When George Lucas created the Star Wars saga, it was a combination of many things. It has elements of Westerns, Arthurian legend, fairy tales, Samurai films, Flash Gordon serials, Frank Herbert’s Dune ...

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 ...

The moment Darth Vader sacrifices himself to kill Emperor Palpatine and save Luke is undoubtedly a fantastic Vader scene, but the buildup comprises an even better Luke scene. After exchanging words ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the video’s narrator says, the prequels weren’t just a tragic tale of a Republic’s collapse. Nor were they about just the ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels was a direct analogy to Hitler’s ascendency in 1930s Germany. But in the ...