Rey was the main hero of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, but the franchise just explored the opposite possibility, revealing ...

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

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

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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.

Clive Revill, a prolific stage and screen actor known to "Star Wars" fans as the original voice of the iconic villain Emperor Palpatine ... 1983's "Return of the Jedi," in which McDiarmid took ...