Most viewers think of Revenge of the Sith as the moment when the Republic fell, but there’s a sense in which that happened ...

Palpatine’s successful coup in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith proved, at least partially, that he was the Star Wars franchise’s greatest villain even without his legendary dark side ...

Star Wars introduced the Sith Rule of Two. The Sith were never actually mentioned in the Star Wars original trilogy, with ...

After years of questioning the Sith Rule of Two, 'Star Wars' finally explains why a Sith Lord would willingly train a ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels was a direct analogy to Hitler’s ascendency in 1930s Germany. But in the ...

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 ...

Ian McDiarmid “thought [he’d] gone too much too far” during his Palpatine vs Mace Windu duel in ‘Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith’. The 80-year-old actor - who has portrayed Emperor ...

For five years, the word “somehow” has been a big deal for Star Wars fans. Poe Dameron (Oscar Issac) delivered the phrase “somehow Palpatine returned” in The Rise of Skywalker, and since then, the ...

We’ve arrived at what is widely considered the best movie in the Prequel Trilogy and one of the best in the Skywalker Saga itself: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Debuting in 2005, Revenge of the ...

Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...