Why Palpatine is the best ever

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  • In tonight's Star Wars Legends lore video we'll take a look at the Emperor Palpatine, examining how he is just fundamentally different than most characters in Star Wars!
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  • @NightDocs
    @NightDocs ปีที่แล้ว +354

    Ian McDiarmid hit the actors lottery he has so much fun playing palpatine and it shows. And we’re all fortunate to see it

    • @giladpellaeon1691
      @giladpellaeon1691 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And he knows it, he's great when meeting his fans.

    • @Raygo.
      @Raygo. ปีที่แล้ว +3

      For real, he was unforgettable as the porter in Trevor Nunn's 1979 production of Macbeth.

  • @XBLLegends
    @XBLLegends ปีที่แล้ว +447

    Somehow Palpatine is built different

    • @josephmontanaro2350
      @josephmontanaro2350 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      "The power of the dark side can rebuild one into configurations some might consider.... unnatural"

    • @Prophetofthe8thLegion
      @Prophetofthe8thLegion ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It’s about drive it’s about power.

    • @Raygo.
      @Raygo. ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He's a psychopath. That's all there is to it. A person utterly lacking in empathy, or the ability to even comprehend it. Without conscience or the ability to feel remorse. Do psychopaths have "fun" or "the time of their lives" doing what they do? Perhaps there's the fleeting pleasure of dominance and power, a sadistic enjoyment of the suffering of others. But fundamentally they are slaves to passion and desire, anger and fear. The dark side of the Force, and as Obi-Wan said to Maul in CW , "it takes strength to resist the dark side, only the weak embrace it."

    • @teslercoil5174
      @teslercoil5174 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Somehow Palpatine got laid.

    • @draconian6692
      @draconian6692 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hes not a bitch in any way and actually a master of the dark side

  • @sayvionwashington1939
    @sayvionwashington1939 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    I really like sympathetic villains, but sometimes you need a villain that goes:
    "I need the army to burn down that village."
    "Why my lord?"
    "You seriously asking me that question?! Just look at it! It's ugly and I have to look at that vibe killer first thing in the morning! Fucking unacceptable."

    • @HydratedBeans
      @HydratedBeans ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Palpetine doesn’t even need the excuse of it being ugly, he’ll just do it because he like suffering. Dude is wild

    • @princetonchia1285
      @princetonchia1285 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Jack Horner from the new puss in boots movie in a nutshell:

    • @AceSpadeThePikachu
      @AceSpadeThePikachu ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Then he'll turn it into Lake Palpatine with his Town Terrorizor, and no blue Jedi hedgehogs will stop him!

    • @neofulcrum5013
      @neofulcrum5013 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I like the dark reflection type of villains. The ones that show that the hero could’ve gone down this route if not for so and so.

    • @AceSpadeThePikachu
      @AceSpadeThePikachu ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@neofulcrum5013 That's what makes Batman's rogues gallery so compelling. Most of his major villains (The Joker, Twoface, The Penguin, Bane, Mr. Freeze, Ra's Al Ghul) are walking representations of Batman's darkest traits run rampant. What he could turn into if he ever abandoned his "one rule."

  • @loganwendigo937
    @loganwendigo937 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    I love Palps in ROTJ but to be honest Revenge of the Sith is what really made Palpatine such a great fun character to me. The movie shows the true extent of his manipulation and his pure cheesy evilness

    • @Gokiza
      @Gokiza ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Palp is why those are my 2 favorite SW movies.

    • @loganwendigo937
      @loganwendigo937 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same!

    • @Jungoguy
      @Jungoguy ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He was evil from the moment he was born.

    • @gumdeo
      @gumdeo วันที่ผ่านมา

      ROTS was peak Palpatine. By the time ROTJ comes around, he was getting lazy.

  • @CORE409
    @CORE409 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    I think when Palpatine said to Anakin "Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise", Palpatine is actually mocking him, the additional description of "the wise" is cynical that "he was so wise that he didn't see his own death coming by me".

    • @fightingfalcon777
      @fightingfalcon777 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Possibly, but I do think he still had some respect for Plagueis. In the Darth Plagueis novel, as he kills Plagueis, he says to him that while he was foolish to ever think himself Sidious’s “master”, he nonetheless respected Plagueis as his teacher and was grateful to him for all of his lessons

  • @johantolli372
    @johantolli372 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I love the joy that Palpatine gets out of being Darth Sidious. Especially in his fight with Yoda but also his fight with Maul and Savage. He is releasing decades of pent up darkside and anger in both those fight and its almost cathartic for him to finally be his true self as Darth Sidious, a side that he can rarely let out as he plays the role of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.
    The modern twist on villains are the "Thanos model" of trying to make a relatable or atleast understandable and multifaceted villain, but for me there is something so pure and utterly entertaining about an all together evil and unredemable character like Darth Sidious. The fact that Ian McDermid plays the role perfectly and balances the campyness and seriousness brilliantly is everything, Palpatine/Darth Sidious would be nothing without Ian!

    • @myPhDinAwesomeness
      @myPhDinAwesomeness 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanos would have been the GOAT if the Avengers didnt manage to reverse the snap. But Palpatine just... won. That's the GOAT

  • @pwnorbepwned
    @pwnorbepwned ปีที่แล้ว +17

    One thing about Palpatine I’ve always enjoyed-and could possibly be called nuance-is his true nature. Not how evil he is, but how his portrayal as a careful, patient schemer is itself a mask he puts on. His true nature is that of a blunt force instrument, a reckless gambler, a prideful thrill-seeker. His careful manipulations keep this part of himself in check, but it still shows through the cracks time and time again.
    There are several moments in Revenge of the Sith alone where all his years of meticulous planning nearly blow up in his face-often literally-because of some Hail Mary gamble he makes to get things over with sooner. Moments where you can envision him in the moment, thinking on some level, “I may have made a mistake.” Revealing himself to Anakin prematurely, staging his own dangerous rescue, fighting Mace and The Squad alone, dueling Yoda, etc. And there are more moments like this in every instance of his character, and it holds brilliantly consistent across the saga in both Legends and Canon. He is so careful and patient, but despite this, he just can’t help himself.
    My favorite scene involving this side of Palpatine is his first meeting with Luke. “Your overconfidence is your weakness.” “You faith in your friends is yours.” It’s such a subtle and yet profound moment, because Palpatine’s rebuttal is the first time he acts unamused toward Luke. These two have known each other for all of two minutes, and Luke has already hit the nail on the head. And the best part is, Palpatine knows he’s right. He’s keenly aware of how his reckless nature has bitten him in the past, and he is not pleased that this upstart Jedi wannabe has him figured out so soon. He lets the jovial mask slip and bites back at Luke with a little venom in his voice, and then there’s silence as they just glance at each other, re-evaluating after this minor exchange.
    People expect evil characters to have depth by being something else in addition to evil. Palpatine is pure evil, but even in a mire of nothing but evil, he shows that evil itself can have layers to it.

  • @Theology.101
    @Theology.101 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    I get asked “Who’s the strongest sith?”
    The answer is Palpatine. It is Palpatine. it always will be.

    • @Uzarran
      @Uzarran ปีที่แล้ว +28

      If you dip into the EU, it's Vitiate. But, Palpatine would certainly sit at #2.

    • @treopl
      @treopl ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@Uzarran this is fact, my friend 😁

    • @jakewheeler6014
      @jakewheeler6014 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Uzarran Yeah Vitiate is wild.

    • @Theology.101
      @Theology.101 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@Uzarran Nah, cause Vitiate’s really powerful because he’s a schemer and he’s immortal. When it comes to direct shows of force, like against the Hero of Tython, his kids, etc. he gets whooped. Don’t get me wrong, Vitiate easily wipes the floor with other Sith like Exar Kun, Revan, etc. But Palpatine is… Palpatine. The Revenge of the Sith Novelization (which is right after TV when it comes to george lucas’ intention) directly calls Palp the strongest

    • @derrickstorm6976
      @derrickstorm6976 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It will always be*

  • @joeybulford5266
    @joeybulford5266 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I love Palpatine because he took out the entire Jedi order before they even knew what happened. He hid right under their nose, clouded their vision, made them second guess themselves, and didn’t reveal himself until it was already too late. 100/10 I think he is the best villain EVER.

    • @KENOMAN1969
      @KENOMAN1969 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He and Plagues even walked through the Jedi Temple clouding themselves to hide their Sith nature. Mocking their enemy in their own house.

  • @rebelappliance771
    @rebelappliance771 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I absolutely love that scene from revenge of the sith where yoda completely murks sidious by throwing him across the room. It’s so fucking goofy in the best possible way which makes it hilarious to watch.

  • @GGBlaster
    @GGBlaster ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Yet I still feel that Palpatine isn’t quite as cartoonishly evil as some of your classic Disney villains. Villains like Jafar, Ursula and Maleficent (the og ones) were not just aware that they were evil, they openly acknowledged and celebrated it.
    Palpatine is so devoted to himself and the Dark Side that he is characteristically and emphatically evil, though I have yet to hear him sing “It feels so good to be bad.”

    • @Kagemyth
      @Kagemyth ปีที่แล้ว +4

      lol you cant hear it when hes cackling and smiling shooting force lightning? weird must be in my head XD

    • @GGBlaster
      @GGBlaster ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Kagemyth lol. While I would definitely say Palpatine is a sadistic psychopath, I find it unlikely that, if asked, Palpatine would say he sees himself as the bad guy. He just values himself over all other life in the Galaxy. To him, it’s his destiny to rule, and his actions are justified simply on the grounds that he sees no fault in himself.

    • @Parmesan_Seeker
      @Parmesan_Seeker ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GGBlaster While I agree he would not refer to himself as "the bad guy", I doubt he'd see himself as good either. He seems to me like a person who doesn't consider morality at all. He does what he wants, and that's the only reason he does it.

  • @giladpellaeon1691
    @giladpellaeon1691 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    If you are ever lucky enough to have the opportunity, Ian McDiarmid is a joy to meet. Met him a few years back at a comiccon and I was in my Imperial officer costume and before I can say a word he says to me with a smile, "I see you picked the right side."

  • @iainballas
    @iainballas ปีที่แล้ว +44

    For all his appearances, the best time I've seen Palpatine being Palpatine outside the books was in The Bad Batch. He played a situation perfectly to phase out the clones. He ensured that if his main minion succeeded, he'd get the clones gone and switch to stormtroopers. When it failed, he threw that minion under the hoverbus, then attached the failure to the clones and used it as an excuse to get rid of them, while showing the senators working against him that they were a joke to him.

    • @sovietunion7643
      @sovietunion7643 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      moments like that are why i tell people the empire wouldn't have collapsed had the emperor survived. the guy was just too politically smooth and coldly intelligent to let that happen. the empire collasped because he made every facet run directly through himself, and so when that fell apart nothing was really left.

    • @iainballas
      @iainballas ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sovietunion7643 That is the main issue and benefit of centralized control: When all the power is concentrated in one place, it is almost impossible to resist it. But when that power is broken, there is nothing to replace it.

    • @sovietunion7643
      @sovietunion7643 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@iainballas exactly. its actually why we see places in south america struggle to be democratic. the spanish empire was so extremely authoritarian that once it was gone, there wasn't really anything to replace it with and so ever since many nations in south america have been attempting to find the way to make a democratic system but the problem is no one really thinks democracy will work due to how often they fall there. even changes in the prices of resources can cause democracy to fall as often those resource price are most of the economy.

    • @codylego
      @codylego ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sovietunion7643 also the Americans shoot anyone who tries to national American businesses

  • @MultiKommandant
    @MultiKommandant ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Megalomania is a great trait to give an antagonist - if done right, it makes for a character to whom villainy isn't just a job but a hobby. While ambitious or tragic villains are great, and can make for good narrative counterbalances to the hero, it is the villains who seem to be having the time of their lives in every scene they're in that are the most entertaining to watch.

  • @midniteraptor1474
    @midniteraptor1474 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Something else I like about Palpatine is that he isn't a complainer. Whenever he is in tough spot, he doesn't complain or mellow in self-pity, he acknowledges the situation and moves to fix it. I remember this scene in the book "Dark Lord: Rise of Darth Vader" where Vader says to Palpatine "Look at us. Are we the faces of victory?" Meanwhile Palpatine is trying to keep himself from being sickened by Vader's self-pity and later says, "Eventually you will come to see that power is joy. The path to the dark side is not without terrible risk, but it is the only path worth following. It matters not how we appear, in any case, or who is sacrificed along the way." Palpatine doesn't just follow the dark side, but he also knows what he is getting into and is willing to pay any price or suffer any consequences. What a legend.

  • @neofulcrum5013
    @neofulcrum5013 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    You know how they say no one is born evil?
    Palps broke that. Even as a kid he was a little monster. No redeeming traits about him.

    • @SephirothRyu
      @SephirothRyu ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Kids often do unkind things. But this is Star Wars, so the Force could have... forced him.
      In which case, just admit the setting has issues by admitting that The Force forced this fate on him. Either that, or don't try to sympathize with someone who genocided multiple entire planets of races.

  • @jamesrolfe9400
    @jamesrolfe9400 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    There was a Legends book that described Palpatine was so evil that even his um “seed” was a pitch black and that he could actually use the force to control it and cause it to absorb into the bodies of his twilek consorts

  • @HenhousetheRed
    @HenhousetheRed ปีที่แล้ว +6

    From the Plagueis novel, Palpatine hated the Jedi at a young age not because of his loyalties to the Sith or the dark side, but because he couldn't understand why beings strong in the Force would not seize power and rule the weak. He didn't initially care about the Sith, thinking of them as some defunct, obscure religious group. His first motivation in wanting to humiliate and dismantle the Jedi was because of their hubris as peacekeepers, tied strongly to his convictions with rule and politics.
    Palpatine admitted to Vader (on why Obi-wan had defeated him on Mustafar) that had the Jedi been true in their convictions, he likely would never have succeeded in destroying them and dismantling the Republic. He also partially enjoyed his interactions with Yoda, admittedly because of the satisfaction in being deceitful, but also because he recognized Yoda as a powerful being in the Force. I think most completely evil villains wouldn't admit that about their enemies. Palpatine had a level of introspection that most villains wouldn't even consider.
    The Darth Plagueis novel is one of my favorite Star Wars books. If the Disney takeover hadn't happened and stuff getting relegated to "Legends," I think it would have made an awesome TV series focusing on the rise of Palpatine.

  • @Gigas0101
    @Gigas0101 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I love how skeletor level evil Palpatine is, I can honestly hear him say "I AM NOT NICE!" perfectly.
    Also, dunno how popular this opinion is, but the scene where Snoke gets axed by Kylo is probably my favourite new trilogy scene and I'm glad you used it there.

    • @Calvin_Coolage
      @Calvin_Coolage ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It was a pretty cool shot.

    • @jeanhayes6925
      @jeanhayes6925 ปีที่แล้ว

      By the power of Grayskull 😂❤

  • @nathaniellong4281
    @nathaniellong4281 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Stupendous Wave made a video years ago suggesting that Palpatine might have been a psychopath, part of the Dark Triad of personalities. You could probably add several more malignant personality disorders to him.

    • @nickmalachai2227
      @nickmalachai2227 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean, let's not armchair diagnose and throw the many people who live with personality disorders but still have and exercise the choice to not harm people by comparing them to Space Satan. Sheevy Boi chose evil from minute one and has been riding that blood-soaked high ever since.

  • @SystemZ3RO
    @SystemZ3RO ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm going with Robot Chicken's version or Palpatine's origin story as my head canon. He suggests to the Nabbo city counsel to use Gungan eggs to supplement the Nabbo school lunch program (to spite Space Hippies and so he an build his house) and someone suggests he try his hand at politics.

  • @JB-ol3xo
    @JB-ol3xo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you read any of his chapters in the older clone wars novels its almost always unintentionally funny in a very good way, with him trying quite hard to get Obi-Wan killed(he has one line describing Kenobi as "the jedi that just will not die") without being to obvious about it while also trying to keep Anakin alive so as to give him the evil make over later on.

  • @curthartley1901
    @curthartley1901 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He had it all planned out from the beginning and even backup plans. Its pretty impressive that he was that intelligent. He manipulated everyone into doing what he wanted.

  • @funnelvortex7722
    @funnelvortex7722 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I like the idea that Palpatine was a literal creepy demon child when he was a kid. He really is someone who was BORN evil, and given his natural insane Force sensitivity I can see him doing some horror movie demon kid shit when he was a child to the point his own family was terrified of him.

  • @QueenAndie
    @QueenAndie ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When you said « palpatine had so much fun being evil » i laughed and thought about a kid sidious on a 4 wheel bike having fun with sith eyes😂

  • @commandZee
    @commandZee ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There’s no good excuse for Palpatine’s return in Episode IX.

  • @i.shuuya3231
    @i.shuuya3231 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The title is so funny 😭

    • @i.shuuya3231
      @i.shuuya3231 ปีที่แล้ว

      Noo, he changed it. My life is ruined now

  • @timgoss
    @timgoss ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the content! Interesting perspective on Palpatine

  • @MrJuliansnow
    @MrJuliansnow ปีที่แล้ว

    Man... your outro makes me smile every time. Love on your dog some for me :)

  • @TomOfBattlefront
    @TomOfBattlefront ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “Palpatine is having the time of his life” 😂

  • @ezachleewright2309
    @ezachleewright2309 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Every single Darth Sidious quote is among the best of Star Wars Quotes.
    "No.... No..... YOU will die!!!"
    "I'm too weak..."
    "Unlimited powaaaaahh!!!!"
    "Yes... Let the hate flow through you..."

  • @Marvolo14
    @Marvolo14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Palpatine in a nutshell:
    Palpatine's first interaction with Ezra is him standing over a dark cauldron filled with blue flames, chanting Sith incantations, laughing maniacly, wearing a black robe, and trying to use the magic fire to drag Ezra through a portal to where ever Palpatine is.
    Like a week later, Palpatine in hologram form is talking to Ezra and the hologram makes Palpatin look like a kind old man in white robes and he's acting like he just wants to reunite Ezra with his family.
    It's completely absurd that he thinks Ezra would buy into this ruse of a benevolent kind Emperor after seeing him as the evil Sith Emperor. But Palpatine tries it anyways. He's a madman.

  • @anthonypastore8378
    @anthonypastore8378 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love palps good video eck! 💚

  • @Jackal_El_Lobo34
    @Jackal_El_Lobo34 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Palpatine stated in his philosophical works within the Book of the Sith that he never cared for prophecy but none the less suspected that Darth Bane was not the true Sithari but was instead himself.
    He both bragged and validated that he was the true Sithari because he was the embodiment of darkness who successfully broke the rule of two and destroyed the Sith Order just as stated within the Sith Prophecy.

    • @wilhufftarkin8543
      @wilhufftarkin8543 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think the irony of the Sithari prophecy is that every single Baneite Sith considered himself to be the true Sithari, yet in the end none of them were. My suspicion is that Anakin is the Sithari and the Jedi Chosen One at the same time. The Jedi misunderstood their prophecy and so did the Sith with their own.

    • @alswearengine4867
      @alswearengine4867 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s great that he even refers to himself as the Sith’ari when he’s killing his master.

  • @pierrelindgren5727
    @pierrelindgren5727 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jiminy Yoda: Y-y-you're not gonna lightsaber a youngling, are you, Palpetine?
    Darth Horner: Yeah, in the face. Why?

  • @CloneScavengerVulpin8389
    @CloneScavengerVulpin8389 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Darth plagueis got his namesake because he unleashed the plague of palpatine, very fitting.

  • @japanfour292
    @japanfour292 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He really is the best. My favorite star wars character 😂

  • @reubenoakley5887
    @reubenoakley5887 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He gives me serious M. Bison vibes
    "Yes, yes, I killed your father. What is it with you women anyway?! I killed my father too and you don't hear ME whining about it!"

  • @wrorchestra1
    @wrorchestra1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can we also say, he has one of the best "bad guy" voices?

  • @bradhedgehog12
    @bradhedgehog12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pure evil indeed Bro. No words needed

  • @gumdeo
    @gumdeo วันที่ผ่านมา

    There is no Star Wars without the Emperor.

  • @robertsmiley2207
    @robertsmiley2207 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I agree 💯 I get so sick of redemption arc's for the villains in movies 🎥

  • @darklorddysart
    @darklorddysart ปีที่แล้ว +2

    By far my favourite character of the franchise 🖤

  • @Killzoneguy117
    @Killzoneguy117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One thing I love is it you look at what the Sith are supposed to be, evil as they are, the Sith Order still has an underlying ideology, they still seek to make a better world. The issue is merely what their definition of "better" is. Plagueis talks about how the Sith strive to make an ordered Galaxy where the strong and powerful rule the meek and complacent. Plagueis and really other Sith see themselves as a force for change. "To wash away the old and complacent and prune the Galaxy of deadweight". Theirs is a deeply Nietzchean worldview which seeks to rise above conventional notions of good and evil in order to make for an efficient and strong Galaxy built not on cooperation but competition. They believe in achieving pure excellence when it comes to the Force. In some ways, you could almost see the ideal Sith society as something akin to Ancient Sparta, where the weak are forcibly removed and only the strong are allowed to stay. Where children are raised by the state to be ruthless, fearless and capable.
    But Palpatine... Palpatine doesn't believe in any of that. He doesn't care about the Sith or their better world. He doesn't care about their goals or vision for the Galaxy, he doesn't care about the philosophy of the Sith Order. Palpatine cares only for himself. A true psychopath in every sense of the term. Where previous Sith inflicted suffering in the pursuit of their goals, Palpatine inflicted suffering because he enjoyed it. To Palpatine, even the Sith are mere pawns. They are tools, stepping stones to his ultimate goal: ultimate power. Not for the wellbeing of the Galaxy, but entirely for himself.
    Sidious's Empire ends up becoming a mockery of the Empire Plagueis envisioned, where weak and strong alike are discarded by Palpatine purely on his mood. Where Plaguies and Sith before him sought Apprentices that could one day rival and even surpass them in power, Palpatine keeps a shackled and crippled Vader, knowing that he will NEVER equal him in power, and that even if he did kill him, it would only weaken the Sith going forward. His Empire is rife with complacency and incompetence that he deliberately put in place to keep under HIS control.
    And that's what I love about Palpatine. Even by the standards of the Sith, he is irredeemably evil

  • @alswearengine4867
    @alswearengine4867 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “I don’t want to live as ordinary beings live.”
    -Palpatine

  • @CottonHill91
    @CottonHill91 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    After a couple weeks of plagueis novel references I saw a sheev focused video and knew it was gonna be a plagueis video. And I'm not mad at it. If someone new is getting into the cannon lore and wants an eu recommendation as much as I would want to suggest heir to the empire I would have to bite my tongue and tell them plagueis is yet to actually be retconned and gives them a better understanding of prequel characters the way Lucas wanted by a writer that's still getting work from Disney just like Zahn.

  • @rush7019
    @rush7019 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Palpatine was done dirty like they were trying to pull a William afton and make him “always come back” but they didn’t do a good job

    • @LexiLunarpaw
      @LexiLunarpaw ปีที่แล้ว

      Only Scott Cawthon can make that work Flawlessly

  • @HydratedBeans
    @HydratedBeans ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That thumbnail lmao

  • @TheKingofbrooklin
    @TheKingofbrooklin ปีที่แล้ว

    You should make a video about Carnor Jax. The one who has beaten the scheme master with his own scheme in Legends.

  • @Chris-lv4qd
    @Chris-lv4qd ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Simply

  • @josephtomassi776
    @josephtomassi776 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think it’s really more his relationships with the different characters that makes him interesting.

  • @neves5083
    @neves5083 ปีที่แล้ว

    We love Palpatine, that's it we love him

  • @armannsingh9113
    @armannsingh9113 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    palpatine was HIM

  • @robertbarrows6687
    @robertbarrows6687 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Darth Sidious is comparable to Frieza from Dragon Ball Z when it comes to evil and lack of sympathy and overall threat.

    • @AceSpadeThePikachu
      @AceSpadeThePikachu ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Or perhaps Megabyte from ReBoot. Or any incarnation of Megatron.

    • @AceSpadeThePikachu
      @AceSpadeThePikachu ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelandreipalon359 Just a shame ReBoot's "reboot" was utter trash. Give as "The Hunt" the Season 4 cliffhanger promised us already, dang it!
      Also YeeeEeEeeEEeeEEeEeEeeeeeEEees!~

  • @marckrieger3277
    @marckrieger3277 ปีที่แล้ว

    One could add some old Legends books seem to imply Palps built the empire and the Super weapons to defend against the vong.

    • @pierrelindgren5727
      @pierrelindgren5727 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sure, but only because the Vong was a threat to his power. Sidious is loathe to share.

    • @marckrieger3277
      @marckrieger3277 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pierrelindgren5727 Exactly

  • @eddierichard1104
    @eddierichard1104 ปีที่แล้ว

    Palpatine is Dio confirmed.

  • @clausfamiliy4859
    @clausfamiliy4859 ปีที่แล้ว

    Palpatine is the Jack Horner of Star Wars

  • @keith5615
    @keith5615 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the Robot Chicken’s Palpatine is cannon. A bunch of teenagers blew up his Death Star and he hadn’t even paid it off.

  • @mariuslge6882
    @mariuslge6882 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Darth Sidious somewhat reminds me of Francis J. Underwood.

  • @IARESMART8
    @IARESMART8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Say what you will about Rise of Skywalker but I love that we got to see Ian McDiarmid's Palpatine one more time

    • @Egalitarian917
      @Egalitarian917 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is a shit movie, but that man can act
      They could have made some content about Palpatine tracking down Jedi or bringing order to his empire. EU type stuff. That'd be neat.

  • @rossgadsby9663
    @rossgadsby9663 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Even if you have read the Plagueis book. Listen to it on audible. The voice acting and production are awesome

  • @bolojohnson711
    @bolojohnson711 ปีที่แล้ว

    Warhammer 40k was like hey palpatine join the club i can definitely see palpatine as one of the high lord or inquisitor

  • @thedysfunctionalbiographer3314
    @thedysfunctionalbiographer3314 ปีที่แล้ว

    Darth Sidious, the honey badger of evil super villains.

  • @sergioruiz733
    @sergioruiz733 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I dunno why, but Palpatine and Mr. Sinister from X-Men honestly are my favourites, cause they just don't give a shit, but as Megamind would say are all about presentation.

  • @Colbimation
    @Colbimation 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I approve this message

  • @mateomedina6954
    @mateomedina6954 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He is simply all the sith. Thus why he is thy goat

    • @derrickstorm6976
      @derrickstorm6976 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wtf does that even mean, "all the Sith?" Sith don't retain any presence after death, Sith didn't have one plan to destroy the Jedi, they didn't follow the same methods or ideals beyond the Two Sith code, and Palpatine had no respect for most of the Sith who came before him so why would he want to glorify them by saying he is the culmination of their power?

  • @Lord-Emperor-Vader
    @Lord-Emperor-Vader ปีที่แล้ว +7

    #Askeck how do you think that the Dawn of the Jedi movie or other stories will be able to figure out how the Jedi will get from Ahch-To to the Core since they made the stupid decision to have the first Jedi temple be in the unknown regions.

    • @Hello-bi1pm
      @Hello-bi1pm ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yesss. Also they HAVE TWO SITH ORIGIN AND JEDI PLANETS with Tython, Korriban and Ahch-To, Exegol. If JJ Abrams really had a long phone call with Pablo about the lore as some old article claims, why tf is everything so messed up?

    • @StephanePoirierGaming
      @StephanePoirierGaming ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Hello-bi1pm Arrogance? Hubris? Never attribute to maliciousness what can be explained away by stupidity might be at play here.

    • @user-yq9im9dk9z
      @user-yq9im9dk9z ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@StephanePoirierGaming it might explain why Pablo hates TFA. But Abrams ignoring everyone at Lucasfilm is just mind-boggling to me. They managed to save Coruscant from being blown up, which means they had some kind of power over the story.

  • @SPECTRA_87
    @SPECTRA_87 ปีที่แล้ว

    All Palps is missing is an evil, twirlable mustache.

  • @hunter8728
    @hunter8728 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should do alpha 9 vs Bad Batch

  • @mythriilthelearned
    @mythriilthelearned 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Palpatine in the EU was even more terrifying, as he was essentially a body hopping wraith.

  • @legionivfelix
    @legionivfelix 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Palpatine totally got shafted

  • @ConnorNorris
    @ConnorNorris ปีที่แล้ว

    Well he was somewhat motivated by the threat of the Yuuzhan Vong.

  • @seanmetro3496
    @seanmetro3496 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Boss of Bosses

  • @PrincessaBeane
    @PrincessaBeane ปีที่แล้ว

    What is your outtro song called?

  • @SIKE01
    @SIKE01 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best and definitive FINAL BOSS

  • @cameron.t
    @cameron.t ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What I find interesting is that the Force used Palpatine to bring down the Jedi Order from a certain point of view. Only someone as competent, yet hilariously susceptible to his (eventual) hubris, could manage to do this mostly single-handedly… and in doing so, not have a cadre of competent remaining Sith left to fill his hole.
    Maybe it’s copium to accept Operation Cinder… but, hey

  • @bondgabebond4907
    @bondgabebond4907 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Palpatine is like Hitler. No matter how hard you try, you can't find one redeeming element in their soul.
    I have to hand it to Ian McDiarmid who played the character to a "t." I loved how he toyed with the Jedi with that hypnotic smile.

  • @samtheweebo
    @samtheweebo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Dark Side is a pathway to many abilities, some which would be considered unnatural

  • @paulchavez3039
    @paulchavez3039 ปีที่แล้ว

    One word: Camp ❤

  • @stevenmayer8528
    @stevenmayer8528 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Awe, when villains were Villains and not some villains who had a somber back story and were just a victim of everything around them. Palatine still GOAT.

    • @bluewolf137
      @bluewolf137 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I like my fair share of sympathy villains but every now then I like an unapologetically evil villain who simply does it because he is evil AF 😈

  • @andrewgates8158
    @andrewgates8158 ปีที่แล้ว

    Palpatine...the Augustus of SW.

  • @Primetime372
    @Primetime372 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sheevie my fav

  • @WildEngineerGamer
    @WildEngineerGamer ปีที่แล้ว

    Star Wars is a video game and Palps is the player that got board.

  • @TyrannoNoddy
    @TyrannoNoddy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Something interesting I heard was that apparently in the Underworld series there actually may have been content that was going to make him more sympathetic, or at least humanise him a bit? And honestly? As much as I love supervillain Sheev, I am actually not opposed to this, mainly because I think it's funny how a franchise that is like "nobody's born evil, it's never too late to do the right thing" but then ol Palpy exists. Granted I'm not too fussed either way (I mean, in some ways he is basically more just a malevolent force of nature than an actual being), I'm just more saying even if I enjoy his characterisation now, I'm not against changing it if someone feels bold enough to try.

    • @user-yq9im9dk9z
      @user-yq9im9dk9z ปีที่แล้ว

      It would have been a mistake. Palpatine as devil archetype makes more sense.

  • @blaineishere3851
    @blaineishere3851 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    palpatine does genuinely believe that fascism is the best solution for the galaxy, according to lucas in the ROTS commentary track.

  • @DarthZino93
    @DarthZino93 ปีที่แล้ว

    Emperor Sheev "Darth Sidious" "The Senate" Palpatine

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stormtroopers: Don't worry, we're the good guys
    Their leader:

  • @joekerr3638
    @joekerr3638 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ole papa Palpatine

  • @hunterkiller1440
    @hunterkiller1440 ปีที่แล้ว

    Palpatine gets turned on when people is angry or conflicted around him.

  • @_GODSFIGHTER
    @_GODSFIGHTER ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can you please do ship verses ship battles? 🥺 I miss those vids

    • @_GODSFIGHTER
      @_GODSFIGHTER ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelandreipalon359 prob first since idk what a lumity or a starco is. He hasn't done any of these type of vids in over a year

    • @_GODSFIGHTER
      @_GODSFIGHTER ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelandreipalon359 or a recusant destroyer vs a victory class ISD

    • @_GODSFIGHTER
      @_GODSFIGHTER ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelandreipalon359 my bet is on the larger ship the recusant

    • @_GODSFIGHTER
      @_GODSFIGHTER ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelandreipalon359 i mean who knows. But you see how interesting this type of stuff is?

    • @_GODSFIGHTER
      @_GODSFIGHTER ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelandreipalon359 yes and I miss when he made those videos

  • @mrparkerdan
    @mrparkerdan ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Palpatine did take some time off to have a son (the father of Rey). When are we gonna hear more about THAT story? 😏

  • @MakeBussy
    @MakeBussy ปีที่แล้ว

    POWAAAAAAA

  • @markveres7369
    @markveres7369 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don't you dare bring him back Disney!

  • @bolojohnson711
    @bolojohnson711 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you do darth maul and other sith's of why there evil

  • @Liopleurodon
    @Liopleurodon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    maybe Palps strengh is that he is not surrounding himself with cartoonish villians... otherwise Maul or Dooku would have revealed the entire plan before the final fights in Phantom Menace or Attack and the whole takeover-thegalaxy-plan would've been busted^^

  • @NineWorldsFromDrew
    @NineWorldsFromDrew ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So, I really need to know - How does this all link into the Human-supremacist nature of the Empire? Did that simply make the Empire easier to bend to Palpatine’s will? Or did it have nothing to do with his agenda as a Sith Lord at all?

    • @SephirothRyu
      @SephirothRyu ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It doesn't. This is just Star Wars both siding. "Oh, yeah, he wanted to kill half the galaxy, AND started on that goal with a battlestation specifically designed for it, but no really, it was because he knew the Vong were coming. And no one else could save the galaxy."
      Bravely Default of all things has people who are better at trying to stop some big evil then that.

    • @NineWorldsFromDrew
      @NineWorldsFromDrew ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SephirothRyu -Although of course, new canon is presumably writing out the Vong, and a Palpatine who simply covets the power of the Dark Side is more consistent. I just wish traits of the empire itself were more consistent with Palpatine’s “design”.

    • @user-yq9im9dk9z
      @user-yq9im9dk9z ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@SephirothRyu he said nothing about the Vong, stop hating on Legends continuity.

  • @lightspeedvictory
    @lightspeedvictory ปีที่แล้ว

    #askeck #AskThreepio Was the Death Star shot that was being aimed at yavin 4 a full power shot like the one used against Alderaan or a low power shot like the one used against scarif? Cause personally, it just doesn’t make sense to use a full power shot just to wipe out the Yavin 4 rebel base
    Lore ship Versus video request:
    Resurgent vs. Starhawk
    Tie Striker vs. New Republic V-Wing
    World Devastator vs. Vong Worldship
    Tie Silencer vs. X-83 Twintail
    Tie Silencer vs. Tie Defender (legends version)
    Keldabe vs. ISD II
    MC90 vs. Nebula class star destroyer
    Nebula class vs. Pellaeon class
    Majestic class vs. Bothan Assault Cruiser
    EAWX: FOTR’s Mandator II portrayal vs. Subjugator
    Praetor vs. Subjugator
    EAWX: TR’s Mediator portrayal vs. Resurgent
    Starhawk vs. Bulwark MK III

  • @deanthemachine7489
    @deanthemachine7489 ปีที่แล้ว

    TL;DR version:
    “why is Palpatine evil?”
    “Because he is evil 🤷🏻‍♂️”
    It’s an answer, but a whisper thin one

  • @alexkonoff2273
    @alexkonoff2273 ปีที่แล้ว

    I found your hockey channel

  • @Ultimabendessen
    @Ultimabendessen ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Makes you wonder, if in canon Palpatine was evil before all the Sith spirits lived inside him, as he said in Rise of Skywalker, "all the Sith live in me." How much of his actions were of his own choosing and how much was determined by the Sith spirits inside him?

    • @VanityPillz
      @VanityPillz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He didn’t literally mean “I have every sith spirit inside my body” 😂

    • @lineevilasio
      @lineevilasio ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah he meant he is the ultimate sith

    • @deadshot5007
      @deadshot5007 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@VanityPillzI mean based on the spirit ritual, you could interpret that the past sith did something similar but that wouldn't much sense with the rule of two.