Director Rian Johnson's days "arguing on the playground about Star Wars" helped him process the backlash to The Last Jedi, the filmmaker has said. Johnson, also director of Looper and Knives Out, said ...

The version of Emperor Palpatine that appears in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is the living embodiment of evil. He doesn’t explain his motivations beyond the ...