The Empire Strikes Back - the original Emperor from 1980

This is the original Emperor, voiced by Clive Revill. Marjorie Eaton is the face of the Emperor. Elaine Baker was long credited as the Emperor’s face, but in fact, she only did test shots for the role, and the final screen version was Eaton. This is the ONLY version ever seen in theaters, including the 1997 Special Edition. The Emperor was only changed to Ian McDiarmid for the 2004 DVD release. WARNING: This original 1980 version IS NOT on the Blu-Ray release! Please “Like“ our Facebook page “Save Star Wars - Boycott The Blu-Rays“. This clip comes from the non-anamorphic 2006 “bonus disc“ DVD release, which was sourced from a 1993 video master, which was created for the “definitive collection“ laserdisc release, and was also used for the 1995 “one last time“ (or “faces“) LD and VHS releases. Thanks to all the fan-editors/preservationists at for their sincere work on using the best sources available to create watchable vers