Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell ...

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. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes It ...

Has Emperor Palpatine ever been able to, ahem, do it? Ian McDiarmid can't say for sure. In an interview commemorating the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, the actor ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The scene in question involves the fateful duel between Ian McDiarmid’s Palpatine and Samuel L.