Emperor Palpatine had innumerable plans in place throughout ... This truly was a great form of irony, as Palpatine had long attempted to anticipate where Darth Vader's betrayal—a staple of ...

I completely missed this subtle Death Star Easter egg in Revenge of the Sith, but it confirms Palpatine's obsession with this superweapon.

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels was a direct analogy to Hitler’s ascendency in 1930s Germany.

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

The veteran actor, recognized for voicing “The Empire Strikes Back” sequel, died at a care facility in Sherman Oaks, Calif., ...

Clive Revill, the actor who originally voiced Emperor Palpatine in "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back," has died. He was 94.