“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” baffled moviegoers by bringing back Emperor Palpatine without explanation (the film begins and all the characters readily accept the Sith lord is alive), but the ...

Either way, aside from some extremely minor potential hints in books, comics, and video games, the story of the new trilogy never seemed headed for a Palpatine resurrection, especially seeing as The ...

Star Wars wheeling out Sheev Palpatine for The Rise of Skywalker was received with all the enthusiasm of a droid convention at the Mos Eisley cantina. And while the basic idea of Palpatine's survival ...

All stories need an antagonist. An evil character to inspire hate and fear in the hearts of audiences. The Star Wars franchise has seen many such evil characters. Some fans were surprised to learn ...

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 ...

Long after Star Wars made its return with the prequel series, fans have continued to mourn the death of Liam Neeson's Qui-Gon ...

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 ...

"The Rise of Skywalker" takes a plot point from the "Dark Empire" comic book series and makes it official canon. “He’d seen this apparatus before, too, when he’d studied the Clone Wars as a boy,” the ...

When J.J. Abrams revived Star Wars with The Force Awakens, he was slammed for playing it too safe. But with The Rise of Skywalker, Abrams is set to close this new trilogy by taking a massive risk that ...