While the Jedi taught Anakin humility and restraint, Palpatine planted seeds of distrust and rebellion in a young Anakin ...

As the video’s narrator says, the prequels weren’t just a tragic tale of a Republic’s collapse. Nor were they about just the personal collapse of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader. “They’re a warning, ...

Star Wars has no shortage of memorable villains, but by far the most iconic has always been and always will be Darth Vader. From the moment the samurai-inspired Sith Lord hijacked Leia's (Carrie ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The power of the dark side is the truth, but it is not a truth to be shared. Its secrets are to ...

Darth Vader‘s true identity was actually a closed-guarded secret among the ranks of the Empire. Palpatine quite liked to leave his allies guessing as well as his enemies, and part of Darth Vader’s ...

Anakin's redemption was almost undermined in the prequels by an alternate weapon choice for Palpatine. Anakin aiding Palpatine was crucial to the latter's long-running plan to turn him to the Dark ...

Palpatine is a strange figure in Star Wars. We know his wizened face from the original and sequel trilogies, but in the prequels, we’re reminded that he was once just a minor Naboo royal who was ...