But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels was a direct analogy to Hitler’s ascendency in 1930s Germany.

Emperor Palpatine had innumerable plans in place throughout ... This truly was a great form of irony, as Palpatine had long attempted to anticipate where Darth Vader's betrayal—a staple of ...

In Star Wars, Emperor Palpatine serves as the scary Big Bad in a galaxy far, far away, with his malign influence spreading across three different trilogies. Because of this and because of the ...

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

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

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