Ian McDiarmid, who donned the villainous robes of the Sith Lord, is attending the Cape Town event on 3 and 4 May - Star Wars ...

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

Clive Revill, the actor who originally voiced Emperor Palpatine in "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back," has died. He was 94.

Revill is best known as the voice of Emperor Palpatine, later dubbed Darth ... Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid was cast to play the villain. He went on to play the character in various “Star ...

Recruited to be an actor by Laurence Olivier, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, earned two Tony nominations ...

and Palpatine, where Vader speaks to the Emperor via hologram. He was eventually replaced with the voice of Ian McDiarmid, who went on to play Palpatine in person, once the film was released on ...

In “The Empire Strikes Back,” the now-celebrated 1980 sequel, audiences were treated to the first on-camera sighting of Emperor ... by that of Ian McDiarmid, who played Palpatine in subsequent ...

Revill voiced Emperor Palpatine in the original version of "The Empire Strikes Back" released in 1980, before Ian McDiarmid was cast in the role. In a scene from the "Star Wars" sequel ...

The scene also saw Palpatine warning Vader about Luke Skywalker. “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 ...