Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Andor season 2, episodes 7-9 Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidiousjust faced a brutal, very public failure in Andorseason 2, and it was wonderful to finally see it ...

Years ago, Star Wars finally told the story of Darth Plagueis, and it's well past time for Lucasfilm to revisit the subject.

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 ...

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 ...

The fight in question is the one between Yoda and Emperor Palpatine towards the end of the film, as the over 800-year-old Jedi Master takes on the Sith Lord at the same time that Obi-Wan Kenobi ...

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 ...

Julio is a Senior Author for Collider. He studied History and International Relations at university, but found his calling in cultural journalism. When he isn't writing, Julio also teaches English at ...

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 ...

Ian McDiarmid has now been playing Emperor Palpatine for 42 years. First, it was as the mysterious big bad of the original Star Wars trilogy, and then as a Senator who rises to the ultimate position ...

The "Star Wars" universe has grown increasingly sprawling over the years — and that's without counting the many fascinating ...