In a universe filled with beings of darkness and evil, Emperor Palpatine stands above the rest as Star Wars’ greatest villain ...

Mark Hospodar has been an avid gamer ever since he fired up the original Medal of Honor on his PS1. A history teacher by training, Mark has branched out into the fields of fiction and non-fiction ...

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker frustrated fans for a lot of reasons, but perhaps the biggest was the fact that it didn't explain how Emperor Palpatine managed to escape his death in Return of the ...

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 ...

It's no secret that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was one of the more divisive movies released in 2019. Moviegoers were split over the ending to the decades-long "Skywalker Saga," and whether the ...

Emperor Sheev Palpatine is arguably the best Star Wars villain of all time, and the franchise has yet to come up with a more menacing or petty big bad in the decades since he was first introduced in ...

The Rise of Skywalker brought Sheev Palpatine back from the dead and gave him a new clone body. It also revealed Snoke was nothing more than a lab creation imbued with Force powers. But while the film ...

After decades of Star Wars content, it’s safe to say the most hated villain is Emperor Palpatine. Even though he made a controversial return in The Rise of Skywalker, the thing that made viewers the ...

Have you ever wondered just how much Darth Vader hated his boss, Emperor Palpatine? The depth of Darth Vader's animosity was not just mere resentment, but multiple direct attempts to end the Emperor's ...

Long before the Star Wars prequels were released, we were all excited to catch our first glimpse of Darth Vader's Master, Emperor Palpatine, in The Empire Strikes Back. The villain ended up looking a ...

Brandon is a List Writer here at Collider. Born in New Zealand in good 'ol 1995, his earliest cinematic memory is going to see 'The Phantom Menace' in '99 with his father and that the 'Boonta Eve ...