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, ...

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’ve seen any Star Wars movie over the ...

The director of the final 'Star Wars' Skywalker film has made it clear when the Emperor came into the picture. So, is his apprentice a lock, too? “…there were discussions about that [Palpatine’s ...

"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 ...

As you’ve probably heard, J.J. Abrams has returned to direct the ninth and (we are told) final installment in the Star Wars Skywalker saga, The Rise of Skywalker. What’s interesting is that Abrams — ...

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 ...

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Spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker follow below. If you’re curious just how much of Palpatine’s backstory J.J. Abrams worked out for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the answer is “quite a ...

Whatever your thoughts on Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker: No Really This Is The Last One: At Least For A While, it's hard to argue that the sudden resurrection of Emperor Sheev Palpatine ...

In the dialogue of The Empire Strikes Back, Palpatine is simply referred to as “the Emperor.” It wasn’t until 19 years later that moviegoers heard the name Palpatine in the dialogue of The Phantom ...

If you’re a frequent Twitter or YouTube user, you may have seen an animated short about witches figuring out how to use Tinder, or one about Star Wars’ Emperor Palpatine recovering after Darth Vader ...