The Rise of Skywalker reinforces how weak Emperor Palpatine became since returning from the dead. While Rise of Skywalker only hints at how Palpatine came back to life, modern canon lore has ...

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

In “The Empire Strikes Back,” the now-celebrated 1980 sequel, audiences were treated to the first on-camera sighting of Emperor ... In addition, Palpatine recognizes Luke Skywalker as a ...

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

New Zealand native Clive Revill, a London theatre actor and known as the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in ... last film in the series, “The Rise of Skywalker,” in 2019.

Nor were they about just the personal collapse of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader ... this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine even more. One deleted scene even has Palpatine ...

‘There is a great disturbance in the Force,’ says the evil hologram of Darth Sidious or Emperor Palpatine to Darth Vader in a pivotal scene. This line was still much quoted to Revill, despite ...

Clive Revill, the New Zealand actor moviegoers may best recognize as the man who originally voiced Star Wars villain Emperor Palpatine, has died. He was 94. Revill died on March 11 at a care ...

Clive Revill, the versatile New Zealand-born actor who provided the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, died March 11th at a care facility in Sherman Oaks ...