Star Wars' special editions are highly controversial among the fanbase. In 1977, both to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ...

Clive Revill provided the original voice of Star Wars' Emperor Palpatine in 1980's 'The Empire Strikes Back'; Ian McDiarmid portrayed the character in later films Clive Revill, the New Zealand ...

Star Wars Star Wars’ Ian McDiarmid Shared His Thoughts On Rise Of Skywalker Backlash, But I’m More Into How His Emperor Palpatine Return Was ‘Even Better’ Than He Envisioned ...

Clive Revill, Voice of the Emperor in ‘The Empire Strikes Back,’ Dies at 94. Recruited to be an actor by Laurence Olivier, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, earned two Tony ...

The final chapter in Star Wars’ Skywalker Saga, The Rise of Skywalker, was controversial, to say the least. Perhaps most controversial was the choice to bring back Ian McDiarmid as Emperor ...

As 'Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith" turns 20, Ian McDiarmid talks playing the Emperor for four decades and 'Rise of Skywalker' backlash.

Darth Vader might be the face of the Empire in the “Star Wars” saga — but even he has a boss. The Emperor has existed as long as the franchise itself, from a passing mention in “A New Hope” to his ...

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.

A "Star Wars" actor who played a key role in "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980 died in a care facility in California. Skip to Article. ... Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid was cast to play the villain.

Remarkably, Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid has inhabited the role for 42 years; ... somebody else was cast as the Emperor in “The Empire Strikes Back,” and they couldn’t do it for some reason.