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

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

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

Emperor Sheev Palpatine has always seemed to be a few ... these planets would be destroyed by either orbital bombardment or severe atmospheric destruction. The design of the plot was meant to ...

Exploring Anakin Skywalker’s fall and Islamic teachings on desire, greed, and self-purification. Learn how to resist the Dark ...

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