Ian McDiarmid has defended his controversial return as Emperor Palpatine (a.k.a. Darth Sidious) in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

McDiarmid also believes the famous antagonist's lineage revealed in "The Rise of the Skywalker" happened as a result of a ...

Ian McDiarmid has been playing iconic Star Wars villain Emperor Palpatine for 42 years, and in a new interview, the actor ...