Thanks to dark science and cloning, Emperor Palpatine cheated death, but the Star Wars TV shows made his return darker with a ...

Vader tried to kill Palpatine 5 times before Luke. Fueled by betrayal and ambition, these attempts highlight Vader's key role ...

Several deleted scenes from Revenge of the Sith further explain how Palpatine took control, and how the Rebellion was formed in Star Wars.

The Phantom Menace, a veiled figure shadows all galactic happenings, exercising control over political systems and personal destinies.

His voice can be heard for only a minute in “The Empire Strikes Back,” but it provided the first draft of a character that ...

You see, all three of these men do indeed share the same fate in the end, not just in these opening moments, but later down ...

A "Star Wars" actor who played a key role in "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980 died in a care facility in California.

How exactly did Emperor Sheev Palpatine show up in The Rise of Skywalker when any fan will tell you he plunged to his death in Return of the Jedi? The novelization has an answer, it turns out.

The moment Darth Vader sacrifices himself to kill Emperor Palpatine and save Luke is undoubtedly a fantastic Vader scene, but the buildup comprises an even better Luke scene. After exchanging ...

Palpatine is elected Chancellor of the Republic ... Reva tracks Luke down on Tatooine but can't bring herself to kill the Skywalker boy. After departing the Lars homestead, Obi-Wan sees a vision ...

Nor were they about just the personal collapse of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader ... this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine even more. One deleted scene even has Palpatine ...