skywalker saga, recasting it in an even more epic light. Undoubtedly the most powerful Sith Lord of all time, Darth Sidious was a terrifying force to ...

Has Emperor Palpatine ever been able to, ahem, do it? Ian McDiarmid can't say for sure. In an interview commemorating the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, the actor ...

Variety spoke to Emperor Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid for the Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith re-release. The topic turned to Palpatine’s TV show, where McDiarmid was asked if he was given any details ...

Clive Revill, a prolific stage and screen actor known to "Star Wars" fans as the original voice of the iconic villain Emperor Palpatine, has died, according to reports. He was 94. The actor's daughter ...

Manny Jacinto, who played Qimir in the canceled Star Wars series The Acolyte, wants to return to the role amid ongoing fan campaigns for the scrapped Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh Hunt for Ben ...

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. But in the ...