Call him Palpatine. Call him Darth Sidious. Call him the Emperor ... explain what happened between "Return of the Jedi" and ...

Return of the Jedi is generally considered to be the weakest installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, as it tells a more straightforward story of “good versus evil” that lacks the moral ...

The moment Darth Vader sacrifices himself to kill Emperor Palpatine ... I am a Jedi, like my father before me.” Palpatine then unleashes an onslaught of Force lightning at Luke, while a badly ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels ... of the once-autonomous Jedi Council. The most important ...

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

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

The Phantom Menace, a veiled figure shadows all galactic happenings, exercising control over political systems and personal destinies.

However, a series of deleted scenes in Return of the Jedi reveal that the Empire was ... was considered to be the ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the ... took over the role from Return of the Jedi’s Caroline Blakiston.

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