Ian McDiarmid, who donned the villainous robes of the Sith Lord, is attending the Cape Town event on 3 and 4 May - Star Wars ...

The Emperor Palpatine 1:3 Scale Statue also includes a swap-out right hand holding the rebel Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber hostage recreating the climactic scene in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.

Actor Clive Revill, who voiced Emperor Palpatine in the original Star Wars, has died aged 94. The New Zealand-born actor’s death has been confirmed by his daughter, Kate Revill, who revealed to The ...

When it comes to manipulating galactic history, cheating death, and delivering thunderous “unlimited power” speeches, Sheev Palpatine (better known as Emperor Palpatine or Darth Sidious) is in a ...

Clive Revill, the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in “Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back,” has passed away. He was 94 years old. His daughter, Kate Revill, told The Hollywood Reporter ...

It’s the absolute, innermost line within your life and your spirit.’” In addition to Emperor Palpatine, he played other Star Wars characters in video games and was Alfred the butler on ...

In “The Empire Strikes Back,” the now-celebrated 1980 sequel, audiences were treated to the first on-camera sighting of Emperor Palpatine. After receiving only a glancing mention in the first ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels was a direct analogy to Hitler’s ascendency in 1930s Germany.

The original voice of “Star Wars” villain Emperor Palpatine is gone. Veteran actor Clive Revill, recognized for his voice-only role in “The Empire Strikes Back” sequel, died on March 11 at ...

Veteran actor Clive Revill, who voiced Emperor Palpatine in the second Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back, has died. He was 94. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Revill passed away on ...