The trailer for 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' completes the nine-episode journey with a tease of Emperor Palpatine. By Richard Newby “No one’s ever really gone.” Lucasfilm continued Star Wars ...

Palpatine’s return was reinforced after the trailer had ended, as actor Ian McDiarmid took the stage and the crowd roared. In his best Palpatine voice, McDiarmid demanded for the trailer to be played ...

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 ...

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker: Final Trailer: How Emperor Palpatine Survived And Will Return Explained | Fan Theory by Deffinition. We break down all the ways Palpatine could come back. #StarWars ...

When the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker dropped earlier this year, it left fans with a whole lot of questions. First and foremost: was that really the voice of ...

Those were just some of the decisions that led to The Rise of Skywalker being negatively received (it has 51% on Rotten Tomatoes), and it remains the most recent new Star Wars movie to hit theaters.

Darth Vader might be the face of the Empire in the “Star Wars” saga — but even he has a boss. The Emperor has existed as long as the franchise itself, from a passing mention in “A New Hope” to his ...

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker remains a divisive movie, with Emperor Palpatine's shocking resurrection not quite the epic moment that Lucasfilm and filmmaker J.J. Abrams likely hoped it would be.

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The ninth film in the original "Star Wars" saga will be called "The Rise of Skywalker," and will feature the return of the evil emperor Palpatine to threaten the young heroine Rey ...