As 'Star Wars' celebrates its 48th anniversary, we're looking back at which films are the best movies in the franchise ...

McDiarmid let it slip that Lucasfilm had plans for a Palpatine show that focused on the Sith’s time with his master, Darth Plagueis the Wise, who made his live-action debut in the only season of ...

It has some memorable quotes and here are 10 of them ... For example, when he is in disguise as the Senator Palpatine and when he discovers that he will be made the successor to the present Chancellor ...

Among its many crimes, the one Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker still hasn’t paid for is the sudden introduction of Emperor Palpatine’s sex life into the Star Wars canon. By revealing that ...

So it started off as a big mystery. I had no idea that Palpatine would figure [into the story so heavily].” Even when George Lucas brought McDiarmid back for “The Phantom Menace” to play ...

In Palpatine's very first scene in the franchise ... This line, while not as memorable as some quotes from the Original Trilogy, perfectly describes how Anakin transformed into Darth Vader.

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.

Given his years in the Clone Wars, he would know. Palpatine's true identity is revealed, and he barely survives his encounter with Mace Windu in Revenge of the Sith. He returns in his new ...

George Lucas has said innumerable profound things over the years, but these 10 quotes from the Star Wars creator represent ...

The best Star Wars quotes are thematically resonant pieces ... Before his infamous Order 66 was executed, Palpatine slowly seeds torment in Anakin Skywalker’s psyche in Revenge of the Sith.