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

We learn in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace that it was Palpatine, operating as Darth Sidious, who manipulated ... They could never simply tell the Senate about who Palpatine really ...

Naboo Senate Representative Jar Jar Binks ... General Grievous. Palpatine is revealed to be Darth Sidious. Anakin is seduced by the Dark Side and becomes Darth Vader. Palpatine declares himself ...

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

He is perhaps best known as the voice of the evil Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious in the original 1980 version of The Empire Strikes Back. In the 2004 DVD release, Revill’s voice was replaced by ...

But there was one influence Lucas wasn’t remotely subtle about and that’s how much Palpatine’s rise to ... collapse of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader. “They’re a warning,” the ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” starring Jimmy Stewart as a naïve senator, explores the idealism — and reality — behind the tactic. By Alissa Wilkinson Late in “Mr. Smith Goes to ...

Clive Revill, the actor known for voicing Emperor Palpatine in “The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), died March 11 in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He was 94. Revill’s death after a long battle with ...