Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was a controversial move for a number of reasons, but the portrayal of the returning Emperor Palpatine was an issue for many fans. The lack of an explanation for his ...

“End the Jedi, and become what your grandfather Vader could not,” the undead Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) tells Supreme Leader Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) — once Ben Solo, grandson of Anakin Skywalker — in ...

In the aftermath of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's release, much of the conversation surrounding the movie involves what it didn't show us, rather than what it did. From deleted scenes to crucial ...

Madilyn Ivey is a writer at Screen Rant specializing in YA and fantasy adaptations—including The Twilight Saga, Shadow & Bone, and The Handmaid’s Tale—who predominantly writes analytical features and ...

Prior to the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Emperor Palpatine’s reemergence was a hot topic of speculation. We knew he was coming back, but how would the movie explain his return after ...

Warning – Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #4 SPOILERS Follow! The final chapter of Rise of Kylo Ren takes place on id Rim, The Minemoon of Mimban. The Knight of Ren and Ben Solo arrive their to loot a ...

When we began The Rise of Skywalker, Kylo Ren was rampaging through the desolate planet of Mustafar in search of a Wayfinder which would lead him to Emperor Palpatine. What to Read Next Audiences took ...

Emperor Palpatine tends to keep his true intentions close to his chest as he manipulates everyone and everything about him to accumulate power. That was especially true in The Rise of Skywalker, when ...