I n a universe filled with beings of darkness and evil, Emperor Palpatine stands above the rest as Star Wars’ greatest ...

Padmé Amidalahas a subtle dark side in Star Wars, and it's a bit too close to Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious for comfort.

Han Solo delivers an iconic Star Wars line at the end of Empire Strikes Back, but it's not the only thing he says that's hard ...

Has Emperor Palpatine ever been able to, ahem, do it? Ian McDiarmid can't say for sure. In an interview commemorating the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, the ...

Gideon’s program wasn’t just about creating a Palpatine clone. It was also vital to making the Emperor’s proxy. A clone body is very different from creating new life from scratch, though.

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 ...

In addition to Emperor Palpatine, he played other Star Wars characters in video games and was Alfred the butler on Batman: The Animated Series in 1992. Survivors also include his granddaughter, Kayla.

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 ...