Call him Palpatine ... master at the end of "Return of the Jedi," tossing him into the depths of the second Death Star before ...

Several deleted scenes from Revenge of the Sith further explain how Palpatine took control, and how the Rebellion was formed in Star Wars.

And with Palpatine gone, Luke Skywalker could rebuild the Jedi Order in peace ... to overthrow the galaxy’s governing body, and becomes the Emperor (just like Palpatine). Not only that, but ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

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

Revill’s voice would be replaced on the 2004 DVD release of the film by Ian McDiarmid’s, who went on to play the character in Return of the Jedi ... In addition to Emperor Palpatine, he ...

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 ...

The original voice of “Star Wars” villain Emperor Palpatine is gone ... who went on to play the character in 1983’s “Return of the Jedi: and the franchise’s three prequels — 1999 ...