As if the stakes weren't high enough in The Rise of Skywalker, Palpatine was revealed to have assembled the largest fleet of Star Destroyers in history as part of his elaborate Final Order. This was ...

A major question that's been chipped away at is just how Palpatine had a huge Final Order fleet full of planet-destroying ships ready to go on Exegol, despite the fact that he fell to his apparent ...

Palpatine's final plan in The Rise of Skywalker doesn't seem very well thought out, especially when compared to his best-ever evil scheme, Order 66. He's barely hanging on to life in Exegol, but ...

When we're introduced to Palpatine again he's living in hiding, paralysed, on the planet Exegol. We also learn that Snoke was simply a clone housing Palpatine's consciousness. But how did he get there ...

Does Emperor Palpatine's convoluted plan make sense in 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,', if you think about it? By Andrew James Myers, Dan Gvozden Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi ...

The resurrection of Palpatine in The Rise of Skywalker is such a head-spinning, patently absurd moment in Star Wars lore matched only by how little the film actually bothers to explain it. So, how did ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Call him Palpatine. Call him Darth Sidious. Call him the Emperor. At the end of the day, in the "Star Wars" galaxy, it all ultimately means ...