The video explains Order 65, a Republic contingency protocol that could have authorized the removal of Supreme Chancellor ...

There’s now less than one full year until the next Star Wars movie hits theaters around the world, but the franchise has plenty to offer fans in 2025. For the first time since The Rise of Skywalker in ...

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 ...

One of Star Wars’ longest-tenured stars has just pulled back the curtain on a project that never made it to fruition. Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) recently sat down for an interview with Variety ...

This video delves into the reasons behind Palpatine's strict following of the Rule of Two in the Star Wars lore. It examines ...

The Star Wars prequels are a Death Star with a discourse-powered tractor beam still pulling in deliriously impassioned takes all these years later. Love them or hate them, either you do. There is no ...

If it's been a while since you've seen Star Wars Episodes I-VI (or you've never seen them — it's okay, we won't tell anyone), you might be fuzzy on how big a role Palpatine played over the course of ...

McDiarmid let it slip that Lucasfilm had plans for a Palpatine show that focused on the Sith’s time with his master, Darth Plagueis the Wise, who made his live-action debut in the only season of Star ...

"Rise of Skywalker" isn't opening until December 20, but the decision to resurrect Palpatine is already proving controversial. When Disney dropped the first trailer for “Star Wars: The Rise of ...

Before “he was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died,” there was “somehow, Palpatine returned.” “A lot of people said it was ridiculous,” he told Empire. “Of ...