An interview with New York Times bestselling author Alexander Freed on this upcoming post-'Revenge of the Sith' tale. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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 ...

In the vast universe of role recasts in cinema, one stands out as both the most overlooked and the greatest of all. The iconic villain of the Skywalker Saga, Emperor Palpatine, famously played by Ian ...

Almost immediately after Emperor Palpatine’s death and the Galactic Empire’s defeat at the Battle of Endor in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, the Sith Lord issued a message from beyond the grave: ...

In Timothy Zahn's "Heir to the Empire" trilogy, Star Wars fans met Mara Jade and learned she was once the Emperor's Hand. Undercover in Jabba the Hutt's palace during the events of Return of the Jedi, ...

Clive Revill, best known as the voice of the villainous Emperor Palpatine in “Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back,” died March 11 at the age of 94. Revill’s daughter, Kate Revill, confirmed ...

The Dark Side is rising as Kotobukiya has unveiled their latest ARTFX+ statue that comes to us from a galaxy far, far away. Emperor Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious, is back and is one of the ...

The long-suffering saga has been kept alive this decade by TV alone – but even that will perish if the new movie fails to extend its universe ...

Emperor Palpatine is 88 in Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. This is never explicitly stated in the movie itself, nor is the Dark Lord of the Sith’s exact age given in any other big or small ...