When Star Wars first hit theaters in 1977, it already felt like a fully formed universe. It had a classic hero’s journey, a chilling villain in all black, and then, in 1980, a dramatic twist involving ...

Before he set his sinister sights on Luke Skywalker, the Emperor identified another "worthy successor" to Darth Vader, prompting his apprentice to swiftly respond, in one of Vader's most hardcore ...