Emperor Darth Sidious Sheev Palpatine (Ep 1, 2, Clone Wars, Bad Batch, 3, Rebels, 5, 6, 9)

[@JournaloftheWhills]

This was by far the most difficult video to make/upload. It took over a month to get it on KZbin without being blocked. Enjoy! Hopefully I got all the scenes, if not then oh well I’m not going to take a chance to fix it and reupload just to get blocked for the 27th time😂

[@dylantrevorlinville1340]

I hope you get to Anakin's scenes so we can have a Complete Saga between that video and the Vader one! Much love and great content!

[@theconductoresplin8092]

I thank you for your efforts

[@rafmonkey96]

I'll give you a foot rub if it does get blocked and you reupload this. Full jergens...

[@at-mose]

You forgot his Voice being in The Siege of Lothal episode of Season 2 of Rebels

[@at-mose]

Follow-up to this, if you do include the scene make sure it’s the version with Ian McDiarmid

[@jaybizzle1995]

love how he goes from cold as ice in Phantom Menace to full cackling maniac in Revenge of the Sith

[@azazelsiad3601]

He became more brazen and arrogant as his plan came closer to fruition. And once it was realized all he had to do then was bask in his own glorious victory.

[@jessetaran7116]

Revenge of the Sith was the best day of his life. He finally got the power he's been building towards for so long and he finally got to go mask off and blast lightning and use a lightsaber. He literally revels in the violence he commits in that movie, he rarely gets to personally do that (with his last time probably being the Savage and Maul duel).

[@vetarlittorf1807]

Well, it makes him more in-line with the way he was in Return of the Jedi.

[@MariOmor1]

To screaming old man in Episode 9

[@jessetaran7116]

@@MariOmor1 I love his creepy clone zombie thing he had going on at first, I like how he’s presented in a different way in all the trilogies yet it still feels like the same character

[@minicle426]

Ian McDiarmid clearly having the time of his life in the role.

[@j-man4132]

Sadly he didn’t voice act for the Clone Wars

[@cedricchevrot4560]

Yes, The Great Ian is the one.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

I love how he's able to be over-the-top without acting badly. Sort of like Ralph Fiennes' Voldemort, Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin, Ryan Reynold's Deadpool, Claude Rains' Invisible Man or Heath Ledger's Joker.

[@zacharyzwi2954]

Except when he did the lightsaber fighting scene with Samuel Jackson…

[@jimparis5073]

@@zacharyzwi2954 you wouldn’t wanna be deep fried with Sith lighting either

[@thegreatpage5912]

I never realized how little screen time he's had until now. Yet he's still one of the greatest villains of all time. I guess there are benefits of not over exposing your villain too much. Adds a veil of mystery to them.

[@devontehuntley6274]

Not all of his scenes are uploaded here, particularly Episode III during all of the first portion where he's grooming Anakin to turn to the dark side. I figured as much the user would leave things out.

[@Clone_Trooper_Echo]

@@devontehuntley6274 This video got blocked alot cause of Revenge of the Sith and Rise of the Skywalker

[@ajfanotreally2523]

There really is no question the best villian in cinematic history, played both sides almost the entire series.

[@weece9442]

Imo, greatest of all time

[@adrianmacklin418]

Saw a thing saying in the first Jurassic park movie there was only 14 minutes of it even had dinosaurs in it at all lol

[@thulsa_doom]

01:05:35 I love how Palpatine is casually looking at the Deathstar's plans when someone comes in.

[@Hetmeisjemetdeparel]

Omg watch it 3,0000000000000000 billion a times in my life and never notice that

[@ErykRoll]

​@@Hetmeisjemetdeparelikr? How could i miss it too!

[@LilacSreya]

OMG

[@officialtbhoops]

Shows how fearless he had become. His plan was unstoppable at this point, even if they knew about the Deathstar.

[@mrshinybald2739]

01:07:46 he cummed

[@swivelysark]

27:44 Palpatine: "now lay down your arms and come quietly" Bane: "no". Palpatine: "you win, bounty hunter"

[@Jack_26]

XD

[@nightfang99]

xdddd

[@sebastianoleary2743]

absolutely hilarious

[@thejurassicking3817]

Gives up

[@VitunVatiVille]

The best part in this video. I laughed so hard at that part! XD

[@napanate2169]

The fact that Ian has been Palpatine from the 80s to now is very impressive

[@normustafa87]

From the late 90’s**

[@andrealagravinese6498]

@@normustafa87 no,from 1983

[@svb_zer0318]

@@normustafa87 His first actual appearance is in 1983 as Palpatine.

[@jamlym4974]

The best thing is that the older he gets, he only ages into the role.

[@Walker-ow7vj]

Jam Lym yeah so the time we got for more palpatine is amazing 😭

[@Rediscool9]

It’s honestly amazing how truly monstrous and vile of a character Palpatine is.

[@minicle426]

Very much set a benchmark for every Sith in the franchise.

[@DefecTec]

I’m everything except episode 9, he becomes a stereotypical cartoon villain and tells Rey his plan, pretty dumb ngl

[@Jjj-zz7bz]

@@DefecTec I mean true but he pretty much was a stereotypical villain in Return of the Jedi too

[@DefecTec]

@@Jjj-zz7bz yes but he was a smart one. One of Palpatine’s qualities you could say is being the most devious and secretive person in the galaxy. To have him just tell his plan to Rey and Ben just makes him like an evil cartoon character. He only told some stuff to Luke to try to seduce him to the dark side, make him lose hope and give into his anger

[@canontheory]

@@DefecTec the Disney sequel trilogy isn’t really even canon honestly since it wasn’t made by the original creator of ep 1-6 George Lucas

[@12roses8]

Why I respect him as a villain Because: As Chancellor he's calm, cool, understanding and reasonable As Sidous he's a Powerful Sith, master of the Dark Side As both he's cunning, clever and always one step ahead In short a badass

[@bakionigeri6414]

No BS I was thinking about this earlier; even when Darth Vader killed him in Return of the Jedi, Palpatine basically was like well; time for the final order

[@azazelsiad3601]

@@bakionigeri6414 his final order to Vader? “DIE!!!”

[@topdog5252]

Respect and admiration and curiosity are the strongest feelings I have towards the character of Palpatine. Despite being pure evil he’s so fun and interesting to watch

[@bakionigeri6414]

@@topdog5252 yes, and hes the EPITOME of confidence: hes always planning to win. And when a problem happens, he finds positivity (from his perspective) Some officer: "milord! The rebels did xy and z!!" Palps: " it is of no concern. Everything is going according to my desire. Soon the rebellion will be crushed, and young Skywalker will be one of us." THAT'S masculine frame!

[@mojebi3804]

ya'll fuckin' weirdos

[@jonsaltberry8167]

I feel like Palpatine even if he wasn't a sith, he would still be the best villain of all Star Wars. The way he manipulated the entire galaxy to his will by orchestrating a war is incredible and also scarily realistic if we compared him to contemporary world leaders.

[@timonfischer6515]

Not only did he control the Clone Wars, but he is the one who made Starkiller creating a rebel army to fight the empire.

[@The1976spirit]

Putin so is a weakling? No balls to use nukes!

[@TheSearchForTruth88]

Only with the Democrats in power. They hate everyone who doesn't align with their far left agenda and will go to war with everyone who aren't black trans LGBT pronoun people.

[@brandonwilliams5526]

He is just as bad as Adolph Hitler

[@brandonwilliams5526]

He is a Star Wars version of Hitler

[@JustTrooper]

28:51 Palpatine was like “Dooku you’re calling at the worst time my guy”

[@thejurassicking3817]

I’m sure they had a talk later…

[@eljordinio7647]

All it would have taken was for Dooku to refer to Palpatine as Lord Sideous or Master and the Chancellor would have been busted

[@rahulrajaram6891]

Wdym he wanted dooku to call at that time

[@TheTrytix]

5:55 "Master Yoda, you think it will really come to war? Good." Perfect representation of what Palpatine ACTUALLY wants. XD

[@jbreezy101]

Yes but dialogue between whatever palp says is missing

[@Daddix0]

@@jbreezy101 yeah, obviously. that’s what’s funny.

[@keyabrade1861]

39:46 Imagine getting called a rival by one of the most powerful beings in the universe. That's a straight-up compliment.

[@theswdishwarrior]

If maul succeeded we would've seen a very different future of the Star Wars galaxy

[@brandonmedina494]

One of the worst decisions made was decanonizing the Darth Plagueis novel. Reading how Palpatine was a vile, muderous, power hungry, sadistic, criminal mastermind even as a child makes him all the more bone chilling. Seeing how he murdered his parents, joined the Sith Order, manipulated his way to becoming a senator then Chancellor of the Republic. The fact that he was evil from the start, no tragic backstory, no manipulation and turn to the dark side by a dark lord like Vader, Sauron, etc. He's truly the SW version of the Devil. Makes Voldemort look tame.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

he even killed his own master and took his place Lol 🤣 he is unapologetically evil, people over here complaining about sympathetic villains, and praising little jack horner by dream works, and completely ignoring the Original Palpatine LMAO 🤣👌

[@GintaPPE1000]

At this point, there's enough allusions to the ancient Sith, Plagueis himself, the role he played in orchestrating Palpatine's rise, and what he taught his apprentice (especially powers over life and death - Lucas himself didn't want that, but both canon and legends decided to do it anyways) that the novel is basically canonized. Officially, Plagueis even still died around the same time as he did in Legends: sometime around TPM, after Maul had been taken and trained.

[@TK-6843]

​@@WallNutBreaker524 well that's a Sith tradition, the apprentice kills his/her master

[@Jaykurosakii]

They should make some of the old republic stuff canon just take out the ridiculous feats / power scaling

[@darling..............]

​@@Jaykurosakiiyea,i hated how ridiculous dumb the power scaling got in that

[@matthewminelli]

1:13:53 Is where we see how evil Palpatine truly is. He's completely gleeful while Vader is in absolute anguish and despair. It's a beautifully done scene.

[@AmericaLexicon]

It’s not everyday you get to tell a man he killed the only person who loved him. Gotta cherish those precious moments

[@eliiejuhh8533]

@@AmericaLexicon Obi Wan tells him he loved him, but ig he ended up killing him too😭

[@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon]

The most mocked scene in movie history.

[@AmericaLexicon]

@@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon "Somehow Palpatine returned"

[@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon]

@@AmericaLexicon beats it by timeframe only.

[@rednose_7928]

Love Palpatine’s monologue at 15:40 where he outlines his vision for the Inquisitorious

[@Synths-n-Guitar]

I think this more about building emperor's hands from legends. Xx

[@looneyluna96]

Nah, that's not what the Inquisitorious is about. They're Jedi hunters, not spies.

[@thejurassicking3817]

That’s called foreshadowing also why the inquisitors didn’t appear in the movies is cause they were all dead by the empire strikes back.

[@sw7rvoo]

@@thejurassicking3817 they already died during rogue

[@dmitrykhvostik5975]

@@sw7rvoo Technically the Only Inquisitors we saw were the 1st generation who were either the fallen jedi knights or padawans. The fate of kids, kidnapped and raised in the Inquisitorius during the Age of Empire is unknown. Rebels series has shown that Inquisitors kept harvesting the Force sensitive children, even if Cal Kestis made their work far harder.

[@evangibbs7467]

54:10 Palpatine: “May I ask when Master Sifo Dias was killed?” Yoda: “…never said he was killed, I did…”

[@thatoneguy7715]

that would've ended the prequels in the good way

[@kevinvassago]

I honestly don't remember. Did Yoda say he was killed to Palpatine?? I feel like Yoda's one to choose his words wisely, he would have caught that.

[@brandonlyon730]

Fun fact: It was originally suppose to be Sideous himself how ordered the clone army under the alias “Sido Dias”. But Lucas made a typo in the script, and he liked the name Sifo Dias so much he decided to make him into his own character.

[@spacejesus6581]

@@brandonlyon730 that is a very convenient typo, that alias is awful

[@daseal1479]

@@brandonlyon730 I can't remember but, wasn't it still Palpatine's idea, and him pulling the strings with Sifo Dias going mysteriously "missing" directly after meeting with the Kaminoans? Haven't seen Clone Wars in a while.

[@imahaloguy]

29:18 is my favorite Palpatine quote from the entire clone wars. It really shows just how patient and cunning the Dark Lord is.

[@hole4harry350]

do you know what episode it’s from?

[@cbennett6060]

​@@hole4harry350 S3Ep11 "Pursuit of Peace"

[@MarEXksz]

Yeah and Padme made the most compelling speech I've ever heard in the series. Even Palps was baffled by the Senate's response

[@manchesterunited5614]

@@MarEXkszwhat did she say?

[@bendavis8505]

One thing that fascinates me is how the Clone Wars makes Palpatine and Anakin's close friendship seem so...realistic and understandable. Like, I can finally understand why Anakin was so manipulated and why he didn't suspect anything.

[@michaelstark8720]

If you needed that lore destroyer junk TCW, then you aren't very bright. Anakin didn't have one reason to be loyal to jedi. And yes jedi were plotting to take over in movie, they forced Anakin to spy on Palpatine, and when they should follow jedi rules, Mace windu war ready to broke them which showed Anakin sith and jedi are no different. In movies was also obvious that Palpatine guided Anakin in ep2 as Anakin confirms "your guidance more than my patience" TCW is trash for kids and it isn't part of movie canon nor it will ever be. I would rather saw sequels every day than 5 minutes of TCW junk and i hate sequels

[@cephalopodasapiens]

@@michaelstark8720 ok

[@brandonhuynh4528]

@@michaelstark8720 You must be a middle aged adult who doesn’t realise cartoons can also be produced for people above the age of 10. It’s sad but whatever it’s your prerogative

[@juhaszkrisztian7510]

@@michaelstark8720 ok boomer

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

@@michaelstark8720 Time for you to take your heart medicine, and a nap.

[@Ohmygodstfu2045]

46:27 is possibly my favorite Sidious creeping out of palpatine moment. That victory speech gives me chills every time

[@Mopehome]

You mean 00:47:03. I heard his sith side talking. :)

[@redaxer2908]

Palpatine punching Anakin at 35:54 will never get old.

[@ZeKermet]

And then a typical, friendly anakin response immediately after

[@eljordinio7647]

You'd think it would have been enough for Anakin to suspect that something was up

[@jinx1987]

“Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!”

[@barrylyndon5552]

"Always two there are. A right and a left boi!"

[@ArcRogerr]

Palpatine: Ayyy we captured Gunray! *next clip* Sidious: Fuck they captured Gunray

[@dillonb5317]

It's better than Palpatine: Ayyy we captured Gunray *next scene* Sidious: Dooku my boi, grab that glow stick I got you an alien to dissect

[@anonymousr1918]

What

[@eljordinio7647]

​@@dillonb5317 Why would he wanna kill someone on their side? It's not like gunray would betray them

[@colonelx185]

​@eljordinio7647 oh yes he would. Sidious said that dooku should free or kill gunray.

[@eljordinio7647]

@@colonelx185 so freeing him would also work

[@devinallen7706]

One of the best villains in movie history turned out to be a politician.

[@omeryavuz20ylonce82]

He love democracy

[@EmptyMan000]

Makes sense. Politicians are the modern day bad guy archetypes. What better way to become a dictator or tyrant than through politics?

[@dude999642]

That's because all politicians are villains.

[@haydo-9916]

Surprising how a politician secretly a Sith Lord takes control over the whole galactic government and creates a whole dictatorship

[@sheevpalpatine2901]

@@omeryavuz20ylonce82 He loves the republic

[@lestat1591]

I love how he had Sith artifacts display in his office knowing the Jedi wouldn’t think twice about them

[@mahirrughani2485]

Sith artifacts? My dear green friend, I know not of this. I just have a hobby of collecting old rare artwork.

[@Local_commentor]

@@mahirrughani2485 stop the cap 🧢

[@HikigayaHachiman07]

​@@mahirrughani2485...😂...I'd just heard Emperor Palpatine'e voice when read this comment...So "sidious-ly" hilarious...😂😈🦹🏻‍♂️

[@saljpal3]

Just like when he wore a Sith robe to a senate meeting after commencing Order 66 😈

[@joshke335]

​@@Local_commentor the cap stop you must chancellor Paperplane

[@UI_Shaggy05]

Ian McDiarmid deserves great respect for acting such a great villan since 1980!

[@JournaloftheWhills]

agreed, one of the greats

[@peterlenham3180]

1983, 40 years this year!

[@sdsd-dc3kd]

83, he wasn't in the original ESB

Phantom Menace 0:00:00 Attack of the Clones 0:05:33 Clone Wars 0:08:35 Revenge of the Sith 1:00:13 Rebels 1:14:09 The Empire Strikes Back 1:17:52 Return of the Jedi 1:19:07 Rise of Skywalker 1:24:04

[@galphie5997]

Bro, no contento con tener mi recopilación favorita de la banda sonora de Policenauts, te encuentro aquí haciendo labor social. No cambies.

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[@vananon51]

Sidious died Permanently at the end of ROTJ. #FckDisney

[@BootyHarvest]

Um, let's erase 1:24:04

[@TheOnlyZath]

This is a great line at 21:13 He calmly plays off the fact that he has an emergency escape route, making the implication that he did not want one or had anything to do with it, when in all likelihood he commissioned it personally.

[@codename618]

"Now lay down your arms and come quietly." "No." "You win, bounty hunter."

[@JournaloftheWhills]

The negotiations were short

[@redalert923]

@@JournaloftheWhills as much I love darth sidious/sheev palpatine his appearance in the sequel trilogy was a complete waste and made no sense to the plot at all

[@Spectrometer]

@@redalert923 What does that have to do with the comment?

[@rafmonkey96]

I believe the senator bane killed was related to one of the individuals who ordered an assassination contract on palpatine and plagueis, so papa palps definitely went easy on him for that reason if that's true.

[@codename618]

@@redalert923 ...what?

[@basedbattledroid3507]

I love Darth Sidious, he will save us from Chancellor Palpatine

[@YorktownUSA]

Seriously? I was hoping Palpatine would save us from Sidious 😣

[@alexcardenas7526]

He save us from the sentate

[@GofaqYusef]

@@alexcardenas7526 But...he was the Senate.

[@countrycoffeecup7772]

You guys all have it wrong! He is going to save us from Rey's Grandfather!

[@jovaniealicea8829]

@@GofaqYusef not yet

[@yinyangyt8749]

Ian is amazing. He captures Palpetine’s personality so well. I don’t know a better way to describe it

[@romasliv]

Maybe Palpatines is disguising as Ian

[@KingdomHeart556]

Dude the voice change from 1:08:00 to 1:08:10 is so awesome I always loved that part he really showed all his true colors right there.

[@morbius109]

As a Sith Lord, he represented the threat most in the galaxy long considered a “myth”. He played off of this myth, using it to keep people afraid and on edge, concealing his true identity from the Republic and the Jedi, hiding in plain sight. For decades he was right under the Jedi’s noses, and they didn’t learn the truth until it was too late. He led the Republic, and the Confederacy, essentially fighting a war against himself, all as a pretense to weaken democracy and the Jedi. And once firmly ensconced as Emperor, he transformed the galaxy on an unbelievable scale in two short decades. Even after his first death, his legacy loomed large over the galaxy, and mere news of his return years after Endor very nearly destabilized the entire galaxy. Darth Sidious is far and above the deadliest mastermind in all of Star Wars. No other villain manipulated events on the scale he did, or played so many elaborate schemes aimed at so many myriad objectives at once, often times maintaining multiple schemes with the same focus, several of those often being intended as contingencies. While most would play chess with pieces on a board, Sidious played chess with planetary systems, armies, and untold billions of lives. All I can say is long live the Galactic Emperor!

[@skip3651]

Facts idk how he did it I probably would of slipped up and make it obvious because of the fact he led two armies to fight and he had to tell lies and make everything organized so he wouldn’t lead suspicion on himself

[@subeedeibaatar7113]

He only died once in ep 6.

[@killert_7759]

@@subeedeibaatar7113 nope. He died twice.

[@_mikolaj_]

You know where is the best part? Nobody said he can't respawn 2nd time, right? Afterall, he found way to transfer spirit into new body

[@hanging4176]

@@killert_7759 Nah.

[@darthfreund]

I'm so happy that George Lucas picked the right actor for this role as Palpatine / Darth Sidious. Ian was born entirely a Palpatine and plays with him masterfully without limits. Thanks george. I cannot introduce any other actor than Ian.

[@fridaynightnicktoons6885]

Lucas bashers say he’s bad and the original esb actor was better. I shit you not,people think that.

[@Deathmare235]

@@fridaynightnicktoons6885 the original esb was barely even an actor hell he was barely even a character

[@crypticculture2307]

No one thinks that

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

@@fridaynightnicktoons6885 Then they're blind

[@watercroc]

@@fridaynightnicktoons6885 no one thinks that buddy

[@henryhammond7393]

Finally. The proper cut of the saga I’ve been waiting for. Be it the prequels or sequels, there was never a moment where that man was onscreen that didn’t make me happy.

[@Nexishere]

Both Ians and Sam are just hamming up the scenery every time they're palpatine. He truly is the senate

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Same.

[@mistertwister2000]

I have plenty of problems with RoS but Ian’s performance certainly wasn’t one of them, the moment where he shoots enough lightning to take down a whole fleet felt very Force Unleashed to me

[@HydrateOrElse]

This man was playing both sides the whole time, switching his personality on a dime, every move extremely calculated. He pitted an army of expendable droids against the clones, a proxy war to distract everyone from his decades long plot to take full control. His plan was to play 4-D chess with himself, legend.

[@ALittleToTheLeft42]

The shot of Palpatine coldy staring at Qui-Gon's funeral pyre is one of my favorite shots in the series. Makes you wonder what he was thinking then.

[@VinVonVoom]

While everyone else was mourning Qui-Gon, Palpatine was mourning the man that killed him

[@spectreshadow]

He was happy that Anakin was his now I imagine.

[@h0ptk830]

​@VinVonVoom if anything probly was satisfied that Maul killed qui gon bc that was the final act needed to turn Count Dooku, quigons master, to the Dark side. It may have been unfortunate at best that Maul was "killed", but definitely not mournworthy to Sidious, and definitely not since dooku was a wealthy man that could act as a figurehead for the separatists

[@TheRealCodeBlack]

The Zillo Beast arc rocks, bceause it's one of the few times in the entire story Palpatine was legitimately surprised and had no plan to deal with it. That nervous look he gives it when his impromptu attempt to exploit it fails and it comes for revenge (at around 21:00) is genuine.

[@aidan0275]

The zillo beast could sense palpatine was evil

[@heavenofapocalypse15]

The Zillo Beast Arc sense the Palpatine wa

[@fridaynightnicktoons6885]

@@aidan0275 animals can sense evil 80% of the time. Also he was just a sick in front of him. Sidious is egotistical and didn’t think it was dumb to say kill “it” to “it’s” face and it was too dumb to understand.

[@OmegaPictures318]

He wasn't just unprepared, he was helpless. There was practically nothing he could do, because not only did he lack a plan, he couldn't use his abilities with the force, else he would risk blowing his cover.

[@othervids3726]

@@OmegaPictures318 not to mention his force abilities wouldn’t have done shit lol

[@ekos8282]

1:17:10 Removing those handrestrainers from a galaxy away shows emperors mastery in the force

[@ekos8282]

54:59 even more impressive, years before he was even able to force choke another Sith lord. He is the master of the dark side.

[@douchebagmf738]

@@ekos8282 on another planet

[@thedoctor4327]

There was a Clone Wars comic where it showed him learning that Maul is still alive. The artist did a fantastic job drawing his reaction (perfect blend of “WTF” and “Oh Sh*t””). Wish they had recreated the moment on the show itself before the scene where he tells the Jedi to not focus on Maul

[@funfnir3646]

Which one is it?

[@RussVonBataki]

​@@funfnir3646 The Clone Wars: The Sith Hunters

[@visionist7]

4:04 even as a ten year old watching this in the cinema in 1999 I could tell Palpatine was mocking Amidala with that tone in his voice

[@darthdistortion1934]

38:55 is probably my favourite scene. It followed the exact moment Darth Maul killed Satine, and in a way it foreshadows the terrible fate that Maul cast upon himself by angering Sidious. It's interesting because the emperor's theme is playing over Palaptine while he's still in his bubbly chancellor form, but the window is still casting a shadow over his eyes to hint his true nature

[@cheekloins4126]

Palpatine makes me appreciate the political overhaul in Phantom Menace. He was the phantom all along, never Maul. Understanding that makes the whole film hit different.

[@JohnoftheWesternlands]

Originally jar jar was the phantom

[@sirpepeofhousekek6741]

The Phantom Menace was George Lucas.

[@thisissostupidliterallywhy]

@@JohnoftheWesternlands Jar Jar was never the Phantom

[@spinofthewheel5345]

​@@thisissostupidliterallywhyit's treason then

[@peterlenham3180]

I knew that when I first saw it.

[@mdguy35]

Bruh, nobody suspected him as an evil genius? One of the best villains ever.

[@KENSHIROez3260]

Well.. if you are genius.. you can too

[@rieJW]

The guy literally hid in plain sight in a position of power, it would’ve been absurd to suspect him just as suspecting the president to be a serial killer

[@Princess_Ruto]

Suspecting it is one thing. Proving it and taking decisive action is another.

[@raymondacbot4007]

I’m sure it was some known conspiracy that nobody had proof against until it was too late

[@rickblaine9670]

0:47 In the end, underestimating Padmè was Palpatine’s worst mistake. Without her, Anakin would have been lost to the Dark Side forever, and the Sith would have won. Her moral strength and her compassion, living on through both Anakin and the twins, are what ultimately defeated the Emperor.

[@dankmatter3068]

well said

[@nwk1626]

well he still has to love her to dispise the jedi so he couldn’t just kill her, i doubt that would’ve been enough to have anakin turn

[@LilacSreya]

.

[@ALEXTSARIDIS]

34:57 Alec Ginnes and Mark hamill time traveling 😂

[@slasherlovingay2488]

Why is Sheev pretending to be normal so funny? "I lOvE dEmOcRaCy 😌" He has a sense of humor

[@JournaloftheWhills]

lol he really does. Star Wars from his point of view could be a comedy

[@spectreshadow]

He sounds like any tin pot dictator but the way he does it is sooo much better.

[@TimohaNorveg]

“Somehow Palpatine returned" Sums up the whole episode 9

[@lordscorch1128]

That's what they said about Napoleon too.

[@heavylobster4339]

That, Darth Maul, and Boba Fett made falling to your certain death mean a lot less than you'd think.

[@rafmonkey96]

I mean, he did return in Legends through essence transfer. His portrayl is pretty accurate tho, it does change a few things. Say what you will about the sequels, but bringing Palpatine back what the one thing that saved them.

[@ignisinfernal1843]

@@rafmonkey96 Not really. It was a bad idea in TROS and in Dark Empire imo.

[@grayski3324]

@@rafmonkey96 Saved them? Nope, that just made their burning of the OT complete. Anakin's sacrifice did nothing, Luke and the Rebellion somehow got worse after the Empire fell, and even the 2nd deathstar was ok.

[@Drew8383-j8f]

Tbh Emperor Palpatine might be the best and most evil cinematic villain of a time! He’s got everything you look for High IQ Manipulation Iconic lines and acting A Brilliant and successful plan (for 23 years) A genuine threat Raw unmatchable power An amazing over-the-top performance by an amazing actor And loyal and equally as iconic followers Long live Emperor Palpatine!

[@naikosei1585]

27:44 that was such a perfect cut Palpatine: "Give up and come quietly" Bane: "No" Palpatine: "you win, bounty hunter"

[@naranara1690]

"So be it, Jedi." *Olympic dives down the core shaft*

[@jasonnewbery]

That 2 v 1 against maul and oppress really showed how sideous was miles ahead of everyone. Dude was laughin the whole time. Savage

[@theawsomecheese9714]

I am super suprised that Palpatine maintained a nice personality to hide his true identity from the Jedi for a long time, he even risks himself getting killed by his own minions to further prove his Innocence, speaking of minions, his identity was so well disguised that his minions don’t know that they are capturing/hurting their own leader

[@VoiceOfTheEmperor]

It's what psychopaths often do.

[@kalvin187douglas]

6:46 - 7:06 “You don’t need guidance Anakin. In time you will learn to trust your feelings,then you will be invincible” 7:28 - 7:36 “What if I told you that the republic was under control by the dark lord of the Sith?” 29:16 - 29:46 “Isn’t it remarkable,that one can have all the power in the Galaxy,and yet the words of a single senator can sway the thoughts of MILLIONS?!” 33:01 - 33:32 “You cannot deny your feelings Anakin,they are what make you special.” 47:00 - 47:11 “We must direct our attention back to the war at hand. Each day we grow closer and closer to VICTORY.” Darth Sidious was always the villain that planned ahead of everyone,manipulated everyone,his friends close and his enemies closer (which was everyone),and planting seeds of darkness in Anakin.

[@Steventhe2nd]

In 6:46 It was just the beginning of what was to come in the future

[@tnvmark2173]

With how much influence Sheev Palpatine had over the entire franchise, it kinda feels appropriate to call this the Palpatine saga as well.

[@sanlorenzo7896]

I can’t believe when I was little, I didn’t put two and two together that Palpatine and Sidious were actually the same guy. I picked up on the voice, but I thought Sidious was an evil twin. 😂

[@Woodsman9273]

You were right, from a certain point of view lol

[@pinstripecool34]

Idk what you mean our dear Palpatine is a kind and loyal chancellor.

[@MomentPhotographyG1]

Fax same

[@WallNutBreaker524]

I knew it was him from the beginning haha 😂 I was against him as a child, but now as I'm older, I support him.

[@patheticbread6861]

@@WallNutBreaker524You support genicide?

[@kjdempsey]

One thing I noticed which I’ve never noticed before, when Ian is playing the chancellor he changes his accent to an English one and when playing sidious he goes back to his Edinburgh Scottish accent

[@WallNutBreaker524]

I thought you were gonna say he was gonna switch to his american accent 😅😂

[@timonfischer6515]

Sometimes I just forget how brilliant Sidious is. Every move benefits him while he comes off as the warm trusting friend. Orchestrating a war where he is the leader of both sides is just insane. A Sith lord sitting with the entire jedi council and calling them friends is the cherry on top. Sidious could not be more evil though.

[@miloslukic7785]

"Your feeble skills are no match to the power of the Dark Side."

[@jackdubz4247]

Hearing Ian McDiarmid say the names Ezra Bridger and Ahsoka Tano will never not be cool.

[@mashed_potato_4188]

The fight scene between Sidious, Maul and Savage is probably the best fight scene in all Star Wars on screen. It's absolutely phenomenal.

[@mahirrughani2485]

It’s only second to the ahsoka vs Vader fight for me. That was so emotionally charged. Third would be a tie between ahsoka vs maul, maul vs Pre Vizla, and Obi Wan Vs Vader (ROTS)

[@mashed_potato_4188]

@@mahirrughani2485 I don't know. I think Ahsoka vs Vader is floating on nostalgia mostly, for the Clone Wars aging audience, but the duel itself -- the technique, the intensity of the fight -- these are a lot less impressive than those of Sidious vs Maul and Savage. Ahsoka vs Maul and Obi-Wan vs Vader (ROST) are good ones, but Maul vs Pre Visla seems kinda weak for me.

[@linkyboi5961]

The theme with that fight is amazing as well

[@mashed_potato_4188]

@@linkyboi5961 It's here in KZbin, called "Sith Fight". There's some channel here with all Clone Wars soundtrack. You know what to do :)

[@eljordinio7647]

Why would he fight maul and savage when I'm pretty sure they're all on the same side

[@violentchange7960]

so fasinating to see how Ian adapts his way to speak. his voice and pronounciation get more cracked and evil over time and more and more fit his portrayal in the old trilogy. Thank you for the hard work!

[@toanuva6178]

"With this power, I will create a Grand Army of the Republic" *Like 2 Days Later* "Oh wow, here was one that was just Sitting around all this time, now aint that Impeccable timing"

[@WalnutAnimations]

Lol

[@snakeinthegrass453]

Palpatine: nice cool elderly man Sideous: the jolliest villain ever What a man

[@jaisharma5201]

Watching this really shows how he truly is a brilliant mastermind. EDIT: Thanks for the 172 likes!

[@edgecruz4832]

A character of Satan palpatine is. A brilliant character, yes.

[@topdog5252]

I love thinking about his plans and trying to perceive his intentions at every point. He truly is Satan incarnate and you can see the vailed evil in every scene. Each plan or event he orchestrates is helping him achieve multiple ends, and his ability to adapt and still win in the end is unreal. It’s so much fun to watch him on screen and try and work out what’s really going on.

[@nathancruz9172]

@@edgecruz4832 indeed.

[@kevinvassago]

You don't really see how manipulative he is till you watch his scenes back to back like this. Then it's like "holy shit"

[@oobenoob]

I bet you wear a humbler.

[@chiefchuck3897]

I just realized whenever I’m watching Chancellor Palpatine talking to people and acting like a normal person, I’m watching an actor act out a character who is acting. Like I always knew this but it just hit me.

[@jessemorin7678]

In my opinion there are so many astonishingly well written monologues for Palpatine, monologues full of intelligence and irony, such as S4 Ep16 when Palpatine tells Anakin after Hardeen "killed" Obi-Wan "You cannot deny your feelings Anakin; they are what make you special"; S4 Ep18 (21:05) where Palpatine tells Anakin and Obi-Wan (disguised) "One shudders to think where the galaxy would be without the Jedi"; S6 Ep4 where after the whole inhibitor chip malfunction arc, Palpatine tells jedi master Windu and grandmaster Yoda "We can finally put this wretched situation behind us. We must direct our attention back to the war at hand. Each day we grow closer and closer to victory"; S6 Ep7 when Palpatine tells the senate after the whole Clovis & Banking Clan arc "During these treacherous times, we cannot in good conscience allow our money to fall under the manipulations of a madman, like Count Dooku or separatist control again" .But there is one scene that might slightly top all of these but it is in the same theme. S5 Ep20 (14:05) It is during Ahsoka's trial, when Palpatine says "I'm sure many of you look at this former jedi and think, surely she cannot be this murderer, or saboteur that they speak of, and yet (this is the best part) *think of all the times we have been fooled by the separatists and how they have infiltrated the republic* and ask yourself is this yet another separatist scheme? Another way to rip the jedi, and subsequently all of us, apart?" That is absolutely magnificent writing for Palpatine and I am so glad that these moments exist. They make even myself interested in politics.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Yes.

[@phillyb.4682]

He is by far the best VILLAIN of all time!! Thank you for posting this. Me and cousin quote him all the time and laugh!!! We'll speak using his lines and it's like we're speaking another language

[@acrazysheepdog1555]

37:59 man that is so evil, knowing he’s going to ruin his life one way or the other, and of course Anakin’s life was rather short, and terrible.

[@erikpng]

I ruined the 66 like count.

[@brandonmedina494]

Yeah well Anakin ended his life so in a way Anakin got his revenge until the sequels took it all away.

[@busydad4858]

Ian is such a quality actor, you can see from his performance in Ep 1 that Palpatine is very believable, affable and charming as a regular up-and-coming politician - then as the PT goes on and the years pass he gradually becomes more and more consumed by the Dark Side and finds it harder to separate the behaviours, conversations and tells within his Chancellor role from his Darth Sidious persona. A Jedi Knight has to work to carefully master the Light Side of the Force, whereas a Sith Lord gives themselves to the Dark Side. Brilliant

[@mariogarcia7445]

Let's take a moment to appreciate Palpatine's most genious part of the plan: Becoming BFFs with Anakin in order to turn him against the Jedi. He really acts like he cares, unlike every Jedi that's not Obi-Wan and Ahsoka

[@SirenChats]

Heck, even Obi-Wan and Padme could be mean. Palpatine was probably the only person Anakin could turn to for a very long time.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Agreed 👍💯 it's quite simple yet powerful, anyone would be more supportive and for someone who is nice to them, than those who treat them poorly.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

​@@SirenChats agreed.

[@LilacSreya]

Obi Wan and Padme were pretty abusive/grooming to Anakin though. Ahsoka and Anakin were too much jerks and she gave him the cold shoulder. Really Palpatine was the only one who ever behaved respectfully with Anakin (+ his mom I guess).🫤

[@eljordinio7647]

So basically Anakin got manipulated and he didn't even know

[@dude999642]

At 1:35 is by far the greatest assemblage of villains in film history! In one shot, is SIX of the greatest villains of all time, w/in arm's length of each other! Incredible! From left to right: General Zod, The Emperor/Palpatine, Ras Al Ghul, young Darth Vader, Jar Jar Binks, and Jackie Kennedy! Wow! Next to Binks, I don't know which is the most evil of them all!

[@zixuan1630]

Ah yes, the most evil villain in history, Jar Jar Binks.

[@beeen1211]

@@zixuan1630 you Never Head of the legend of Darth Binks the wise?

[@topdog5252]

Ahh Jar Jars big head turning in that shot😂

[@saricubra2867]

I don't get the Jar Jar Binks villain meme.

[@vananon51]

Jar jar was a Sith Lord. He made waving movements to influence people while he mouthed their words. I think Jar Jar is one of The Sith Lords maybe even Plaguis himself...or possibly someone else.

[@alexanderexton5001]

Technically he did remove the corruption of the Senate. By removing the Senate:)

[@grayski3324]

He also brought the corruption and homelessness on Alderaan to zero. :]

[@poopfool7915]

@@grayski3324 sounds like future "government"

[@dakotasherman632]

Truly a man of the people.

[@ferrusmanus6503]

* By becoming the whole Senate.

[@mr.brightside9885]

27:39 Palpatine: "Now lay down your arms and come quietly" Cad Bane: "No" Palpatine "You win, Bounty hunter"

[@leomartin1903]

Palpatine is DEMONICALLY clever when it came to him NOT APPEARING to be SO powerful even in situations when he NEEDED to defend himself but chose to just ride it out.

[@Soccercrazyigboman]

This dude had his blood enemies defending and saving his life so many times while thinning out their herd. Genius

[@Skyfuu]

30:30 “I myself don’t support it” I love the foreshadowing here for the eventual replacement of clones to conscripted soldiers for the empire. Palpatine never saw the clone army as a long term fighting force rather just as a tool to destroy the Jedi with.

[@eljordinio7647]

And he wouldn't have been able to utilise the climes to do that without Order 66

[@Pinkielover]

dual light saber sidious my favorite .. Literally moves like a air bender

[@JournaloftheWhills]

Idk if he’d like being called twinkle toes

[@nathancruz9172]

41:21 me too.

[@StarWars_Theories]

Sidious is truly the best movie villain. I was so scared of him as a 5 yr old boy in Return of the Jedi.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Yes, and maul.

[@mr.random6276]

Truly the best movie villain in history Has everything you need in a villain And executes it perfectly Ian I love your work and im glad you clearly had great fun with this role

[@animefan77]

38:40- I like the brief transition to Tim Curry- best known for his villain roles- in the midst of the Ian Abercrombie- showing his grandfatherly facade is slowly giving way to his more villainous nature and that by the time he's in full Tim Curry mode, the people are too blind to see his obvious evil traits.

[@annatar6453]

Leader of the Republic: Chancellor Palpatine Leader of the CIS: Darth Sidious Leader of the Empire: Emperor Palpatine Leader of the Rebel Alliance: Mon Mothma

[@grayski3324]

@@0RY0N Really? How did that turn out? Cuts to JJ inputting the *kill some planets* command.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

LoL.

[@MauXtrem]

I love the imagery at 5:30. There's a cloaked individual there, just a couple seats from Palpatine, giving a clear indication (perhaps unneeded but a nice touch) to his identity.

[@halofan-r7z]

I love how you can slowly see him turn from Senator Palpatine to Darth Sidious

[@dr.bright5670]

You can hear Palpatine's voice drift slowly from the measured collected diplomat to the ravenous maniacal Sith lord

[@AzguardMike]

My mother knew from the moment she saw Palpatine in person, he was Sidious. She paused our VHS (those were the days) and said "Thats the cloaked guy from the start."

[@Tiberius_Productions]

Anyone watching this really comes to realize just how much of a satisfying climax Episode III is for every Palpy fan after waiting so long to see his grand plan come to fruition. Palpatine’s the key foundation of the whole story throughout the saga.

[@apieceoftoast768]

Palpatine was pure gold in TCW. It makes me appreciate the prequels more.

[@Scriabin_fan]

He's such a good villain. He designed the entire conflict and played both sides and in the end, no one wins except for him. He's truly worthy of the name Sidious.

[@BlueBoy0]

The picture-in-picture bit showing the Emperor's speech as seen in different shows was pretty cool.

[@louisnemzer6801]

Ian McDiarmid is by far the best part of the prequel trilogy

[@totterdell]

And Ewan McGregor

[@Yang_1230]

Honestly really seeing Palpatine loving the zillo beast admiring at 18:15 its size and power he’s probably thinking if he could compare himself to any creature it would be a zillo beast

[@KENSHIROez3260]

Your comment make me imagine what will Palpatine say if he meet Godzilla.. he likely will be more fascinated towards him than he did to Zillo Beast

[@atomic_vex3344]

No he was probably thinking about the armour and how the stormtroopers could use it

[@minicle426]

@@KENSHIROez3260 Ghidorah would be right up his street.

[@KENSHIROez3260]

@@minicle426 interesting thing is.. if King Ghidorah exist in Star Wars universe.. his existences likely can be considered as the wound of the Force like Darth Nihilus did and the disturbance of the Force can be sensed everytime they end all life in one planet

[@nilsf5302]

Hands down greatest villain in cinematic history. Thank you so much for the huge efforts!

[@computerstar9883]

DAMN What a character he played. HE perfectly played out both roles. DAMN I'd vote for him

[@gabrieldejesustorresrodrig9844]

6:25 At that moment you realize that Sidious and Palpatine are the same person, that smile is the same one from Episode 6. In Episode 1 it goes unnoticed but in Episode 2 I realized his identity thanks to this scene.

[@marklowe6223]

Ahaha 27:43 Palpetine- “Lay down your arms and come quietly” Bane- “No” Palpetine- “You win bounty Hunter”

[@tomcross3000]

about 1:19:57 on, the genius of the scene still holds up. we see why luke starts to wane in his confidence, because this frail looking old emperor who used a walking stick up to the very last scene, just effortlessly glides over to him menacingly with the line "it is you who are mistaken". decieving both luke and the viewer (us). and from there the trap was sprung. the intoxicated, mesmerising, unblinking emperor is deception personified up until the very end. he said "i am defenceless, strike me down" but was he ever truly defenceless? no, because not only does vader defend him, but at any time sidious could shoot power from his hands, like many crackling lightsaber blades at once, to shock or kill anyone who crosses him.

[@Hunter11725]

Not to mention in the scenes prior, he was using a cane to make everyone think he was weak.

[@tomcross3000]

@@Hunter11725 yeah i mentioned that he was doing that in scenes leading up

[@darthshimp07]

If you’re going into this knowing he becomes the emperor you watch all this knowing he has something planned throughout the whole prequel trilogy and you just have to sit there and watch his plan come to fruition in episode 3 it’s crazy how long he’s planned this master plan and HES GOT LIGHTING he’s too cool for the republic also dooku was older than palps when dooku died

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

A thousand years of planning and it all paid off. Truly the biggest bastard in the galaxy, what a villain

[@Taczy2023]

He is just a joy to watch and takes over every scene he is in. He is The Emperor

[@iamchrispaezjr]

I get a little bamboozled with the live action portrayals because Ian was in his 30’s when he played Palpatine in his 70’s, around 50, playing Palpatine in his late 40’s, and in his mid 60’s, playing Palpatine at 119 years old. Also puts things into perspective by just how much this evil man has reigned fire and destruction for 3 eras

[@gagefarmer9615]

I still say Darth Sidious was more powerful in episode 3. Most of his minions failed him more times then Vader. He hates all Jedi. Two of his former Apprentices used to be Jedi. Doing things in the shadow is what he does best.