The Emperor has long loomed over the Star Wars saga. Sometimes, he’s manipulated events from the shadows. Other times, he’s stepped onto the screen and shocked audiences with his crazy powers. From his days as an apprentice to his appearance in Episode IX, here’s the entire Emperor Palpatine story.
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The Rise of Skywalker is filled with plot twists and references that only older fans will get — as well as some disturbing ideas that only mature viewers will notice. Children will enjoy the Skywalker Saga's finale just fine, but will they pick up on these spoiler-filled plot points? We think not.
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Yet another Hobbit has ventured beyond Hobbiton and Middle-earth for a new adventure in a galaxy far, far away. Fans were likely a bit surprised to see a Lord of the Rings star appear in The Rise of Skywalker. We've got the scoop on how the actor landed the role.
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We knew Palpatine would be back for months before The Rise of Skywalker ever hit theaters, but we didn't know how or why. Now that the film is finally out, we have the answers to some of our questions, but it takes a little bit of consideration to assemble that knowledge into a clear picture.
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To find out how he's been a supporting character, a powerful supervillain, an Avenger, and more, keep reading for the untold truth of Thunderbolt Ross.
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Fans love analyzing any trailers they see, and that has never been more true than it is in the case of the Star Wars fandom. Now that we're finally on the other side of The Rise of Skywalker's release date, let's take a look at how the film's trailers bent the truth to keep the plot on lockdown.
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Anime reached stratospheric highs in the 2010s, so let's take a moment to reflect on the best scenes of the past ten years. Join us as we explore the most jaw-dropping, eye-popping, utterly unbelievable moments of anime of the last decade.
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Star Wars has taken some pretty weird directions, and it's no surprise that Disney seems eager to let some of the stranger decisions fall by the wayside.
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The first full-length trailer for Christopher Nolan's next feature Tenet is finally here, and boy, does it ever raise more questions than it answers. We're ready to start the discussion around Tenet right now, with a simple but provocative question: is this film a sequel to Inception?
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The Rise of Skywalker has barely been out for a day, and already the internet is splitting apart over the film. The latest story set in the galaxy far, far away hit theaters on Thursday, December 19, and response to the final installment of the Skywalker saga is now pouring in across social media.
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After half a decade of build-up, The Rise of Skywalker has finally introduced Rey's (Daisy Ridley) parents — one of whom is a familiar face to fans of prestige television. Here's why Rey's mother in The Rise of Skywalker looks so familiar.
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For Star Wars mega-fans too emotional to notice all this tucked-away treasure, here's a look at a few of the Easter eggs you might have missed in The Rise of Skywalker.
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Red Guardian is the Russian version of Captain America, and this Soviet agent has always been a morally complicated character. So let's take a deep dive into the world of Russian superheroes by talking about the untold truth of Red Guardian.
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When you're at the controls of a giant franchise, you can't please everybody — and this seems to go double for Star Wars fans. Disney CEO Bob Iger took a philosophical approach to fans' dissatisfaction with the sequel trilogy at the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premiere.
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Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker is the last chapter in the Skywalker Saga, the blockbuster bow wrapping up loose ends in a franchise that has spanned 42 years. And it does resolve a lot of longstanding questions. But it also raises just as many questions as it answers.
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With the ninth installment in the Skywalker Saga having wrapped up and our heroes having walked into the twin sunsets, there's only one more thing for us to do — try and wrap our heads around everything that went down in the ending.
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These characters may not play a big role in The Rise of Skywalker, but they're big figures in the larger Star Wars universe. They deserve their due. Don't judge these folks by how many lines of dialogue they have or what they do in the movie. They're a big deal.
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Ultimately, Episode IX is equal parts good and bad, leading to a movie that's both confusing and polarizing. There's a lot to like in the film, but it also has many, many flaws. Want to know more? Then keep reading to find out the five best and five worst things about The Rise of Skywalker.
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If you guessed that the latest episode of The Mandalorian might help set up Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, then congratulations — you were right. The Mandalorian has a small but very clear link to The Rise of Skywalker that helps set up one of the film's biggest twists.
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The worst sort of movie deaths are the ones that treat important characters like bit players, and oh, how frustratingly common are those particularly disappointing endings. Here are some of the most egregious cases of characters who deserved more significant deaths and how their movies failed them.
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Since the summer 2019 announcement that Warner Bros. had greenlit The Matrix 4, the speculation train's been a-rollin' over whether a return to Neo's dystopia might go beyond that fourth installment. That chatter may be slowly drifting towards reality — at least according to We Got This Covered.
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With inner change comes outer change, right? In writer-director Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi, the villainous Kylo Ren smashed his helmet to pieces. In J.J. Abrams The Rise of Skywalker, Kylo sports updated headgear made from the old broken one. But why? Actor Adam Driver explains.
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Actors are only human, and they mess up just like the rest of us. And the 2010s produced a bounty of hilarious gag reels, and we've rounded up the very best of them for you. Let's take a look back at the funniest movie bloopers of the past decade.
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Emma Stone might be getting set to make a Marvel-ous return. Website We Got This Covered is reporting that its sources inform them that Stone is being eyed for the role of Abigail brand, a mutant and agent of the organization known as S.W.O.R.D., in the upcoming Disney+ series WandaVision.
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Whether they be horror, comedy, or drama, these are scenes which have drilled into ghastly visions of social, emotional, and physical unrest and made viewers want to clamp a hand over their eyes or a clenched fist into their mouth. These are the most uncomfortable movie scenes since 2010.
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Writer-director J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker wraps up the 40-plus-year-long Skywalker saga that began in 1977 with A New Hope, but does the film itself end with an after-credits treat? We've got the answer.
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Disney has taken another small, mouse-sized step toward inclusion. In what can accurately be called a franchise first, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has become the first film in the venerable series to feature a same-sex kiss.Director J.J. Abrams had previously alluded to the scene.
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