The prequel cultural reclamation of everything from Jar Jar Binks to Hayden Christensen's Anakin performance has been as aggressive and as unexpected as anything in 21st century blockbuster film, but ...

Ian McDiarmid's firecracker of a performance as Chancellor-turned-Emperor Palpatine. Setting aside the whole "Palpatine has returned" Fortnite fracas that bubbled up with 2019's flawed-yet-enjoyable ...

Ian McDiarmid still has trouble wrapping his head around Star Wars Episode IX's familial revelations about the Emperor.

The Rise Of Skywalker still hasn’t paid for is the sudden introduction of Emperor Palpatine’s sex life into the Star Wars canon. By revealing that Emperor Palpatine lost his V-card over summer break ...

McDiarmid also believes the famous antagonist's lineage revealed in "The Rise of the Skywalker" happened as a result of a "virgin birth." “It wasn’t mapped out at all, really,” he said ...

Ian McDiarmid decided to explore Palpatine's intimate life for Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, which reveals a messy and ...

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 ...