Has Emperor Palpatine ever been able to, ahem, do it? Ian McDiarmid can't say for sure. In an interview commemorating the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, the actor ...

In a surprising twist, Ian McDiarmid's Star Wars character, Palpatine, returned in 2019's The Rise of Skywalker. Speaking to Empire about his unexpected comeback, McDiarmid acknowledged how a "lot of ...

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 Emperor ...

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… ...

“A lot of people said it was ridiculous,” McDiarmid shared with Empire Magazine. “Of course, he was dead at the end of Return of the Jedi! And frankly, I think George [Lucas] thought he’d killed me ...

If you just woke up from hibernation and haven’t been on the Internet since last week, let me fill you in real quick. The response to Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker has been very divisive. Fans have ...

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He thought his days visiting the galaxy far, far away were over. It’s been 15 years since Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid was last seen in the “Star Wars” film franchise as Emperor Palpatine, a Dark Lord ...

Three years after Emperor Palpatine made a controversial return to the Star Wars universe in The Rise of Skywalker, the character's actor Ian McDiarmid has defended the choice. Prior to Rise of ...