This return was a true shock, not only because Palpatine seemed confirmed to be dead ... The Rise of Skywalker. The one technicality would be that Palpatine did die in Return of the Jedi; he ...

Darth Vader ended up turning on his former master at the end of "Return of the Jedi," tossing ... Episode IX -- The Rise of ...

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

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

For example, something that bothers a lot of new fans is: why the hell didn't the Jedi catch Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) sooner? He was always right next to them! Couldn't they have used the Force ...

How exactly did Emperor Sheev Palpatine show up in The Rise of Skywalker when any fan will tell you he plunged to his death in Return of the Jedi? The novelization has an answer, it turns out.

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

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in ... the personal collapse of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader.

I am a Jedi, like my father before me.” Palpatine then unleashes an onslaught of Force lightning at Luke, while a badly injured Vader watches. Luke begs Vader to help him as he inches closer to ...

If you didn't feel a lump in your throat during the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer ... yours" dialogue between Luke and Palpatine in Return of the Jedi. Indeed, a shot of what appears ...

The film, titled "The Rise ... Jedi." Not much is known about the film, but it sounds like Mark Hamill will be back in some form as Luke Skywalker. Also returning? Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine.

Clive Revill, a prolific stage and screen actor known to "Star Wars" fans as the original voice of the iconic villain Emperor Palpatine ... dead' 'Star Wars' villain returns in 'Rise of Skywalker ...