When Master Yoda (Frank Oz) arrives at the Senate to confront newly-self-appointed Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), they exchange some memorably sassy insults, from "my little green friend" to ...

While Palpatine's plan was well-thought ... a lot from how surprising Paul's fall was. In the Dune books, Paul eventually became Emperor of the Known Universe and consolidated his power throughout ...

As in Star Wars, Dune has an interplanetary emperor, and as with most similarities ... "unlimited power"-bellowing Palpatine, we get a fantastically understated Christopher Walken as the faded ...

At that, a clip began, but it wasn’t from the Capitol. It was from the Galactic Senate of “Star Wars” — namely, Palpatine’s declaration of seizing power from “Revenge of the Sith.” ...