One underrated Star Wars villain paved the way for Palpatine to destroy the Jedi and the Republic, centuries before the Sith ...

Palpatine met regularly with the Jedi while surrounded by Sith artifacts, hidden lightsabers, and evidence connecting him to ...

Looking back, it’s quite staggering that the Jedi failed to recognize the Sith Lord in their midst. Ironically, Count Dooku even explicitly warned them; in Attack of the Clones, he told Obi-Wan that ...

Audiences have long suspected that there’s a reason Palpatine targeted Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi in The Phantom Menace. The Sith Lord had never really seen Darth Maul as a true apprentice, more ...

Let's make one thing clear: Palpatine isn't a sympathetic character. When Obi-Wan said, "Chancellor Palpatine is evil!" he was right. But what the hell did Palpatine think he was doing? As history and ...

Everyone knows that Emperor Palpatine is a scary guy. He’s got the Force lightning, he has total control of the most powerful Empire in the galaxy, and he’s a conniving two-faced weasel. But his most ...