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

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

When 'The Empire Strikes Back' was released in 1980, it fundamentally altered the trajectory of the 'Star Wars' series. Within the movie, the audience was introduced to Emperor Palpatine for the first ...

Clive Revill recently passed away at the age of 94. Read on to learn who he was and what were his career achievements.

S ad news for Star Wars fans today as Clive Revill, best known as the original voice of the villainous Emperor Palpatine in ...

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His voice would later be replaced on the 2004 DVD release of the film by Tony and Olivier Award winner Ian McDiarmid, who went on to play the character in 1983’s “Return of the Jedi ...

The original voice of “Star Wars” villain Emperor Palpatine is gone. Veteran actor Clive Revill, recognized for his ...

Revill was replaced for film three in the series, “Return of the Jedi,” by actor Ian McDiarmid, but his contribution was lasting. In an interview with The Spectrum in 2015 he revealed that ...

“The Force is strong with him,” he said. Revill’s voice would be replaced in the DVD release of the film in 2004 by Ian McDiarmid, who then played Emperor Palpatine in “Return of the Jedi” and in the ...

In 2004, Revill’s voice was replaced with that of Ian McDiarmid, who played the Emperor in 1983’s Return of the Jedi and the prequel trilogy. Still, devoted fans of the film series knew Revill ...