At the 1:47 mark in the trailer, you can hear Emperor Palpatine’s sinister cackle. Preceding the laugh is a voiceover of Luke Skywalker saying, “No one’s ever really gone.” In Return of the Jedi, the ...

A cackle in the dark. That was all it took for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to deliver its biggest shock—a shock that not even a title, a Death Star, or a host of other reveals in its first ...

Actor Ian McDiarmid returns in Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker as the Sith puppet master Emperor Palpatine, one of the franchise’s biggest villains. The teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode ...

It's no secret that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was one of the more divisive movies released in 2019. Moviegoers were split over the ending to the decades-long "Skywalker Saga," and whether the ...

“THE DEAD SPEAK” exclaimed the opening crawl of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker – and how much a person believes that the Emperor could have survived shows how much more likely they are to ...

'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' got a lot of heat from fans disappointed at Palpatine's resurrection. But the Emperor has returned before. by Robert Yaniz Jr. Ian McDiarmid made his first ...

Star Wars Celebration has concluded, and it was packed with reveals and announcements. The proceedings started off with a showstopper at the Episode 9 panel, which revealed both the first trailer and ...

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For even more from Star Wars Celebration, learn about everything we know about Episode IX, see how Rian Johnson reacted to the first footage from the sequel, find out about how Abrams consulted with ...

When J.J. Abrams revived Star Wars with The Force Awakens, he was slammed for playing it too safe. But with The Rise of Skywalker, Abrams is set to close this new trilogy by taking a massive risk that ...