Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square as new Pope Benedict XVI. It was the first conclave NCR ...

As Revenge of the Sith turns 20, let's look back on Ian McDiarmid's brilliant performance as Palpatine.

Fornite’s Star Wars skins don’t stop at the Mandalorian or famous Jedi. Sheev Palpatine is here for players who hit level 70 before June 7.

There was a Palpatine show in the works at one point, and it getting scrapped may have cost one Star Wars character their chance to return.

Ian McDiarmid revealed how George Lucas planned to have Emperor Palpatine's Star Wars show feature the legendary Sith Lord Darth Plagueis.

Star Wars franchise star Ian McDiarmid opens up about the Palpatine television show that never came to be.

Though he is one of few characters to figure into the whole saga, 'Star Wars' actor Ian McDiarmid says Palpatine 'wasn't mapped out' when he started.

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Several deleted scenes from Revenge of the Sith further explain how Palpatine took control, and how the Rebellion was formed in Star Wars.

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Star Wars canon is a tale of a superstitious and cowardly lot, so it wasn't to be for Rise of Skywalker —but that won't stop the Emperor himself from wondering.