After a thirteen-year wait, Avatar: The Way of Water proved worth it, pushing the boundaries of sci-fi just like the original. The film follows Jake Sully, a blue-skinned humanoid Na'vi ...

In “The Empire Strikes Back,” the now-celebrated 1980 sequel, audiences were treated to the first on-camera sighting of Emperor Palpatine. After receiving only a glancing mention in the first ...

Clive Revill, the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in “Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back,” has passed away. He was 94 years old. His daughter, Kate Revill, told The Hollywood Reporter ...

For example, something that bothers a lot of new fans is: why the hell didn't the Jedi catch Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) sooner? He was always right next to them! Couldn't they have used the Force ...

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 ...

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So I looked back and, sure enough, back in May 2024 I preordered an Emperor Palpatine Star Wars Black Series figure. Ugh. Why did I do that? Did I even still want it? It’s been almost a year.

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.

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 ...

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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 ...