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  • Опубликовано: 15 апр 2015
  • Ian McDiarmid reading Star Wars Shakespare at Anaheim Star Wars cellebration day
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  • @Jeyslayer_
    @Jeyslayer_ 8 лет назад +6080

    Imagine McDiarmid being elected as President and giving his election speech.
    Edit: Thanks for the love 5.7k likes. We all stand for the Emperor Palpatine.

    • @AishaVonFossen
      @AishaVonFossen 8 лет назад +73

      +PrinceV1R This should be a thing! LOL

    • @Alex-24610
      @Alex-24610 8 лет назад +324

      The emperor would still be better than Trump

    • @TheEldarie
      @TheEldarie 8 лет назад +43

      +PrinceV1R
      Holy crap, that would be magnificent!

    • @donwinslow6967
      @donwinslow6967 8 лет назад +112

      +PrinceV1R I'd pay big money to see how Donald Trump's hair would react to an onslaught of Force lightning.

    • @AishaVonFossen
      @AishaVonFossen 8 лет назад +31

      Don Winslow Yeah!!! The Emperor kicking Donald Trump's ass! I like this! LOL

  • @gentrywalker
    @gentrywalker 8 лет назад +6039

    Ian McDiarmid was the best actor in the prequels.

    • @adambesley4455
      @adambesley4455 8 лет назад +46

      +Gentry Walker Absolutely.

    • @superroblox123186567
      @superroblox123186567 8 лет назад +284

      +Gentry Walker Ewan McGregor and he was the only reason I can sit through them.

    • @bretth4988
      @bretth4988 8 лет назад +46

      +Gentry Walker Yes they should have make a film from the Sith point of view.

    • @AishaVonFossen
      @AishaVonFossen 8 лет назад +2

      +Gentry Walker Word! :D

    • @Warriorcats64
      @Warriorcats64 8 лет назад +37

      +Austin G Hell no, Jackson was wooden and boring as f&*k...M. Night Shyamalan directed him better, no joke.
      No, McDiarmid, McGregor, and Neeson were easily the best.

  • @rockoperajon
    @rockoperajon 8 лет назад +3625

    Sound tech 1: Hey, that's a cool echo effect you put on his mic!
    Sound tech 2: Um, actually, I forgot to turn the echo on.

    • @Deadpool-px2nm
      @Deadpool-px2nm 7 лет назад +219

      rockoperajon Tis a small sample; the true power of the dark side of the force.

    • @bastardjustice
      @bastardjustice 5 лет назад +86

      Then cue sith lord theme*

    • @piloto2412
      @piloto2412 5 лет назад +16

      DECEPTION

    • @Bitchtheman
      @Bitchtheman 5 лет назад +61

      UNLIMITED POW-WA

    • @MrPjw5
      @MrPjw5 5 лет назад +38

      It’s a shame I can’t like this comment more than once.

  • @kobk9709
    @kobk9709 9 лет назад +3048

    This man is the dark side.

    • @ConnerVain
      @ConnerVain 7 лет назад +152

      Kob K he's the senate

    • @Afeeq1011
      @Afeeq1011 7 лет назад +89

      Shadow Shock 2 not yet

    • @Adventurer_Gaming
      @Adventurer_Gaming 7 лет назад +86

      Syafeeq Said It's treason then

    • @anakinskywalker9773
      @anakinskywalker9773 6 лет назад +12

      Kob K Ian needs to return as
      Palpatine in New Film..
      Sidious was true Evil.. You
      Can't Kill True Evil

    • @mrgotham3685
      @mrgotham3685 6 лет назад +11

      Jonathan Pagan OUUUUWWWWWAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

  • @BewareOfNerd
    @BewareOfNerd 9 лет назад +2997

    Wow. Good-natured grandpa to scariest guy in the galaxy in two seconds.

    • @perseus1666
      @perseus1666 8 лет назад +156

      He went 0 to 100 real quick.

    • @DealsFS
      @DealsFS 5 лет назад +78

      Just like the prequels

    • @blzahz7633
      @blzahz7633 5 лет назад +91

      _"Good-natured grandpa to the senate in two seconds"_
      Ftfy.

    • @dancastro4732
      @dancastro4732 5 лет назад +22

      Evil comes in all disguises

    • @skinnysnorlax9356
      @skinnysnorlax9356 3 года назад +8

      Or the scariest grandpa in the galaxy for some people...

  • @Boofus90
    @Boofus90 8 лет назад +4038

    Wow you still got it master.

    • @CrypticHowl
      @CrypticHowl 8 лет назад +19

      Maul is the only true Sith boy!

    • @0mnicide
      @0mnicide 8 лет назад +35

      No, I am.

    • @mycubiclepenguin868
      @mycubiclepenguin868 7 лет назад +1

      true

    • @Double-R-Nothing
      @Double-R-Nothing 7 лет назад +26

      No kidding, Lord Vader. You are scary again, as well! That young deviant, the one who calls himself "Chad Vader", the one who desecrated your great name by voicing you in Star Wars Battlefront, has been UTTERLY FORGOTTEN!! By the way, great job destroying those rebels over Scarif.

    • @LanziBen
      @LanziBen 7 лет назад +7

      Fuck off Vader is a god

  • @jonathan8087
    @jonathan8087 9 лет назад +3281

    damn that voice plus reverb make it look like he's calling out from the grave as a Sith ghost.

  • @hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger
    @hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger 6 лет назад +1291

    0:34: "Yeah come on, hate me, hate me."
    _Let the hate flow through you._

    • @_chew_
      @_chew_ 4 года назад +45

      I was going to like your comment, but then I saw it already has 66 likes, and that's too perfect.

    • @somedude5581
      @somedude5581 4 года назад +27

      "Your hate has made you powerful. Now, fulfill your destiny!"

    • @bastardjustice
      @bastardjustice 3 года назад +5

      If luke were there he'd be like, "Oh you'd like that won't you? "

    • @nofacedgoldfish6216
      @nofacedgoldfish6216 2 года назад +4

      @@_chew_ Someone ruined it.

  • @leonderprofie123
    @leonderprofie123 7 лет назад +1284

    I wish I was Ian. I'd speak like Palpatine all day.

    • @cosmosreality222
      @cosmosreality222 3 года назад +16

      🤣lol

    • @joeofmacabre07
      @joeofmacabre07 3 года назад +52

      "Dew It!"

    • @bernhardderstift3177
      @bernhardderstift3177 3 года назад +6

      Digga ich seh sich überall

    • @CaptainCoolzCT-
      @CaptainCoolzCT- 3 года назад +46

      Imagine being Ian, waking up and realising you’re late for something and saying to yourself in Palpatine's voice, "Prepare my Shuttle for take off, Commander. I believe that I am late for my arrival..."

    • @jonathanrichwine1996
      @jonathanrichwine1996 3 года назад +7

      You don’t already do that?

  • @lilmoris1
    @lilmoris1 7 лет назад +1872

    Plot twist: Ian is Emperor Palpatine

    • @Double-R-Nothing
      @Double-R-Nothing 7 лет назад +122

      Apparently, he uses an ancient Japanese technique that uses the stomach to project his voice, resulting in the guttural croak that he is so famous for.

    • @JourneyToTheCage
      @JourneyToTheCage 6 лет назад +77

      No, Ian is the senate

    • @chipmunkdoesvr8629
      @chipmunkdoesvr8629 6 лет назад

      Suburban Slingshots damn you beat me to it!

    • @kennethcastelino2667
      @kennethcastelino2667 6 лет назад +3

      No, he is DARTH SIDIOUS !

    • @AnakinSkywakka
      @AnakinSkywakka 6 лет назад +5

      @@Double-R-Nothing What's it called? I wanna learn how to do it!

  • @nathanbroderick1317
    @nathanbroderick1317 8 лет назад +413

    His voice is terrifying as Darth Sidious.

  • @emperoring112
    @emperoring112 4 года назад +737

    He turns that darkness on and off so unbelievably. Like he became Palpatine in front of everybody and then switched back to himself immediately afterwards.

    • @JibrilPC
      @JibrilPC 4 года назад +60

      just like palpatine does, he can disguise himself easily

    • @Atoronz
      @Atoronz 3 года назад +34

      That's not acting... The Senate is real.

    • @GhostLink92
      @GhostLink92 2 года назад +16

      The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities, some consider to be... unnatural.

    • @Eggy79
      @Eggy79 2 года назад +9

      @@Atoronz He is the Senate

  • @obi-wankenobi4301
    @obi-wankenobi4301 4 года назад +419

    Ian: * Finishes speech, looks at host *
    Host: *Is dead on the floor*

  • @GavsWeatherVids
    @GavsWeatherVids 9 лет назад +1920

    Star Wars was so lucky to have Ian. WOW!

  • @CEB1896
    @CEB1896 4 года назад +358

    “Thy feeble skills are nothing when compared to all the power of the dark side”
    - The Senate

  • @jessicafielding8643
    @jessicafielding8643 8 лет назад +1016

    few appreciate that Ian McDiarmid is classically trained; he voices the devil in the Paradise Lost audiobook, plays the brief but spooky role of the Porter in Macbeth, and much more. Also, I was plesantly suprised to find that the Shakespearean Star Wars volumes are well written and not goofy

    • @AishaVonFossen
      @AishaVonFossen 8 лет назад +20

      +Jessica Poggi Wow, he voices Satan in a Paradise Lost audio book? That sounds pretty awesome! :D
      I remember seeing him as the Porter in Macbeth, I watched it in 8th grade after we read the play. He was a bit spooky but he actually made me laugh. LOL I like how he broke the fourth wall in the beginning of that soliloquy by looking directly in the camera and beckoning us to come nearer, that was just so funny. XD
      Yeah, I read a bit of the Star Wars Shakespeare books, and seeing it performed here is just even better, I'm glad they're well written, too.
      It's honestly a shame that Ian isn't a more popular actor, because he's really good at what he does, his own brand of classic Shakespearean actor for sure. :D

    • @risingsonfilms
      @risingsonfilms 8 лет назад +1

      +Jessica Poggi where can i buy that on itunes

    • @GeffenAvraham
      @GeffenAvraham 8 лет назад +8

      Always remember, evil, sin, temptation... the devil's side are they.

    • @aliliatapueluelu2951
      @aliliatapueluelu2951 7 лет назад

      RisingSonEntertainment

    • @Syklonus
      @Syklonus 4 года назад +4

      He's one of Scotland's best exports.

  • @TheTruMan196
    @TheTruMan196 8 лет назад +739

    Best choice for Sidious. Can't get any better than Ian

    • @starscapearchitect
      @starscapearchitect 5 лет назад +19

      They started with someone else in ESB, and he felt so wrong... So glad they didn't stick with him and even changed that scene to have Ian in it.

    • @danhouse1989
      @danhouse1989 5 лет назад +7

      @@starscapearchitect probably one of the better changes made to the originals

    • @FireLordJohn3191
      @FireLordJohn3191 5 лет назад +7

      @@danhouse1989 The first was actually a woman in a robe and voiced by someone else...

    • @nurlailatulafiqahbintiramb6348
      @nurlailatulafiqahbintiramb6348 5 лет назад

      Just look at his shirt

    • @KyloRen0127
      @KyloRen0127 4 года назад

      @@FireLordJohn3191 He was originally voiced by Clive Revill.

  • @charadreemurr5290
    @charadreemurr5290 7 лет назад +507

    Just your average Senate meeting

  • @adamsanter9385
    @adamsanter9385 9 лет назад +680

    It's been 10 years, but he's still got it.

    • @UnknownPersononGoogle
      @UnknownPersononGoogle 6 лет назад +22

      Adam Santer He probably does it in the shower.

    • @Adeon55
      @Adeon55 6 лет назад +27

      Just 10 years? He was Sidious for the original trilogy, back in the early 80's, as well. :)

    • @mrd3993
      @mrd3993 6 лет назад +2

      Been more than 10 yrs

    • @lilcolgatevert3715
      @lilcolgatevert3715 5 лет назад +1

      @@mrd3993 No it wasn't. Comment was written 3 years ago

    • @lilcolgatevert3715
      @lilcolgatevert3715 5 лет назад +5

      @@Adeon55 It's been 10 years (since his last official role reprisal), but he's still got it"
      Did you really need that clarification to understand it?

  • @andrejackson5132
    @andrejackson5132 9 лет назад +300

    dude Ian mcdiarmid is the ULTIMATE Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of Sith.

  • @logicalfallacy234
    @logicalfallacy234 8 лет назад +702

    It's crazy how his voice only gets even more wicked as he gets older. A part of me kind of wants Lucas to have him re-record his lines in ROTJ, since he sounds different and higher pitched there than he does in ROTS and here.

    • @KrisFrost4359
      @KrisFrost4359 6 лет назад +47

      logicalfallacy234 Now he’s closer to the age Palpatine was in the movie.

    • @AlexanderDiviFilius
      @AlexanderDiviFilius 6 лет назад +20

      Considering all the changes Lucas made to the OT, it's best that it's kept as unaltered as possible in substance from here on. Considering the gap from when you see him on screen, I think it'd only be noticeable when compared side-by-side, or by the super fans. But then again, us super fans would notice any minor discrepancy.

    • @ardas77
      @ardas77 5 лет назад +6

      @@KrisFrost4359 Palpatine is 120 years old in the RotJ.

    • @KrisFrost4359
      @KrisFrost4359 5 лет назад +19

      @@ardas77 No, he was 86. According to several sources, he was born 82 years before the Battle of Yavin, which would make him 86 at the time of the Battle of Endor.

    • @darthethan1995
      @darthethan1995 5 лет назад +3

      L0L L0L L7L Emperor Palpatine was 88 years old in Return of the Jedi.

  • @hughjasse4047
    @hughjasse4047 9 лет назад +680

    that gave me the chills

  • @KingLofiOne
    @KingLofiOne 8 лет назад +251

    Ian Doescher's Shakespeare rewrites are great fun. I especially like the pun he put in there. Palpatine's torturing Luke with Force Lightning, talking about a poetic debt he is owed, then this happens: "O what joy it brings to charge thee thus!"
    He's talking about charging someone while conducting electricity through them.

    • @scaper8
      @scaper8 7 лет назад +27

      The Sixth Doctor The best part about those kinds of puns in a Shakespeare-like work, is that it's exactly the same kind of multilayer pun the Bard himself would have used.

    • @maxalaintwo3578
      @maxalaintwo3578 3 года назад +4

      The wit is not lost on any of us it seems

    • @maxalaintwo3578
      @maxalaintwo3578 Год назад

      @@seph3803 it's treason then

    • @NatalieE500
      @NatalieE500 Год назад +2

      i didn’t put that together until now

  • @user-co6xm2vu3d
    @user-co6xm2vu3d 8 лет назад +336

    I want emperor own movie with ian McDiarmid...

  • @straightpimpin888
    @straightpimpin888 4 года назад +236

    *Producer to sound tech*
    Producer: WOW great effect adding that echo to his mic!
    Sound Tech: Uh sir....that’s not me....

    • @TREVORVADER
      @TREVORVADER 4 года назад +15

      Matthew Stormwolf honestly I like to believe that’s just Ian’s presence resonating throughout the room

    • @Sylinnilys
      @Sylinnilys 4 года назад +8

      Some have argued it could be his voice vibrating between his two mics. Not sure.

    • @FireLordJohn3191
      @FireLordJohn3191 4 года назад +2

      danieltjayx11 then you have to ask... was it planned?

    • @dariusfarrel3228
      @dariusfarrel3228 3 года назад +8

      Cause:
      Ian is Palpatine/Darth Sidious
      George Lucas didnt even edit it or add anything
      Ian’s voice is just like that

    • @transformersrevenge9
      @transformersrevenge9 2 года назад +4

      @@dariusfarrel3228 yeah, George didn't even add the Lightning effects. That was all Ian.

  • @JoshuaAndres
    @JoshuaAndres Год назад +14

    His voice alone can topple democracy

    • @vondas1480
      @vondas1480 Год назад +3

      So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous oration

  • @andremaccarini1656
    @andremaccarini1656 5 лет назад +130

    The way he says "the power of the dark side" is just incredible. The man still has it.

    • @Sylinnilys
      @Sylinnilys 4 года назад +7

      "Thy feeble skills are nothing(echo)..." The lightness with that comes off as mocking and emphisizes his following words, impressive.

    • @Eggy79
      @Eggy79 2 года назад +5

      And to think he did this on the fly with no context. Imagine what he could have done if he had a chance to sit down and really dig into the passage. What an actor.

  • @tholian_web
    @tholian_web 9 лет назад +520

    What a brilliant artist. Ian should be knighted by the Queen as so many of his contemporaries like Ian McKellan and Christopher Lee have been.

    • @LesterRamos
      @LesterRamos 8 лет назад +114

      Ian is no Knight. He's a lord. A dark lord if you will. Lol

    • @carterlando423
      @carterlando423 6 лет назад +23

      He is the Senate.

    • @latenightronnie
      @latenightronnie 5 лет назад +8

      I've actually heard that Ian was offered one and turned it down

    • @darthethan1995
      @darthethan1995 5 лет назад +6

      Alec Guinness was Knighted.

    • @dragoninthewest1
      @dragoninthewest1 5 лет назад +8

      @@carterlando423 well he's English so it would be he is the parliament.

  • @davyjones-locker979
    @davyjones-locker979 8 лет назад +227

    Classic, "Thy feebles skills are nothing when compared to all the power of the dark side."
    "I, Thy debt is due, and I am both thy creditor and thy collector, too."

  • @treyj5308
    @treyj5308 8 лет назад +353

    God i'm trying to impersonate Sidious, I've gotten far, but this is so fucking raw omg

    • @Styleth
      @Styleth  8 лет назад +31

      Nice ;D Let's hear it!

    • @Pr0ud4ng3l
      @Pr0ud4ng3l 7 лет назад +5

      i'm curious too!

  • @AishaVonFossen
    @AishaVonFossen 8 лет назад +87

    At 1:59, when he says, "What thou hast not repaid with thy belief, I shall extract from thine own flesh," my skin crawled, quite a chilling line. LOL

  • @underthesun-ml4mu
    @underthesun-ml4mu 5 месяцев назад +5

    The way he switched to Palpatine sounded so terrifying I thought he was gonna execute order 66 on the entire audience

  • @DeepScreenAnalysis
    @DeepScreenAnalysis 8 лет назад +136

    That was fucking incredible.

  • @jonnnyren6245
    @jonnnyren6245 8 лет назад +129

    This, is power beyond anything... Master Sidious still has it.

    • @Pacbandit13
      @Pacbandit13 2 года назад +1

      You could say unlimited power

  • @CatMaster90001
    @CatMaster90001 8 лет назад +63

    Those echos... _those fucking echos_... ALL the chills. I has them.

  • @ermonski
    @ermonski 5 лет назад +34

    Emperor Palpatine does a good impression of Ian McDiarmid

  • @giftheck
    @giftheck 8 лет назад +58

    "And then of course the lightning. Still mine!"
    I have no idea how many people got that, but I like that nod!

  • @josephrutchik5777
    @josephrutchik5777 4 года назад +10

    Are you kidding me?! How have I not seen this before? The classically trained McDiarmid reading Shakespeare Star Wars. I just... no words. And he's so nonchalant when he finishes. A true gentleman.

  • @meganphillips8087
    @meganphillips8087 6 лет назад +66

    It’s a shame Ian McDiarmid doesn’t get enough recognition for his role as the greatest villain of all movie history. He deserves more attention and respect.

  • @Whoami691
    @Whoami691 8 лет назад +172

    There would be no finer actor to portray palpatine.
    Thank you Ian McDiarmid!
    All it was missing is an 'UHNLHIMETEED POWAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"

    • @animatedink2529
      @animatedink2529 8 лет назад +10

      +Whoami691 In the William Shakespeare version of Revenge of the Sith, Palpatine does get a version of it. And it actually sounds legit cool, better than in the movie. It's "O pow'r unlimited, I AM YOUR GOD!!!!"

  • @benwasserman8223
    @benwasserman8223 7 лет назад +127

    Who else loves how Ian McDiarmid's Emperor Palpatine voice just echoes across the entire room?

    • @sirclassicalhou3650
      @sirclassicalhou3650 4 года назад +7

      I was struck at the awesome effects of it! I loved it so much and it just reeks of the Dark Side!

    • @johnsullivan7679
      @johnsullivan7679 3 года назад +1

      the voice is awesome it my ring tone

    • @jll716
      @jll716 2 года назад +1

      I actually thought it was distracting. I’d rather hear Ian’s unadulterated talent with no gimmicks.

  • @Gasoline85
    @Gasoline85 8 лет назад +100

    The one TRUE emperor.

    • @EpaminondastheGreat
      @EpaminondastheGreat 4 года назад +17

      It is ironic you used a quote that I, myself, used in the Rise of Skywalker four years ago...To be specific, "...and now, the power of two restores the one true Emperor!"

    • @timeisflowing74
      @timeisflowing74 4 года назад +4

      @@EpaminondastheGreat omg that's true ahahahha

  • @savage7882
    @savage7882 4 года назад +64

    The older he gets the more like the emperor he sounds

    • @kross2659
      @kross2659 2 года назад +3

      The more wrinkles he gets the more he’s gonna look like the Emperor he won’t need the prosthetic makeup anymore, all he’ll need are just the yellow contacts and the dark circles around his eyes, then slap a black robe on him. That means more relief for him from wearing all those thick layers of makeup.

  • @damienkilcannonvryce
    @damienkilcannonvryce 8 лет назад +47

    "...what joy it brings, to charge thee just..."

  • @lizziedanger4271
    @lizziedanger4271 6 лет назад +47

    the voice of pure evil.
    sidious is by far my favorite character in star wars. he is *the* devil. he enjoys people's suffering and pain. he writhes in others' agony and torture. notice how he never gets upset or angry at anything. he's always smiling, cackling or laughing even in the most intensive moments. he doesn't feel pain or discomfort. he embraces it. sidious as a character is such an immersive character. he's the pure incarnate of evil. its so good.

    • @EpaminondastheGreat
      @EpaminondastheGreat 4 года назад +3

      Gooood, goooooood, wish my granddaughter was so minded...A shame...

    • @FireLordJohn3191
      @FireLordJohn3191 7 месяцев назад

      He was angry when Luke wouldn’t turn. That’s why Vader was able to throw him down the shaft.

  • @Paulunatr
    @Paulunatr 2 года назад +12

    One-upping a character as intimidating and well executed as Darth Vader is ambitious enough. Making him a much smaller old man is even harder. Taking that concept and making it "real" on-screen, nailing every aspect of the character from casting and writing to makeup and leitmotif? Madness. I can't think of a single way they could've done better.
    George, Ian, and everyone involved deserve all the credit they get for Sheev. The character is one of the shining stars of an already very bright franchise.

  • @ObiWanBillKenobi
    @ObiWanBillKenobi 4 года назад +18

    The Shakespeare Star Wars plays are really well-written. Readers might be surprised how non-gimmicky they are-really true to both their sources!

  • @KronoriumKid2210
    @KronoriumKid2210 Год назад +5

    Sidious is already scary enough, but if we saw him talking in a Shakespearean vocabulary normally a lot that would just be another level of horror for me 😭

  • @anakinskywalker9773
    @anakinskywalker9773 6 лет назад +205

    Master, I just got chills...
    You Still Have Unlimited POWAH!!!!!
    What Is Thy Bidding, My Master...

    • @erikku0369
      @erikku0369 6 лет назад

      Anakin Skywalker :( traitor

    • @AnakinSkywakka
      @AnakinSkywakka 6 лет назад +1

      Get a load of this guy

    • @esmeraldadiaz638
      @esmeraldadiaz638 5 лет назад +4

      This is getting out of hand! Now there's 2 of them!

    • @dancastro4732
      @dancastro4732 5 лет назад +1

      We should not have made this bargain

  • @Hurstain
    @Hurstain 4 года назад +7

    His Emperor voice got better with age.

  • @16Arson
    @16Arson 9 лет назад +82

    This man is amazing.

  • @godzilla964
    @godzilla964 4 года назад +84

    I don't care who played the emperor in "Empire strikes back". Ian is the emperor.

    • @jespereriksen2223
      @jespereriksen2223 4 года назад +1

      well. that was Ian as well..?

    • @edgyelectrokinetic6761
      @edgyelectrokinetic6761 4 года назад +14

      @@jespereriksen2223 Originally it was an old woman named Marjorie Eaton with a chimpanzee's eyes edited over hers, given a decent voice by Clyde Revill, but they decided to redo his debut with McDiarmid playing Palpatine for the 2004 edit of TESB

    • @jespereriksen2223
      @jespereriksen2223 4 года назад +1

      Edgy Electrokinetic oh yeah probably in Empire strikes back. I just meant in return of the jedi

  • @unLUCKY95
    @unLUCKY95 3 года назад +5

    In his natural voice he sounds like such a nice friendly guy... then all of a sudden this demonic sounding growl comes out of his mouth that just makes me want to shrivel in a corner and beg for my life. Suppose the way he can switch like that is what made him perfect to play Palpatine as the kindly Chancellor and then suddenly switch to Darth Sidious.

  • @darthmaul7626
    @darthmaul7626 7 лет назад +61

    A thousand repressed childhood traumas just came back to me all at once. I... I think I need a hug... :'(

  • @my_MillenniumFalcon
    @my_MillenniumFalcon 8 лет назад +59

    Listening to Ian speaking like Sheev on a live stage is so unreal!

  • @finesse2119
    @finesse2119 8 месяцев назад +3

    Ian is amazing love how with a little reverb he can sound so evil when putting on that voice that we all know and love

  • @OniSamurai_86
    @OniSamurai_86 5 лет назад +7

    It's amazing how he starts to get so deeply in the character, even his facial expressions slowly begin to appear evil. What a master!

  • @morbius109
    @morbius109 Год назад +4

    Ian McDiarmid was, is, and always will be Palpatine. No one else could have done the role with such unforgettable brilliance. Long live our most glorious Emperor!

  • @ericgurganus5193
    @ericgurganus5193 8 лет назад +28

    Ian McDairmin is just amazing.

  • @dodywidodo9433
    @dodywidodo9433 4 года назад +9

    Hearing his voice, all demons from the Conjuring universe would run away I bet

  • @RobertoCarlosGomezSosa
    @RobertoCarlosGomezSosa 10 месяцев назад +3

    That voice is a national treasure !!

  • @zen-aku9069
    @zen-aku9069 5 лет назад +3

    no one can replace Ian as Darth Sidious

  • @helivarpalac2956
    @helivarpalac2956 10 месяцев назад +2

    8 years and my hair still stands like crazy whenever I hear him with these lines as Supreme Chancellor and Senate Incarnate Sheeve Palpatine.

  • @Seraphatum
    @Seraphatum 7 лет назад +38

    What a legend!

  • @greenranger8884
    @greenranger8884 4 года назад +4

    When he started reading from the book I almost shit myself. Omg. What a voice.

  • @darthsidious1060
    @darthsidious1060 4 года назад +4

    I really liked that book

  • @wooden2187
    @wooden2187 5 лет назад +12

    I imagine Ian is in his grandchildren's nightmares.

  • @davidyoung5114
    @davidyoung5114 4 года назад +9

    Why do I have the feeling that J.J. Abrams saw this performance by McDiarmid, and that's what gave him the idea to bring him back in RISE OF SKYWALKER!

    • @DraculaCronqvist
      @DraculaCronqvist 4 года назад +3

      Just a last ditch effort to save what was poorly conceived from the very beginning.

  • @codylujan
    @codylujan 6 лет назад +21

    It must be hard being his grandkids. i'd be begging him to talk as sidious all the time lol

    • @FireLordJohn3191
      @FireLordJohn3191 3 года назад +5

      Though keep in mind he did say, "I just hope I don't indulge myself!" I suspect he gets great joy in acting.

  • @SefniAsheforr
    @SefniAsheforr 5 лет назад +24

    Ian and Ewan are my personal justifications for the prequels. The rise of Palpatine, and the exploration of Obi Wan's pre-empire life were both well worth sitting through the negative aspects of the prequels.

    • @Syklonus
      @Syklonus 4 года назад +1

      Two fine Scottish actors, and I agree they were the best thing about the prequels.

    • @dabitz6167
      @dabitz6167 3 года назад +2

      Actually the prequels were better than the original trilogy...

    • @surfboarding5058
      @surfboarding5058 2 года назад +1

      @@dabitz6167 exactly the sequels suck

  • @MusicMike512
    @MusicMike512 3 года назад +1

    This is the voice of someone with unlimited power.

  • @michaelberry1382
    @michaelberry1382 2 года назад +3

    I love how this man embraces the iconic-ness of the character he played.

  • @mikeor-
    @mikeor- 4 года назад +3

    Ian McDiarmid: the best Emperor and a great Shakespearean Actor.

  • @YogsenForfoth
    @YogsenForfoth 10 месяцев назад +2

    My god, this is absolutely EXTRAORDINARY.

  • @LegatusLucius1994
    @LegatusLucius1994 4 года назад +11

    He's truly a Sith Lord he dug deep into the dark side to play these lines

    • @Sylinnilys
      @Sylinnilys 4 года назад +2

      Before he starts truly reading, you can hear the growl in his voice as he is adjusting.

    • @Sylinnilys
      @Sylinnilys 4 года назад +1

      more around 0:50 but you can hear the gradual shift from around 0:35

    • @LegatusLucius1994
      @LegatusLucius1994 4 года назад +1

      @@Sylinnilys Ian mcdiarmid is a Sith Lord you can be a kind old man and still be a Sith fucking Lord and he is the best I liked how he used to Sith Space Magic in the last movie cuz that's something he's known for doing in the Clone Wars in Rebels there was without a doubt that made sense to me

  • @hogarmenos
    @hogarmenos 7 лет назад +7

    Hear this with 'The Emperor's Theme' in the background is just fucking glorious.

  • @raifsam3408
    @raifsam3408 8 лет назад +10

    best villian voice ever

  • @VictorIV0310
    @VictorIV0310 5 лет назад +5

    Grandpa Palpatine reading you a bedtime story.

  • @matthewsawczyn6592
    @matthewsawczyn6592 4 года назад +5

    "Darth Vader... *RISES* "

  • @smith9808
    @smith9808 4 года назад +7

    One of the coolest voices of all time. Christopher Lee was another. R.I.P

  • @luciuswalker8578
    @luciuswalker8578 4 года назад +3

    I was honestly mind blown when I figured out that there was no editing for Palpatine's voice. It was all Ian.
    Holy s***.

  • @VoiceOfTheEmperor
    @VoiceOfTheEmperor 4 года назад +1

    Every time I watch this, Dudu Films comes to mind.

  • @ProjectDevilEye
    @ProjectDevilEye 5 лет назад +3

    Ian was BORN to be the ultimate Sith lord, there will never be any better than him.

  • @drsssssssss
    @drsssssssss 4 года назад +405

    This guy should have destroyed everybody in ROS.

    • @EpaminondastheGreat
      @EpaminondastheGreat 4 года назад +64

      Couldn't agree more my little -green- friend...

    • @Cetra29
      @Cetra29 4 года назад +8

      I mean he did until the Jedi stepped in.

    • @partizanlegis
      @partizanlegis 4 года назад +17

      @@Cetra29 the Jedi spirits pulled an Endgame

    • @seanerzat
      @seanerzat 4 года назад +5

      I guess that's why they had all the Jedi spawn in for Rey. I wish I could see the proper JJ Cut, if it's a thing, cuz it sounded like they had Anakin and all the other Force ghosts drop in to battle the Sith with Rey. Cuz in that case it would have been all the top tier Jedi masters backing Rey to beat ol Palps

    • @drsssssssss
      @drsssssssss 4 года назад +4

      @@seanerzat yeah that would have been much better, but my point is Ian the best actor in the entire series, in every scene he has gravitas, and his character is the only one anyone can take seriously.

  • @kryptonkobra8396
    @kryptonkobra8396 8 лет назад +21

    It felt like he was talking inside my head

    • @joshuapray
      @joshuapray 4 года назад +3

      But was he every voice you've ever heard inside your head...?

  • @se7enthedge382
    @se7enthedge382 3 года назад +1

    T’was the illest, most evil sounding delivery of dialogue ever I’ve heard

  • @calrose
    @calrose 3 года назад +2

    That “hate me, hate me” lmao 😂 good, good i can feel your anger. It makes me powerful

  • @MrKarnator
    @MrKarnator 5 лет назад +3

    Palps is using the force to make his voice echo across the galaxy.

  • @albertoabolafio9383
    @albertoabolafio9383 5 лет назад +4

    I feel so much power when he says power.. amazing

  • @trevormccook2647
    @trevormccook2647 4 года назад +1

    1:07 that shift in voice tone made my heart explode

  • @azaraiahzee
    @azaraiahzee 2 года назад +1

    He just chews the scenery every time he's on camera, you can tell he absolutely loves that character 😁

  • @superman31172
    @superman31172 8 лет назад +17

    this is awsome he should read children's books with his darth sidious voice

  • @Xdrtoboggan
    @Xdrtoboggan 6 лет назад +5

    "Oh is there more?"
    "We're done" - Ian
    😆😆😆

  • @OakhheartIX
    @OakhheartIX 2 года назад +1

    I mean, even when he uses his normal voice, I get chills. Senator Palpatine is enough to scare the crap out of me, no need for the Emperor.

  • @MeadowBear99
    @MeadowBear99 6 лет назад +4

    He sounds so much more sinister! I can imagine Palpatine giving a charismatic and authoritative speech in that way lol

  • @donwinslow6967
    @donwinslow6967 8 лет назад +7

    That chilled me to the bone. Ian has still got it. Amazing performance!

  • @phillosophy5103
    @phillosophy5103 3 года назад +1

    When he said "Dark side of the force" i got chills.

  • @whotube2610
    @whotube2610 4 года назад +5

    Seeing this on my recommend page: "a surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one"

  • @thesenate5913
    @thesenate5913 2 года назад +3

    he made palpatine into the best villian of all time

  • @DanielLopez-fj9yz
    @DanielLopez-fj9yz 8 лет назад +14

    Awesome just pure awesomeness!