A new Star Wars series introduces "The Century Plan", explaining why Palpatine initially wasn't bothered by pockets of ...

Clive Revill's voice helped to build the legacy of one of cinema's most terrifying villains in The Empire Strikes Back.

The Star Wars timeline is epic, to say the least. It's made up of everything from TV shows, to tie-in novels, video games, comic books - and ... to his apparent death. Palpatine is elected ...

The Phantom Menace, a veiled figure shadows all galactic happenings, exercising control over political systems and personal destinies.

The Star Wars franchise is notorious for creating some of the coolest-looking background characters in science fiction and ...

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

Revill is best known as the voice of Emperor Palpatine, later dubbed Darth Sidious, in the 1980 film and the first “Star Wars” sequel, “The Empire Strikes Back.” In a brief scene ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES – Clive Revill, who gave the evil Emperor Palpatine his voice in the “Star Wars” saga, has died. He was 94. Revill spoke only a few words in “The Empire Strikes Back,” the ...

The original voice of “Star Wars” villain Emperor Palpatine is gone. Veteran actor Clive Revill, recognized for his voice-only role in “The Empire Strikes Back” sequel, died on March 11 at a care ...

Veteran actor Clive Revill, who voiced Emperor Palpatine in the second Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back, has died. He ...

There was, instead, a disfigured, robed face — portrayed by the actress Marjorie Eaton — that terrified fans and etched the character into “Star Wars” lore. But Palpatine’s voice ...