A lthough Ian McDiarmid played a younger version of Sheev Palpatine, a.k.a. Darth Sidious, in Star Wars’ Prequel Trilogy, ...

Iconic Star Wars actor Ian McDiarmid recently shared multiple reveals about playing Emperor Palpatine in Revenge of the Sith ...

Ian McDiarmid still has trouble wrapping his head around Star Wars Episode IX's familial revelations about the Emperor.

Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid recently confirmed that George Lucas had planned to develop a television series centered around ...

Ian McDiarmid revealed that Disney was planning a Star Wars series focusing on Palpatine's backstory before "The Rise of ...

Ian McDiarmid “thought [he’d] gone too much ... But by then, it so happened that I was young enough to play the younger senator. “When I first met George about it, he said, ‘Do you know ...

Nevertheless, while these ideas are never explored in the movie, along with how Palpatine returns exactly, these cursed ideas needed to be worked out in actor Ian McDiarmid’s mind before cameras ...

The Rise of Skywalker , it sparked a firestorm among fans, and Ian McDiarmid , the man behind the galaxy’s ultimate villain ...

Star Wars franchise icon Ian McDiarmid reflects on the backlash to Emperor Palpatine's return in The Rise of Skywalker, and ...