In E. K. Johnston's new Star Wars novel, Queen's Hope, we learn a surprising (you could even say shocking) detail about Emperor Palpatine and the Force Lightning he unleashes. Turning to the Dark Side ...

Emperor Palpatine is back in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and there’s a pretty good chance he’s going to Force lightning the heck out of someone before the final movie in the Skywalker saga ends.

“THE DEAD SPEAK” shouted the opening crawl of The Rise of Skywalker. The dead, of course, was Emperor Palpatine, back with another evil scheme to have the Sith overpower the Jedi. It does not end well ...

This article does not discuss Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. There are no spoilers here, Emperor Palpatine fans! Nefariously evil villains get a bad rap. These antagonists seemingly act out of ...

Among its many crimes, the one Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker still hasn’t paid for is the sudden introduction of Emperor Palpatine’s sex life into the Star Wars canon. By revealing that Emperor ...

Becoming a Jedi is one of the most potent fantasies Star Wars games can offer—the power of a lightsaber, the greater power of the Force itself. It is, indeed, a fantasy that we’ve gotten to turn to ...