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, ...

Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidiousis largely seen as one of Star Wars' most powerful Sith, but his Empire actually reveals that he was so much weaker than the ancient Sith. The history of the Sith has ...

The brouhaha around the ninth Star Wars installation, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, more or less broke the Internet when the movie's epic teaser dropped. Now, with the movie's impending release, ...

When we first meet Sheev Palpatine, the man who would be Emperor, he's already past his prime. This elderly character is still masterful and conniving, manipulating the Galactic Senate and the Jedi ...

Palpatine is a strange figure in Star Wars. We know his wizened face from the original and sequel trilogies, but in the prequels, we’re reminded that he was once just a minor Naboo royal who was ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. If you saw Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and ...

A cackle in the dark. That was all it took for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to deliver its biggest shock—a shock that not even a title, a Death Star, or a host of other reveals in its first ...

Mark Hospodar has been an avid gamer ever since he fired up the original Medal of Honor on his PS1. A history teacher by training, Mark has branched out into the fields of fiction and non-fiction ...

The great Emperor Palpatine returns as promised in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. So how’d he pull it off? Well, we’d be honored if you would join us while we break this down. Sheev Palpatine is ...