Darth Vader (James Earl Jones) may be the villainous face of the "Star Wars" franchise, but Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) has been the one pulling the strings throughout the Skywalker Saga. It's ...

His voice can be heard for only a minute in “The Empire Strikes Back,” but it provided the first draft of a character that would be a mainstay of the franchise for decades. By Sopan Deb It was a ...

In the vast universe of role recasts in cinema, one stands out as both the most overlooked and the greatest of all. The iconic villain of the Skywalker Saga, Emperor Palpatine, famously played by Ian ...