When George Lucas created the Star Wars saga, it was a combination of many things. It has elements of Westerns, Arthurian legend, fairy tales, Samurai films, Flash Gordon serials, Frank Herbert’s Dune ...

In Star Wars, Emperor Palpatine serves as the scary Big Bad in a galaxy far, far away, with his malign influence spreading across three different trilogies. Because of this and because of the ...

This Emperor Palpatine figure is one of the best Black Series ever. Photo: io9/Gizmodo When the random $50 Amazon charge popped up on my credit card, I felt instant regret. Whenever that kind of thing ...

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 daughter ...