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 ...

Ever since the now-infamous Sequel Trilogy finale Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the Star Wars franchise has been retroactively trying to explain away the mess of how Palpatine returned – and how ...

Ian McDiarmid, who plays Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars franchise, says it’s a “horrible idea” to imagine his character having sex. He continued, “Maybe it’s all to do with midi-chlorians – and ...

Somehow Palpatine returned.” Those words from Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may live in infamy online, but the fact of the matter is it was impressive that the former leader of the ...

Has Emperor Palpatine ever been able to, ahem, do it? Ian McDiarmid can't say for sure. In an interview commemorating the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, the actor ...

In a surprising twist, Ian McDiarmid's Star Wars character, Palpatine, returned in 2019's The Rise of Skywalker. Speaking to Empire about his unexpected comeback, McDiarmid acknowledged how a "lot of ...

For five years, the word “somehow” has been a big deal for Star Wars fans. Poe Dameron (Oscar Issac) delivered the phrase “somehow Palpatine returned” in The Rise of Skywalker, and since then, the ...

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 ...

With Star Wars gearing up to return to theaters with The Mandalorian and Grogu next summer, we're taking a look back at Colin Trevorrow's unmade Episode IX, breaking down Duel of the Fates' full ...

Ian McDiarmid, who plays Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars franchise, says it’s a “horrible idea” to imagine his character having sex. “Yes, he does [have sex],” McDiarmid said. “It’s a horrible idea ...