One of Star Wars' most terrifying villains had plenty of alternate designs, and one of them made it to the big screen.

Padilla's dramatic embellishment of what happened after he interrupted a Kristi Noem press conference rivals one of film's most iconic villain reveals.

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Best Star Wars novels as of June 2025 It’s hard to believe the Star Wars universe began with just one film — and where would we be without it? George Lucas wasn’t even sure it would succeed.

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The Star Wars prequels are a Death Star with a discourse-powered tractor beam still pulling in deliriously impassioned takes all these years later. Love them or hate them, either you do. There is no ...

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Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 1/6 Palpatine (Darth Sidious) "The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural, and Sheev Palpatine is the most infamous ...

Holding his purple lightsaber at Palpatine’s throat, Mace tells Anakin Skywalker that the Chancellor “is too dangerous to be left to the courts” and that this will end “here and now.” ...

However, Palpatine’s return in Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker left McDiarmid being asked questions about his character’s comeback, particularly about his sex life and how he ...