The trailer for 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' completes the nine-episode journey with a tease of Emperor Palpatine. By Richard Newby “No one’s ever really gone.” Lucasfilm continued Star Wars ...

Ian McDiarmid has defended his controversial return as Emperor Palpatine (a.k.a. Darth Sidious) in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. McDiarmid reprised his role even after Palpatine was seemingly ...

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 ...

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Palpatine’s return was reinforced after the trailer had ended, as actor Ian McDiarmid took the stage and the crowd roared. In his best Palpatine voice, McDiarmid demanded for the trailer to be played ...

Among its many crimes, the one Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker still hasn’t paid for is the sudden introduction of Emperor Palpatine’s sex life into the Star Wars canon. By revealing that Emperor ...

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker remains a divisive movie, with Emperor Palpatine's shocking resurrection not quite the epic moment that Lucasfilm and filmmaker J.J. Abrams likely hoped it would be.

Darth Vader might be the face of the Empire in the “Star Wars” saga — but even he has a boss. The Emperor has existed as long as the franchise itself, from a passing mention in “A New Hope” to his ...

Those were just some of the decisions that led to The Rise of Skywalker being negatively received (it has 51% on Rotten Tomatoes), and it remains the most recent new Star Wars movie to hit theaters.

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