Padmé Amidalahas a subtle dark side in Star Wars, and it's a bit too close to Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious for comfort. Padmé is undeniably one of Star Wars' best characters, and it's true that she ...

Luke mentions Darth Sidious to Rey on Ahch-To, when recounting the fall of the Jedi. Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (35 ABY) Kylo Ren discovers Palpatine alive, blind and on life support on ...

There was Gwendoline Christie who played Captain Phasma, Andy Serkis who played Supreme Leader Snoke, and the baddest of them all, Ian McDiarmid who played Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine/Rey’s ...

Palpatine. Darth Sidious was born in Naboo, 36 years before the birth of Anakin Skywalker, who would later, devastatingly, turn to the Dark side and become the Sith apprentice Darth Vader.

A man from Spain found his Darth Sidious, also known as Emperor Palpatine, action figure sitting on his 90-year-old grandmother’s altar of Christian saints 15 years after he misplaced it.

A cackle in the dark. That was all it took for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to deliver its biggest shock—a shock that not even a title, a Death Star, ...

“Emperor Palpatine” Victorious in Ukraine City Council Election. For such 'Star Wars' fans, it appears Ukrainian voters are happy to elect Darth Sidious into office.