Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker remains a divisive movie, with Emperor Palpatine's shocking resurrection not quite the epic moment that Lucasfilm and filmmaker J.J. Abrams likely hoped it would be.

Darth Vader might be the face of the Empire in the “Star Wars” saga — but even he has a boss. The Emperor has existed as long as the franchise itself, from a passing mention in “A New Hope” to his ...

His voice can be heard for only a minute in “The Empire Strikes Back,” but it provided the first draft of a character that would be a mainstay of the franchise for decades. By Sopan Deb It was a ...