One of Star Wars' most terrifying villains had plenty of alternate designs, and one of them made it to the big screen.

Padilla's dramatic embellishment of what happened after he interrupted a Kristi Noem press conference rivals one of film's most iconic villain reveals.

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It's absolutely riveting to watch McDiarmid glide through how this chaos unfolds, from his withering Chancellor Palpatine begging for mercy to his horrifyingly proud boast of "UNLIMITED POWER!!" ...

Darth Sidious always moves in the shadows; Chancellor Palpatine his useful decoy to infiltrate his ultimate "Chosen One" ace in the hole. At the beginning of Revenge of the Sith when McDiarmid's ...

If Darth Maul hadn’t subsequently killed Qui-Gon on Naboo, Obi-Wan feels, Anakin might not have felt such a need for a new mentor, and might not have been open to Chancellor Palpatine’s offers.

The Palpatine (Darth Sidious) 1/6 Scale figure is priced at $285, he is set for a September 2026 release, and pre-orders are already live on Sideshow Collectibles.

Holding his purple lightsaber at Palpatine’s throat, Mace tells Anakin Skywalker that the Chancellor “is too dangerous to be left to the courts” and that this will end “here and now.” ...

However, Palpatine’s return in Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker left McDiarmid being asked questions about his character’s comeback, particularly about his sex life and how he ...

The brains behind his downfall, of course, is the prequel trilogy's MVP, Ian McDiarmid’s Supreme Chancellor (later Emperor) Palpatine.