This was by far the most difficult video to make/upload. It took over a month to get it on KZfaq 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😂

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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. 😂

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.

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.

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

“Somehow Palpatine returned" Sums up the whole episode 9

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

34:57 Alec Ginnes and Mark hamill time traveling 😂

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.

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.

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

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

27:40 "Lay down your arms" "No" "You win Bounty Hunter"

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

"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"

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

6:14 I don’t remember Yoda giving him this look, it’s literally the look of “A sussy little Baka, you are”.

What Palpatine is doing is like playing chess, but he is controlling both sides.

George Lucas is clearly a student of history. Palpatine seems to be a well put together combination of Hitler, Stalin, Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus, Caligula and Diocletian. George also seems to have mirrored historical events when writing about Palpatines plans, for example, Order 66 is an obvious copy of the Night of the Long Knives. This is very effective, as it makes the events in an otherwise unrealistic fantasy land seem very plausible. The fans who criticised the prequels obviously knew Fuck all about the world around them to not see that

“Good Gracious, it’s a trap!!” He’s so good 😅

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

I wasn’t that big a fan of resurrecting Palpatine for TROS, but damn… I can’t deny the sound design alone every time he speaks just fills me with such a thrill…

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.

1:08:07 “To cheat death is a power only one has achieved” So you’re telling me that Darth Sidious had already started working on his contingency plans before the Empire was even created? Jesus, how prepared is this guy?

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

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

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."

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

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

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.

There are moments when Tim Curry sounds exactly like Ian McDiarmid. And then nano-seconds later sounds nothing like him. Before sounding like him again. Not a bad thing, you can tell Tim was (as usual) giving his all for the role and fit in perfectly.

I love how deceptive he is in Rebels in his fair form. It mirrors Saurons deception as Annatar in Lord Of The Rings. Two masterfully crafted Dark Lords.

Palps nearly broke his back carrying the Prequels; a hero

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.

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.

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

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

isn't it great how we get 1 hour of Palpatine and 3 movies and an over 100 episode tv show (clone wars) showing his plan to rise to power and then in ep 9 it's just "somehow palptine returned"

22:28 Usually when characters look back like this they feel upset they have to leave someone behind or sorry for them that they are helpless. However, this is Sidious: a man with no qualms, boundaries or remorse. He doesn't feel sympathy or gratitude for the guard who sacrificed his life or regret for leaving him behind. He's just thankful it wasn't him that got destroyed. That selfless guard who did his duty as a trooper to the Republic sadly made a sacrifice in vain as he laid down his life for a Sith Lord who never cared for him, nor the many others he would subject to terror as Emperor.

Incredible how Palpatine has been preparing the empire since Ep I, orchestrated the separatist movement while preparing the clone army that would end the jedi and serve as basis for the empire army, leading to the clone wars and issuing order 66 amidst the chaos, while gathering more political power and switching apprentices.