Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s decision to reveal that Rey Skywalker is a descendant of Emperor Palpatine is arguably one of the most controversial choices in all of Star Wars, but, five years ...

After being pretty definitively killed-off (or so we thought) towards the end of Return of the Jedi, Emperor Palpatine returned in the final movie in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, the much-maligned ...

The film opens with Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and Rey (Daisy Ridley) separately learning of the return of Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), who has somehow remained alive years after seemingly being ...

Palpatine’s death in Return of the Jedi had clearly cost him dearly. The Sith Eternal had essentially found a cheat code when they resurrected the Emperor on Exegol, but the resurrected Emperor was ...