These fanatics were able to resurrect the Emperor ... Palpatine's spirit was transferred into a clone body. It was initially believed he did this immediately after the events of Return of the Jedi ...

Call him Palpatine ... master at the end of "Return of the Jedi," tossing him into the depths of the second Death Star before ...

New Zealand native Clive Revill, a London theatre actor and known as the original voice of Emperor ... did not return to portray Palpatine in the 1983 sequel, “The Return of the Jedi.” ...

PCS has unveiled its upcoming Emperor Palpatine third scale collectible statue, which features the iconic Star Wars villain ...

Return of the Jedi is generally considered to be the weakest installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, as it tells a more straightforward story of “good versus evil” that lacks the moral ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the ... took over the role from Return of the Jedi’s Caroline Blakiston.

The original voice of “Star Wars” villain Emperor Palpatine is gone ... who went on to play the character in 1983’s “Return of the Jedi: and the franchise’s three prequels — 1999 ...

One deleted scene even has Palpatine explain to Anakin how he would take direct control of the once-autonomous Jedi Council. The most important deleted scene dealing with the political fallout of ...

In “The Empire Strikes Back,” the now-celebrated 1980 sequel, audiences were treated to the first on-camera sighting of Emperor Palpatine ... starting with “Return of the Jedi” in 1983.