Q 01/05

What first name was Palpatine given in the 2014 novel Tarkin?

A) Cosinga

B) Sheev

C) Dashit

D) Finis

Answer · why

B) Sheev

The original trilogy never spoke his surname either; the Return of the Jedi novelization supplied it.

Q 02/05

What is Palpatine's Sith name?

A) Darth Sidious

B) Darth Plagueis

C) Darth Tyranus

D) Darth Bane

Answer · why

A) Darth Sidious

The name was first used in the novelization of The Phantom Menace rather than on screen.

Q 03/05

In which film did the Emperor first appear on screen?

A) Star Wars (1977)

B) Return of the Jedi

C) The Phantom Menace

D) The Empire Strikes Back

Answer · why

D) The Empire Strikes Back

He is only mentioned in the first film, when Tarkin reveals he has dissolved the Imperial Senate.

Q 04/05

Who physically portrayed the Emperor in the original 1980 hologram, under heavy makeup?

A) Elaine Baker

B) Phil Tippett

C) Alan Harris

D) Marjorie Eaton

Answer · why

D) Marjorie Eaton

Rick Baker applied the makeup sculpted by Phil Tippett, after first testing it on his own wife Elaine.

Q 05/05

Who voiced the Emperor in the original 1980 version of his hologram scene?

A) James Earl Jones

B) Clive Revill

C) Jason Wingreen

D) Michael Pennington

Answer · why

B) Clive Revill

The scene was reshot with McDiarmid for the 2004 DVD to match the prequels, and the dialogue was revised.

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