So I looked back and, sure enough, back in May 2024 I preordered an Emperor Palpatine Star Wars Black Series figure. Ugh. Why did I do that? Did I even still want it? It’s been almost a year.

Clive Revill, the actor who originally voiced Emperor Palpatine in "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back," has died. He was 94.

New Zealand actor, Clive Revill, best known for voicing Emperor Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) passed away on ...

LOS ANGELES – Clive Revill, who gave the evil Emperor Palpatine his voice in the ... a great disturbance in the Force.’ People turn white and one nearly fainted!” he recalled.

Recruited to be an actor by Laurence Olivier, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, earned two Tony nominations ...

Lucas considered McDiarmid's "great nose" a sign, leading to the actor's iconic portrayal of Palpatine. Star Wars has one undisputed Emperor of ... from below that black hood.

Clive Revill, the Star Wars icon who originally voiced Emporer Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back, has died at age 94. The ...

Clive Revill, who provided the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars ... is a great disturbance in the Force.” People turn white and one nearly fainted!” On his replacement ...

His voice can be heard for only a minute in “The Empire Strikes Back,” but it provided the first draft of a character that ...