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

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.

Clive Revill provided the original voice of Star Wars' Emperor Palpatine in 1980's 'The Empire Strikes Back'; Ian McDiarmid ...

Emperor Palpatine's claim ... the culmination of their entire dark side legacy. However, the Star Wars canon has pointed to an alternate truth, one where Palpatine was instead rejected by past ...

New Zealand native Clive Revill, a London theatre actor and known as the original voice of Emperor Palpatine ... Sith,” when Palpatine recruits Anakin Skywalker to the dark side to become ...

Clive Revill, who provided the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars, has died at the age of 94. Best known for his work as the Emperor in 1980’s Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire ...