The prequel cultural reclamation of everything from Jar Jar Binks to Hayden Christensen's Anakin performance has been as ...

As 'Star Wars' celebrates its 48th anniversary, we're looking back at which films are the best movies in the franchise ...

In a strange way, it may have helped the scene." Ian McDiarmid in "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" (1983). Image courtesy of Lucasfilm Following the panned reaction from the final Skywalker Saga ...

A New Hope, the Emperor doesn’t appear on screen. Darth Vader and other characters mention him, but his first actual scene doesn’t come until The Empire Strikes Back, when the master receives his ...

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 is excellent in the scene, as he manipulates Anakin Skywalker directly, doing more to turn him to the Dark Side in the conversation than possibly anything else that happens.

The stellar box office success of the re-release of Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith shows just how much people love that movie in particular, and that includes Palpatine himself, Ian McDiarmid.

Although Ian McDiarmid played a younger version of Sheev Palpatine, a.k.a. Darth Sidious, in Star Wars’ Prequel Trilogy, chronologically speaking, the character was understandably thought to ...

Academy Award winner Natalie Portman has addressed the potential Padme return in the future Star Wars projects.

The Disney era of Star Wars media has had its highs and lows, just like all eras of Star Wars productions. Star Wars in the 80s, for instance, produced both The Empire Strikes Back and those two Ewok ...