Emperor Palpatine wanted to control the entire Star Wars galaxy, so why did he never attempt to conquer the planets ...

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Bottleneck Gallery and artist Kevin Wilson will soon release a truly beautiful set of Star Wars posters that feature Rey’s ...

Does Emperor Palpatine's convoluted plan make sense in 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,', if you think about it? By Andrew James Myers, Dan Gvozden Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi ...

Palpatine may be alive, but barely; he needs the universe’s most powerful Force-wielders of both the Dark and Light sides to restore him completely, in a nod to the Mortis gods of the Father ...

Palpatine infiltrated their dying political system, seduced their messiah into the Dark Side, and destroyed Luke’s attempt to rebuild the Jedi. They simply couldn’t beat him - in the end, it ...

We may never know either way, but it’s fun to think that Palpatine found a way for his Sith mentor to live on, even if the methods proved quite "unnatural." Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is ...

Supreme Leader Snoke’s connection to Emperor Palpatine is one of the greatest and unresolved mysteries of the Star Wars franchise, and one that could possibly be answered in The Rise of Skywalker.

Interestingly, Palpatine was the main antagonist of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywaler yet his first name was never used onscreen. We’ll have to see if the name Sheev is ever used in one of the movies.

Does this mean Palpatine, you know… does the deed? McDiarmid seemed to not want to discuss Sith sex too much, saying, “Please don’t pursue that line too vigorously. But yes, he does [have sex].