Palpatine's return in the Star Wars sequel trilogy surprisingly improved one aspect of Return of the Jedi. Palpatine's controversial appearance in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was unexpected, to ...

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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 ...

Palpatine is a strange figure in Star Wars. We know his wizened face from the original and sequel trilogies, but in the prequels, we’re reminded that he was once just a minor Naboo royal who was ...

The final chapter in Star Wars’ Skywalker Saga, The Rise of Skywalker, was controversial, to say the least. Perhaps most controversial was the choice to bring back Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine, ...

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