“I know you would…I can *feel* your anger. It gives you focus. Makes you stronger.” The way his voice changes through that monologue is just spine-chilling. After decades of plotting and manipulation Palpatine drops the act, and Sidious finally speaks.
@@darthimperious1594Agreed. McGregor and Guinness were spectacular, but they were more understated. It took incredible range to play this role, and McDiarmid nailed it beautifully.
@@ChessJew McGregor is a damn close second, I'll agree. He played Obi-Wan perfectly. Honestly, his portrayal of Obi-Wan was the only reason I didn't kinda agree with Anakin about the Jedi Order.
@@darthimperious1594 when obi wan just went "you're lost" instead of further explaining why anakins being a dumbass , i was like yea jedi deserve their fate
Anakin: "how do you know the ways of politics?" Padme: "My mentor taught me everything about politics.... _even the corruptive nature of the senate."_ *ominous music* Anakin: "...you want to DESTROY the senate?" Padme: "Anakin... if one is to become a complete and wise leader, one must study, ALL it's aspects. not just the narrow, dogmatic view of republics and democracies. be careful of the Jedi, Anakin. Only through me can you achieve a position greater than any Council Master. Learn to know Nepotism, and you will become more powerful than any jedi.... even Master Yoda." Anakin: "... *what did you say?"* Padme: " _you DON'T KNOW THE POWWAAAAHHHH.... of an empire.... Learn to know dominion alongside your wife and I will be able to save the republic.... from _certain_ death." *evil smile* Anakin: "YOU'RE after the chancellor's position." *ignites lightsaber* Padme: "use my knowledge... I _beg you..._ ever since I've known you, you've been searching for a life, of significance, of _conscience...._ Join me, and together we can *rule the galaxy* as husband and wife. Make things _the way WE WANT them to be!...." Anakin: "I-I don't..... I don't know you anymore. You've changed....I'm going to report our marriage to the Jedi council...." Padme: *sultry saunter towards him in her hottest dress* "yes of course you should. but you're not sure of their intentions, are you?" Anakin: "I will quickly-quickly discover the truth of all this." *lowers and deactivates lightsaber* Padme: *right up against him tracing his shoulders* "are you going to _do_ me?" Anakin: "I would certainly LIKE to!" Padme: "I knowwwww you would.... _I can FEEL_ your lust, it gives you _focussssss,_ makes you _STRONGER."_ *bicep squeeze*
Yea then he admits he doesnt know how to save padme but they could work together to discover the secret and anakin is to stupid to realise hes being manipulated. Lol!!
Thats the hole point of the sith we take our ancestors entire knowledge and kill them after no neeeding them then transfer it to apprenticeses and we became ready to our demise for the next generations of the Sith order
@@ahuman8999 bro you should change your name to just “Ta Jay Plays” or Tai J Plays Tai-Jay Plays Having all that in your channel name makes u look unprofessional lol
Sidious/Palpatine is just one of the most incredibly written and acted villains ever. Vader’s villainy is attractive from how we in a way feel sorry for him, and deep down Anakin still lives on. But Sidious is pure dark side evil and its fantastic.
That probably gained even more of Anakin’s trust, to not deny that he is a Sith Lord and yet still be flat out honest about things. At least, when in front of Anakin.
exactly at 1:06 you can see Palpatine making sure he has his lightsaber on him. such a small piece of acting but it just shows that he was always in control of the situation.
@@alanmt8819 When Palpatine got disarmed, Windu had beaten him in the duel. But yeah, with Anakin in the room he was just pretending to be weak when shooting the force lightning
Easily the best character in the prequels. He acted the hell out of that part through every single film the character was in, but his acting in ROTS is next-level.
Revenge of the sith WAS freeking amazing!! Obi Vs Anakin best lightsaber battle period !! The sequals were such let down, I have apologize to jar jar, aftha the last Jedi…. I was like I was to rough on you jar jar!!
He seems like he's about to go FULL Palp right then...but the he quickly catches himself and returns to being a frail senator again. It's fantastic acting lol
1:05 look at that hand twitch. He knew this was always going to be a risky moment, he was ready to defend himself. Amazing subtle acting Edit: people seem to think he is actually defenseless here, but he can use the force (lighting push etc) and he actually has two lightsabers. He used them against maul and savage, later Mace kicked one out of the window
If I may add to your comment I read somewhere that Papls put this to not show the victory of the jedi/good, but to honor the sith/dark side who fought in this war
How you know all of this? This information isn't in the film. Just don't tell me you've read it in a book from a person who didn't even saw George Lucas on a picture.
@@GGman2019 just out of curiosity where is the info from? A guilty pleasure.of mine is just going through wookpedia. I haven't read any of the eu or canon books nor have i seen much of any of the cartoons or played any game beyond jedi outcast back in the day. Just watched the movies. A lot of what i know comes from the wikis 😀 it'll be interesting to read up on the hyperspace wars.
@@RedBishopGaming I know what you mean, but I think the fact that we all knew before we’d even seen Phantom Menace who he was. Even still, the way his character unfolded and the story of his manipulation made the prequels much more compelling than they otherwise would have been. It’s certainly my favourite thread in the first three episodes anyway.
Look at those gruesome murals decorating the wall, the eerie statues guarding the door and the ambitious red color everywhere. The house is shouting that a sith lord is living there.
It was his way of trolling the Jedi. He'd have meetings with Yoda and the rest, surrounded by Sith paraphernalia, and they didn't know it despite at least a few of them supposedly trained in identifying Sith shit. Incense burners, talismans, bas reliefs, statues of Republic founders who supported study of the dark side, and all kinds of stuff.
"You will be able to save your wife...from certain death!" Knowing what Palpatine was capable of, I don't think it would be a stretch to imagine that was a very thinly veiled threat. If Anakin's dream wasn't there to exploit, he would likely have been prepared to threaten her life himself, and Anakin would know he could in unexpected ways. He'd indirectly tried to have her assassinated before, and it wouldn't have been his first political assassination.
He's facing an instant-kill weapon held inches from his face by a young Jedi who is both a battle-proven prodigy and a fulcrum of prophesy, yet aside from an unconscious check for his own light saber, he shows absolute confidence and zero fear. Anakin is extremely powerful but far from infallible, and Palpatine has watched and learned his skills for years. Even if Anakin decided to kill the Sith Lord right there, I seriously doubt he could have succeeded. Sidious is still on another level and he knows it.
@@nossenkanter eh Yoda says Obi-Wan wasn't strong enough to fight Palpatine, yet Anakin got put down by Obi-Wan. Honestly I don't think Palpatine was in as much danger as you think
@@e.j.5053 But Anakin also says he could overthrow Palpatine. Is he just overconfident? Perhaps but he must at least have some basis to even suggest this. Also Palpatine himself says Anakin "will" become more powerful than either him or Yoda, implying he's at least close to as powerful as them then as such that getting the jump in a fight may be the difference. Furthermore the Obi-Wan comparison is moot. We know for a fact Anakin is far stronger than Obi-Wan even at the beginning of the film. Why? Obi-Wan gets tossed aside by Dooku like nothing, yet Anakin singlehandedly overpowers and kills him. This was before, of course, Anakin was further empowered by going over to the Dark side. Obi-Wan wins either due to plot contrivance or at least Anakin being overconfident and trying to defy the almighty high ground. In this encounter, Anakin was not overconfident so that wouldn't be a factor.
@@nossenkanter Anakin isn't exactly in his right mind throughout the movie. Almost everything he says in the latter half of the movie is Sith rage induced drivel. I guess at this point we're set in our opinions, but to me, Palpatine appears to be ready to defend himself if necessary.
Of all the steps in Palpatine’s plan, this one was the most dangerous for him. Look at his hand at 1:05 when Anakin draws his lightsaber, it closes and shakes with clear nervousness. In this moment, even the Sith Lord Sidious himself is afraid and unsure of the out come now during this scene
I think he's debating whether or not to draw his own sabre... the Sith go through apprentices like toner cartridges - had Anakin not played ball, it would be have been just another "oh, well..." to add to Maul and Dooku.
@@Guine523 He killed three Masters in less than ten seconds when they came to arrest him, and it's not clear that he lost to Windu; he might have been sandbagging to prod Anakin into killing Windu.
Sidious himself admitted when fighting Yoda that Vader would become more powerful than either of them, with how strong the force was with Anakin he already was stronger than Palpatine, he was a war hero and later took on the temple, he at this point was probably at least just as powerful as Sidious
@@Guine523 no way, Palpatine is far more powerful than most Jedi. The exceptions, per George Lucas, are Mace Windu and Yoda. Mace Winds disarmed him with shatter point, but Yoda was defeated. Anakin at this stage would not have been able to beat him,
Ian Mcdiarmid for me will always be the heart of the whole Star Wars franchise, his acting and performances are so epic to the point of almost Shakespearean plus the way he always delivers his dialogues so calmly is just chilling. He truly is an amazing actor and always own every scene.
Really have no issue with Hayden's portrayal. Think he nailed it. However, Anakin was a pathetic Jedi. Worthless at dueling (considering his considerable innate advantage). Worthless in the force (Obi-Wan was a rival. Yoda/Mace and the other council members would have used him as Temple mop). And he's basically got the brains of a retarded monkey. What does he think a Sith does. Tell the truth? Lol. Anyone who discovered Palps should have killed him on the spot. He's just a moron. Little more than that.
What I love about this is just how well he got into Anakin's head, figured out all his issues and all his wants and hopes and dreams, and just offered to give him everything he wanted in a way that made Anakin think he needed Palpatine and couldn't possibly live without him. Say what you want about the prequels dialogue, but Palpatine was written very well. So many times you get villains in works who do the kind of evil genie thing where they try to tempt the hero into siding with them by just bluntly offering them what they want (like Enchantress in Suicide Squad), while Palpatine just fucked with Anakin's head to the point this kid thought he was absolutely dependent on him.
Very true I also thought if anakin was to kill sidious before sidious turns on him or any more jedi remember few jedi still lived and survived even after order 66 They just simply went into hiding
1:36 I love the way Hayden conveyed Anakin's emotions-anger, fear, rage and despair. He is afraid of losing Padme, but at the same time his Jedi duty is to protect the Republic. And he really doubts whether he wants to kill Palpatine or save Padme.
Among reasons the Jedi failed him. Even as Anakin was conflicted he did the right thing. But again for doing that the council (mostly Mace Windu on this one) he still didn't have their trust.
Hayden is criminally underrated (as Anakin), every ounce of pain that he is meant to portray is in his body movement and eyes, both in the second and third movie, just like George Lucas saw in him.
@@EshBBX As much as everyone back then thought Hayden did a bad job as Anakin time has proven the haters wrong. If anything blame more resides with Lucas for some of the corny lines he had to say...for example the "I hate sand" line.
The despair he felt was because the person he thought he could trust with his secrets more than any one else ends up being the Sith Lord who is responsible for the war. Most people wouldn’t take that very well.
"if one is to understand the great mystery, one must study all its aspects" love this line. siths aren't just victims of anger, they're victims of knowledge.
@JohnsonTheSecond : well if anakin was black pill he would have not fall into this trap cause he would have known love ain't real so he would have pump and dump like there is no tomorrow, eventualy learn from Palpatine but never become his puppet. Truth is the greatest master and set you free as you don't get attached to nothing but yourself.
I was 11 years old when ROTS came out and to this day that smile at the end of this scene gets me. He threatens Anakins wife basically and gives not an evil, mischievous smile, but an honest genuine one, like he has a split personality or something. It’s like he says all that and then immediately goes back in to Chancellor mode as if someone else had said it.
I get what you mean, but I don’t see what he was saying as a threat. In my opinion at least, it was palpy’s way of saying he knew well about padme and anakin. But I don’t know, like I said that’s my opinion.
According to most of the writers and experts on the subject; Palpatine had groomed Anakin from day one. He'd had the scheme planned and that all links back to Darth Plagueis. He planned to completely destroy Anakin as a person and build him into a puppet. Killing off Padme wasn't just a way of controlling him - it was his plan from the start.
I used to think the way Hayden speak here is weird, like how his "what did you say?" is quite, monotone. But over time I get. Your close friend who you trust so much more than the Jedi, reveals himself as a Sith, when you are still a part of the Jedi and trust in their ideals. Your friend promotes the dark side in such an eager and convincing manner, you even thought he's just a politician without a connection to The Force. All these informations was fed to your mind in just some split second you don't have enough time to comprehend it. All you can do is just letting out "what did you say?"
So many people blaming Anakin for joining the emperor while he have no other choice. If he didn't joined he would be killed by Palpatine. Palpatine would kill him because of his potential. Remember what he said "The jedis are relentless. If even one survive there will be civil war without end." He wouldn't want Anakin to lead that civil war. Based on that fact Anakin joined the emperor and wanted just one thing in exchange. Padme. But she refused to join Anakin as apprentice of a sith war lord. That's why Anakin used the force against her expressing anger. It have the meaning "Bitch, I saving our lives so we can be together despite all. What about me? What about my children? What about my life? You are stupid and selfish." Of course Palpatine would kill her as she is a senator (congresswoman) and ex queen with bunch of connections everywhere. But majority of the fans blaming him. Those people just doesn't pay attention to the picture.
@@ps4games164 He said he was more powerful than the Chancellor though. We never got to see that duel but if Anakin in his prime had more midi chlorians than Yoda then he should have taken his chances to off the Emperor
@@ps4games164 Of course he had a choice. He didn't join him to save himself. He did it to gain more power to save his wife and because he was distrustful of the Jedi by this point. In no way at any point in this film did Anakin express any desire to turn to the dark side to save himself. It was almost entirely about his fear of loss and his need to take control of everything around him because he was convinced his wife would die otherwise. Of course, it was his turn to the dark side that cause his wife to die. He misinterpreted his own dreams not realizing that it was his actions that would lead to her death and not his inaction. His interpretation of his mother's death is that he didn't act fast enough to save her but it wasn't really due to his inaction. They were on separate planets and there's nothing he could have done. He shouldn't have blamed himself for what happened. Whenever I watch episode 3, I want to tell him to just stay in the Jedi Council and let Mace handle Palpatine himself.
What made this scene so powerful was how small it was. It was not an epic, dramatic reveal, it was just a conversation. Palpatine did not suddenly become something else, he seemingly was still the same.
Ian McDiarmid was so good. I always liked the prequels but mostly Revenge of the Sith. Now I realize that if he had been given a little bit more focus, he could have carried episode 1 and episode 2 similar to how he was the best part of episode 3. At least in my opinion.
I feel like this movie changes a lot as you get older. When it came out, I was about Anakin's age. I identified with his character a lot and felt like I might even make the same decisions he made because of how everyone else treated him and what he thought was at stake. But now that I'm older, I realize that he was too young, arrogant, immature, etc. and that the fault in the end was his own... I can't possibly imagine making the decisions he made anymore. I'm not sure exactly what it is about ROTS, I've never seen a movie quite like it. I think it's because we all know what's going to happen in the decades to come, but there's nothing we can do to stop it. In my eyes, this is the most unique Star Wars movie.
Interesting. I'm the complete opposite way. I was in my late teens when I saw ROTS 20 ish years ago in the theater and I hated Anakin. His attitude & actions seem grotesque and nonsensical but I chalked it up to Palpatine having poisoned his soul (So to speak). Now that I'm older and more experienced, even without Palpatine's influence his actions make perfect sense. Yes he betrays the republic and the Jedi order the republic was **wildly** corrupt, as were the Jedi due to complacency. As bad as Palpatine was, he was right about a lot of things including the Jedi. Qui-gon and Dooku were the only ones that truly embodied the spirit of what a Jedi is supposed to be, which is..... ironic. Def the most unique Star Wars film I agree.
Yes. I know what you mean. I was 25 when ROTS Came out and felt similiar. I also feel the same when I watch "Mutiny on the Bounty". When I was young - I would have 100% sided with Fletcher Christian. But the Older I get - the more I realise HE was the villian and NOT Bligh.
This is why Sidious is such an amazing villain because he attacks not just physically but physiologically he gets inside your head and twists your mind, preys on your fears and anger. That’s why other villains like John Doe from Se7en or The Joker from The Dark Knight won because they used the protagonists fears and weaknesses against them I.e Joker turned Harvey Dent into Two-Face and destroyed Harvey’s reputation and John Doe murdered Mills’ wife and unborn child and making Mills the final and seventh deadly sin. Ian McDirmid did an incredible job portraying Sidious.
Anakin: “I will quickly discover the truth of all of this.” He just told you the truth, that he’s a Sith Lord. Anakin wasn’t the sharpest tool in the box was he?
i like how you can see palpatine is really nervous in this scene. this is the first time he revealed himself to one of the ,,good guys" and he knows if he says one wrong word, his plan will fail. those are the details you can only notice if a movie is written by a person that knows how to write
No, Lucas isn't good writer. He has some amazing ideas but he's not great at writing them. I think this has more to do with McDiarmid's acting skills. He's a really good theatre actor so I think this is his work.
@@XiaoLynn i agree that ian is a top tier actor. I dont understand hoever why youre saying george is a bad writter. Give me an example of some aspect or some scene that he wrote badly please.
@@totallynotdio1311 The cringe as fuck dialogue of the prequels isn't proof enough that George is a horrible writer?. He is a great producer and has great ideas but the prequels were good just compared to Disney sequels. On their own they are still terrible movies with horrible dialogue, bad acting and terrible CGI.
@@wagnar 1. bad dialogue is bad dialogue. i was asking that guy why lucas is a bad writer. writing is about plot and character consistency and all that stuff i dont have time to explain to you. you ,,can" say (altrough many people with dissagree with you) george is bad at creating dialogue, but i was asking that dude if he has any proof that george is a bad WRITER, not DIALOGUE MAKER. 2."terrible cgi,,. do you know what the word ,,invent" means? welp cgi technology was underdeveloped during the time of the prequels, so many techniques and technologies had to be INVENTED. (also ,,cgi bad" is just your opinion, but thats besides the point) 3. ill ignore the bad dialogue part, everyone has their opinion on dialogue in star wars (for example i feel they do exactly what george wanted). but please tell me: why do you think acting is bad and why its bad? by tell me i mean point out a scene or actor that played in prequels, and give your reasoning why his/her performance is bad...
@@totallynotdio1311 Literally half of the dialogues in prequels. They kill the sotry. In the paper prequels look amazing they're like some epic ancient tragedy. But dialogues such as "I don't like sand" just kills it. Like I said George has amazing ideas but he just need someone who will write them.
The music in this scene is just excellent. Has that dark subtle undertone with the sith theme to it. Like seeing dark clouds approaching. Palpatine really needs his own series. Badly. My vision for such a series is something like "House of Cards" showing Palpatine's early rise through the Senate slowly gaining more power.
What love so much about this is how palpatine’s voice changes throughout the entire conversation while taking a big chance to tell anakin his big secret
Palpatine is so manipulative in this scene. He knew if he taunted Anakin at 1:39 Anakin would not kill him. It's so disappointing to see this mastermind character became a mediocre villain and failed to manipulate Rey in The Rise of Skywalker.
He didn't manipulate Anakin. He just using the mistakes of the jedis in his favor. Palpatine gave a go to Anakin's feelling while the jedi teachings forbidding it. To that point Anakin was still loyal to the jedi council despite all their arrogance, filth and misstrust. He reported Palpatine to Windu immediately and insisted to be part of the fighting force that's meant to detain him.
He was so manipulative in the entire movie. He was slowly driving Anakin towards the dark side step by step. From the moment of killing count dooku to the death of mace windu. He was playing Anakin slowly....
@@ps4games164 But he did manipulate Anakin.. by playing into his desire to save his wife, which is ultimately his biggest goal throughout episode 3, he was devastated by the loss of his mom to tusken raiders & murdered them all.. Palpatine knew that was the perfect way to draw Anakin into the Dark Side.. he knew if Palpatine really had the solution to saving Padme, that Anakin would certainly choose that over the Jedi council itself.
@@giiotm8272 The dude were into the dark side the moment he killed Dooku. Yoda didn't trust him. Mace Windu too. The entire council was against his training but accepted him only because by the prophecy he is the one. In the end they even form a doubt Into their interpretation for the prophecy.
Love how “intimidated” palpatine looks when Anakin whips out the saber and points it to his face. This boy is made of force, has won 10000 battles and is anger prone. P doesn’t even blink. Almost like Anakin took out a moleskine to take notes instead
To be fair, Sidious has been a Sith for much longer than Anakin has been a Jedi, and their training is arguably much more intense, seeing as there are only two of them so they have to be the absolute best.
I love the subtle undertones of Palpatine’s theme in the background when Anakin deactivates his lightsaber. It shows that, at that moment, he was in control and things were just moments away from being won.
The shift in tone from 1:01 to 1:09 from palps is amazing. It shows how two sided he was. One the acting innocent and the other of a cunning ruthless villain. This comes up again when he's begging aniken to save him and after he does he shows his true side and roars 'UNLIMITED POWERRRR!!!!!'
At 1:05, you can see Palpatine making sure that he had his lightsaber with him. He was ready to defend himself if Anakin really did choose to attack him.
@@MCSPARTAN501 he wasn’t “checking” he was debating on pulling it out or not waiting to see what ani would do in the moment he he would have killed him if he tried to strike him down.
0:26 this is a similar over the shoulder shot to the one of Obi wan pleading to Anakin on Mustafar except in this one, Anakin is facing Palpatine in the conversation while later on he has his back turned to Obi wan. Impressive detail if intentional.
It baffles my mind that people could ever say this film is poorly written. Say what you like about the other two prequel films, but I’m a writer myself and the writing in ROTS, *ESPECIALLY* Palpatine’s writing is extraordinary. I genuinely believe Palpatine is one of the, if not the most well-written character in the history of cinema.
Probably the worst part for Anakin here was learning that the man he at minimum saw as dear friend, at most a grandfather figure, had been playing him and the rest of the galaxy for over a decade and never knew until it was literally spelled out to him.
And realizing that even after all that...he still needed Palpatine. More to the point, Anakin realized how trapped he was and realized how despite being so utterly played by Palpatine, he still needs him.
If Anakin would've just asked the Jedi about force healing this entire story wouldn't have happened. Palpatine: I can save the ones you love from certain death. Anakin: Yeah so can the Jedi... so uh? *stab*
@@UltimaKeyMaster The same could be said for Dooku. When he asked Obi Wan to join him on Geonosis, every thing he said about a Sith controlling the Republic was 100% true. He just left out a lot of important details.
Never got why people seemed to mock Haydens acting. He does just fine! in fact you would have to be pretty good to even say lines like the "i dont like sand" speech without cracking up. Anakin just had some ropey dialogue in some scenes. I can see what Lucas was trying to do tho, the cheesy dialogue always added to the charm, but poor hayden got the worst of it.
He's a decent actor. The problem (as you mentioned) was the chemistry between him and Portman where their "romance" just felt shoehorned. Some of it may be casting, but Lucas's writing is part of that mess. Let's face it, Lucas isn't a good romance storyteller.
@@mongoose5752 anakin: confused and in a state of reflecting on things palaptine: says Anakin's wife will die if he doesnt joins him, then stares at him while smiling ear-to-ear anakin: what did you say mongoose: lol, kek, azaza, bad dialogue
@fee foo I wouldn't say Lucas is a terrible writer or director, far from it, he created the most beloved film franchise of all time. He is one of the most talented visual directors. I think the issue is he may have challenges directing people, from what some vocal actors have said. Also the kind of movie star wars is demands a style that doesn't call for oscar worthy performances, indeed its part of its charm in its simplicity.
He loved Padme but his was a possessive selfish love. He never fully realized this until he returns to the light and selflessly saves his son from Palpatine in ROTJ.
Well, you can make the argument that it's not exactly force healing, it's them draining each other's life force through the dyad, but yeah, pretty much bullshit ^^
He actually realises closer to 0:16. After mentioning the dark side Palpatine probably felt a spike in emotion and rage from anakin and realised he was pretty close to being murdered on the spot. The way he stops walking as anakin confronts him.and his mouth kind of hangs open suggests he was definitely highly conscious of anakins change in emotion and demeanour.
Most probably already know this, but that mural they speak near is a rendition of the Great Hyperspace War, canonically though it simply commemorates a war between Jedi and Sith and its discovery is traced to the Massassai temples on Yavin IV.
At that point, Vader really didn't have a choice. If he were to ditch Palpatine, then Palps would've sent the entire Empire for his head. Plus, I feel Palpatine convinced Vader that he owed him a life debt for saving him at Mustafar and must repay him in eternal service for the Empire.
@Zhanger Dr. Palpatine: I am going to send my new phd student to a summer school to Mustafar. Prof. Kenobi: Are you from Prof. Palpatine's lab? Good, let me demonstrate you a new amputation technique
@Kyra Spoken as someone that implies people are together in death. What if there's only oblivion? I think at that point Anakin didn't have anything left to lose. "Be able too" means that too. Palpatine never guaranteed it. It was by Anakin's own hand that Padme died. Force choke leading to weakening her, leading to death at birthing the kids. Dark side has a use when controlled. Anakin lost control. That's on himself. He knows it too.
Ian McDiarmid is a fantastic actor and he is at his best playing the deliciously evil Palpatine , his smile he gives Anakin in this scene sends shivers down my spine and I love the way certain words he speaks with a different inflection in his voice sounding more like the Emperor , very chilling scene 👍
@@Kaiwala sure?? have lived long enough to this happen dozens of times with fiction including more then once with star wars empire strikes back was hated when it came out 6 was mixed at first then seen as great and is being seen more mixed again 1 2 3 were loved then hated then seen as decent 4 is the only numbered film that has not been at some point hated to death by the comunity
"If into the security Holograms you go, only pain will you find." -Yoda's warning to Obi wan about a possibly naked palpatine wandering around the senate building
Don't continue to be a pawn of the Jedi Council. Be my pawn instead
"Don't continue to be a pawn of the Jedi Council. Be a pawn of the dark side."
@@Anetron1 ahh, the man of culture
@@Anetron1 what did you say?
@@raafeyplayz7015 Use my knowledge, I BEG YOU!
@@Anetron1 I have the power to KILL the one you love. Let him kill me!!!
- You are the sith lord!
- Well it's about time! I've been dropping hints like crazy!
So, you know about H.I.S.H.E.?
- I'm a slow learner
LOL
"You were hitting on me this entire time?!"
NO SHIT SHERLOCK!
“I know you would…I can *feel* your anger. It gives you focus. Makes you stronger.”
The way his voice changes through that monologue is just spine-chilling. After decades of plotting and manipulation Palpatine drops the act, and Sidious finally speaks.
Idk if it’s just me but I noticed his eyes turning yellow as he said that line.. that was chilling.
That’s the best moment in the entire series for me.
Actually - earlier when he says "Do It" - meaning kill Count Dooku, his Sidious voice comes out.
From my prospective, anger makes you stronger but, makes you lose focus if you are not careful.
@@elithompson22 Yes, that's just you.
People can make all the fun of the prequels they like but Ian Mcdiarmid certainly did a fine job here 👍
In my opinion, the best actor of the star wars franchise.
@@darthimperious1594Agreed. McGregor and Guinness were spectacular, but they were more understated. It took incredible range to play this role, and McDiarmid nailed it beautifully.
@@ChessJew McGregor is a damn close second, I'll agree. He played Obi-Wan perfectly. Honestly, his portrayal of Obi-Wan was the only reason I didn't kinda agree with Anakin about the Jedi Order.
@@darthimperious1594 when obi wan just went "you're lost" instead of further explaining why anakins being a dumbass , i was like yea jedi deserve their fate
@@phoenixgray9231 wdym being dumbass, he slaughtered a room full of kids
His smile after each time he says 'the power to save Padme' is diabolical.
you almost forget he just admitted to being a sith. He has the innocent politician nailed.
Butcher
@@ottomanpapyrus9365 FUCKEN DIABOLICAL
yup, Padme can become quite diabolical at times lol
Anakin: "how do you know the ways of politics?"
Padme: "My mentor taught me everything about politics.... _even the corruptive nature of the senate."_
*ominous music*
Anakin: "...you want to DESTROY the senate?"
Padme: "Anakin... if one is to become a complete and wise leader, one must study, ALL it's aspects. not just the narrow, dogmatic view of republics and democracies. be careful of the Jedi, Anakin. Only through me can you achieve a position greater than any Council Master. Learn to know Nepotism, and you will become more powerful than any jedi.... even Master Yoda."
Anakin: "... *what did you say?"*
Padme: " _you DON'T KNOW THE POWWAAAAHHHH.... of an empire.... Learn to know dominion alongside your wife and I will be able to save the republic.... from _certain_ death." *evil smile*
Anakin: "YOU'RE after the chancellor's position." *ignites lightsaber*
Padme: "use my knowledge... I _beg you..._ ever since I've known you, you've been searching for a life, of significance, of _conscience...._ Join me, and together we can *rule the galaxy* as husband and wife. Make things _the way WE WANT them to be!...."
Anakin: "I-I don't..... I don't know you anymore. You've changed....I'm going to report our marriage to the Jedi council...."
Padme: *sultry saunter towards him in her hottest dress* "yes of course you should. but you're not sure of their intentions, are you?"
Anakin: "I will quickly-quickly discover the truth of all this." *lowers and deactivates lightsaber*
Padme: *right up against him tracing his shoulders* "are you going to _do_ me?"
Anakin: "I would certainly LIKE to!"
Padme: "I knowwwww you would.... _I can FEEL_ your lust, it gives you _focussssss,_ makes you _STRONGER."_ *bicep squeeze*
I LOVE how Palpatine holds his mouth open after saying Dark Side; as if he is drooling over the thought of the POWER
Yes, he knows at that moment that he revealed himself and that there is no turning back....
That was always my reaction to it, feels almost like an intoxicating rush at the thought of the dark side’s power
@@nathanashley8473So true
He waited YEARS to tell Anakin this.
He's drooling over the thought of getting Anakin's meat saber
"Use my knowledge i beg you" i love that quote lol
It's pretty good
Yea then he admits he doesnt know how to save padme but they could work together to discover the secret and anakin is to stupid to realise hes being manipulated. Lol!!
Thats the hole point of the sith we take our ancestors entire knowledge and kill them after no neeeding them then transfer it to apprenticeses and we became ready to our demise for the next generations of the Sith order
@@darthbane6225 You would know about that Darth Bane.
"PLEASE JUST FUCKING USE MY KNOWLEDGE!"
"Are you going to kill me?"
"Yes"
written and directed by George Lucas
But like 20 something years later I’m to lazy to search how many years between ROTS and ROTJ
@@ahuman8999 23 years
@@ahuman8999 bro you should change your name to just “Ta Jay Plays” or Tai J Plays
Tai-Jay Plays
Having all that in your channel name makes u look unprofessional lol
Sidious takes over Anakin's body now Vader is all of the Sith
He wouldn’t be able to even if he tried
Sidious/Palpatine is just one of the most incredibly written and acted villains ever. Vader’s villainy is attractive from how we in a way feel sorry for him, and deep down Anakin still lives on. But Sidious is pure dark side evil and its fantastic.
Palpatine later became The Emperor.
I don’t feel bad for Vader. Man started his career as a Sith Lord off by murdering a bunch of children.
@@Rlotpir1972 are u kidding me? Im pretty sure the emperor was freddy prince jr
@@fissilewhistle same here, i dont feel bad for Vader i feel bad for Anakin.
He's a GOAT
I just can't get over how honest he sounds when he's talking to ani, even tho the sith lie to each other he just sounds so honest about things.
thats called deception
Because what he was saying about the jedi happened to be true
@@joetheblu3 tbf certain parts of what palps said were true.
He’s not honest at all
That probably gained even more of Anakin’s trust, to not deny that he is a Sith Lord and yet still be flat out honest about things.
At least, when in front of Anakin.
Guys I think Palpatine may be a Sith Lord...
A Sith lawd?
@@user-rp6fz2th7x Yes, the one what we're looking for
@@fa11endawn16 how do you know this
@@captainvontrapp9611 He knows about the ways of the Force. He's been trained to use the Dark Side.
if what you say is truth you will have my trust
I love how Lucas makes Anakin and Palpatine walk/talk together EXACTLY as they walk/talk together in Return of the Jedi. Beautifully connected.
Never realised that wow
An accident...from sheer lack of imagination
@@c.s.7097 um actually… Lucas wanted parallels between the originals and prequels
Did it in AttC too
It's like poetry. They rhyme
exactly at 1:06 you can see Palpatine making sure he has his lightsaber on him. such a small piece of acting but it just shows that he was always in control of the situation.
Another good point and proof that Palpy did not lose to Windu. He purposefully stopped blasting the force lightning and pretended to be "too weak"...
Because palpatine learns from his mistakes
@@alanmt8819 Lucas confirmed that Windu beat Palpatine fair and square but I see what you mean.
@@alanmt8819
When Palpatine got disarmed, Windu had beaten him in the duel. But yeah, with Anakin in the room he was just pretending to be weak when shooting the force lightning
@@alanmt8819 I'm no lore expert, but I think Windu was the only one who could beat Palpatine due to his mastery of Vaapad
Easily the best character in the prequels. He acted the hell out of that part through every single film the character was in, but his acting in ROTS is next-level.
I liked Obi-Wan better.
If you wrote his lines on paper they're ridiculous yet somehow he made them work.
He's a tremendous shakesperean actor. Of course his acting is just pure perfeciton. Without his skills character of Palpatine would be so much poorer.
Yeah.. If Anakin was better written this scene would be sooo fucking good dude
Revenge of the sith WAS freeking amazing!! Obi Vs Anakin best lightsaber battle period !! The sequals were such let down, I have apologize to jar jar, aftha the last Jedi…. I was like I was to rough on you jar jar!!
The way his real voice slips out at makes you "Stronger" 1:50 always gave me goosebumps and a big grin on my face
He seems like he's about to go FULL Palp right then...but the he quickly catches himself and returns to being a frail senator again. It's fantastic acting lol
The voice of Darth Sidious comes out.
"Dew it!"
Now that's real acting.
Not according to the new trilogy. That's not even Palpatine.
1:05 look at that hand twitch. He knew this was always going to be a risky moment, he was ready to defend himself. Amazing subtle acting
Edit: people seem to think he is actually defenseless here, but he can use the force (lighting push etc) and he actually has two lightsabers. He used them against maul and savage, later Mace kicked one out of the window
He have he's lightsaber under the dress
Good eye
At this point in the plot he'd be packing both sabers
He's using the force to keep the light saber up his sleeve that's why he was waiting to reveal himself
Wow never noticed that. That is really good acting.
0:14 Fun Fact: That Wall Decoration on the background was the symbol of the Great Hyperspace War 4,000 years before the story.
If I may add to your comment
I read somewhere that Papls put this to not show the victory of the jedi/good, but to honor the sith/dark side who fought in this war
I thought I saw a rakatan on there! How splendid!
How you know all of this? This information isn't in the film. Just don't tell me you've read it in a book from a person who didn't even saw George Lucas on a picture.
@@ps4games164 how come you dont know this?
@@GGman2019 just out of curiosity where is the info from? A guilty pleasure.of mine is just going through wookpedia. I haven't read any of the eu or canon books nor have i seen much of any of the cartoons or played any game beyond jedi outcast back in the day. Just watched the movies. A lot of what i know comes from the wikis 😀 it'll be interesting to read up on the hyperspace wars.
Palpatine’s transformation and unveiling as a Sith is the best thing about the prequels. It’s quite compelling and brilliantly acted.
😂
@@Christopher-qq4dl I like smiley faces too.
Was it ever veiled lol man literally had to tell Anakin straight up he was a Sith. "Is everyone blind AND stupid?" Palpatines behind it all 😂
@@RedBishopGaming I know what you mean, but I think the fact that we all knew before we’d even seen Phantom Menace who he was. Even still, the way his character unfolded and the story of his manipulation made the prequels much more compelling than they otherwise would have been. It’s certainly my favourite thread in the first three episodes anyway.
Look at those gruesome murals decorating the wall, the eerie statues guarding the door and the ambitious red color everywhere. The house is shouting that a sith lord is living there.
Oh, to be Chancellor Palpatine’s interior designer.
@ Snake Plissken: Earned yourself your 100th like!! Yes...Very well put.
It was his way of trolling the Jedi. He'd have meetings with Yoda and the rest, surrounded by Sith paraphernalia, and they didn't know it despite at least a few of them supposedly trained in identifying Sith shit. Incense burners, talismans, bas reliefs, statues of Republic founders who supported study of the dark side, and all kinds of stuff.
The mural is literally a Sith artifact which used to be owned by the Sith Emperor.
It's similar to the one Al Pacino had behind him in Devil's Advocate.
That simile when he tells Anakin he knows about Padmé is just menacing
How else was he to get to Anakin??? PADME was Anakin's achilles heel.
@@zoefang4563 he was a Lying rat and tricked everyone for his own personal gain.
I wish they made a sequel to this movie where anakin kills him
@@hobomike6935 Uh, they did. It's called Return of the Jedi
"You will be able to save your wife...from certain death!" Knowing what Palpatine was capable of, I don't think it would be a stretch to imagine that was a very thinly veiled threat. If Anakin's dream wasn't there to exploit, he would likely have been prepared to threaten her life himself, and Anakin would know he could in unexpected ways. He'd indirectly tried to have her assassinated before, and it wouldn't have been his first political assassination.
smile*
This scene was always funny to me. He just starts roasting the Jedi. He’s the only character in this movie who’s having a good time.
Oh he was 100% watching the dooku fight as pure entertainment especially with the way he says "good anakin good"
@@LegendaryCaptainNow kill him! 😂😂😂
@@mavecchio05 *looks at dooku* 😂kill him now
@@Raeqwon17do eeet!
He's facing an instant-kill weapon held inches from his face by a young Jedi who is both a battle-proven prodigy and a fulcrum of prophesy, yet aside from an unconscious check for his own light saber, he shows absolute confidence and zero fear. Anakin is extremely powerful but far from infallible, and Palpatine has watched and learned his skills for years. Even if Anakin decided to kill the Sith Lord right there, I seriously doubt he could have succeeded. Sidious is still on another level and he knows it.
It's not an instant kill for him i think. He has to power to destroy his light saber at this moment.
Honestly I think the Siths powers have been retconned over time. Sure he's powerful but Anakin should have been able to kill him here if he wanted.
@@nossenkanter eh Yoda says Obi-Wan wasn't strong enough to fight Palpatine, yet Anakin got put down by Obi-Wan. Honestly I don't think Palpatine was in as much danger as you think
@@e.j.5053 But Anakin also says he could overthrow Palpatine. Is he just overconfident? Perhaps but he must at least have some basis to even suggest this. Also Palpatine himself says Anakin "will" become more powerful than either him or Yoda, implying he's at least close to as powerful as them then as such that getting the jump in a fight may be the difference. Furthermore the Obi-Wan comparison is moot. We know for a fact Anakin is far stronger than Obi-Wan even at the beginning of the film. Why? Obi-Wan gets tossed aside by Dooku like nothing, yet Anakin singlehandedly overpowers and kills him. This was before, of course, Anakin was further empowered by going over to the Dark side. Obi-Wan wins either due to plot contrivance or at least Anakin being overconfident and trying to defy the almighty high ground. In this encounter, Anakin was not overconfident so that wouldn't be a factor.
@@nossenkanter Anakin isn't exactly in his right mind throughout the movie. Almost everything he says in the latter half of the movie is Sith rage induced drivel. I guess at this point we're set in our opinions, but to me, Palpatine appears to be ready to defend himself if necessary.
0:13 "Even the nature of the dark side." The way he delivers that line gives me chills.
It's such a good follow-up from the friendly sounding "My mentor taught me everything about the force"
I also love the way he just seems in borderline euphoria from his power in the dark side
It's weird hearing him use the Sidious voice as Palpatine.
And how he ends that sentence with his mouth open….so creepy and evil! Like he’s HUNGRY for human flesh or something!!
thats the moment he jumps over the edge. No going back
"If one is to know the great mystery, one must study all its aspects." That's low-key one of the greatest movie quotes ever.
Yes yes yes…
If a person wants to comprehend That he must the square who study it the square. - Speaker D
every necromancer monologue ever
Of all the steps in Palpatine’s plan, this one was the most dangerous for him. Look at his hand at 1:05 when Anakin draws his lightsaber, it closes and shakes with clear nervousness. In this moment, even the Sith Lord Sidious himself is afraid and unsure of the out come now during this scene
I think he's debating whether or not to draw his own sabre... the Sith go through apprentices like toner cartridges - had Anakin not played ball, it would be have been just another "oh, well..." to add to Maul and Dooku.
@@JMUDoc true but there was no way Palpatine was gonna beat Anakin in a one on one like that
@@Guine523 He killed three Masters in less than ten seconds when they came to arrest him, and it's not clear that he lost to Windu; he might have been sandbagging to prod Anakin into killing Windu.
Sidious himself admitted when fighting Yoda that Vader would become more powerful than either of them, with how strong the force was with Anakin he already was stronger than Palpatine, he was a war hero and later took on the temple, he at this point was probably at least just as powerful as Sidious
@@Guine523 no way, Palpatine is far more powerful than most Jedi. The exceptions, per George Lucas, are Mace Windu and Yoda. Mace Winds disarmed him with shatter point, but Yoda was defeated. Anakin at this stage would not have been able to beat him,
Palpatine’s little nervous smile at the end, makes him seem so sincere. Amazing scene. Best Star Wars movie hands down
Ian Mcdiarmid for me will always be the heart of the whole Star Wars franchise, his acting and performances are so epic to the point of almost Shakespearean plus the way he always delivers his dialogues so calmly is just chilling. He truly is an amazing actor and always own every scene.
Calmly, huh?
^And this is how we get "somehow, Palpatine survived" 🙄
Kids, let your heroes and villains die
Because he IS a Shakespearean really. He does far more stage work than movies/TV.
@@BlatentlyFakeName
Yep. Best actors are stage performers most of the time.
He was only good thing about ROS.
The voice change over is so subtle, but you can tell there is an immense evil power there with Palpetine when you hear the switch over. Great acting.
Too bad Mannequin...I mean Anakin wasn't sharp enough to pick on it.
@@johndough4112 😂
Really have no issue with Hayden's portrayal. Think he nailed it. However, Anakin was a pathetic Jedi. Worthless at dueling (considering his considerable innate advantage). Worthless in the force (Obi-Wan was a rival. Yoda/Mace and the other council members would have used him as Temple mop). And he's basically got the brains of a retarded monkey. What does he think a Sith does. Tell the truth? Lol.
Anyone who discovered Palps should have killed him on the spot. He's just a moron. Little more than that.
I love the way how Ian McDiarmid says “A LARGER view of The Force…”
Palpatine is so obviously enjoying this slow revelation of his true self!
I have these blue Force enhancement pills...they produce much larger, longer lasting force performance!
@@victorpradha9946 , and if somebody displays doubts… “Your lack of faith disturbs me.”
“They’re holding you back, buddy”-paraphrased
Inside his mind there is a little voice saying “do it”
Insidious definition: proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects. My fav character in prequel
What I love about this is just how well he got into Anakin's head, figured out all his issues and all his wants and hopes and dreams, and just offered to give him everything he wanted in a way that made Anakin think he needed Palpatine and couldn't possibly live without him. Say what you want about the prequels dialogue, but Palpatine was written very well. So many times you get villains in works who do the kind of evil genie thing where they try to tempt the hero into siding with them by just bluntly offering them what they want (like Enchantress in Suicide Squad), while Palpatine just fucked with Anakin's head to the point this kid thought he was absolutely dependent on him.
Very true I also thought if anakin was to kill sidious before sidious turns on him or any more jedi remember few jedi still lived and survived even after order 66
They just simply went into hiding
1:36 I love the way Hayden conveyed Anakin's emotions-anger, fear, rage and despair. He is afraid of losing Padme, but at the same time his Jedi duty is to protect the Republic. And he really doubts whether he wants to kill Palpatine or save Padme.
Among reasons the Jedi failed him. Even as Anakin was conflicted he did the right thing. But again for doing that the council (mostly Mace Windu on this one) he still didn't have their trust.
Hayden is criminally underrated (as Anakin), every ounce of pain that he is meant to portray is in his body movement and eyes, both in the second and third movie, just like George Lucas saw in him.
@@EshBBX As much as everyone back then thought Hayden did a bad job as Anakin time has proven the haters wrong. If anything blame more resides with Lucas for some of the corny lines he had to say...for example the "I hate sand" line.
@@gr8daynegb They didn’t trust Anakin because he was emotionally unstable and quick to violence.
The despair he felt was because the person he thought he could trust with his secrets more than any one else ends up being the Sith Lord who is responsible for the war. Most people wouldn’t take that very well.
Tell me Palps doesn't enjoy Ani's anger a little *too much* at 1:39-1:50.
He was getting a force erection thinking about it.
He was excited at all that power under his control
I think palpatine got a boner by sensing anakins anger and i think while he was talking he was thinking about how thick anikins anger was
The Dark Side is very intoxicating to him. It’s like a drug and an orgasmic experience at the same time.
"i know you would you dirty fucking boy"
"if one is to understand the great mystery, one must study all its aspects"
love this line. siths aren't just victims of anger, they're victims of knowledge.
Ian McDiarmid absolutely slays this role. What a talented actor.
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@GODSGENERAL I liked this, realized what I’d done, and unliked it. May it be 66 forever.
@JohnsonTheSecond : well if anakin was black pill he would have not fall into this trap cause he would have known love ain't real so he would have pump and dump like there is no tomorrow, eventualy learn from Palpatine but never become his puppet.
Truth is the greatest master and set you free as you don't get attached to nothing but yourself.
The story of Sidious is an underrated masterpiece of star wars. The prequels fell short in other areas but they really nailed that.
I was 11 years old when ROTS came out and to this day that smile at the end of this scene gets me. He threatens Anakins wife basically and gives not an evil, mischievous smile, but an honest genuine one, like he has a split personality or something. It’s like he says all that and then immediately goes back in to Chancellor mode as if someone else had said it.
I get what you mean, but I don’t see what he was saying as a threat. In my opinion at least, it was palpy’s way of saying he knew well about padme and anakin.
But I don’t know, like I said that’s my opinion.
I was also 11 when ROTS came out, it was my favorite movie the summer of 2005 and I watched it so much I had nearly all the dialogue memorized
According to most of the writers and experts on the subject; Palpatine had groomed Anakin from day one. He'd had the scheme planned and that all links back to Darth Plagueis. He planned to completely destroy Anakin as a person and build him into a puppet. Killing off Padme wasn't just a way of controlling him - it was his plan from the start.
He is confirmed to be a sociopath so it makes sense
I used to think the way Hayden speak here is weird, like how his "what did you say?" is quite, monotone. But over time I get.
Your close friend who you trust so much more than the Jedi, reveals himself as a Sith, when you are still a part of the Jedi and trust in their ideals.
Your friend promotes the dark side in such an eager and convincing manner, you even thought he's just a politician without a connection to The Force. All these informations was fed to your mind in just some split second you don't have enough time to comprehend it. All you can do is just letting out "what did you say?"
It's more than that. Palpatine is his political leader. He has fought wars and killed having being led by palpatine.
So many people blaming Anakin for joining the emperor while he have no other choice. If he didn't joined he would be killed by Palpatine.
Palpatine would kill him because of his potential. Remember what he said "The jedis are relentless. If even one survive there will be civil war without end." He wouldn't want Anakin to lead that civil war. Based on that fact Anakin joined the emperor and wanted just one thing in exchange. Padme. But she refused to join Anakin as apprentice of a sith war lord. That's why Anakin used the force against her expressing anger. It have the meaning "Bitch, I saving our lives so we can be together despite all. What about me? What about my children? What about my life? You are stupid and selfish."
Of course Palpatine would kill her as she is a senator (congresswoman) and ex queen with bunch of connections everywhere.
But majority of the fans blaming him. Those people just doesn't pay attention to the picture.
@@ps4games164 He said he was more powerful than the Chancellor though. We never got to see that duel but if Anakin in his prime had more midi chlorians than Yoda then he should have taken his chances to off the Emperor
He was also a father figure after Qui-Gon was killed.
@@ps4games164 Of course he had a choice. He didn't join him to save himself. He did it to gain more power to save his wife and because he was distrustful of the Jedi by this point. In no way at any point in this film did Anakin express any desire to turn to the dark side to save himself. It was almost entirely about his fear of loss and his need to take control of everything around him because he was convinced his wife would die otherwise. Of course, it was his turn to the dark side that cause his wife to die. He misinterpreted his own dreams not realizing that it was his actions that would lead to her death and not his inaction. His interpretation of his mother's death is that he didn't act fast enough to save her but it wasn't really due to his inaction. They were on separate planets and there's nothing he could have done. He shouldn't have blamed himself for what happened. Whenever I watch episode 3, I want to tell him to just stay in the Jedi Council and let Mace handle Palpatine himself.
What made this scene so powerful was how small it was. It was not an epic, dramatic reveal, it was just a conversation. Palpatine did not suddenly become something else, he seemingly was still the same.
Ian McDiarmid was so good. I always liked the prequels but mostly Revenge of the Sith.
Now I realize that if he had been given a little bit more focus, he could have carried episode 1 and episode 2 similar to how he was the best part of episode 3. At least in my opinion.
Rots is the best of the prequels
A great actor to incarnate the greatest sith lord!!!!
good point.
@Gustavo Vasconcelos you are right! That is the surprise of The revenge of the Sith!!!
Ewan McGregor also carried the prequels as well.
I feel like this movie changes a lot as you get older. When it came out, I was about Anakin's age. I identified with his character a lot and felt like I might even make the same decisions he made because of how everyone else treated him and what he thought was at stake. But now that I'm older, I realize that he was too young, arrogant, immature, etc. and that the fault in the end was his own... I can't possibly imagine making the decisions he made anymore. I'm not sure exactly what it is about ROTS, I've never seen a movie quite like it. I think it's because we all know what's going to happen in the decades to come, but there's nothing we can do to stop it. In my eyes, this is the most unique Star Wars movie.
Very good way to put it, the older u get the better it is
Yea like you hope something good will happen, but you know what’s gonna happen anyways. This is definitely my favorite star wars movie.
Need to listen to rots audiobook
Interesting. I'm the complete opposite way.
I was in my late teens when I saw ROTS 20 ish years ago in the theater and I hated Anakin. His attitude & actions seem grotesque and nonsensical but I chalked it up to Palpatine having poisoned his soul (So to speak). Now that I'm older and more experienced, even without Palpatine's influence his actions make perfect sense. Yes he betrays the republic and the Jedi order the republic was **wildly** corrupt, as were the Jedi due to complacency. As bad as Palpatine was, he was right about a lot of things including the Jedi. Qui-gon and Dooku were the only ones that truly embodied the spirit of what a Jedi is supposed to be, which is..... ironic.
Def the most unique Star Wars film I agree.
Yes. I know what you mean. I was 25 when ROTS Came out and felt similiar. I also feel the same when I watch "Mutiny on the Bounty". When I was young - I would have 100% sided with Fletcher Christian. But the Older I get - the more I realise HE was the villian and NOT Bligh.
This is why Sidious is such an amazing villain because he attacks not just physically but physiologically he gets inside your head and twists your mind, preys on your fears and anger. That’s why other villains like John Doe from Se7en or The Joker from The Dark Knight won because they used the protagonists fears and weaknesses against them I.e Joker turned Harvey Dent into Two-Face and destroyed Harvey’s reputation and John Doe murdered Mills’ wife and unborn child and making Mills the final and seventh deadly sin. Ian McDirmid did an incredible job portraying Sidious.
this scene alone is more captivating than anything from the sequel trilogy
Wait, is there a "sequel trilogy"?? God, my bad. I forgot there are sequels!!!
@@tonyfendex2558 no problem. There are no sequel cannon movies
I am pretty sure he said "power to save Batman"
Fuck i cant unhear it now.
Batman doesn’t need saving
lol
🤣🤣
To save padawan
Anakin: “I will quickly discover the truth of all of this.”
He just told you the truth, that he’s a Sith Lord. Anakin wasn’t the sharpest tool in the box was he?
I always took it to mean the truth of the “Jedi’s intentions” that Palpatine was questioning immediately prior.
🤣🤣🤣”He just told you the truth, that he’s a Sith Lord”🤣🤣🤣
i like how you can see palpatine is really nervous in this scene. this is the first time he revealed himself to one of the ,,good guys" and he knows if he says one wrong word, his plan will fail. those are the details you can only notice if a movie is written by a person that knows how to write
No, Lucas isn't good writer. He has some amazing ideas but he's not great at writing them. I think this has more to do with McDiarmid's acting skills. He's a really good theatre actor so I think this is his work.
@@XiaoLynn i agree that ian is a top tier actor. I dont understand hoever why youre saying george is a bad writter. Give me an example of some aspect or some scene that he wrote badly please.
@@totallynotdio1311 The cringe as fuck dialogue of the prequels isn't proof enough that George is a horrible writer?.
He is a great producer and has great ideas but the prequels were good just compared to Disney sequels. On their own they are still terrible movies with horrible dialogue, bad acting and terrible CGI.
@@wagnar 1. bad dialogue is bad dialogue. i was asking that guy why lucas is a bad writer. writing is about plot and character consistency and all that stuff i dont have time to explain to you. you ,,can" say (altrough many people with dissagree with you) george is bad at creating dialogue, but i was asking that dude if he has any proof that george is a bad WRITER, not DIALOGUE MAKER.
2."terrible cgi,,. do you know what the word ,,invent" means? welp cgi technology was underdeveloped during the time of the prequels, so many techniques and technologies had to be INVENTED. (also ,,cgi bad" is just your opinion, but thats besides the point)
3. ill ignore the bad dialogue part, everyone has their opinion on dialogue in star wars (for example i feel they do exactly what george wanted). but please tell me: why do you think acting is bad and why its bad? by tell me i mean point out a scene or actor that played in prequels, and give your reasoning why his/her performance is bad...
@@totallynotdio1311 Literally half of the dialogues in prequels. They kill the sotry. In the paper prequels look amazing they're like some epic ancient tragedy. But dialogues such as "I don't like sand" just kills it. Like I said George has amazing ideas but he just need someone who will write them.
The music in this scene is just excellent. Has that dark subtle undertone with the sith theme to it. Like seeing dark clouds approaching. Palpatine really needs his own series. Badly. My vision for such a series is something like "House of Cards" showing Palpatine's early rise through the Senate slowly gaining more power.
That would be awesome. I gotta agree
Well your in luck! The Acolyte series towards the end will show palpatine and plagues relationship. More of the sith and their rise.
@@traderstudios6473 I heard that and am excited to see what they do on The Acolyte!
I think the song is a very slowed down version of Palp's theme but I could be wrong (except the end ofc when the theme plays normally)
What love so much about this is how palpatine’s voice changes throughout the entire conversation while taking a big chance to tell anakin his big secret
Palpatine is so manipulative in this scene. He knew if he taunted Anakin at 1:39 Anakin would not kill him. It's so disappointing to see this mastermind character became a mediocre villain and failed to manipulate Rey in The Rise of Skywalker.
He didn't manipulate Anakin. He just using the mistakes of the jedis in his favor. Palpatine gave a go to Anakin's feelling while the jedi teachings forbidding it. To that point Anakin was still loyal to the jedi council despite all their arrogance, filth and misstrust. He reported Palpatine to Windu immediately and insisted to be part of the fighting force that's meant to detain him.
Pff Rey xd
He was so manipulative in the entire movie. He was slowly driving Anakin towards the dark side step by step. From the moment of killing count dooku to the death of mace windu. He was playing Anakin slowly....
@@ps4games164 But he did manipulate Anakin.. by playing into his desire to save his wife, which is ultimately his biggest goal throughout episode 3, he was devastated by the loss of his mom to tusken raiders & murdered them all.. Palpatine knew that was the perfect way to draw Anakin into the Dark Side.. he knew if Palpatine really had the solution to saving Padme, that Anakin would certainly choose that over the Jedi council itself.
@@giiotm8272
The dude were into the dark side the moment he killed Dooku. Yoda didn't trust him. Mace Windu too. The entire council was against his training but accepted him only because by the prophecy he is the one. In the end they even form a doubt Into their interpretation for the prophecy.
Palpatine: "I'm the Sith Lord."
Anakin: "Don't worry, your secret is safe with me."
Palpatine: "Of course you should probably tell the-wait what?"
Love how “intimidated” palpatine looks when Anakin whips out the saber and points it to his face. This boy is made of force, has won 10000 battles and is anger prone. P doesn’t even blink. Almost like Anakin took out a moleskine to take notes instead
who would win, 20ish years of vigorous jedi training from young child to grown adult, or one old boi with a sharp tongue
I think we already know the answer to that question... th-cam.com/video/lbbG02LB7g0/w-d-xo.html
To be fair, Sidious has been a Sith for much longer than Anakin has been a Jedi, and their training is arguably much more intense, seeing as there are only two of them so they have to be the absolute best.
Not a long time ago sidious had stomped maul and savage. I'd put all my money in Palpatine.
@@BadWolfSilence longer than anakin’s even been alive
Sharp tongue is Palpatine’s strongest weapon
The moment Anakin turned off his lightsaber, he was already lost.
"He's too dangerous to be left alive!"
I love the subtle undertones of Palpatine’s theme in the background when Anakin deactivates his lightsaber. It shows that, at that moment, he was in control and things were just moments away from being won.
Palpatine is such an amazing villain. He played on both sides only to enlarge his own power.
The shift in tone from 1:01 to 1:09 from palps is amazing. It shows how two sided he was. One the acting innocent and the other of a cunning ruthless villain. This comes up again when he's begging aniken to save him and after he does he shows his true side and roars 'UNLIMITED POWERRRR!!!!!'
This man should've won an Oscar for his entire performance or Darth Sidious.
Lucasfilm did promote Ian McDiarmid during award season as a "For Your Consideration" Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee. Sadly, no go.
No. A Nobel Prize
0:59: totally making a deal with the devil.
I love how every other sith was ready to whip out a lightsaber the moment they were discovered, but Pals just talks his way out of it.
At 1:05, you can see Palpatine making sure that he had his lightsaber with him. He was ready to defend himself if Anakin really did choose to attack him.
@@MCSPARTAN501 I never noticed this
@@MCSPARTAN501 all he does is clench his fist lol
@@MCSPARTAN501 he wasn’t “checking” he was debating on pulling it out or not waiting to see what ani would do in the moment he he would have killed him if he tried to strike him down.
It's not that hard to talk your way out of it was someone as dim and gullible as Anakin
Palpatine: Are you going to kill me
Anakin: Yes
- Credit rolls -
Anakin, in about 25 years, yes.
@@chrismc410 Yeah, sadly
no, sidious would've won that duel, and Sidious would've executed order 66 to cover his tracks and found another apprentice.
I loved how palpatine is so chill in the prequels and feels like an actual friend but in the comics and trilogy palpatine is ruthless
0:23 - 0:40 that is literally so true
The man explained life in 17 seconds😂
You are being influenced by the Dark side of the force Khan.
@RubiiX
Tempting is the way of Dark side.
Not strong enough, jedi knights are to learn the Dark side of force. Stop them, we must.
Revan knew this.
@J. Jay i think so. Isn't he one of the few that can use the dark side of the force for good?
ooow look at that friendly and kind smile, full of understanding and compassion. such desire to help. how touching
0:26 this is a similar over the shoulder shot to the one of Obi wan pleading to Anakin on Mustafar except in this one, Anakin is facing Palpatine in the conversation while later on he has his back turned to Obi wan. Impressive detail if intentional.
Love the smile at the end after “Learn the power of the dark side, power to save Padme”
It baffles my mind that people could ever say this film is poorly written. Say what you like about the other two prequel films, but I’m a writer myself and the writing in ROTS, *ESPECIALLY* Palpatine’s writing is extraordinary. I genuinely believe Palpatine is one of the, if not the most well-written character in the history of cinema.
#1 reveal in film history that literally EVERYONE saw coming.
0:34 same words from the ancient snake to Eve
Probably the worst part for Anakin here was learning that the man he at minimum saw as dear friend, at most a grandfather figure, had been playing him and the rest of the galaxy for over a decade and never knew until it was literally spelled out to him.
And realizing that even after all that...he still needed Palpatine. More to the point, Anakin realized how trapped he was and realized how despite being so utterly played by Palpatine, he still needs him.
If Anakin would've just asked the Jedi about force healing this entire story wouldn't have happened. Palpatine: I can save the ones you love from certain death. Anakin: Yeah so can the Jedi... so uh? *stab*
"If one is to understand a great mystery, one must study all its aspects" i agree with palpi on this one.
This is why someone like Palpy is the most dangerous Sith of all time. Because in some cases, he's 100% right.
Both sides must be studied and understood.
@@UltimaKeyMaster The same could be said for Dooku. When he asked Obi Wan to join him on Geonosis, every thing he said about a Sith controlling the Republic was 100% true. He just left out a lot of important details.
@@UltimaKeyMaster no, he is not right. He is dangerous because can make stupid people (like u) agree with him
Never got why people seemed to mock Haydens acting. He does just fine! in fact you would have to be pretty good to even say lines like the "i dont like sand" speech without cracking up. Anakin just had some ropey dialogue in some scenes. I can see what Lucas was trying to do tho, the cheesy dialogue always added to the charm, but poor hayden got the worst of it.
He's a decent actor. The problem (as you mentioned) was the chemistry between him and Portman where their "romance" just felt shoehorned. Some of it may be casting, but Lucas's writing is part of that mess. Let's face it, Lucas isn't a good romance storyteller.
palpatine: explains everything
anakin : what did you say
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@mongoose5752 still the dialogue tho, hardly Haydens fault
@@mongoose5752 anakin: confused and in a state of reflecting on things
palaptine: says Anakin's wife will die if he doesnt joins him, then stares at him while smiling ear-to-ear
anakin: what did you say
mongoose: lol, kek, azaza, bad dialogue
@fee foo I wouldn't say Lucas is a terrible writer or director, far from it, he created the most beloved film franchise of all time. He is one of the most talented visual directors. I think the issue is he may have challenges directing people, from what some vocal actors have said. Also the kind of movie star wars is demands a style that doesn't call for oscar worthy performances, indeed its part of its charm in its simplicity.
His love for Padme was unconditional.
He was caught in a weak moment. Had it not been for his fear of losing her, he wouldn't have turned to Palpatine.
He loved Padme but his was a possessive selfish love. He never fully realized this until he returns to the light and selflessly saves his son from Palpatine in ROTJ.
So unconditional that he ended up killing her
Palpatine is absolute genius like this was a huge gamble
2:15 Power to Safe Batman
I hearing it Padme every time but Batman is super hilarious lol
It says it in captions
Lol
😅😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂 rofl, i saw it too
Palpatine: Are you going to kill me?
Nike: Just do it.
That episode 9 force healing is shitting on this scene right now
Ikr it just makes every single plot point from all of Star Wars completely meaningless.
(Jedi Mind Trick hand motion) There is no Episode 9.
@@splitjawjanitor5369 There is no episode 9
Well, you can make the argument that it's not exactly force healing, it's them draining each other's life force through the dyad, but yeah, pretty much bullshit ^^
@@erberlon só it's a tryad: Rey, Ben and the serpent creature
Thank goodness for Ian McDiarmid. Single handedly gave the prequel films some class and quality that no one else was able to.
So we're not going to mention Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Jimmy Smits, Christopher Lee, or Temuera Morrison?
1:02 when I see people cooking without seasoning 😂
0:20 palpatine realising he's on some mighty thin ice
He actually realises closer to 0:16. After mentioning the dark side Palpatine probably felt a spike in emotion and rage from anakin and realised he was pretty close to being murdered on the spot. The way he stops walking as anakin confronts him.and his mouth kind of hangs open suggests he was definitely highly conscious of anakins change in emotion and demeanour.
“Palpatine reveals himself”
Me:😩
Me: 😈
Is something like indecent exposure? 😂
And after this masterpiece, we got “somehow palpatine returned.”
0:23 "If one is to understand the great mystery, one must study the great mystery." Genius.
"Yes but did you know that the shields are still shields?"
“Even the nature of the dark side” his voice is brilliant there 🤣🤣🤣
next time I have a conversation with a coworker I'm just going to keep walking around them in a circle
when i was young i watched starwars for the fighting, now when older i watch starwars for the politicsplot and just to see palpatine haha
Stop messing round with my master Anakin
Ian is absoluly terrifying and without a doubt the best character in the prequels
Most probably already know this, but that mural they speak near is a rendition of the Great Hyperspace War, canonically though it simply commemorates a war between Jedi and Sith and its discovery is traced to the Massassai temples on Yavin IV.
Yet none of the Jedi question the murals and art in his room. He has Sith stuff everywhere. Damn, The Jedi got dumber it seems.
Palpatine: "...you will be able to save your wife".
Padme dies
Palpatine: "oops"
Anakin: "well, damn, anyway, let's be friends"
At that point, Vader really didn't have a choice. If he were to ditch Palpatine, then Palps would've sent the entire Empire for his head. Plus, I feel Palpatine convinced Vader that he owed him a life debt for saving him at Mustafar and must repay him in eternal service for the Empire.
@Zhanger Dr. Palpatine: I am going to send my new phd student to a summer school to Mustafar.
Prof. Kenobi: Are you from Prof. Palpatine's lab? Good, let me demonstrate you a new amputation technique
@Kyra Spoken as someone that implies people are together in death.
What if there's only oblivion? I think at that point Anakin didn't have anything left to lose.
"Be able too" means that too. Palpatine never guaranteed it. It was by Anakin's own hand that Padme died. Force choke leading to weakening her, leading to death at birthing the kids. Dark side has a use when controlled. Anakin lost control. That's on himself. He knows it too.
Ian McDiarmid is a fantastic actor and he is at his best playing the deliciously evil Palpatine , his smile he gives Anakin in this scene sends shivers down my spine and I love the way certain words he speaks with a different inflection in his voice sounding more like the Emperor , very chilling scene 👍
Looking back, this was a really risky move by Sidious.
I like Anakin skywalker
Thank you. We all do.
@@lester3917 jokes on you i like obi-wan
@@oolexer and we here like anakin
@@DW-ze6wl and i like that one generic jedi in episode 1
@@DW-ze6wl What about me?
Fear of losing Padme led to Anger at the council led to Hate of Obi Wan led to Suffering of Vader.
In hindsight it was pretty obvious that palpy was a Sith Lord throughout the prequels, but as a ten year old in theaters these scene had me like 😳
The prequels will eventually be appreciated as flawed but entertaining films. This will never, ever be the case with the sequels.
Great comment. You are strong, and wise!
I think we're already in the prequel appreciation era. I can't see the same for the sequels though - but maybe I'm wrong
funny...same thing was said about the prequels vs the first 3 films
20 years for now 7 and 8 will be looked at fondly
@@scottgrasser9475 let's bet on it
@@Kaiwala sure??
have lived long enough to this happen dozens of times with fiction
including more then once with star wars
empire strikes back was hated when it came out
6 was mixed at first then seen as great and is being seen more mixed again
1 2 3 were loved then hated then seen as decent
4 is the only numbered film that has not been at some point hated to death by the comunity
A true Guy, after Palpetine's dialouge. Anakin says, "What did you say?" Like a good husband or boyfriend.
So many one line bangers in this short clip. ROTS was so good
Anakin: “I would certainly like to”
Palpatine: “I know you wou….
‘Gets cut in half’
Anakin: “So I will”
The End
at 0:58 that smile alone gets me, truly shows how Ian really took on the role of Darth Sidious and the character's emobidement of evil!
"Palpatine Reveals Himself"
Please! There are ladies present!
"If into the security Holograms you go, only pain will you find."
-Yoda's warning to Obi wan about a possibly naked palpatine wandering around the senate building