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Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) is pretty much the greatest character in the Star Wars Prequels, as well as arguably the best Star Wars villain of them all (sorry, Vader). He's a terrifying yet ...

Rewatching Revenge of the Sith 20 years later, you notice more than ever Palpatine's deviously masterful gambit to lure Anakin to his personal ruin and Sith baptism-by-fire: a dagger through the ...

By the time it's time to flip the Sith switch in Anakin's brain, McDiarmid relishes in the tragedy of the fall. If "Order 66" could be summed up in a person, it's the way McDiarmid progresses ...

Palpatine wins and becomes emperor because he’s forced the Jedi to become their worst selves, to, unlike Obi-Wan later in the film, surrender their moral high ground.

The topic turned to Palpatine’s TV show, where McDiarmid was asked if he was given any details on what the Star Wars series would have dealt with. He then revealed how the legendary Sith Lord ...