Ian McDiarmid as Porter in Macbeth (1978)

[@lastson5014]

Rare footage of The Senate in his younger days

[@thesharmat9956]

palpatine's audition tape for becoming a sith apprentice

[@auditect950]

+SSJ DIO Darth Plagueis: You're hired!

[@aliliatapueluelu2951]

Lord DIO

[@ToyotaCamry-on8nf]

I'll take your entire stock

[@DarthVader-sl3rt]

my lord?

[@Thejoshter444]

Darth Vader LOL

[@AishaVonFossen]

ROFL!!!

[@jack__east]

Lord vader

[@majadomagaa9337]

HAHAHAH

[@DynastieArtistique]

OMG IM DEAD

[@HNUmaker]

1:16 “Who committed treason.” *IT’S TREASON THEN...*

[@blakeikonomou1820]

Hahahaah ironic

[@speedracer2008]

He could accuse others of treason, but not himself

[@anti-dreamstansunited3391]

@@speedracer2008 Is it possible to learn this power?

[@speedracer2008]

@@anti-dreamstansunited3391 Not from a Jedi

[@gavsmith1980]

Good to see a Scotsman became the emperor of the galaxy.

[@TheJokerMan2]

Aye

[@javimiami92]

She’s turned the senate against us.

[@WWETheDog]

I find this ten times scarier than Palpatine.

[@utubenotebanco]

yeah but i'd do both anyways.

[@AishaVonFossen]

LOL How so?

[@navylaks2]

Looking at it makes one think he could have been a really great Joker aswell:)

[@diyapia]

Comment of the decade! 😂

[@nerveagent1905]

@@utubenotebanco I understand and fear you, six years on

[@thereaIkatsketch]

Now young Macbeth! You will die.......

[@thatweirdgreenparrot7715]

''Do it!''

[@KonnyP]

What Palpatine does in his throne room when nobody's watching

[@AlcatrazPimpon]

I finally understand why he felt into the Dark Side Of The Force...

[@utubenotebanco]

he couldnt stand his own gayness and it led to anger and anger led to the dark side, lol.

[@chrismc410]

utubenotebanco After seeing this, I don't blame him for turning to the Dark Side. Most people would turn too. lol

[@ridhwan6113]

@@utubenotebanco You're right, he went from gay to a man married with a woman

[@M.H.I.A.F.T.]

Ah'm afreed yon deflector shield'll be queet operational when yer pals areev.

[@frankblack720]

Probably the best youtube comment I've ever seen. Bravo.

[@AishaVonFossen]

ROFL!!! I love this! :D

[@richtea87]

Lmaoo

[@ryemild115]

This needs more likes than it has

[@TheJokerMan2]

@@ryemild115 hear hear

[@korayacar9211]

Talent. Unlimited TALEEEEEEEENT!!!!!!

[@elsie900]

I would watch an entire one-man show of just this Porter.

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

Palpatine's secret weird habits when he's not the Emperor.

[@conforzo]

There's something special about the British Theatre-actors, they just don't "say lines" like many Hollywood actors, but they use their speech as instruments putting incredible emphasis on the tiniest of details. McDiarmid, McKellen, Branagh, Lee etc etc.

[@Amp661]

I always thought the Japanese were masters in technology and health, and Europeans are masters at music and acting. They're just naturals.

[@auditect950]

I see that Palpatine is high on the dark side. Wonder what he sniffed. Propably Darth Plagueis's ashes.

[@harizirfan5117]

He got the high ground

[@ToyotaCamry-on8nf]

@@harizirfan5117 dude...

[@stolasgoetia93]

xd Probs sum Death Sticks.

[@bayxpann-kayxacepilotforth7242]

Emperor Palpatine: The Groundskeeper Willie years.

[@drewwhitney1322]

"Put down that horderve, Lassie! It's time for the main course?" *Rips off shirt*

[@DarthSinistris]

and we shall have......peace..

[@DarkRider69]

And carrots, yes.

[@jonathanmelia]

I saw this live on stage. I'd just turned 10...

[@darrenrenna]

+Jonathan Melia Now that must have been an experience!

[@AishaVonFossen]

Wow, indeed!

[@elchichosantana6410]

You were lucky because you witnessed THE SENATE.

[@FreakDaMIghet]

Young Sheev before he met Hego Demask.

[@shawn6669]

I could watch this all day long. Ian McDiarmid really nailed this. It's far and away the best performance of the role I've ever seen done. It's seeped into my daily life as I sometimes find myself thinking (when it's appropriate..and it often is..).."FAITH!..". That's the mark of a great performance when the playing of it is perfect you can't help but find your own way around some of the tone and cadence and verbiage in ones own life. FWIW.

[@rleobarth4801]

totally agree...

[@bardia8905]

oh my lord what a talented and natural actor. Definitely one of a kind in the entire world

[@jazsm5385]

Jar Jar Binks: Meesa the funniest! Palpatine: Hold my trousers!

[@johnkaiser4708]

Only five years before Return of the Jedi.

[@utterlyviolet]

For all those being hard on themselves on how they missed putting together how Ian McDiarmid was the same actor who was the Emperor, don't be. Acting can be summed up as getting so into a character, that your own mother doesn't recognize you. Even when she's in the front row.

[@secundusytp4517]

The Emperor of the Universe, Ladies and Gentlemen.

[@shepardcmdr9812]

I remember when I saw him as Palpatine in the prequels, and finding him strangely alluring. Glad to see I'm not the only one! ;-)

[@utubenotebanco]

i know, he had that i dont know what. althought here he looks pretty disturbingly sexy.

[@Crustyfart123]

he was also palpatine in the originals

[@utubenotebanco]

Naveed shakeel nope. only in the return of the jedi.

[@DarkRider69]

Well, he was pretty alluring to the people of Naboo, apparently...

[@annabiotic1078]

D. C. Fleming No, you're not the only one. He's actually a pretty cool guy. Met him a few times.

[@lanowyn]

If Disney ever revives the Star Wars Infinities comics, this should be the emperor in one of the alternate timelines

[@benjaminosterloh3605]

Love the idea of Anakin seeing this and awkwardly begging Palpatine never remove his cloak. hahaha

[@MaskedMan66]

He and Sylvester McCoy could play brothers!

[@blofeld39]

...I was about to say the same thing! :-O

[@MaskedMan66]

:-)

[@AishaVonFossen]

I remember reading Macbeth in 8th grade (I'm 23 now) and my teacher had me and my class watch almost every single movie production of Macbeth out there after we read it. LOL We watched this one, and I recall how my friend Tara and I thought this part was so funny, especially how he broke the fourth wall and beckoned for the camera to come, we thought that was hilarious. I still do. XD Now that I'm older and I found out it was the Emperor from Star Wars doing this, I did a double take like WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? THAT'S the Emperor? ...that is so awesome! LOL I've always loved Ian McDiarmid in pretty much anything he does, and I love him even more for how flexible he can be with roles, everything from being elegant and refined like Palpatine to some hilarious guy like the Porter here. And he seems like a friendly funny guy in real life too. LOL Not to mention, is it just me or is he kinda cute here? I donno, me and my Scottish guys, I get crushes on a lot of them. LOL

[@renaecianci3526]

AishaVonFossen you are not the only one, girl! I'm in love with him have been for 11 years haha

[@AishaVonFossen]

Renae Cianci OMG yay!!! Finally, a kindred spirit! LOL

[@annabiotic1078]

AishaVonFossen I met him a few weeks ago, for the second and third time of my life. He's a charming, witty guy. He has a great sense of humor too. I'm just about to turn 40 and I've actually always found him attractive. I was super nervous to meet him again! was actually thinking of uploading the videos I took of him.

[@AishaVonFossen]

Whoa...that is so amazing!!! :D Yeah, he's always seemed that way to me, a nice, funny guy, I'd love to meet him, too. Also, so effortlessly charming, and still handsome. :) Wow, so how did you first meet him? Did he recognize you? What did you guys talk about? I'd love to see those videos! :D

[@annabiotic1078]

AishaVonFossen He didn't remember me from the very first meeting. It had been 11 years and I'm sure he has met millions of fans since then plus I was about 160 lbs heavier. :-) We talked a little about our first meeting and the play he was in. Faith Healer. He won a Tony for that! Anyway, the little bit we were able to talk. we spoke of his Trump jokes. He had me on the floor laughing so hard. He's a really charming guy and hilarious too. His eyes, gf!! Omg. His eyes are beautiful. I hope you get the chance to meet him. I have a thing for blue eyed men but his were really blue and had a sparkle to them. When I met him the first time after his play, he had sunglasses on and had a cool hat on. But this time he just wore regular glasses. I did a solo photo op with him and one with him, Peter Mayhew and my mother. too bad, I can't post them here so you can see! As far as the videos, I want to upload them but trying to figure out a way to upload them to where I can only allow certain people to view them. I will look into it tonight or during my work lunchbreak so I can show you. :-) He'll remember me from now on because I wore a custom made shirt that said "I am the Senate." And it had our current American Senate, in suits, on the t shirt but with his face on all the bodies. He laughed so hard when he actually looked at it. He said, "I love That! That's an original!" I had him grinning from ear to ear. I had lotsa compliments on the t-shirt from other people. So! I went back and had him autograph it. His assistant happened to be sitting there with him. He saw it and burst out laughing. And said, "oh wow! I like that." We had a brief exchange after that and Shook his hand for the ummmpteenth time. I nearly melted when he smiled at me with those baby blues. lol. yeah, between my fangirl crush and tshirt, he'll remember me this time. lol.

[@AceLM92]

Palpatine's awkward years before being taken as a Sith apprentice by Darth Plagueis

[@JJohnston4Life]

2:49 Reminds me when he was trying to convince Anakin that the Jedi were taking over. Has that panic sound he had.

[@FreddieHg37]

How about from 2:32?..

[@dreadfortserjeant-at-arms7955]

I am the Porter!

[@M.H.I.A.F.T.]

It's treason, then!

[@Mr.February]

The Emperor playing C3PO as a Scotsman

[@bayxpann-kayxacepilotforth7242]

And -- appropriately -- Scottish C3P0 isn't shiny and gold, he's filthy and hairy.

[@blofeld39]

...wow, Ian McDiarmid is hairy. :-o

[@All2Meme]

I saw that too...do you think Palpatine might be related to Chewbacca somehow? :-P

[@annabiotic1078]

blofeld39 that's nothing. ever see Nev Shulman, from Catfish?? he's HAIRY!

[@samwallaceart288]

Two words: THICC ROBES

[@chairmanzia3556]

Omg, you get glimpses of his guttaral palpatine voice and the sardonic look. Palpatine unhinged in his younger days...when not under the watchful gaze of his master.

[@Daftotron]

My goodness, I remember watching this in highschool. I have no idea why I didn't realize this was Ian McDirmid. I would have been geeking out about how he was Palpatine haha

[@tomhall4570]

I AM THE SENATE

[@HNUmaker]

NOT YET!

[@ridhwan6113]

@@HNUmaker It's treason then

[@ChrisCarries_EDC]

UNLIMITED ACTING ABILITYYYYYY!!!

[@zia6620]

100% comments - Palpatine reference 0% comments - About the actual video

[@sithlover9186]

Nobody cares

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

5 years before his appearance as Darth Sidious in Return of the Jedi.

[@chrismc410]

Now we see part of the reasons why he turned to the Dark Side

[@KerbalHub]

the Senate: "I AM THE SENATE" Also the Senate:

[@jameswilliams5143]

I am so happy that palpatine is helping me do drama in grade 11

[@tingdzinkochu]

"...Your faith in your friends is yours!"

[@reenarawat5537]

"Yer faith in yer pals is yers."

[@LegacyKnight-zm6vz]

Vader: So Master, what was life like for you before joining the Dark Side? Palpatine: I uh...I don’t want to talk about it...

[@chrismc410]

Or this: Vader: I was studying in the archives for my own research into the Dark Side and I found this, Master. Obviously younger but that's definitely you, Master. Palpatine: Destroy that, Vader!

[@speedracer2008]

@@chrismc410 I can definitely imagine this being something Palpatine would NEVER want Vader finding out.

[@chrismc410]

​@@speedracer2008or anyone else for that matter

[@ericdburton91]

I will never understand why everyone cuts the porter scene from their film production. It’s good comic relief while also continuing the dark feel of the play, and MacBeth’s final soliloquy is full of callbacks to this scene - the porter is the “poor player” and a fool/idiot. All in all a very underrated scene.

[@shawn6669]

This is the ONLY version of the Porter I've ever seen who can pull it off. Go and look at some of the other versions just on youtube. They're all awful. They mostly try and be "too drunk" and it always comes off as unnatural. McDiarmid's is perfect. One of my favorite pieces of acting ever.

[@chairmanzia3556]

wait, this is comic relief? ohhhh....

[@PhantoMace2012]

I had to read Macbeth for a class, and watching this scene made me laugh. Such great acting!

[@littleripper312]

That's quite the accent he's got there lol

[@tgmartin]

He is actually Scottish

[@PariahCosmos]

2:58- that wink always kills me- it's like an inside joke now.

[@darthsidious3870]

Whoever uploaded this embarrassing vid of me will be punished by the empire!! I could only talk in Naboo accent back then!!

[@neilyoungboy]

+Darth Sidious The Empire will laugh you out of the Galaxy!

[@annabiotic1078]

Darth Sidious Sweetheart, you need a tan. 😉

[@ALWAYStheEIGHTIES]

Anna O. ~ ...And a back wax.😂

[@franciscodeguzmanjr.5959]

Darth Sidious was as hairy as Chewbacca back then

[@blessedbe4061]

I'd love to hear Palpatine with the accent! LOL, now that would be awesome.

[@MrDavey2010]

McDiarmid is a blisteringly talented but underrated actor.

[@annabiotic1078]

I’ve been saying that for the past 17 years. I’ve seen him on stage. He’s absolutely incredible on stage. I saw Ian on Broadway playing Teddy in Faith Healer with Ralph Fiennes and Cherry Jones. He’s one of the most underrated actors of our time. You have people who make hundreds of millions, like the Rock, who can’t act and basically play themselves. Meanwhile you have gifted actors like Ian McDiarmid who should be gracing our stages and screens more often.

[@agustinbaletti]

this guy is terrorizing. i love him beyond possible

[@plejra]

he should play a wookie's emperor with that hairy shoulders

[@ghostdogsmith4447]

A young, rebellious Palpatine, drunk off of Gungan wine, reeking of death sticks comes home to catch an earful from Pops...

[@NickBee]

i have to do a monologue for my english class ... haha guess i'll be watching this over and over again >:)

[@adamsmith8307]

What a great actor Ian is. He was born to play Darth Sidious.

[@h4hnemesis]

Why's he playing the porter? He should've played Macbeth.

[@DarthSinistris]

magneto snagged that part

[@h4hnemesis]

haha, indeed

[@OlagGan]

Witch - "Vain Macbeth. Beware for I can see that the Porter is far more evil than thee."

[@VideoMask93]

I used this in college to guide my performance of this monologue for an audition. I ended up getting a part as one of the comic relief characters, so I guess it worked!

[@Gassalasca4]

Ha! Great story. Thanks for sharing!

[@Wishmaster787]

Sheev Palpatine, the first caveman Sith Lord

[@eagle-eye125]

Palpatine must be the most clever girl Muldoon has ever faced.

[@deadaccount5238]

So he is Sithraptor?

[@efraimburgos2794]

Jeez--this performance and actor is simply the best...poor Academy and bravo Lucas for a rare find!

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

This is what Sheev does in his office at night.

[@stolasgoetia93]

1:15 it's treason then.

[@steerpike66]

Beautiful and very creepy. I wonder if McD had Olivier's Archie Rice from 'The Entertainer' in mind when he (and Nunn) conceived this bleak music-hall routine.

[@ShakespearewithSarah]

What I think works so well about this is the PACE. A lot of actors are tempted to slow things down in this scene, to add jokes and stage business, etc, but comedy needs PACE! Ian is so great here because he adds plenty of physical comedy but without letting the energy drop.

[@jcrossan1351]

We need to see a movie where porter and palpatine fight

[@georgekostaras]

There’s something seriously sinister about this and I’m all for it

[@StephenWestSyd]

I like how he spits after saying English

[@DarthMessias]

Don't care what Luceno wrote. This is the real background story about Palpatine's young days!

[@TheEmpressPalpatine]

Another look at our emperor. (Need subtitles, though). Now we know what is under the robes....(Giggle).

[@TheJokerMan2]

The fourth wall breaks were a nice touch

That roman nose. And funny personality. Yeah that fits dark lord.

[@thefilmwatcher1216]

This lighting is frightening.

[@aliisantetik880]

Is It Me Or Ian McDiarmid Looks Like Sylvester McCoy In This

[@Purplestraw]

I thought I was the only one.

[@aliisantetik880]

lydia alouani No My Friend You Are Not The Only One

[@skenksnfmela2749]

Aliisan Tetik I was just thinking this!

[@justinquaylepate1358]

A perfect candidate for being the Emperor

[@BRGriffin]

And we thought it was too far out of the question for Jar Jar to rise up and be a Sith Lord. Look at your Emperor now! I suppose even Senators have to start somewhere :)

[@deltabelg]

Darth sidious in his free time

[@laviebanale]

William Wallace would’ve been proud.

[@chrismc410]

We all know he can kill people with the bolts of lightning. Who says he can't direct it from his arse?

[@Doom_State]

He sounds like the emporer

[@blessedbe4061]

Glad to see I'm not the only one with good taste. ;-)

[@NavasGonzalo]

Gooooooooooooooooooood

[@sttayundrcvr4240]

It’s treason then….

[@jaxv94]

The Force is weird with this one.

[@chrismc410]

What Plagueis probably said

[@dylanthetyrantking1001]

Man pippen really went down hill since frodo went across the sea

[@annabiotic1078]

His burp at the end. Don't know why but it was frigging hilarious!

[@jakepeto2496]

Emperor Cloning attempt 132: Too Scottish

[@philhersh]

I will make it legal. I love his pacing, he doesn’t rush.

[@stolasgoetia93]

An alternate universe where Palpatine became an actor and never joined the Sith.

[@LovecraftianToenail]

on one hand this is an incredible performance. on the other hand, this is far far FAR sexier than I ever expected it to be oh my GOD.

[@AceFromGorillaz]

I feel like he will turn and say"not from a Jedi"

[@advancearts3777]

The Senate concurs.

[@SARISS80]

Ok who gave chancellor palpatine spice?

[@fortherepublic9878]

This guy’s a pretty good actor, he should become the Emperor one day, just saying.

[@zainnnzy]

Do you know the Senate? Well of course I know him, he's me!

[@cosmobane6995]

3:20-3:29 We see a man being pulled into the Dark Side

[@bayxpann-kayxacepilotforth7242]

The burp cinches it -- it's as effective as 10 retellings of the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise all at once.

[@chrismc410]

Or very understandable reasons why he turned.

[@BlackwatchCrazySix]

The Senate before Star Wars. Theater musta beeen lit back then.

[@5tanne5on5ea]

Excellent portrayal!

[@meyers0781]

Say what you want about Rise of the Skywalker, but the old man didn't lost his touch at all given that his character still visible as Palpatine in that ninth episode.