Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious just experienced a very public failure in Andor season 2, episode 9, and it was genuinely ...

There were myriad problems with the sequel trilogy that led to this backlash, although one of the biggest complaints was ...

There was a Palpatine show in the works at one point, and it getting scrapped may have cost one Star Wars character their ...

Ian McDiarmid, who played the Sith Lord in five films, says "there was never any discussion" about his character gettin' busy ...

Is it fun watching Emperor Palpatine dance to Sabrina Carpenter in Fortnite's Star Wars season? Absolutely, but it's not his ...

For years, Star Wars fans have wondered what might have been hidden in the shadows of the galaxy far, far away.

Ian McDiarmid revealed that Disney was planning a Star Wars series focusing on Palpatine's backstory before "The Rise of ...

The Rise of Skywalker , it sparked a firestorm among fans, and Ian McDiarmid , the man behind the galaxy’s ultimate villain ...

Palpatine, or Sheev as his close pals likely call him, has been a consistent pain for the heroes of Star Wars ever since the ...

But Revenge of the Sith does have the famous Darth Plagueis sequence, which I'll argue is the best scene in the entire ...

"Somehow, Palpatine returned." It is the Star Wars meme to end all memes, used to ridicule the Emperor’s divisive return in The Rise of Skywalker. Most fans reacted negatively to Palpatine’s ...

Star Wars franchise icon Ian McDiarmid reflects on the backlash to Emperor Palpatine's return in The Rise of Skywalker, and ...