The final chapter in Star Wars’ Skywalker Saga, The Rise of Skywalker, was controversial, to say the least. Perhaps most controversial was the choice to bring back Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine, ...

He may have have been trained as a Sith, but Palpatine was actually a heretic - and these ten facts prove it. The Sith ...

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 ...

He also discussed the canonical and logistical challenges of playing the Emperor at several different ages, and reflected on the legacy — upon his life, much less on screen — of playing one of the ...