The Star Warsmovies barely offered more than a glimpse of Palpatine'strue role in the franchise, including missing out on the full scope of his relationship with Darth Vader. Supplemental sources have ...

Variety spoke to Emperor Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid for the Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith re-release. The topic turned to Palpatine’s TV show, where McDiarmid was asked if he was given any details ...

An ambitious animated comedy project promised something wildly different, but corporate timing and strategy pushed it into ...

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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 ...

Ian McDiarmid has now been playing Emperor Palpatine for 42 years. First, it was as the mysterious big bad of the original Star Wars trilogy, and then as a Senator who rises to the ultimate position ...

A couple of days ago, the news broke that Matt Smith had been cast in a villainous role in Shawn Levy's Star Wars: Starfighter. The actor was eyed to play a young Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: The ...

Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid recently confirmed that George Lucas had planned to develop a television series centered around the fan-favorite Star Wars villain. Years before Disney acquired Lucasfilm ...