The Star Warsmovies barely offered more than a glimpse of Palpatine'strue role in the franchise, including missing out on the full scope of his relationship with Darth Vader. Supplemental sources have ...

Kendall Myers is a Senior Author with Collider. As part of the TV and Movies Features team, she writes about some of the most popular releases before, during, and after they premiere. In three years, ...

Variety spoke to Emperor Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid for the Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith re-release. The topic turned to Palpatine’s TV show, where McDiarmid was asked if he was given any details ...

At the end of her memorable speech to the Senate in the ninth episode of Andor’s second season, Mon Mothma dares invoke the big bad behind the curtain. “And the monster screaming the loudest?” she ...

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: The Rise of Skywalker remains a divisive movie, with Emperor Palpatine's shocking resurrection not quite the epic moment that Lucasfilm and filmmaker J.J. Abrams likely hoped it would be.

It’s about time we wrap up the Most Relatable series here at the Spaceport with the penultimate installment of the original trilogy. Return of the Jedi released in 1983 to cap off the initial trio of ...