26 years after Palpatine was reintroduced as a duplicitous Senator in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, he still functions as the franchise’s “Phantom Menace.” Emperor Palpatine’s role in Star Wars is ...

For this series we’re going to start where it all began! Well, chronologically at least. 1999’s Star Wars The Phantom Menace was not without its share of critics, but it has since gotten its flowers ...

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace set the tone for the Prequel Trilogy with its lavish costumes, impressive sets, and cutting-edge special effects back in 1999, and if you'd like a closer look ...

Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: Jedi Knights #5 Although it's been teased and heavily suggested for some time, Star Wars has doubled down on the fact that Palpatine really couldn't ...

The absence of the word “Sith” from the original trilogy is surprising in retrospect. It was a piece of early conceptual lore left in the dust while the focus remained squarely on the heroes’ journey.

McDiarmid also believes the famous antagonist's lineage revealed in "The Rise of the Skywalker" happened as a result of a "virgin birth." “It wasn’t mapped out at all, really,” he said. “When I first ...

Star Wars Day is celebrated on May 4th because the date sounds like the famous Jedi phrase "May the force be with you." The article highlights six iconic moments from the Star Wars movies, including ...

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, returning to theaters on April 25th for a one-week engagement, revealed Emperor Palpatine’s (Ian McDiarmid) machinations coming to fruition, a ...

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Ian McDiarmid “thought [he’d] gone too much too far” during his Palpatine vs Mace Windu duel in ‘Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith’. The 80-year-old actor - who has portrayed Emperor ...