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

Jedi Knights #1! One of the most iconic battles in Star Warshistory is between Yoda and Palpatine in Revenge of the Sith. That battle literally held the fate of the entire galaxy in the balance, and ...

Sheev Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious, was one of the smartest and most powerful villains in Star Wars. He was a ...

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

When 'The Empire Strikes Back' was released in 1980, it fundamentally altered the trajectory of the 'Star Wars' series. Within the movie, the audience was introduced to Emperor Palpatine for the first ...

A "Star Wars" actor who played a key role in "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980 died in a care facility in California.

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

The veteran actor, recognized for voicing “The Empire Strikes Back” sequel, died at a care facility in Sherman Oaks, Calif., after a battle with dementia.

LOS ANGELES – Clive Revill, who gave the evil Emperor Palpatine his voice in the ... “Return of the Jedi,” by actor Ian McDiarmid, but his contribution was lasting. In an interview ...

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 ...

In “The Empire Strikes Back,” the now-celebrated 1980 sequel, audiences were treated to the first on-camera sighting of Emperor ... the Jedi” in 1983. But in various iterations of Palpatine ...