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Victoria Mahoney, director of “The Old Guard 2,” experienced homelessness early in her career. Thanks to sheer grit and a few ...
Contrary to popular belief, lightsabers are not unstoppable. Certain materials can resist or even block their blades. One ...
Star Wars legend talks about the scrapped TV series he would've starred in. ... but, once he's cast, then he likes the actors to get on with it." Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine in "The Rise of ...
Ian McDiarmid has now been playing Emperor Palpatine for 42 years. First, it was as the mysterious big bad of the original Star Wars trilogy, and then as a Senator who rises to the ultimate ...
The 80-year-old actor - who has portrayed Emperor Palpatine in the sci-fi saga since 1983’s ‘Return of the Jedi’ - battled Jedi master Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson) during director George ...
While Marjorie Eaton portrayed a holographic Emperor in the original release of The Empire Strikes Back, Lucas replaced Eaton with McDiarmid for the 2004 Special Edition of the movie.
Emperor Palpatine Actor Ian McDiarmid Recalls ‘Star Wars’ Role ‘Wasn’t Mapped Out at All’ McDiarmid also believes the famous antagonist's lineage revealed in "The Rise of the Skywalker ...
Though the Skywalkers tend to get most of the love and attention from “Star Wars” fans, there was another famous lineage throughout the intergalactic saga that remains just as vital to the narrative… ...
Clive Revill, a prolific stage and screen actor known to "Star Wars" fans as the original voice of the iconic villain Emperor Palpatine, has died, according to reports. He was 94.
Clive Revill, a prolific stage and screen actor known to "Star Wars" fans as the original voice of the iconic villain Emperor Palpatine, has died, according to reports. He was 94. The actor's daughter ...
Clive Revill, a prolific stage and screen actor known to "Star Wars" fans as the original voice of the iconic villain Emperor Palpatine, has died, according to reports.He was 94. The actor's ...