Grand Vizier to the Emperor himself. Now, this previously unseen moment in the Star Wars canon serves as the first time Mothma understood the true scope of Palpatine's power under the new Imperial ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels ... this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine even ...

New Zealand native Clive Revill, a London theatre actor and known as the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in “The Empire Strikes Back,” died on March 11. He was 94. Revill’s daughter ...

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 ... this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine ...

But several deleted scenes explored this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine even more. One deleted scene even has Palpatine explain to Anakin how he would take direct control of the ...