While the Jedi taught Anakin humility and restraint, Palpatine planted seeds of distrust and rebellion in a young Anakin ...

1 vital Palpatine scene never made it to the screen.

Vader attacks Exegol before Return of the Jedi, seeking a final strike against Palpatine. Vader has amassed new sources of power, including his own droid army and anti-Palpatine allies to help him ...

Marvel’s preview for Star Wars: Darth Vader #40 shows Vader returning to the Imperial homeworld of Coruscant from his fiery castle on Mustafar, during one of the worst threats to the galaxy far, far, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The power of the dark side is the truth, but it is not a truth to be shared. Its secrets are to ...

Tim has won over 25 screenwriting awards, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Horror Feature Screenplay, with his work being hailed as "complex, layered, and bloodcurdling." He wrote the 2014 ...

If there is anything we’re learning about Star Wars this week (with the premiere of Ahsoka Episode 5), it’s that Star Wars is truly built on the theme of circular re-occurrence. As George Lucas ...

With Andor Season 2 now in full swing, creator Tony Gilroy has revealed why Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine do not appear on-screen at any point in the series. So, Vader is operating during the ...

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, returning to theaters on April 25th for a one-week engagement, revealed Emperor Palpatine’s (Ian McDiarmid) machinations coming to fruition, a ...

Star Wars eras are defined as much by their villains as by their heroes. While Emperor Sheev Palpatine is the overarching evil mastermind behind the entire Skywalker Saga, he’s never truly been the ...

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