Deleted Scenes REVEAL How Palpatine REALLY Became Emperor

[@StarWarsAnalyst]

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[@alexTorres-cs7co]

your video is so sad, this is exactly what the previous president of my country did and his appointed succesor is doing, destroying democracy institutions and rivals, people dont see it and a lot of people support his party rise of power.

[@HA-gu1qk]

these aren't deleted scenes but clickbait I think

[@StarWarsAnalyst]

@@HA-gu1qk 🤡

[@jbird976]

@@HA-gu1qkI’ve never seen any of those and I probably seen ROTS 4 or 5 times.

[@mpalfadel2008]

Why does this feel like a current summation of the USA as well as a peek a year down the line?

[@baronmateo6736]

We need a 4 hours cut of Revenge.

[@laszloincze5870]

indeed

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

I would like to see this story retold. This is what Disney should of done instead of destroying what they have. I would like to to see it like a game of thrones style

[@Darth_Xionn]

We have one. There was a fan film made a year or two ago that combined the Mandalore episodes, the battle of coruscant from the 2003 movie and the deleted scenes into one movie, it's pretty magical.

[@tymgames8307]

I recommend the revenge of the sith novel. It's amazing

[@cameronmiller2068]

@@Darth_Xionnwhere can I find this holocron my master ?

[@GrantGilmour]

The greatest villain in the SW universe ended up being a career politician

[@Peatingtune]

For a heavy dose of realism in our science-fantasy.

[@OCRecruits]

It’s not that profound. That’s LITERALLY the message Lucas was trying to make.

[@Salsa_Shark]

Imagine that…

[@Ramzblood]

In this instance he would have been 'W' Bush. Or have we forgotten the "Patriot" act, along with all those multi colored terrorists threat levels every week?

[@pigs18]

While pretending not to be.

[@blutomindpretzel1735]

too bad he never released his 4 hour version. I would love to see these scenes in the actual movie. Biggest problem with ROTS was that it left important details out

[@kwebb121765]

Those deleted scenes would've added a lot of depth.

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

I would argue the deleted scenes in ROTS being made into an extended cut would be more impactful than the extended of the LOTR trilogy story wise. Pacing would be drastically improved, scenes they left in that didn’t really make sense would suddenly make all the cents. The timeline would be easier to follow and maybe most importantly Anakin would make alot more sense. Im just messing with creation at this point but it would have been really nice to see Anakin and Obi wan in battles on separate planets to recall them to Coruscant. Showing us while still good friend and brothers, the war has ripped them apart and put distance between them both physically and metaphorically. It would also make the transition to Anakins different look make more sense, as well as the scar. Anakin has been fighting a war mostly on his own with his clones, his way, to great success and is a hero of the republic at this point. That should have really been hammered into our heads, not alluded to.

[@davemccombs]

They're not "important details." They're deleted scenes. They didn't make the cut. Ergo, they are *****literally***** non-canon and by definition, not important. They're not "details." They were almost details, though. But they aren't.

[@link27823]

I completely agree!

[@Omega0850]

Well, he left out most of the politics in favour of action... i guess as a reaction to the critizism on episode 1.

[@Darthbaldmouse]

Nailed classic and modern politics.

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

If anything got "nailed," it was the Political moves made right after the events of 9/11.

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

As in what Edward Snowden brought to light. And also Wikileaks

[@hopduncan7905]

Patriot act!

[@SethNemah]

​@@hopduncan7905 Indeed!

[@eddiegesch6299]

Really if anything got nailed it should have been me nailing padme lol.

[@visionaryventures12]

We got a hint of this in A New Hope when Governor Tarkin walks in saying that the last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.

[@Zamppa86]

Yes we did and in the end it ended up being a mistake from Palpatine. He thought the Death Star would be more than enough to keep everyone in line with fear and terror. But thanks to the Force and Luke that thing was destroyed and the rebellion showed there's still a chance to end the sith tyranny. We see the rebellion grow in the material that takes place between the original trilogy movies and become very relevant and even 'threatening' to the Empire and to Palpatine. Threatening enough for him to form that plan that takes place in The Return Of The Jedi where he lures all the important rebel alliance members into one place by making himself look 'vulnerable'.

[@krismikewill]

​@@Zamppa86Well thought out and written response.

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

​@@Zamppa86, good points, especially in regards to the material acknowledging a growth in "in universe" material for the Alliance. After Yavin the Empire had to literally fill a vacuum and that gave the Alliance a chance to (somewhat) ketchup.

[@JPPW1982]

There really are some fascinating conversations in A New Hope especially between Tarkin and Vader.

[@shireboundscribbles]

And in the out-takes where Biggs is talking to Luke about the Empire "nationising" the privately owned farms.

[@AtlasFlynn]

Episodes 2 and 3 have some great deleted scenes. I understand they needed to be cut for better pacing/run time but the lore is great. We need the 4 hour directors cut

[@Thi-Sen]

I agree wholeheartedly

[@bottombarrelbudgetfilms1854]

Fan edits exist!

[@abadalfa]

The deleted scenes that do not contradict the movies were always George-level canon. In the canon of George Lucas, these scenes are part of the story even though they are not part of the movie.

[@funfunfun3624]

I honestly believe in like 10 years, ai will be so advanced we'll be able to make it ourselves

[@Thi-Sen]

@ The one positive thing AI can do 😌 (so far)

[@Yabuturtle]

The irony is that a lot of the deleted scenes from the original trilogy would have made those movies worse, but a lot of the deleted scenes from the prequel trilogy would have made them better. Editing can really make or break a film.

[@scottb3034]

I wouldn't necessarily agree. I think the deleted scenes in a lot of the OT also enhanced those movies, just like PT. The only ones that I can think of that really deserved to be left cut were mostly stuff on Hoth with barely functioning Wampas and the toxic, awkward Han-Leia hate flirting. Oh and the bad looking projection technique used in the original movie when Luke was looking for R2.

[@brucemarshall3446]

Really should have kept this in. Instead we get endless boring action😢

[@EricDraven-ci8wi]

Smells like PROJECT 2025

[@edluke3415]

​@@EricDraven-ci8wi lol no, this was what the Bush Jr. Presidency was like with DHS removing civil rights and spying on the public. Putting this in the movie would've gotten it boycotted at the time.

[@EricDraven-ci8wi]

@@edluke3415 project 2025 . . .

[@TheMan05555]

Palpatine will forever be a top 5 film villain.

[@whysoserious652]

top3 for sure and palps is far better than vader.

[@Sandlund93]

Inside of specific movies, sure. But watching George's story in its entirety makes Sheevy the goat villain for me.

[@konstantine-podcast]

Top 1

[@MrMisanthrope84]

He's so universally symbolic of all that's wrong with the human condition. The Ultimate Hollywood baddie.

[@usonly101]

He was patient

[@truth901]

Excellent video...YES, Lucas made a mistake by not keeping all these scenes.. especially the one showing the formation of the Rebel Alliance. All these these would have made that film even more stronger!

[@mikecuozzo9709]

2:59 give up Civil Liberties and Rights for "security and safety"

[@mossmachine84-zt9mx]

We saw alot of people do just that during the covid lockdowns

[@TheKrensada]

​@mossmachine84-zt9mx and yet people are just begging for more of it now.

[@TheWPhilosopher]

Those who would trade freedom sir security deserve neither iirc

[@jmelitojr]

TRUMP

[@AzguardMike]

The Patriot Act

[@danielk5780]

These scenes - especially the one around 1:10 show again how masterfully crafted the cinematography of that movie is. The three most influential Jedi in the galaxy, sitting in a meditation room, shrouded almost completely in darkness. The light is receding from them and there is actually little hope left. They don't know it yet, but it's going to be completely dark soon.

[@nektariosg4310]

You are absolutely right, and there are so many like it throughout the prequels.

[@CharlieEarthRoast]

So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause.

[@JTGK13]

When you sacrifice liberty for security, you end up with neither.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

*deserve neither, and lose both

[@baccalabill]

Fun fact: The actor who portrayed Grand Moff Tarkin in the prequels was Wayne Pygram. He was also the main villain in the Sci Fi series "Farscape" (Scorpius).

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

That was SCORPIUS!?

[@baccalabill]

@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated Yep! He didn't have any lines in "Revenge of the Sith" but he appears in that scene on the bridge when Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine are watching the construction of the original Death Star.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@@baccalabill he looks weird compared to Peter Cushing Tarkin but he bears a striking resemblance to The Clone Wars animated version

[@wazza33racer]

Excellent actor.........Scorpius is pure gold as a villain, that eventually has a redemption arc.

[@mr.o6240]

I love the lore of the Prequels and The Clone Wars. I grew up and saw the Original Trilogy when it came out 77- 83 and I loved it but I was missing this lore and detail as to why the Republic became the Empire.

[@tetfol3315]

The prequels have their ups downs but they were so important to SW lore, agree.

[@mr.o6240]

@@tetfol3315 The Prequels are perfect as is.

[@garrym5682]

This was what made Andor so awesome, and certainly the best Star Wars has ever been on TV. You had on the one hand Mon Mothma politicking and making out she's putting it all on the line over who goes to which dinner party and getting worried over how she's channelling money - on the other hand you have Luthen Rael giving this whole overview over the true nature of Rebellion. How its not just a bunch of guys doing space battles - how its really dirty and he's getting his hands really dirty doing whatever it takes. And then on the ground you had Andor and his heist mission where one TIE fighter was an existential threat.

[@cquba]

I think it's simpler than that - Andor, unlike every other Disney Star Wars property before it, was willing and eager to engage in the politics behind the Star Wars themselves. It was willing to engage in what made Star Wars feel *real*. And behold, it uplifted the production entirely, even if it comes across as too preachy for its own good.

[@garrym5682]

@ I don’t disagree. Andor is the only Star Wars to do politics - but also the only one to properly examine the reality of the Empire. My favourite arc in the show was Dedra and Syril showing the what it was like to work in the empire. The other shows have either got things wrong or lost their way. Mandolor started as a western and turned into a full time Easter Egg hunt. Boba Fett appears to have had no idea what story it was trying to tell. Ahsoka was just a total clown show with the title character becoming an extra in her own show so they could make Sabine Wren happen no matter what

[@rodneyleong3787]

The sucky thing for politics to work, you need all three. Money and high politics. field directors and staff, the latter two get to do all the dirty work, the former get to hobnob at parties, lobby and raise money. You need all that for a movement to go forward

[@HandofOmega]

Ugh, I hate sounding like I'm actually *defending* it...but tbf The Last Jedi DID at least bring this up, altho I'd say it botched dealing with it in any meaningful way...but still, it IS there.

[@theanonymoustechie]

It's always eluded me as to why Star Wars is not studied at University.

[@kwebb121765]

They are seen as shallow kids' films. There is truth to that, but that doesn't mean they don't speak at all to our present-day situation.

[@Ophanim1000]

because university is where clone troopers are trained

[@masamune..]

​@@Ophanim1000most underrated comment. You are 💯 right here.

[@thefalselemon579]

Don't mean to be that guy, but the word you meant to use is "eluded". Just tryin' to help you out with future English papers or written projects of any kind!

[@meetdavidothespy]

Because it is too dangerous to be left alive.

[@swnerd-2320]

I loved all these deleted scenes.

[@williestyle35]

These "cut" or deleted scenes would have really helped explain all that the "Emperor" was doing. Thanks for the good informative video!

[@frankschalk7790]

wow. George predicted 2025 I think...

[@nativegamer4791]

Why is this literally what's going on with today's political party

[@waunke56]

You can even see this kind of stuff throughout history. Rome, France, 1930's Germany. The US over the last 24 years. Democracy dies slow and once it dies people don't even know its gone until they come for you.

[@arthurlau98]

Well, US just earn back theirs.

[@-Justinus-]

Rome wasn't a democracy. It was a theocratic oligarchy run by the senatorial nobility.

[@waunke56]

@@arthurlau98 um.......... Sure. If you just intentionally ignore everything that's happened and pretend that someone saying he wants to execute people who speak against him. Then sure. It is sort of a democracy.

[@waunke56]

@@-Justinus- Thats what it became. Originally it was somewhat representative. It was Cesar who put an end to that and lead to what you're talking about.

[@evo_990]

​@@arthurlau98 Absolute obedience and loyalty to Dear Orange Leader? 🤡

[@benjaminstock5334]

It’s amazing that episode 3 came out during the Iraq War.

[@BennyLlama39]

I seem to recall a lot of comparisons between Palpatine and George W. Bush at the time...

[@mytzlplk]

👏👏👏👏👏👏 Well done. You've just earned a new subscriber. And Lucas has been warning us since before Star Wars. 'THX 1138' was 'The Matrix' before The Matrix. 😉

[@granolabean1]

Chancellor reminds of somebody?

[@Warsie-Fan]

Art imitating life.

[@TehJumpingJawa]

Prophetic too.

[@TehJumpingJawa]

@@damagingthebrand7387 huh? You're going to have to explain that one!

[@BookofFuture]

@@damagingthebrand7387Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and others were stopped?

[@damagingthebrand7387]

@@BookofFuture Musk? Oh, right he said things you don't like and thus must be silenced because you believe in free speech and democracy. lol, The Nazi party keeps trying to defend themselves. They have proved that propaganda works.

[@mikususins1767]

​@@BookofFutureThey aren't part of Palpatines team, lol.

[@VesperAegis]

"The Chancellor has played to the Senate as well. They know where the power lies and they will do whatever it takes to share in it." Chilling.

[@searchingfortruth619]

So is the chancellor really the main issue......

[@rexdude]

Nothing surprising. Episode 3 was released while the Iraq war was on. Palpatine's 'with us or against us' is directly taken from Bush jr.

[@angelurena6137]

What's also interesting is the executive order used by FDR to intern Japanese Americans during WW2 was Executive Order 9066.

[@Mdavid_]

I always hated Mas Ameda, he's Palpatine's yes man.

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

I misread "Mass Media" in that, and corrected myself twice.

[@Mdavid_]

All good. Either way, he sucks lol

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

@@Mdavid_ Ah, my point is, Mass Media or Mas Ameda both do the same thing. Promoting the tyrant.

[@sergiosantiagojalao4071]

That's awesome! I'm a big SW fan since I was a little kid. I'm also studying political science in university nowadays. And now I'm gonna be reflecting and talking about this perspective you brilliantly shared brother. Greetings from Barcelona!

[@MikeUIibarri]

Here we are.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

I was hoping Lucas would have warned us against Disney ruining the franchise.

[@applejuicejunkie316]

The fans shouldn't have turned on Lucas so strongly that he felt he had to sell his baby to Disney. Also, Disney Star Wars is good. Mandalorian, Last Jedi, Acolyte, Rogue One, Andor, are my favorite productions. It's been hit or miss but far more output than Lucas.

[@smitty4evry1]

@@applejuicejunkie316 It’s literally not lol Disney is trash

[@stemup]

​@@applejuicejunkie316I'll agree there's been more output

[@jsikes4435]

😂you really think last Jedi and acolyte is good? Omg, I won’t get into politics, but I can almost guess who you’re voting for if you’re old enough. The prequels could have done without jar jar and the movies would have been a 1000 times better. As for Lucas selling to Disney. Disney was the Sith Lord in hiding in this case.

[@sprockkets]

The new movies, aside from Rogue One, are trash. But I'd be hard pressed to tell you who could have saved it.

[@EarlBiggs]

Even in Star Trek there are warnings about what is happening

[@DarrenMoore-le6pg]

Episode III “I’m more powerful than the chancellor…I can overthrow him.” Episode VI: Yeets good ole Sheev down the reactor shaft.

[@mctaguer]

Gotta love Yoda: "Yep, pretty bad it is, but wait even longer we must. Till it's too late we should dither." Hilarious.

[@Mastermind111111]

This is how Caesar Augustus dismantled the Roman Republic

[@KaiCross]

Ehhhhh idk about that

[@andrewiangillies]

''In the name of security''.....how many times did we hear that during covid?

[@ladybankrupt]

0

[@andrewiangillies]

@@ladybankrupt Guess you did a better job than me of switching off the media, and refusing to listen to any politicians.

[@ladybankrupt]

the exact quote you referenced was never spoken

[@andrewiangillies]

@@ladybankrupt Oh I don't know about that, it was a few years ago now, but it was definitely along the lines of ''it's for your safety/security''.

[@ladybankrupt]

404

[@FoobsTon]

The prequels are a warning that past performance is no guide to the future!

[@bender7889]

The Darth Plagueis novel tells how the Sith had been doing this for centuries.

[@socialenigma4476]

Since the rise of Darth Bane.

[@TiberioTrip]

Every human who ever criticized the politics in these films owes George Lucas a heartfelt, sincere apology. I will start. I'm sorry, George. You were right.

[@VDAM1984]

We're about to live it

[@willsalberg]

These deleted scenes would've made the film. I really hope we get a version with all the cut scenes. Man, so many directions the data could've gone!

[@justingetty3068]

So your telling me the Jedi actually suspected something but in the cut we get they act clueless.

[@MDE128]

A four-hour cut of ROTS would move so fast and wouldn’t feel like four hours.

[@nelsongibb14]

Does anyone know how I could watch a version of Ep. III with these deleted scenes included?

[@bigd64productions53]

Mecha Salesman has an excellent 4 1/2 version. It contains these delete scenes and more plus the Clone Wars final 4 episodes in it's entirety edited in chronologically. It's really great. There is also a little 2003 Clone Wars in there as well to flesh out the Battle of Coruscant! It's all quite glorious!

[@TheMightyCookieShow]

Technically mace Windos desire for the chancellor to immediately end the war after grievous is destroyed is a little bit of a ludicrous thing to say because no war just ends because someone who is in charge of it gets taken out. there's a wind down oeriod, same with starting a war. That ultimately leads to stragglers still fighting that have to be eliminated etc etc. this war would have probably stretched on another 6 months or so realistically

[@StarWarsAnalyst]

Yeah exactly just like how The Battle of Endor wasn’t technically the end of the Empire

[@TooLOWtoobeGone]

Yes, and what's so great to analyze is that the Jedi were out of place, they were never meant for politics and never meant to be generals leading armies. There place was always away from government, so their judgement would not be clouded. Ultimately they got too comfortable in their high positions of power and couldnt sense danger because they had lived 1,000 years of peace.

[@fredericklockard3854]

More proof that Yoda was a fool. He should have listened to Mace. Instead he sat by with his head up his butt while Palpatine took over.

[@CountTentacula]

Yoda was the rule, not the exception, and that’s what makes it more unfortunate: Qui-Gon was right to say that the Jedi listened too much to the Senate and not nearly enough to the Force.

[@joshuaburris6805]

You forget power of sidious to cloud judgement and obscure the truth which is why most of the best jedi failed to see he was a sith lord

[@fredericklockard3854]

@@joshuaburris6805 true but Mace knew something was up and Yoda just kind of blew off his concerns. You’d think the Grand Master of the Jedi would be beyond such subtle manipulation.

[@AbInDieKaribik]

They houl delete this dcene

[@joshuaburris6805]

@fredericklockard3854 wouldn't have been a movie if he had , which is partly why Yoda exiled himself after his duel with Sidious he knew he messed up but many of the jedi were fooled it was meant to be

[@Ian-fo9vh]

Dude, this is the history of modern Russia

[@ArcanePath360]

What is really interesting is that in The Mandalorian we are greeted with the notion that maybe The Rebellion are not the good guys after all. This reflects life all too well. So many people out there think they are fighting the good fight against what they hate, little knowing that they are manipulated into fighting FOR what they despise. Those at the top always have very sinister ways with powerful tools to keep hold of power, and know exactly how to play the masses.

[@Puzzoozoo]

The Mandalorian was DEIsney Star Wars, not canon.

[@smokeythagamer8521]

That is simply not the case. It’s as plain as knowing whats right and whats wrong, whats good and whats bad “for the people”. All they were trying to show in S1 of The Mandalorion is that if you lean too far one way and focus on one aspect, in the Rebellions case “preserving the peace”, then you essentially have blinders on and cant see the bigger picture.

[@ArcanePath360]

@@smokeythagamer8521 Concepts such as right and wrong, good and bad are matters of opinion. They are not based on anything matter of fact. They are interpreted by the individual, and the path to evil is always littered with intentions of good. It sounds like you have the blinders on if you can't see the dangers of this

[@Daniel-Strain]

What are you talking about? There is nothing in Mandalorian that suggests the Rebels weren't the good guys.

[@goodbyetomorrowXY]

@@ArcanePath360 nah i'm pretty sure totalitarianism and imperial colonization are literally wrong and bad lol "the transatlantic slave trade is just an opinion, britain may have been the good guys!"

[@JimmyNotes]

I feel like some of the deleted scenes could have made for really good usage in a show like "Andor".

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

If only someone had warned the Jedi what was going on! Dooku was always the greatest of the Jedi, even when he was a Sith.

[@riftshredder5438]

This video aged like fine wine

[@FJDH11]

You have severe case of TDS. Trump is for DE-REGULATION and LESS government control. He literally is going to disassemble all the 3-letter agencies that are KNOWN to spy on American citizens and impede the constitution, and give the power back to WE THE PEOPLE. You need to stop watching mainstream media.

[@evo_990]

​@@FJDH11 George Lucas is a Democrat and despises tRump. He would say you totally missed the point of the story.

[@charles2521]

3:45 just like the modern "representative democracy", which is a literal oligarchy.

[@QuidamByMoonlight]

I know everyone seemed to hate the political talk in the prequels, but these are some important deleted scenes given what’s going on now.

[@mrs.padmeskywalker9329]

I honestly thought this was leading up to you making your pitch for which candidate you think we should vote for in next week's election. Instead, you made your pitch to check out your lightsabers for sale. And for that, I have subbed to your channel and I'm going to go take a look at your sabers! A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one!

[@StarWarsAnalyst]

I appreciate it 😎

[@DiscretionwithReason]

Trump is an obvious fascist like the emperor

[@davidmagnano5434]

(appropriate reference) "it's a trap!" I ordered from SWA sabers and got a 50/50 working/dead on arrival rate. took a long time but eventually managed to get a replacement part for one of them but got ghosted on the other part. significantly overpaid compared to other websites (their "sales" are bs, shop around and you'll find the exact same sabers for way cheaper elsewhere even compared to the "sales") but i was ok with that because i enjoyed the content at the time and wanted to support a creator. also was supposed to get a "free stand" that's been missing in the mail for several months but in reality i doubt it was ever shipped. don't fall for the SWA scams.

[@DiscretionwithReason]

@@davidmagnano5434 trump graped Jean Carroll

[@Createdplayer11]

That’s awesome

[@StarwarsFannick]

Nice work.

[@deniseboldea1624]

Sound familiar yet?

[@Crackshotsteph]

4:00 Wayne Pygram as Moff Tarkin. He was and still is awesome for playing Scorpius in Farscape.

[@davidc.2878]

One of the problems with the prequels is the whole force language starts to sound idiotic. Any fool can see that the chancellor is moving to consolidate power. It doesn’t take Jedi clairvoyance to see that and yet the Jedi are blind or inept or both throughout their chess match with Palpatine. That includes Yoda.

[@Lennis01]

It's what inevitably happens when you become too dependent on a thing. You become unable to make the simplest and most obvious decisions once that thing doesn't work for you anymore.

[@altr314]

1:30 I love how their eyes are blinded by shadow and yodas not.

[@ArousMaster]

As a russian, this sounds as our history in the last 25 years, it's too real.

[@noumenon3020]

Now us too in the US…

[@valkyrst620]

The tragedy is that the MAGA movement is looking at those 25 years and thinking, 'we want that!'

[@jokester3076]

Russia had democracy for like three years, Yeltsin smothered it.

[@jsquared1013]

@@valkyrst620 only one side of the aisle is trying to suppress media reporting and censor the public speech of citizens, and it isn't the right.

[@evo_990]

Russian governance has been like that since the beginning of the Czars, to be honest.

[@taliteichman1161]

5:53 Man on right has a real Saw Gerrera look to him.

[@orionspur]

In darkness, corruption breeds. Disinfect all, sunlight does.

[@AManNamedHawk]

Gonna need that perfect slowed down version of Vader’s birth song you used. Wow that was nice 😮‍💨

[@kartaltoker2378]

This movie is actually full of political statements that fit it's time. After 9/11, as George Bush (Jr.) government started to come up with ways of sacrificing freedom in the name of security, then orchestrated the invasion of Iraq with no justification, mass protests broke out all over. He gave his famous anti-democracy speech "if you are not with us, you are against us" while this movie was in production. The whole movie theater broke out laughing when Anakin made a throwback to that line, and ObiWan basically called the US president a sith lord.

[@pfannkuchengott8654]

Wow palpatines steps for his dictatorship are literly the same as of an former austrian painter. Gotta love Lukas for that

[@GPatrick137]

What is called the song that was played in the background ??

[@Hurrishane03]

0:07 I love how Tarkin kinda just carefully walks away from Vader and Palps, with that look on his face like: “I can’t believe you mfs are actually building this giant floating death laser”😂

[@glebvoloshyn3561]

the question is, this scenes were not approved by who and why?)

[@beastlymarek]

This is amazing. My biggest, and really only problem with ep3 is the Vader scenes at the end where the empire is basically as we see it in the ot. There’s nothing in the movie to indicate how it got there basically overnight. Rots would have been much better if tarkin was involved

[@haloking4253]

That intro looks VERY similar to SW Theory’s

[@BitsofRealPanther]

"We cannot let a thousand years of democracy disappear without a fight." Citizens of _all_ Western countries, remember this line until the end of your days.

[@HomeofdaBONE]

The warning was unheeded.

[@evo_990]

People wanted cheaper groceries rather than stop a dictator

[@brokenworld94]

The irony being is that if your side won, the other side would've been saying the exact same thing.

[@PGTIPS85]

These deleted scenes have given me a better appreciation for RoTS. Wish these scenes were included in the final film.

[@topher766]

It’s very interesting how Lucas used historical references/inspiration in his stories. Palpatine used his govt enforcers behind the scenes for influence and created wars to enable the building of the republic army. Reminds me of the Ukraine situation. Covid was also a way for certain states/cities to enact insane controls over people, which we now know was paid for and researched by our own govt. The governors in Star Wars were also later installed by palpatine. The people didn’t get to vote for those positions. Always interesting to see how real life is injected into science fiction.

[@elsietacek4419]

Adjustments to the constitution in the name of security or the elimination of the constitution if it gets in the way of "accurate" results.

[@AnthonySforza]

"The Dark Side of the Force surrounds the Chancellor..." Of course, the fact that he probably reeked of ozone, presumably like a Jedi, yet nobody at the Temple trained with him, totally had nothing to do with this assessment.

[@thedude15-sm2zu]

Thank goodness for Clone Wars and the comics.

[@sandyberger-r9j]

This is why I‘ve always loved the prequels- they show how dictators rise to power (minus the force). Use an existing crisis or create one, then promise to solve it, get military support -> seize political power. Look at Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Hitler- they used the same pattern.

[@michaelschiessl8357]

That's right and there are parallels with what's happening in politics right now.

[@brownitsdown]

and the democrats

[@sandyberger-r9j]

@@brownitsdown Well, Trump is definitely too blunt to use any of those tactics. He just plainly said that US citizens only have to vote one more time if they chose him. That anyone seriously falls for this narcissistic, senile man is beyond me. I‘m European, our news are less biased and the contrast between Harris and trump is striking. All I‘ve heard of Trump is that he praises himself and his beautiful body (What??) and calls his opponents stupid. We wouldn’t allow a child to talk in such a way. Harris seems very levelheaded and actually talks about politics. No sign of a rising dictator in her..

[@brownitsdown]

@@sandyberger-r9j thats a whole paragraph of wrong

[@regilio6826]

​@@sandyberger-r9jhahaha nonsens our media is pure democrate view. Completly not neutral.

[@MrEdZareh]

would love to see this cut of the film

[@Neonytic]

Now just think who are the people who repeatedly talk about adjustments to the constitution and who are the ones that want to abide by them nigh flawlessly.

[@KenEze-k6k]

And which politician was nearly assassinated several times and which people keep saying they wish it was successful. And which side keeps purging political enemies from state institutions.

[@Neonytic]

@@KenEze-k6k yup

[@andreasnilsson2057]

Really love that they brought back Mon Mothma for the new series.

[@cre8gnr8nrg]

The Emperor looks familiar...He looks like Biden telling me to get a shot. lol

[@franki1651]

I love how the events in these deleted scenes directly tie into the story of Andor. I wish we could've gotten an extended edition of revenge

[@andruism7]

Palpatine just wanted to make the Republic great again...

[@Fred63205]

First step toward this in reality is the Supreme Court Verdict made earlier this year. All presidents past, present, and future have "Absolute Immunity to Official Acts, Assumed immunity to Other acts 🥴, and No Immunity To Unofficial Acts. One may take comfort in the unofficial acts. So much comfort that they not use natural assumption toward what they think an unofficial act is instead of looking further into to see what the Supreme Court considers an Unofficial Act. The reality is that defined absolutely nothing as an unofficial act and said that responsiblity isn't theirs

[@MrMisanthrope84]

These were the best scenes in the damn movie. I would actually love for George to remaster them and put these back in.

[@shennron21]

I knew the Emperor was Palpatine at Qui-gon's funeral.

[@VietnameseTom]

Dude, at the end, I really thought you were going to tell us to go and vote

[@Mega_trav]

you should, while you still can

[@jamessmith-mq6tu]

@@Mega_trav lol as if that does anything its all theater to make you think you have a say in things

[@Sandlund93]

​@@jamessmith-mq6tuGood thing more and more people are slowly waking up to that fact. It has been like that everywhere since 1789. But the internet is a wonderful place for the curious ones, it has evened the playing field a bit.

[@jeremydavidspeaks]

We are all the senators. 😱

[@benjaminstock5334]

@@jamessmith-mq6tuI reject that idea. VOTE.

[@colindaniels945]

The controversy with the Sector Governors,later Moffs,was the fact that they had direct control/authority over the systems they administered, unlike the Senate who left authority to the local systems. The Sector Governors were the 1st step in the eventual replacement of the Senate as Palpatine still needed the bureaucracy of the Senate. The reason why Palpatine was able to seemingly rewrite the Republic constitution at will was because he had a supermajority in the Senate,which allowed him to pass any type of legislation he wished without much opposition

[@greimann]

Nine days later, more accurate than ever...

[@damagingthebrand7387]

Luckily we stopped the authoritarian Oligarchs that almost won.

[@PolBlanesCebrian]

@@damagingthebrand7387 There are those who saw it that way when they defended Palpatine. Trump supporters are completely blinded by faith. Don't you realize that Trump won the election by appealing to nationalism, patriotism, hatred towards foreigners and promises of security? Just like Palpatine did in RotS (which is just based in Hitler's rise to power)

[@wocket42]

​@damagingthebrand7387 yes, they almost got through with total control of all media and state controlled censorship, using lawfare against all political opposition and installing a puppet through an undemocratic process.

[@damagingthebrand7387]

@UltraBrian-e2q lol. John Kerry: We need to remove the 1st amendment. Clinton: we need to remove the 1st and 2nd amendment. Harris: 1st 2nd and 5th need to go. Keep telling yourself that you are defending democracy, it will make you feel better.

[@michaels.starnes194]

@UltraBrian-e2q Well just shows to you are a supporter of the sith.

[@jwalker3521]

That was a heck of an ad for those sabers at the end lol

[@jasonwilson556]

Palpatines makeup was sooo much better in ROTJ. It looked real. In ROTS it looked like a rubber mask. Makeup is a lost art in Hollywood today.

[@leagreenall5972]

That was an EXCELLENT analysis... great video. Those scenes needed to be in the movie(s) to show the true degradation of democracy and the rise of tyranny ... ironic to say that's what happening right now in US politics.

[@youarepredictable]

I know...reminds me of a few weeks back when several Democrat politicians said the constitutions is a problem and is "getting in the way" of progress...

[@leagreenall5972]

@@youarepredictable And just like Palpatine used the system to destroy the system, so will the democrats use the constitution to destroy it... cos when Trump wins the election, they will use the 14th amendment to refuse to ratify his win - the reason why they have been pushing the Jan 6th narrative is that the 14th amendment says that no person who has taken part in an insurrection can take any office in the US, including the Presidency. Of course there was no charges, convictions or anything official... but the MSM is the kangaroo court they are using... and when civil war breaks out like the separatists rebel, then the powers that be - like Palpatine will call for emergency powers, declare martial law, and enforce the stormtroopers to his bidding...

[@RebelSAT]

Well.. Art imitates life.

[@colindaniels945]

Cutting out the Delegation Of 2000 scenes was actually very painful for George. He did it because he felt that while it was ab interesting subplot,it took away from Anakin's story

[@Johannesfluke77]

Wow. The TDS is strong in this one.

[@gterrymed]

As we learned from William L. Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, people don't listen to warnings, especially in "children's movies" as they call STAR WARS.

[@andreslinares6429]

Incredibly relevant right now

[@firstlast-wm3li]

You have TDS.

[@FJDH11]

Not sure how it's relevant right now. Trump is for DE-REGULATION and LESS government control. He literally is going to disassemble all the 3-letter agencies that are KNOWN to spy on American citizens and impede the constitution, and give the power back to WE THE PEOPLE. You need to stop watching the fake news media.

[@FJDH11]

@@firstlast-wm3li Yes. Severe TDS, he has.

[@evo_990]

​@@FJDH11 Not bowing down and worshipping DonOLD = TDS