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

Actor Clive Revill, who performed the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars movie franchise has died. According to TMZ, Revill died earlier this month at the age of 94, following a battle with dementia.

Veteran actor Clive Revill, who voiced Emperor Palpatine in the second Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back, has died. He was 94. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Revill passed away on Tuesday, March 11, at a care facility in Sherman Oaks, California, after a battle with dementia, per his daughter, Kate Revill.