Ian McDiarmid RESPONDS to Palpatine Being Cloned!

[@StarWarsTheory]

Ian is such a nice man and talented actor. I hope to get the chance to interview him someday for the channel.

[@francofmm]

"I was looking forward to this"

[@kneza3411]

Star Wars Theory that would be epic man. Really hope the Vader film is coming together well, could try pull a sneaky and ask Ian to play Palp

[@KingOfDepravity]

Star Wars Theory the original palpatine has to be alive then!

[@cobrabat]

Where is the newest Rule of Two? I saw you upload one late last night but your audio couldnt be heard and I'm assuming is the reason it was taken down.

[@queenofthenight3518]

Star Wars Theory YESSS FIGHT TO IT!

[@hayleedanger]

In all honesty, Palpatine is such an impactful character in the Star Wars Universe I would love to see a stand alone movie showing his life up until Phantom Menace.

[@chagis100]

Darth Plagueis in a movie 😩

[@thelittlefriends3779]

That's would be cool Hopefully...

[@leanmantern2862]

they should of shown that in this movie. do what they did with lord of the rings and show a quick flashback of plagueis and palpatine's relationship

[@blingximus]

Theres an audio book... with palpatine and plagueis, with all the back story

[@kace002pumpkinwizard]

Impactful? Hes literally the main villain in all 3 trilogies lol

[@Illyrian9703]

Ian: speaking just like Palpatine Me: Magnificent

[@Bunny_From_The_Bay]

Idiot

[@dovelover145]

Sharpface Gfys It’s treason then...

[@CD-R828]

unicornflakes It’s treason then...

[@CD-R828]

unicornflakes it’s treason then...

[@ChaseRapoport11]

Me: good Ian, good haha haha

[@YohanBlake-hy7gb]

Palpatine: I am the clone! Ian McDiarmid: Not yet.

[@Bunny_From_The_Bay]

Idiot

[@thomasmctague7621]

I just laughed very loudly at this.

[@lennartgamer2339]

Palpatine: Execute order 66!! Commander Cody: Not yet.

[@darthlynx5792]

@@lennartgamer2339 *Directed by George Lucas* *Produced by Rick McCallum*

[@sombramemer1230]

Disney: Its treason then. RAAAAAAAAAA

[@lepuriste3502]

Anakin Skywalker is the real Chosen One.

[@krn0z.741]

Always has been.

[@SavageRicktator]

Ian McDiarmid: "The Emperor had a grand army of fully operational clones even his apprentices" JJ Abrams: "Write that down in the novelization!"

[@zabbas9371]

Haha any idea is a good one for abrans

[@waluigi7331]

NOOOOOOOOO

[@krispalermo8133]

A cyborg clone of Darth Vader with out Anakin's memories going after the Skywalker Twins would be a terror to deal with.

[@carolinedisalvatore9768]

SavageRicktator I’m pretty sure it already is...

[@TheGuardianofAzarath]

@@krispalermo8133 There are a couple of AU books on Apple Books that are a retelling of AoTC and ROTS in which Anakin leaves the Jedi order for Padme, and Sidius clones him from a blood sample, and uses that clone to enact The Purge (the deciding moment for Anakin is when he goes to rescue Shmi, Padme goes with him)

[@thedude4672]

If I was Ian McDiarmid I would be constantly playing the Emperor character -- all the time. My family would hate me.

[@elinicoritale6384]

Why wouldn't you? 😂

[@sabretoothstudios9142]

Dang, when he dropped into the voice, the chills set in

[@Marinesoldier54]

Just sounds like they didn't have a plan period

[@ArtBOW2024]

Marinesoldier54 exactly, in all three movies they didn’t have a plan. The only character that developed throughout the three movies and was good was Kylo ( Ben ).

[@trippinballzfr2518]

@@ArtBOW2024 and i wish they made finn the main character of this trilogy, that wouldve been interesting to see

[@Daddyvader7]

FireBolt yes kylo was solid but some would argue...redeem him at the end really cause disney is too scared to make him the bad guy fulyl

[@TreaMendenhall]

That's because they didn't

[@Charlie-Charlot]

Alex Gabriel nah i think he was meant to be redeemed, the problem is that it should have been an another believable vilain that would be revealed as the main threat for the Resistance and Kylo to an extend. That was basically snoke if he had at least a bit of a backstory and wasn’t just a bootleg version of the emperor. To be fair, I liked the sequels, more than I like the prequels ( which are terrible to a filmmaking standpoint but lovable). I really identified myself with Rey and Kylo, but you can clearly see that Disney had absolutely no idea where they were going.

[@lordofthebricks1]

Smartest vllain in movie history broadcasted his return in 16 hours to the whole galaxy

[@yankeeforcestudios5431]

LordOf TheBricks he was trying to show the galaxy that he was in fact alive and had the biggest fleet in history.

[@TheFallofTheEleventh]

Yankee Force Studios but why do that. Why not do what he did in Revenge of the Sith and work from the shadows? Why would he tell everyone where he was and give everyone the chance to come and defeat him? Why not build his massive empire and surprise attack the galaxy which would be more effective

[@assassinsknight]

In a fortnite game.......

[@noobshrine]

He was just flexing, you know, just like how the ancient sith did

[@TheFallofTheEleventh]

SnappyNick I could understand if he did what Vader did with Luke and reached out to her with the force. But to broadcast yourself like you’re a twitch streamer essentially saying ‘hey universe, I’m working on a way to basically kill you, I’m in this location, but oh don’t come and try and stop me! This message is just for my granddaught- wait a minute, are we.....are we live? STEVE WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT LEAVING THE CAMERA ON! FOR SITH SAKE NOW EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT WE ARE DOING! WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN A MILLION SHIPS JUST ARRIVED IN ORBIT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEYRE PREPARING TO OPEN FIRE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN LOOK UP AT THE SKY?? OH........S*%#’

[@georgebuddy8990]

Knowing that ian mcdiarmid was ok with all this makes me feel better.

[@inarencommander4663]

That's just because he was the only thing good about the trilogy.

[@andyb1653]

Well, just to play Devil's Advocate, Daisy Ridley seemed OK with Rey's potential being largely squandered in TLJ. Doesn't mean it was the right thing for Johnson to do.

[@inarencommander4663]

@@andyb1653 I think she's a decent actress, but the character is such an uninteresting Mary Sue.

[@georgebuddy8990]

@lisa raven, palpy is the best part of everything he is in

[@strawberrymilk2532]

@@inarencommander4663 agreed all 3 sequel's were trash but Palpatine was cool in the rise of Skywalker it suck that they brought him back because they practically destroyed Luke's character but ian was amazing in the rise of skywalker

[@albertjackinson]

2:34 WHY was that line not in the final cut? That line is EPIC!

[@paulhayes5684]

Imagine a clone army of palpatines saying DO IT a million times.

[@elinicoritale6384]

LOL

[@patrioticjustice9040]

"More than a clone, less than a man."

[@leanmantern2862]

very sad that line wasn't in the movie. says everything you need to know about how he's back.

[@patrioticjustice9040]

It would've been better if they had stuck to Colin Trevorrow's script for Duel of the Fates. Bringing back Palpatine (after they messed up his character by saying, 'Oh yeah, he, like, totally destroyed, like, his own Empire on, like, purpose and stuff') felt like a desperate move for nostalgia after Ruin Johnson killed Snoke. Saying Palpatine's a clone just makes me wonder, "OK, you are taking bits and pieces of Legends continuity; first with Thrawn, now with Clone Palpatine; why the hell did you say it was no longer canon?" I would have preferred that if they had to bring Palpatine back, it could have been in recorded hologram messages in one of his secret bunkers, or with flashbacks to the past with Snoke secretly observing Palpatine's speeches from afar. In one of the books, it was said that while orbiting Endor, Palpatine felt a dark presence in the Force far out in the Unknown Regions, and would have journeyed there had he not been killed by Vader.

[@tylocook]

Does anyone else think Ian thought the question was not about Palp being a clone, but about how he was cloning Snoke? The way this fan asked the question almost assumed Ian knew about the novelization "leak" which I doubt he does.

[@ozbullymorales1020]

More than a woman to me, do do, do do.

[@brianborstein8456]

@@patrioticjustice9040 , because if they say it's canon, then they have to stick with the established storyline. When you just use the characters from Legends, then you can tell the story or use a character however you would like. Doing so paints yourself in a corner and does not allow anything outside of what has already been written.

[@hoopbaby07]

Ian seems like he loves the Star Wars movie and truly enjoys taking about it

[@thor3432]

Unlike Harrison Ford. But i still like him

[@CalebRemastered]

To Cheat Death is A Power Only One Has Achieved, But If We Work Together, I Know We Could Discover the Secret~ Darth sidious - Revenge of The Sith

[@JaretOnYoutube]

You Only Write Like This If It’s A Title.

[@davelouie131]

the plots are mixture of the Dark Horse comics and the thrawn trilogy. Cloning should been automatic. You seen Snoke Clones. Palpatine had the Sith Eternals to resurrect him by using Dark science, Dark Magic and Sith Alchemy( Dark Science is the science you see in the tv 📺 show black Mirror). This probably was dark energy he felt in the outer rims. He had this contingency plan and he made how this plan on the labs on jakku. He learnt how to cheat death he learned from Darth Plagues. The novelization didn't contradict. it said it use Dark science and dark magic. It just didn't fully explain. In the mandorlorian we see a kamino cloning scientist who wants to clone baby 👶 Yoda. In the future I want be surprised if they do a another season of rebels on Ezra, Thrawn, and Ashoka and later Luke jedi school and how he became the Luke in the last jedi and of course a rey Animated series. Sith Eternals is about resurrection and eternity if the sith. The Sith believe in Immortality while the Jedi believe in Eternity. The Sith use biological means such as cloning or genetic engineering to live long but you can still die from this. The Jedi use the force ghost to live eternally because a force ghost cant die.

[@ForwrdMovmntMusc]

@@davelouie131 Exactly.

[@CalebRemastered]

@Nathan Guerrette dit Latulippe Sounds like your a sensitive person.

[@MilkyMolotov]

Ayy, I was there! This man is such a gem, so glad I got to meet him.

[@SWTobito0702]

"His progress is to get himself [...] Emperor again, which eventually of course he does." You know this sounds earily familiar. "Oh, he was so powerful. The only thing he feared was losing that power, which eventually of course he did."

[@wraith2939]

Pretty sure Palpa’s GF was the white-clothed girl standing next to him in the senate. Saw somewhere she was his closest confident

[@yankeeforcestudios5431]

wraith29 yeah, her name was Sly Moore. The only problem is that she’s an Umbaran, so unless Umbaran genes are extremely recessive, I don’t think that would work. But if it it’s true that would mean that Rey’s part Umbaran, which would be pretty cool.

[@peanutbutter6720]

Yankee Force Studios I mean, Kanan and Hera’s son is just a human with green hair so anything is possible.

[@waluigi7331]

@Nikolai Belinski "chill, chill!" - Big Smoke

[@yankeeforcestudios5431]

Nikolai Belinski yeah, dude, chill. Just because I said I like a theoretical possibility with a character doesn’t mean I even like that character, although I do really like Rey as a character. But just because I happen to like a character you don’t doesn’t mean you should swear at me for no reason, which is a big problem with the Star Wars fandom. Other people have their own opinions.

[@yankeeforcestudios5431]

Peanut Butter yeah, I didn’t say it wasn’t possible, especially considering Umbarans are very human-like, but I’m saying that she sows no Umbaran traits. Examples of these traits are things like really pale skin or really creepy eyes.

[@deadaccount5238]

I love Ian McDiarmid is seem to care about his character and the fact he doesn't seem to age since 2005 surprise me

[@Chancellor_palpatine66]

*I am more than a clone, less than a man*

[@betonde]

Looking good Sheev

[@duckseverywhere7087]

Maybe they are saving his backstory for ... The Senate: A Star Wars Story

[@Edweird1066]

that voice tho...chills. loved the line he said was cut, would have added a lot to movie, just me tho

[@modmaker7617]

*The Skywalker Saga* _The Prequel Trilogy_ Ep. I: The Phantom Menace (1999) Ep. II: Attack of the Clones (2002) Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) _The Original Trilogy_ Ep. IV: A New Hope (1977) Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) _The Sequel Trilogy_ Ep. VII: The Force Awakens (2015) Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) Ep. IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Looking at the chronological order of *The Skywalker Saga* the story is Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious scrowing over the Skywalker Family with having his granddaughter Rey taking over the family name. Evolution of the story: •4-6 Luke's Hero's Journey and saving his father. •1-6 is the rise, fall and redemption of Anakin Skywalker. •1-9 is Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious taking over the Skywalker Family. Disney what have you done.

[@Cornbois210]

Prequels > Sequels

[@Cornbois210]

Quentin Beck The prequels have WAY better supporting characters, standout character arcs/performances (Obi-Wan, Palpatine), amazing score, the BEST lightsaber battles in the entire franchise (not even debatable tbh), iconic, non forgettable characters, and best of all.. the MEMES. The prequels aren’t perfect, but they’re memorable and we love them. Plus they didn’t ruin anything, unlike the sequels.

[@eliminator1472]

Cornbois your are 100% correct

[@superscott9780]

Let’s not forget the time difference between all of the movies there is time for the characters to grow in this new trilogy there was no time to develop the The characters there was about 10 seconds between force awakens and the last Jedi and maybe a couple months in between the last Jedi and rise of Skywalker you really look at all of the time difference between all of the other trilogies can you see that they have time to flush out their characters in between the movies time to grow to learn stuff you can write comic books on or do bonus movies to tell additional stories but there is none of that in this new trilogy Ray magically knows how to use the force and who wield a light saber by the way what she does terribly still and even Kylo Ren all in all the series was poorly done

[@Cornbois210]

Eliminator 147 Thank you my dude. I wanted to love the sequels so much, I really did, but I just don’t. 😪 At least we still have rogue one.

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

"THE DISNEY ARE TAKING OVUH!"

[@_HigherSelf_]

BlackWingedSeraph „ovuh“ 😂 dewit!

[@RazvanMihaeanu]

Palps is a clone - cough, "Legends" - now? DewIt is a clone now! #SarcastaWars

[@retroklassic4247]

I just feel whenever shit isn't going there way they use The Legends stuff. Like total cop out if you ask me. You might as well not even got rid of it then. 😂

[@bruhmieter5688]

@@retroklassic4247 well you asked for it

[@caustichonu]

I love that he keeps referring to Palpatine in first person.

[@echo013winter3]

"He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did." Then later: "He became his old self again… the only thing wanted was to become the Emperor again, which eventually, of course, he did." - to alter the words Ian used in this interview.

[@USBYDProductions]

I heard that inside my head, his cadence on the word 'eventually' sounded identical to the delivery from the film.

[@14bface]

I appreciate that you try to make sense of this mess but there isn’t any sense to what disney and LF have done so far.

[@christopherhanley507]

You are right !

[@zairman]

Makes sense to me. It's not that difficult. I believe you are overthinking it.

[@whome6764]

For the simple fact we are having this discussion means Disney screwed up.

[@zairman]

@@whome6764 Nah. People had discussions like this with the PT, and if social media was around for the OT, they would with those as well.

[@ForwrdMovmntMusc]

@@zairman Exactly!!

[@h.plovecat4307]

Just imagined Palpatine in his free time just swinging around going "WEEEEEHEHEHEEEE :D!!"

[@brenbail2000]

4:10 I love it. Sheev has his own headcannon like the rest of us

[@rickvalentino6920]

Ian McDiarmid is great, I was happy seeing Palpatine again in the last movie. It was kind of like seeing him in the prequels. The return of the Emperor.

[@dobob3698]

23:25 SWT's face when the guy asks about Darth Jar Jar. XD

[@So_Uncivilized]

That line, in the voice, is amazing, "More than a clone, less than a man"

[@karlsma7245]

They obviously had no plan. The visual dictionary had a completely different explanation.

[@TwiStedReality1313]

Ssshhhhh.. we aren't supposed to think about those things.

[@eliminator1472]

Shawn King 😂

[@ConnorTerrell]

....so? Dragon Ball never had a plan, and it's loved by several. In fact, it's debatable if Star Wars ever had a plan.

[@TwiStedReality1313]

@@ConnorTerrell That's a fun fact.. are you defending The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker?

[@ConnorTerrell]

@@TwiStedReality1313 I think they're good movies. Were they perfect? No, but I enjoyed them nonetheless.

[@ArtemisTGM]

18:50 the guy who spent his hard earned wages to ask this question is a legend!! Lol

[@christyjia8449]

Love Mr. McDiarmid. Such a charming and graceful man, and such a talented actor beyond just Star Wars. As a general rule, I loathe the British monarchy, but he deserves knighthood.

[@David72899]

This saga ended at the end of episode 6

[@dpangia123]

Well he is the same palpatine just in a clone vessel.

[@Cetra29]

And with that you understand what others seem to not get.

[@eternalemperorvalkorion750]

Yakusoku no Ji no one doesn’t get it it’s just they ripped the eu they hate so much

[@Cetra29]

@@eternalemperorvalkorion750 They all do not get it. "He's a clone, he's a clone." No, he is not. He lives in a cloned body. He himself is not a clone but the original having found a new vessel.

[@cvanims]

I posted on Twitter yesterday that the movie heavily implied Palp was a clone as the camera panned across the clones of Snoke, but apparently no one agreed with me, and here is Ian FREAKING McDiarmid saying that that was precisely where it was explained audibly in the original script. XD

[@cali4nia420]

Most people had that idea in there head already from watching the last movie. Now its confirmed.

[@thelastjedi91]

Had the pleasure of meeting and having a photo shoot with him this past weekend. The kindest, gentlest soul you will ever meet. Couldn't be anymore of an opposite from his on screen counterpart!

[@thefunny8034]

24:33 I guess it was “ *IRONIC* “

[@jackattack8098]

I would have loved to see a more gruesome and scary palpatine.

[@imranhussainvo7793]

We got that in the opening of the film (TROS)

[@Horizon_29]

I’m so tired of Disney making stuff up to cover themselves.

[@MrRafaeltrainer]

Ian said that this was planned even as early as JJ's first scripts for TROS, but the scene was cut in the final version, it isn't "Disney making stuff up"

[@Boristien405]

It was clearly implied in the movie. Ian clearly says that it was in the original script... Stop complaining. This is the best explanation and it makes sense because this is the SKYWALKER SAGA and not a new saga itself, hence the same villain. Be honest with yourself: regardless of their explanation you would complain and be mad. That's just the nature of some toxic Star Wars fans. You can dislike Disney, but that doesn't mean everything they do is bad. If SW Theory made a fan film with this concept, you'd prob call it genius.

[@ronaldraygun6304]

Boristien405 kinda like that bland Kenobi film everyone enjoyed that went against Obi-wan’s values and beliefs but everyone praised that as character development as he went years with no other contact on Tatooine yet Luke’s character development after rotj is garbage because he’d never lose faith after fighting the biggest evil and seeing it come back in his nephew. Toxic fans will never change their minds

[@SVTStrikesback]

What’s funny about everyone that gets upset about how incoherent the story for 7-9 is, and how they basically just made it up as they went along. That’s certainly true, but it’s been going on since episode 4. Vader was not originally Luke’s after. Up to the point of ESB, Luke and Leia were not brother and sister. The only ones that had a true story arc that was planned were 1-3. With that being said, it is kind of silly that they didn’t do it for 7-9.

[@Elder74]

Wonder what they had to say about Rey.

[@thegrassman6369]

I am The Grass Man and I think it would be strange to have a clone of me, but one could imagine all the Grass that could be documented with it

[@pizzagamer3246]

He plays the character so well

[@jessealexander3116]

Idk I don't feel like that was a direct answer honestly.

[@SleepingLion525]

Sounded like he thought the asker of the question meant Snoke, and then he proceeded to answer about Snoke. I’m confused by this too

[@jessealexander3116]

@@SleepingLion525 My thoughts exactly.

[@oyblech8671]

@@86TrapHouse he does seem to be a bit far up disney's arse, I have to admit..

[@davidhervey691]

It wasn't lol. Star Wars Theory is trying his hardest to convince you though lol.

[@palaniuki]

Stop me if I misunderstood. So seing him in that physical state contained all the answers of what happenned when he fell, but he's not that Palpatine but a clone ? Is that it ?

[@Mamba199]

It's not cool, if this was the plan where is it through the trilogy there would have been hints. Love ya man for still being positive but I dont believe a book or guy being paid for an appearance. Should have been in movie

[@hotfroganimations]

@UCbDa_AVUUcZfsSsrhEDP9tw as it should be. And in 10 - 20 years we can see a further developed character of an older Rey when they inevitably return to the Skywalker saga.

[@anisel1000]

Jeremy S It wasn't planned before TFA but JJ and Terrio wrote this in the script but was taken out. The novelization from Rae Carson was done months ago and early copies were handed out at C2E2 in Chicago. Palpatine being a clone was also insinuated by Dominic Monaghan's character at the base on Ajan Kloss. I don't think Ian McDiarmid is bluffing, cuz he described the situation really well.

[@davidpitts5851]

Umm there were a ton of hints in the force awakens! How could you not see them. I knew it after one hint lol. The music in snoke scene is the rots opera music in the cheating death convo. Obviously that’s a hint that palpatine is pulling strings behind the scene and he cheated death. Who else is talking to kylo through Vader’s helmet. Had to be Palpatine. Why did we hear palpatines Sith scream in reys first vision. Hint of course. Why did Rey’s first lightsaber attack mirror Palpatines Iconic first attack the overhead swing with the saber. Only 2 characters in film to do it. Why is reys theme eerily similar to the imperial march. Duh hint to her being a palpatine. John Williams doesn’t do things by accident and we know Rey is his favorite character. Why in the novel is there a voice that isn’t snoke telling Rey to kill kylo before the ground splits? Duh hint. It’s palpatine talking to her of course. Why does the snoke throne room scene where he is showing Rey the ships being destroyed play out almost exactly like the palpatine Luke convo when he is showing him the ships being destroyed. Again duh, hint. This is literally all just the ones off the top of my head. How can any Star Wars die hard fan not see these blatant and some subtle hints at palpatine. It’s honestly frustrating when I see so many say there wasn’t hints when there was countless ones. They are undeniable.

[@xjoemallardx]

I'm sorry you're too fucking stupid to use your brain!

[@davidpitts5851]

Another hint to palpatine in the TFA is reys staff. The plaguies staff. Probably giving to Palpatines son by palpatine before he went awol, then it finds its way to Rey. So many hints I’m sure more will come to mind

[@roryokane5907]

The question at 22:53 about messing with people and impersonating palpatine: “how was your meal tonight, sir?” “GOOD... GOOD.”

[@jaydulce99]

what if his "son" was actually a clone of himself an imperfect version that went rouge and eventually started a family and was aware that his daughter wasn't safe and explains why Rey was strong in the force

[@conradojavier7547]

I bet Rey's Dad(or Sheev Jr.) Is a Failed Clone who don't want to be a Bad Guy.

[@martynchapman9660]

Thats it! The story is there!

[@richardjohnson9543]

That's what I figured. Nobody can picture Palpatine getting it on but creating a clone as a "son" to eventually possess? And that son going on the run rather than become a spare body? Yeah. It seems there was some sort of mandate to keep the movie to a certain length and so the whole thing got pared down to just the action scenes with all exposition and character moments stripped out. Why? Who knows. This movie needed to be at least 3 hours long to properly tell the story. A director's cut might actually salvage this thing to some degree. At least it would all make more sense. I'm really starting to believe that they deliberately left important stuff out just to force people to buy a bunch of books and comics to get the whole story. Not cool at all but wouldn't put it past the Mouse.

[@jaydulce99]

Turnes out my theory became factual 👍🏽🔥

[@Misiulo]

He already has responded. He said during the promotion of TFA that Palpatine is DEAD.

[@MizzterFu]

Imagine that in the detailed backstory we see a recreation of Vader throwing Palpatine and see what happens from there

[@AceReject]

I do enjoy listening to Him, he really goes into detail and seems to enjoy talking about his character.

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

Oh my God lmao I love him so much. Even when he's just talking about normal things I just can't stop thinking "Emperor Palpatine plotting something!" xD

[@JGooden762]

I am surprised to see how well-read Ian is on the actual lore of his character and of Star Wars in general. It is not common to see that in an actor, especially one of classical training. I mean, just look at Harrison Ford...

[@PastaCouch]

16:58 "I am completely erect." - Emperor Palpatine

[@DarthArtoo4]

Just want to say how much I appreciate you man. No matter what is going on, seeing a new video from you just brings solace and joy to my life. Thanks for giving me and so many others that!

[@YouRude34]

21:50 *Dew It* is strong with these two.

[@alanpiper3711]

Hey YODA! Can't wait for the March 31st DVD release to see the extras & deleted scenes.

[@samm2507]

I want them to go back into 7 and 8 and add some stuff like George did with the others but for these add stuff about the emperor. Idc if it’s covering their tracks, I want them to feel like they were actually building up to something

[@SANFRANCISCO49ERS_PYRO]

AWESOME SITE. YOU HAVE THE BEST INTELL.

[@salempoor834]

Rey should’ve been a clone of Luke, engineered to be female and given subconscious training to make her a perfect assassin. Basically a Star Wars Jason Bourne. This would have answered why she was so good at everything, why she didn’t have parents (as we thought in TLJ), and why she shared a Force-connection to Luke.

[@PVowner]

I like the theory that he created a wormhole during his fall on 2nd Death Star and transported to Exagal. It killed him but, he had his DNA stored away and ready to create clone vessel after clone vessel...in order to continuously transfer his soul.

[@J.Qu1ncy]

Tbh, I don’t even care anymore.

[@HoorayForTyler]

M3M3 Gamer idk it’s kinda just nice to see the dumpster fire that is SW canon unfold and become uninteresting

[@petewisdom1984]

This. Who cares? Its obvious they didn't think about it. Only now are they kinda explaining it because they realized the Novel was set to come out and the writer kept asking questions about how to explain everything.

[@Charlie-Charlot]

Pete Wisdom that basically applies to the sequels, entirely.

[@goldenhd9656]

Star wars still ruined

[@Elder74]

M3M3 Gamer i don't care aswell. I clicked the video because I love this channel. I care about SWT' opinion.

[@queenofthenight3518]

He is one of the kindest and proffesional actors out there and such a Legend for Star Wars Movies. As a little girl i never was affraid of Palpatine, I was always amazed and alerted for ever secound of the scenes with him, tbh i was more affraid of Vader without a mask. I am so happy that Ian is open and answer questions.

[@Ronin_Vector]

It's weird I live in a time where I don't regret not seeing a Star Wars movie. The more answers we get, the more obvious how little thought was put into this. I did just finish Resistance though and it made that time in Star Wars way more meaningful than the movies have. It's kind of pathetic.

[@krispalermo8133]

The first trilogy was made as fun for all ages, the novels and comic with the RPG were made for teens and adults. The RPG were basic word math problems that you roll dice to. Disney Kennedy trilogy is just a W.T.F. is this zhit ?!

[@Ronin_Vector]

@@krispalermo8133 The only thing this current era of Star Wars is good for is all the spin-off media that are used to help fill in an otherwise hollow universe.

[@Ronin_Vector]

@Brody Smith I guess that's why I found Resistance to be good in that way. They made the destruction caused by Starkiller base felt like it was of consequence to the characters in the show, much like how we felt something when Leigh witnessed the end of her home world by the Death Star. In Force Awakens it basically amounts to good footage for somebody's special effects demo reel.

[@sheevpalpatine9253]

wow this is such a surprise that disney just ripped of legends once again, oh wait they did on pretty much every other project they did

[@lxrdxrist]

“We have no source material” God they have Some brains over at lucas film

[@Daddyvader7]

Gamelord 56 because legends is good some is bad and overall it’s fine to take things from legends...PEOPLE LOVE LEGENDS

[@Boristien405]

Same with how non-canon Dragonball characters such as Broly and Gogeta became canon eventually. There's problems and inconsistencies with it so better to pick and choose the best parts to integrate. Try to put yourself in the shoes of a writer.

[@davelouie131]

the plots are mixture of the Dark Horse comics and the thrawn trilogy. Cloning should been automatic. You seen Snoke Clones. Palpatine had the Sith Eternals to resurrect him by using Dark science, Dark Magic and Sith Alchemy( Dark Science is the science you see in the tv 📺 show black Mirror). This probably was dark energy he felt in the outer rims. He had this contingency plan and he made how this plan on the labs on jakku. He learnt how to cheat death he learned from Darth Plagues. The novelization didn't contradict. it said it use Dark science and dark magic. It just didn't fully explain. In the mandorlorian we see a kamino cloning scientist who wants to clone baby 👶 Yoda. In the future I want be surprised if they do a another season of rebels on Ezra, Thrawn, and Ashoka and later Luke jedi school and how he became the Luke in the last jedi and of course a rey Animated series. Sith Eternals is about resurrection and eternity if the sith. The Sith believe in Immortality while the Jedi believe in Eternity. The Sith use biological means such as cloning or genetic engineering to live long but you can still die from this. The Jedi use the force ghost to live eternally because a force ghost cant die.L

[@roblosonic505]

Fans: WHY DONT THEY JUST USE LEGENDS!!!! Disney: *Uses legends* Fans: STOP USING LEGENDS AND MAKE ORIGINAL STUFF

[@BonoYoga]

When you can't write a story you either go for the 1) time travelling solution, 2) it was all a dream solution, or 3) he still alive cause cloning.

[@kronfarfar]

4:10 Kathleen Kennedy pulling the fire alarm

[@julianegameplaysrepeated.5682]

When Sir Ian said i might return. He's awesome haha (plays darth sidious theme)

[@iluvmym4]

Gotta love this guy 😊 thanks 🙏 for sharing this interview 🤩

[@JaDanBar97]

3:18 "go back to watch them in the CORRECT sequence" YEESSSSS!!! 1,2,3...THEN!... 4,5,6 👌...then 7,8,9

[@thor3432]

Dew it!

[@PhoinkU]

9

[@LovableSwede]

5:52 YEAH LOOK AT THAT ARMY, AND THOSE STAR DESTROYERS THAT WENT DOWN LESS THAN A DAY...

[@abelabner]

On the Mace fight Mcdiarmid had such good acting, look at his facial expressions and you will see he totally was in control and threw the fight to get Anakin on his side. It is crystal clear through superior non-verbal cue acting by this tremendous actor. I could tell back then when it first came out this was the case!

[@FirstGenShiinab]

He shot anime level lightning at 1000’s of ships and we are still wondering if Palp was at full strength?

[@prussianhamster]

Joe Vital but why didn’t he do it at the battle of Endor? Hate disney

[@imranhussainvo7793]

@@prussianhamster because he would have blown up the very death star he was in lmfao

[@wayne328]

If he didn’t use accelerated cloning I would pay to see someone carrying around a baby Palpatine.

[@birdfanboi]

I AM THE SENANT

[@eliminator1472]

Paul Contreras not yet

[@couchtime3739]

*senate

[@birdfanboi]

Couch Time Spelling is hard

[@Belos_Charlie]

Watched the whole interview. Loved it - I'm pleased that Ian finally put to rest the idea that Palps wasn't a clone - or that they simply made that up "after the fact" for the book. I kind of always suspected it was the cloned route - I mean, they were already taking a lot of inspiration from Dark Empire. No surprise that the cloning part would come too. Especially given the backstory with the Clone Wars and all of the expertise that Palps and the Empire had with cloning. Lots of people never liked the Dark Empire cloning thing - that's fair, but lots of people never liked the Ewoks either, so you win some and you lose some.

[@robertvantine2810]

25:04 Had the mental image of Jar Jar and Palpatine in an open top landspeeder heading into a major city in the desert. Palpatine is wearing yellow glasses and a floppy hat, with a pipe ala 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'...

[@Lunarian3575]

2:34 That most certainly should have stayed in the final cut! That was chilling.

[@goodoldblighty7481]

Your channel is amazing,thanks for all your videos & wealth of Star Wars lore.your an amazing person,you are a legend Bruv 🇬🇧👍😎

[@garretbellah8615]

It would be really cool to do a video on what object Vader would’ve tied himself to if he died as a Sith and not had turned back to the light. Love your videos, can’t wait for Vader 2!!

[@prico3358]

Someone needs to adress this comment or I’m going to flip. (Disclaimer: English is not my first language , but the point is to understand each other) For 40 years nobody have said this. And let’s be honest with ourselves. It makes absolutely no sense that palpatine would let himself be carried like a puppy by vader and be thrown overboard to the abyss. Heck I wouldn’t let myself be carried like a plushie like that and I am not the most powerful Sith Lord. Duku, maul, Vader.. none of them would let anyone carry them like that. Not even obi wan or heck not even a clone. Try carrying Han Solo to throw him overboard. See if Kylo ren would even think about carrying Snoke to “overthrow” him. Makes no sense. Before the prequels, sequels, extended universe... I believe Lucas planned palpatine to be an old space wizzard at the end of his game. He planned palpatine to be some kind of evil Merlin far from his prime just like Yoda. If the guy is just and old dude with some powers it may be easy to carry and throw him. But then the universe expanded, and now we know .... it’s really stupid. Si what are they left with... you have to add stuff to retcon that.. you would come up with stuff like palpatine wanted to be killed so he can bla bla bla... or palpatine had a bigger plan ... or come up with arbitrary dark side of the force rules. We accept it all... I don’t know.. in my opinion cannon should be something that exist from the biggining. Not the stuff you add up along the way.. you can’t change mid flight because then the entire cannon story would be a series of retcons and justifications. I think Lucas suffers from this, that what’s up with all the special editions... if there wasn’t a cow at the barn, why you then change it so there’s a cow on the barn now.... in my head the cow could possibly be cannon, you made it up along the way.. you are lying. You are telling me different stories every time you add a new part to it. You changed everything you just told me... and keep changing it.. and i have to accept it? The story itself is the result of retcons.. it exist only to retcon .. it’s not even the real story. For my opinion that is. Ps. don’t say Vader could overthrow him because he came back to the light ... sooo anyone powerfull with the light side of the force is able to... umm... pick up the most powerfull Sith Lord ever. .. Don’t ever say the emperor let himself be thrown... that’s not true, don’t lie to yourself... the emperor was clearly helpless in that scene.

[@MarcusFrederiksen]

I think it's funny how people go at how Palpatine's death in The Rise of Skywalker was bad when his "death" in Return of the Jedi wasn't great either

[@calenhoover1124]

@@MarcusFrederiksen I KNOW THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING. Pretty much all the deaths in the OT are lame except Jabba, who get choked to death by a girl in a bikini. pretty rad.

[@prico3358]

Calen Hoover also , Jedi always do one good heroic stuff before they are turned into force ghost... why, i mean, why wait? What was yoda waiting for? He is old as F. Already. Obi wan mentions something about being to old too. Why? Why wait? ... Why not turn into force ghost as fast as you can see fit.. why do it after a very heroic thing. Obi wan said he would become more powerfull, and we see that they can interest with the world.. and do stuff... at least yoda could have said “you know what, I’m to old and I just learned this new trick, the galaxy is turning to shit... I’m gonna use it now. “ Or qui gon could have said, “so yoda, the galaxy is turned to shit, but no worries, there’s this new trick I learned , let’s hail merry this shit” .....

[@Daddyvader7]

Luis Martinez it makes complete sense George the CREATOR has stated he was older and weak. He didn’t plan to be defeated but he had contingencies in place.

[@weatheredsuns6479]

I agree with Alex G. below, Palpatine was about 86 when he died and unlike the Lord of the Rings series humans have the same life expectancy as the real world. I think it also explains why his lightning seems more life threatening to Mace in Episode III than to Luke in Episode VI, while the Emperor is still very powerful post Epis. III I think over the next Twenty-three years he would have grown weaker especially regarding his body. He's not gonna be leaping around the Senate room by the time of Epis. VI. Vader was the Emperor's enforcer for a reason and in part is probably due to the Emperor literary being weighed down by his age as the Force can only increased your endurance for so long. This can be seen with Yoda throughout the Clone Wars/Prequels and Epis.5 as he looks kind of exhausted after saving Obi-Wan/Anakin & lifting Luke's X-Wing. And to a degree with Dooku (he looks tired after several of his fights with Anakin) who was a similar age to Palpatine but remember he wasn't physically "abused" by the dark side in the same sense. Anyways that's just my two cents and would be interested in hearing any thoughts on it.

[@Timbo6669]

YES,, He was a full power at eh end..Obviously, with the way he force lightninged the rebel fleet.

[@Bulwark515]

I like my movies like I like my jokes, no description necessary!

[@Digital_Her0]

"Palpatine is responsible for everything" exactly why he is one of my favorites. Such a cunning bastard

[@MiffysGameRoom]

16:56 I’m sorry what

[@PetePutros]

Right! Lmfao

[@pedrobarnez5502]

haha....im showing this to my gf!!!!haha!...youre my kinda peeps

[@capnsmashem3284]

The 9th film from the Emperor's perspective is essentially one of the coolest possible reskins of "Emperor's New Groove"

[@kerrbam]

As a trilogy its a mess As a fan I'm so disappointed How they brought back palpatine in the film and disposed of him wasn't good enough.

[@DV8340]

9:40 a Jeff Goldblum moment

[@Fligledof1]

Shoutout to emperor callus in the background

[@DerezzedMan]

That dude is wearing the carpet from the Shinning lmao

[@tenletters5889]

16:57 interesting quote

[@trainer1]

Yeah I always thought that Palpatine was goading Anakin to intervene with Windu. Now you confirmed that.

[@shaylucas5670]

Love the channel!!!!

[@adamgraham1610]

Met him about an hour before this was filmed what an awesomely humble man. Long live the emperor !!!

[@germj2176]

EAT YOUR Cereal

[@CHARLOSdotTV]

Eat your cereal comrade. Honey bunches of oats almond, Golden grams, lucky charms, etc.

[@andyb1653]

@@waluigi7331 (1930s detective voice) Eat lead, scumbag! **ratatattat**

[@waluigi7331]

@@andyb1653 lmao

[@kneza3411]

Ever tried Milo duo?

[@AJ-pv7is]

Hey Star Wars Theory, have you guys recorded Rule of Two yet?

[@jamesrussell5952]

Star Wars is the story of Palpatien through the eyes and life of other people he influenced and affected. Awesome way to see the stories with that point of view

[@Erizzlesizzle]

When he went palp voice I got a instant smile lol