In this short, Nick Gillard talks about training Hayden Christensen & Ewan McGregor in their sword fighting for lightsaber fights during the filming of Revenge Of The Sith. He also goes on to talk ...

The Star Wars prequels are a Death Star with a discourse-powered tractor beam still pulling in deliriously impassioned takes all these years later. Love them or hate them, either you do. There is ...

Ian McDiarmid attends the world première of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on Dec. 16, 2019 in Hollywood. Alberto E. Rodriguez Getty Images for Disney Star Wars actor Ian McDiarmid has been ...

Ian McDiarmid became one of the most unlikely mainstays of the Star Wars franchise since making his debut in 1983's Return of the Jedi.As he was far younger in those days, he was heavily caked in ...

Star Wars franchise icon Ian McDiarmid reflects on the backlash to Emperor Palpatine's return in The Rise of Skywalker, and shares some insights into George Lucas' scrapped TV series about the ...

Ian McDiarmid “thought [he’d] gone too much too far” during his Palpatine vs Mace Windu duel in ‘Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith’. The 80-year-old actor - who has portrayed ...

Among its many crimes, the one Star Wars: 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 ...

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.

Though the Skywalkers tend to get most of the love and attention from “Star Wars” fans, there was another famous lineage throughout the intergalactic saga that remains just as vital to the narrative… ...

Because McDiarmid’s Emperor died in his first appearance — 1983’s Return of the Jedi — Revenge of the Sith was supposed to be his live-action swan song.

During a recent interview with Variety in celebration of the 20th anniversary re-release of “Revenge of the Sith,” Emperor Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid reflected on his experience playing the big ...

As 'Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith" turns 20, Ian McDiarmid talks playing the Emperor for four decades and 'Rise of Skywalker' backlash.