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

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

Clive Revill, a prolific stage and screen actor known to "Star Wars" fans as the original voice of the iconic villain Emperor Palpatine, has died, according to reports. He was 94. The actor's ...

When George Lucas created the Star Wars ... much Palpatine’s rise to Emperor in the prequels was a direct analogy to Hitler’s ascendency in 1930s Germany. But in the original cut of Revenge ...

It's been twenty years, and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith remains a ... why the hell didn't the Jedi catch Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) sooner? He was always right next to them!

After surviving the cruiser crash, and the Empire eventually rising post-Order 66, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Emperor Palpatine, and Darth Vader all die on the Death Star. Sure, they technically perished on ...

One absurd detail in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sithproves that Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious was truly obsessed with the Death Star long before the original Star Wars trilogy—and ...

But several deleted scenes explored this consolidation of power by Chancellor Palpatine even more. One deleted scene even has Palpatine explain to Anakin how he would take direct control of the ...

In some deleted scenes from Revenge of the Sith ... and help lead the new Galactic Empire alongside his master, Emperor Palpatine. And both of the symbols those two opposing sides would use ...