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.

It's impossible to imagine anyone other than Ian McDiarmid playing the Emperor in Star Wars. His cackling voice and piercing looks made Darth Sidious one of the best villains in cinema history ...

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

Clive Revill, the original Emperor Palpatine actor in 'Star Wars', is dead at 94 after battling dementia. His daughter has confirmed news of his death.

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

where Vader speaks to the Emperor via hologram. He was eventually replaced with the voice of Ian McDiarmid, who went on to play Palpatine in person, once the film was released on DVD in 2004.

Ian McDiarmid almost didn't play Palpatine due ... Star Wars has one undisputed Emperor of Evil, and while the character was played perfectly in every single iteration, the iconic actor behind ...