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 ...

Emperor Palpatine cheating death was one of the most chilling aspects of the Star Warssequels, but I recently realized his return was much darker than most of us thought. The team behind Star Wars: ...

There are many Star Wars characters who have earned the ire of fans. However, few have inspired as much loathing as Jar Jar ...

Kylo Ren found Palpatine alive but not exactly kicking on the hidden barren Sith world of Exegol in the Unknown Regions. For decades, the Emperor’s loyal followers had worked in secret to resurrect ...

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 ...

Does Emperor Palpatine's convoluted plan make sense in 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,', if you think about it? By Andrew James Myers, Dan Gvozden Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi ...

It was revealed on Feb. 29 that the new novelization of The Rise of Skywalker confirmed how Palpatine survived the Death Star’s explosion in Return of the Jedi. That body actually did die, but the ...

Let's make one thing clear: Palpatine isn't a sympathetic character. When Obi-Wan said, "Chancellor Palpatine is evil!" he was right. But what the hell did Palpatine think he was doing? As history and ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. If you saw Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and ...

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 ...