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

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 ...

A "Star Wars" actor who played a key role in "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980 died in a care facility in California.

Several deleted scenes from Revenge of the Sith further explain how Palpatine took control, and how the Rebellion was formed ...

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

LOS ANGELES – Clive Revill, who gave the evil Emperor Palpatine his voice in the ... “Return of the Jedi,” by actor Ian McDiarmid, but his contribution was lasting. In an interview ...

Revill voiced Emperor Palpatine in the original ... But the emperor did not appear in the flesh until the sequel, 1983's "Return of the Jedi," in which McDiarmid took over the role.

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

When 'The Empire Strikes Back' was released in 1980, it fundamentally altered the trajectory of the 'Star Wars' series. Within the movie, the audience was introduced to Emperor Palpatine for the first ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels ... of the once-autonomous Jedi Council. The most important ...

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