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Clive Revill, Star Wars Actor Who Voiced Emperor Palpatine in Empire Strikes Back, Dies at 94

Clive Revill, a two-time Tony Award nominee and one-time Golden Globe nominated actor who was best known as the original voice of the Star Wars villain Emperor Palpatine, has died, according to reports. He was 94.

Clive Revill, the New Zealand actor moviegoers may best recognize as the man who originally voiced Star Wars villain Emperor Palpatine, has died. As Dallas Observer reported in 2017, Revill's voice-only role in The Empire Strikes Back came because he was friends with the movie's director Irvin Kershner. He referred to the franchise as "one of the most extraordinary ideas that's ever come out of somebody's head" in that interview and said he enjoyed delivering those lines to fans at Star Wars conventions over the years.

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