Fun fact: The robes Sidious wears when hes making the speech to the senate. Those are Sith robes. The only people who knew what the robes were are the Jedi. So its one giant "Fuck you. I win."
Politicians are just pawns to the people who fund them. If you want to know who truly runs the world, you need to look beyond politics and delve into who funds them, and why they're being funded. (hint: it's the banking cartels) All wars are bankers' wars.
Holy crap I’ve not laughed that hard in ages! I’m a sequel fan myself but man that was hilarious - I wonder what sort of nonsense went into the development of the other trilogies too that we’re not privy to.
Exactly. If you look at Palpatine's apprentices, while giving them certain powers, the Dark Side also brought suffering to their lives. But we don't really see that with Palpatine. He completely revels in the Dark Side. He pretty much IS the Dark Side!
@@gnc623 There is only one other Sith Lord i can remember that started out like that as they no sense of morality and it was actually a foreign concept to them and that was Darth Cognus…Zannah’s apprentice. But unlike Sidious, she had no back story of family trauma as far as we know. Most Sith we read about have some sense of dispute, trauma or childhood rejection/tragedy and so forth.
@@streetsdisciple0014 another Sith with this kind of nature is Tenebrae/Vitiate/Valkorion, who in his prime was halfway to a deity. Honestly, I think Vitiate might be someone who Palpatine drew inspiration from.
Palpatine is more like Sauron’s master, Morgoth (aka Melkor from the Silmarillion). Morgoth fought with God (Iluvatar) for control of the universe. Morgoth was cast down to Middle-earth where he took over for hundreds of years. He was a bad dude. He created the Orcs by twisting Elves & mating them with animals! And like Palpatine, no one could ever completely kill Morgoth. His spirit continues until the final conflict of the universe.
Voldemort's problem was that "Spam Crucio and Avada Kedavra" was his answer to everything. Palpatine put on a nice guy act and pretended he was working for the galaxy's good while secretly organising an invasion of his own planet to force Valorum to step down after being unable to stop it so he could become Chancellor, used Dooku and other people's problems with the corrupt Republic to form the Separatists to create a fake threat to justify creating the clones he actually intended to use to kill the Jedi and tricked dumbass Jar Jar into giving him emergency powers then framed the Jedi for trying to overthrow the Republic and used the emergency powers and Mace Windu's attempt to kill him to get sympathy and form the Empire. And only showed his true evil self when he had all the power and didn't have to hide it anymore. Voldemort's "I'm evil and will torture you into insanity then kill you" was unsubtle and was never going to work.
This entire essay reminds me of a famous movie line: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convince the world he didnt exists” perfectly fits with Palpatines story
It's more than convincing the world of his 'non-existence', he was able to shift the blame onto others for his wrongdoing, much like Palpatine did with the Jedi
he had to do that because he learned how many Sith Lords fell in history. He didn't have the arrogance of the Sith Lords of old. Palpatine understood his enemies like the Jedi and other enemies well enough to plan ahead.
@@Rinesmyth Although by doing that he also convinced the general public that the Sith were a phantom enemy created by the Jedi to disguise their plot. So I’d say the quote applies.
The genius of Ian McDiarmid in this role is the eyes. If you look at the scenes of the Chancellor, he changes his facial expressions to fake empathy or to fake joy during a celebration…but the eyes stay dead focused, cold and unchanged. He is always working on the great plan. No days off and Ian McDiarmid showed that focus in every scene no matter how small
And some of the expressions, whenever chancellor gets whatever he wants for the great plan, you can see the very beginning of an evil grin on his face, the dude is obviously laughing maniacally in his head
@drewpowers7236 love his real smiles too they aren't of joy well in a good sense relative to us but that smile of evil he does when he was pleading to Anakin to use his knowledge to help his wife and when Vader was having his breakdown at the news of his wife passing away.
In words of Darth Plaguies the Wise: Evil, what is that? For a Sith, entire concept of good and evil is just so goofy. You seek the acquisition of power, and most things in order to do that just happen, incidentally, to contain murder or genocide.
Let's all be grateful that Ian McDiarmid was still in his thirties when he got the part, which has allowed him to give us four decades of Palpatine. I wasn't crazy about Rise Of Skywalker but the Emperor is always entertaining to watch. As a sidebar, notice that in AOTC they were clearly intending to just have Palpatine age into his Emperor face and then decided later to burn him with his own Force lightning in Episode III
@@its-amemegatron.9521 I don’t think it was a mask. He wasn’t able to fully utilize the dark side when the Jedi were still around because they would have sensed his presence. Much of his scarring came when Mace Windu redirected his force lightning back at him, and the rest came after the Jedi was overthrown and he was fully able to embrace the dark side and let it flow through him.
@@erikdayne5429 nice of you to ignore the parts where thebactor delivers some of the best lines in the franchise and display a show of force power never seen on the movies before. And no, its canon that it was a mask and that the dark side is what caused his face to look like that
It’s safe to say that Palpatine is one of the greatest villains in cinematic history. He played the longest game possible and wound up getting exactly what he wanted. Yes, he died in the long run, but all villains do eventually. The point is that he was patient and smart, and it completely paid off.
I agree. If Thanos thought like Palpatine, either there wouldn't be and endgame or he'd have a contingency for when endgame eventually happened. Not to mention the children of Thanos would have been undoubtedly more powerful
And unlike most villains he won for a time. Like you said he was eventually defeated sure but he ruled with absolute power as both the Chancellor and shadow leader of the Confederacy and then as Emperor for nearly 30 years. How many other villains were victorious for that long?
brandon wright I see what you’re saying, but I give Thanos a break because who would’ve thought that Ant Man would survive all that and tell the avengers about a way to travel through time via shrinking subatomically
@@NipsnTips1099 In a world where time travel exists Palpatine definitely would have been prepared if for no other reason someone getting the time stone and undoing his machinations. Palpatines undoing was never in his planning
Psychopaths are typically too impulsive, chaotic and incapable of long term planning, but some are and those are the most dangerous kind. Palpatine actually exercises self control while manipulating everybody around him.
@@SungTheRealRiceGod which is kind of a paraphrase for 'psychopath'. Like an empath, the psychopath is very aware of your emotional state but the psychopath observes it from a self serving egocentric perspective: they possess you like a marionette, placating to those emotions to keep you on the strings.
@@DisturbedBurger empathy isn’t included in the definition for a psychopath. As an empath u still feel those emotions. It’s because you know how to recognize and spit them in yourself that you can also feel it in others. I personally. Believe it’s to very different things.
@@tinobemellow Not particularly narcissistic as he does not seem to care much for the emotional input of others. Narcissists also tend to operate with a sense of entitlement and revel in a sense of importance. Palpatine is strictly goal oriented and doesn't seem to care for ego fuel. He does however demonstrate an absolute absence of empathy and regard for other's needs while grooming them by exploiting vulnerabilities with false promises of gain like he did with Anakin. He pays no loyalties to anyone, and everyone is regarded as tools to use for fulfilling a self serving agenda as needed. Primarily political power and use of surrogates he invariably disposes of when he's done using them as seen in this plot to use Anakin and Obi-Wan to kill Dooku. He is tenacious, ruthless, callous, calculated, sadistic, exploitative, materialistic...among other characteristics. The perfect, quintessential dark triad.
Palpatine is hands down the best villain. As "So Uncivilized" said: "He is the devil, and he dragged the Messiah (Anakin) to the Dark Side." It's not the exact quote, but you get the idea.
Sidious *IS* Ian McDiarmid's own creation. Originally The Emperor in ROTJ was supposed to have an even deeper voice than Vader but Ian thought that he should have a more snivellish voice based on his concept art. And in every single review I have ever seen bashing Rise of Skywalker, they never fail to mention that - even if they did not agree with Palpatine's return - they love McDiarmid's performance... That speaks volumes of his acting ability and his total control of the character.
Yep, however, as Ian has gotten older his voice has gotten way deeper. Now, I'd say he is almost as deep as Vader was. He just speaks from the upper half of his throat while James Earl Jones speaks with the lower half of his throat.
That said, Ian McDiarmid is the Emperor. There are few actors who get close. The only one that reaches it is Ian Abercrombie (R.I.P.) in the Clone Wars series.
I hate Disney Wars, but was always happy Ian McDiarmid and Hayden Christiansen got more work from them. Still won’t watch any of it, though. Hopefully Elon buys Disney someday.
Yeah; at least Vader might have enough empathy left to spare you. It's unlikely, to say the least... but the possibility, however slight, is there. The same cannot be said for Palpatine.
This guy felt genuine joy in being evil. He laughs in such a way after doing something evil that you can tell he finds doing evil deeds to be hilliarious😅
It’s really admirable in a weird way. He never thinks of himself as some hero, never has any noble goal. He’s fully aware he’s completely fucked in the head, and leans into it.
They should have left Snoke the true villain and instead of killing him off made him more interesting with a good backstory. Thanks Rian Johnson/ Kathleen Kennedy, you are the true villains
When you really think about it, Sidious was a genius. The sith have a rather embarrassing history of failed attempts to take over the galaxy... generally because of their notorious affinity for betrayal. This never happened when Sidious was taking over the republic because he made sure no one could overthrow him; not Maul, Dooku or Vader.
Usually it's villains who have a motivation or goal that's at least somewhat sympathetic that are the best, but Palpatine is a definite exception. He's evil and he loves it.
He is immersed in his maliciousness so much that he doesn't plinch even while knowing he had done horrible things and staged an intergalactic war that cost the lives of thousands to make the rest relinquish their rights to a an authoritarian dictatorship.
6:33 His last conversation with his dad in the Darth Plageuis book was great. Cosinga: You're an animal at heart. Palpatine: King of the beasts father.
Finding your channel was like finding a Diamond in the Desert. Every video I learn more about characters I had a surface level understanding about in a very intriguing way. Phenomenal Work man and for a future antagonist I'd love to see someone like Jason Voorhees or Freddy Krueger analyzed as well.
Woah. I’ve been watching your content for years! What an honor to hear that from you, thank you. You’ll definitely get your wish, probably come October. Keep up the great work yourself friend, I appreciate you and all you do.
@@theanimenaut You trying the workout too? Man, I saw it recently and I've been trying it at every spare moment I get and it's demanding that's for sure lmao
The way he admires and mocks his old master Hego Damask aka Darth Plagueis at the same time is something you don't often find in villains. He is so skilled, learned, patient, charismatic, focused, easygoing and even therapeutic that would make you wish he was your mentor. He loves foreplay and adores his main victims, like a true super-predator. He also has a strong feminine side to him, that makes him look so kind, soft, gentle, warm and caring, like a mother. He also gives the impression that he has all the answers and makes his followers feel very comfortable around him. This is how he gains their trust because he boosts their ego in different ways to manipulate them. This is how he hides from everyone, because who'd think that a man so sweet and wise can be that sinister? That scene in the theater with Anakin, when he's seducing him and getting off on it, was the most charismatic owning of a young booty in cinema history. Its hard to criticize him or find flaws in his perfect game plan. He's like a cat-fox-snake hybrid as a person, so cunning and you can't catch him. Sheev Palpatine aka Darth Sidious savors every moment. That's a deep character right there. Ian McDiarmid played him brilliantly.
Yeah I don’t think Palpatine hated Plagueis personally, I think he hated the fact Plagueis was more powerful than he was. It’s similar to how he hated his own father. He was so arrogant that he didn’t think anyone should ever be above him. He was a son who hated the fact he needed a father, and he was an apprentice who hated the fact that he needed a master.
He was obsessed with the role of Sith master because he wanted to rule like any Sith would want. The deciding point in his relationship between him and his master was at some point he began to manipulate his master so he would have it later easier to kill him and his master wouldn’t doubt his loyalty to him. He did it because he was at this point not strong enough to defeat him in a 1 vs 1. But why fighting with all your might when you can make your enemy weaker so your chances to win are higher? Anyway Ian played him so good!👌🏻
@@erikdayne5429 I always saw Palpatine as stronger by the time he killed Plagueis immediately after the Phantom Menace. He mainly kept him around because he needed his money and patronage to get into the office of Chancellor. For one, he was a better lightsaber duelist than Plagueis. He had more desire (however little) to improve his swordplay, if for no other reason to spite the Jedi and be more combatively viable. Plagueis had zero interest. He also had more combative skill, as Plagueis was a researcher and a scientist who learned what was necessary to survive in combat. Also, Midichlorian manipulation would not help Plagueis if they came to blows. I mean it took him several minutes to kill a non-Force sensitive (Ars Veruna). He liked Plagueis, the thing that pissed him off is that Plagueis recruited him into the Sith Order on a lie. He didn't like that because Plagueis had been honest if nothing else up to that point, and he enjoyed the ability to be honest with someone. Also, he came to resent Plagueis' title as "master" as he desired power just like nearly all Sith before him. In his own words to describe Plagueis, "Teacher yes. And for that I shall be forever grateful. But master? Never!"
@@erikdayne5429 I will say, I do find the fact interesting that Plagueis actually considered Dooku for his apprentice before and even after Palpatine. And, Plagueis believed that the use of the Rule of Two had ended with him and his next apprentice. Had he recruited Dooku instead of Palpatine, I think Dooku would have been amenable to this. He wouldn't have attempted to usurp Plagueis, and Dooku would rule the galaxy. Plagueis would just be content to sit in his lab and experiment, with occasional discussions with Dooku on the state of the galaxy and what to do. Plagueis wanted a partnership rather than an apprentice after a certain point, and had he chosen Dooku I think this would have worked. It just so happens that Palpatine had too much of an ego to live with this and be happy.
Palpatine is one of the few villains, and I am inclined to believe he's the only one, who was able to check every single box in his time table. He achieved everything and anything he planned, perhaps to the point he to a degree was surprised at the high, absolute degree of success he had. Palpatine never grew tired of winning. I mean, Ian McDiarmid said it this way: the Emperor was incredibly old and _ran the universe_.
Sidious is the most absolutely evil villain I can think of. He was literally born evil as confirmed in the Darth Plaguies novel. That alone is terrifying.
Can we please get an Analyzing Evil: Griffith (from Berserk), to celebrate that masterpiece of a story, that sadly lost it's author recently? Griffith is such an amazing villain, because some 30 years after his introduction, people are still arguing over if he did nothing wrong, or if he is the most vile villain in fiction.
Please I hope this gets made. Today i was gonna buy some berserk merch to celebrate the author and hopefully give a signal for those in charge to try to finish the story. I want to beleive muira's assitants when they said they'll try their best.
@That’s one smug wojak Well, yes and no. The choice he made was of his own free will, but godlike forces were messing with his destiny, every day of his life, to the point that it may as well have been a setup. So it's all sorts of complicated.
I like how in episode v when Darth Vader says Luke would make a powerful Ally. The emporer says he would be a great "Asset". Shows a lot about their different personalities.
I think Palpatine is still trying to deceive Vader by saying "asset", I think he actually wants Luke to be an apprentice, but he doesn't say apprentice, so Vader isn't threatened, I think if Palpatine was saying what he actually meant at that seen, It would be "He would be a great apprentice".
@Guy Whose opinions will offend you And a deeply, deeply cynical man, playing one side against another. From everything I've read of the run-up to the Balkan Wars, he came across as incredibly bland and boring, like some inoffensive small-town bank manager. It was an illusion many fell for. Shame he never faced justice.
@@PrismaPog_17 Of course he is, as soon as Palpatine became aware of Luke's existence the first thing that would have come to Palpatine's mind is 'a replacement for Vader'. After all, as Anakin's son Luke has as much (or nearly as much) force potential as his father did but because he's not dismembered in a cybernetic suit he has the ability to enforce Palpatine's will moreso than Vader, because he can actually use Force Lightning and any other Force technique that requires natural hands.
@@891delta This obsession with making multi-dimensional/complex villains is more of a modern phenomenon. Disney is now going back and trying to make heroes/protagonists out of their villains (e.g. Maleficent and Cruella). While occasionally that can work to serve a story, making a villain more of a gray figure than a plainly evil one, it usually subtracts from the villain's purpose, which is just to be dastardly and set up as a roadblock/opponent for the protagonist(s). You're not supposed to be relating to and sympathizing with the villain (usually). Palpatine, IMO, is anything but boring. He is the personification of pure evil, but it's his grand scheme that is his most fascinating aspect. He was truly the devil in the sense of being the puppet master, a skillful manipulator. There are no redeeming qualities about him at all.
@@891delta Nothing one dimensional, but rather complex and entertaining. He's a benevolent politician on one side and a super powerful being who's capable of destroying the strongest when using the dark side. He's also a Sith. It goes deeper than that
What I always found interesting about His plan was he built both armies for the civil war he planned. Basically the galaxies population wasn’t needed to be mobilized into the service, the war in modern terms was between child soldiers and drones.
Yep. Both are massive, easily manufactured, and disposable armies. I know that people make this comparison all the time, but Palpatine truly was playing chess with the entire galaxy.
What’s truly brilliant about Sheev’s plan during the Clone Wars is that since he’s the leader of both armies, he wins either way. I know that’s really fucking obvious, but I can’t help it, that blows my mind. Sidious was an absolute genius, the best player of the game in every way.
@@cashthecurator666 Yeah, the only way he could lose his game is if someone managed to flip the board before the endgame was complete. If you are into the deeper lore you know that the only people really capable of stopping him are the Jedi. But they are so complacent throughout the series that by the time they really begin to question him it is almost to late. They don't do a good enough job of it in the movies, but the Sith rise is due in large part to the Jedi failure to adapt and their own dogma
One part I feel you leave out is just how much Palpatine, enjoys the pursuit of power. Through his sly smiles to himself when no one can see his face, his showmanship while battling Yoda, his cackling glee when showing Maul just how outmatched he was, to taunting underlings to keep them in their place, Palpatine was having a blast. While some villains focus either on the journey or the destination, a certain Sith Lord had his cake and ate it too.
Palpatine was described as such in the Revenge of the Sith Novelisation: "Powered by the dark side, Dooku's perception took the measure of those below him with exhilarating precision. Kenobi was luminous, a transparent being, a window onto a sunlit meadow of the Force. Skywalker was a storm cloud, flickering with dangerous lightning, building the rotation that threatens a tornado.And then there was Palpatine, of course: he was beyond power. He showed nothing of what might be within. Though seen with the eyes of the dark side itself, Palpatine was an event horizon. Beneath his entirely ordinary surface was absolute, perfect nothingness. Darkness beyond darkness.A black hole of the Force." Even to Dooku, a man who believed himself powerful and worthy of note understood that Palpatine was so much more than he was that it was unapproachable. You're right though, what makes Sidious scary is not his UNLIMITED POWAAAAAH but his unwavering devotion to absolute darkness. He is in effect the Dark Side personified.
Palpatine became the avatar of the Dark Side of the Force. Its living embodiment, its personification. Like the Black Guardian in Doctor Who but actually someone/something to fear. Or Deacon Frost/La Magra from Blade but also worthy of fear on a galactic scale.
Ian McDiarmid, the actor who plays Palpatine, also argued that Palpatine was more evil than Satan, because Satan, at least, was on the side of good, before his prideful belief that he could be greater than God caused him to be taken down a peg. Palpatine, by contrast, was evil from the beginning.
I think one of the reasons why Sidious is such a good villain is because he embodies the trope of pure evil while still being incredibly interesting. He's not a complicated character in his goals or aspirations, but his intelligence and devotion make him really fascinating, unlike a lot of attempts as a pure evil character.
I remember as a kid, watching the prequels and being legitimately persuaded MYSELF of all the things he was saying. He's a pretty persuasive character...
What I love about Palpatine is, he appears as the type of villain that will only scheme from behind, the cowardly evil politician type villain that is absolutely defenceless if he was locked in a room with an enemy, but no, he will beat the living shit out of you in the most humiliating way possible if you ever tried to attack him and be like “What you gonna do about it?”
@@bloodangel7731 In the Darth Plagueis novel, when a rival politician attempts to assassinate Plagueis, Palpatine was furious that his master was nearly killed before he could learn everything from him. He then paid a visit to the Senator's estate with Plagueis' lightsaber and slaughtered every man, woman, and child on the grounds. He was described as looking like a ravening wolf with red his hair wild and wind-swept, his eyes orange-yellow and bloodshot, and his mouth in a snarl and slightly foaming in rage. He capped it off by cleaning himself and decapitating the Senator. Plagueis' personal guards came in afterwards to see he had already done the deed, and were very much unnerved by his presence. Keep in mind that these guards were the best money could buy and had top-of-the-line training and mental toughness. And a thin politician scared the fuck out of them.
The ultimate proof of his genius is his complete success in framing the Jedi as the villains of the galaxy. A victory so pervasive and enduring that Star Wars fans themselves often quote his lies in their own condemnation of the Order without even realizing they're doing it.
@@thehammurabichode7994there is none. Oh don't get me wrong, Palpatine is EVIL. In a room with Voldemort, Morgoth, Frieza, Joker and Ronald Reagan, Palpatine eclipses their achievements with the single fact that he won. However... The Jedi were a militant order of warrior priests that consistently interfered with galaxy-spanning political decisions. Decisions that, given their objectively dogmatic faith, are in opposition with the views of the Jedi Order. That's the evil yet sweet allure of Palpatine, you see. He never technically lies.
@@vorpalweapon4814I would assume. with order 65 presumably being executable by a jedi, and them being military officers, if they believed there was treason from the chancellor they probably had the authority to arrest.
The levels to which Sidious rose, thanks to help from Plageuis, over the decades, is nothing short of phenomenal. He seems to have been born a dark side being. He murdered his entire family early in life. His training was purely savage and brutal under his master. The long term planning, and manipulation of vast sectors of planetary populations, the galactic economy, industry, the Order itself, and the Senate, to achieve a conflict he would rise to the top of, no matter who won, is essentially unrivalled in all of cinema, as you say. What is even MORE impressive to me, is that as DEEPLY corrupted as he was, to the core, from the dark side, he he still maintained the correct sensitivity to completely, and convincingly fake his interactions with other beings so well, that he came across as a great human, trying to bring the Republic together. It is extremely hard for any person, who is deeply corrupted, to fool everyone. Usually that depth of extreme pathology distorts a person so terribly, that at least in some ways, to some people who know them, they cannot hide their dark sides. I work in mental health. Such deeply disordered people, at least on the most menial levels can fool many. But not everyone. On the levels of the powerful, they can rise to presidents and premieres, and more. Yet from the books, and the movies, until the moment of his rise, Sidious had EVERYONE fooled, except his very closest companions, who prior to his rise, served him while Plageuis was still alive and already knew him in full. He utterly, and completely avoided scandal at every turn. I cannot see how anyone could have stopped him. He was so adept at using the dark side to hide in complete banality, while manipulating so much, this his rise to Emperor seems all but utterly assured. And even then, he still planned for failure, to still succeed anyways.
Palpatine did adopt the political influence of Plagueis and he also did adopt the great scheme of the sith. Saying all this is Palpatines doing/scheming simply is wrong. I mean he was probably the most important part in a scheme that wasn't even his own. Though most people not familiar with star wars deep lore give credit for Palpatines victory only to Sidious when it's actually a complex centuries old plan made by Darth Bane from which Sidious basically harvested the success by being the final piece.
@Raffy Completely untrue. Palpatine only inherited the wealth but concocted the entire grand political schemes behind the Sith take over. The Yinchorri Uprising, the Stark Hyperspace War, Seperatist Crisis, Clone Wars, etc. and various grand political schemes were all created and executed by him. This is literally documented in various materials from novels, Star Wars Insider, Star Wars Fact Files etc.
@@edwardhyde7512 Completely untrue is vastly overexaggerated don't you think. I mean for starters plageius wealth did not exist inside a vacuum right? Money is always also a political tool. Also the shift in the force to the dark side on a galactic level was a ritual conducted under Plagueis supervision. It augmented the chance of success of any dark side undertaking. Plus the weakened Jedi order and them being unable to comprehend what is going on. All that very important groundwork is not based on Sidious. Without it it's very unlikely he could have come that far at all.
@@PrismaPog_17 weak? Was the misspelling intentional? Edit: technically not a misspelling I guess, just from the context it would be week, but like I said if it was intentional that's pretty clever 🤔
Corruption and conflict incarnate. Darkness and death given shape. That is what palpatine is. It always felt weird how palpatine wanted to rule the galaxy while he was still old but in a way that shows how smart he is. He knew if he went about his evil plans publically he would eventaully get stamped out. So he waited for the best chances possible to rule.
Extended universe kinda redeemed him in Yuuzhan Vong storyline: that he knew about this intergalactic invasion. Tyranny is preferable to extinction. If you knew about invasion force of incredibly powerful genocidal race, wouldn't you serve the Empire? Vongs were designed to be even worse than Zergs or Tyranids.
Palpy is actually better than most politicians because he doesn't care about enriching himself or interest groups, he just wants to turn the galaxy into darkness.
@@FalconRS No, I don’t think it redeems him at all. He wasn’t protecting the galaxy, he was protecting HIS galaxy. He was doing it because if the Vong destroy everything, he will have nothing to rule over, no people to torment. There was absolutely nothing in the way of altruistic intentions there. Palpatine has always been and will always be Pure Evil.
While i agree sidious is a absolute legend for the way he took control of the galaxy it wasnt his plan to be manipulative and deceitful to gain control and destroy the jedi. The method of manipulation rather than brute force falls at the feet of darth bane. He created the rulr of 2 and created the path that Sidious finishes
I couldn’t agree with you more. Darth Sidious is the best villain in Star Wars and the best villain, in all of cinema history. There is not one redeeming quality about him. He was born from the Darkside of the Force. The Sith that came before him had at least a few redeeming qualities about them. But not Darth Sidious. From murdering his family and siblings to manipulating his master, Darth Plagueis, here’s apprentice Darth Vader, Darth Tyranus,Darth Maul, and Snoke. Manipulating Kylo Ren with voices in his head. Along with instrumenting the creation of the Clone Army, order 66. To his greatest feat of hiding himself from the Jedi in their own Temple. Too, eventually, becoming absolute ruler without one shred of blood being dropped when he came to absolute power. He came to Power after the Clone War ended. The people of the Republic never pushed back when he declared himself Emperor. The whole Senate and galaxy cheered. They were glad. That is absolute power and the perfect politician.
Becomes even more fascinating if you take into account the thousand years leading up to his victory. The entire Sith Grand plan is a brilliant idea. It is not like Palpatine had to convince everyone in the galaxy to be evil and corrupt. Human nature mostly takes care of that. They worked in the background to pull strings to make the corruption worse true, but it was not entirely up to him.
What i like most about sidious is that he serves a higher purpose. He is not just some power hungry dude as he first appears to be. He indeed sticks to his authority and does not allow anyone to mess with it, but he feels like the sith legacy is safe and actually gets very happy when he learns Vader is building his own small power sphere within the galactic empire. He is delighted with his apprentices patient and calculated approach about overthrowing the emperor. What furiates him is when Vader cant direct his anger with control. Sith masters of old appreciate their apprentices slowly yet surely prepearing for the day they will confront their masters but they hate it when their apprentices decide to take over when they are not yet ready. They wish to see that their apprentices are wise enough to understand wether they learnt everything they could from their master before they act. That makes them feel like they can trust their successors to carry the responsibility of keeping sith legacy alive. Darth Bane loses his shit when he thinks his apprentice tried to confront him too early but feels proud when his apprentice actually defeat him years later and claim the title of master. Vader still had demons he fought. Thats why Sidious was angry at Vader most of the time. He wanted to make sure Vader was focused and ready when the time came. That does not make him a good guy in no way tho, but it proves he is not a hypocrite. Consistent ideology and action makes great characters
Indeed. I'm no music theorist, but I tend to believe that while Vader's theme (the Imperial March) is bold and loud, indicating the rule of force he wishes to impose on the galaxy, Sidious' theme hints at an even greater evil lurking just beyond.
They never really touched on what Palpatine wanted with Maul. Sure he kept him in a prison and tortured him briefly before he escaped, but during that time Palpatine and Dooku were mainly concerned with extracting more information from Maul about the shadow collective. That surely can't be the furthest extent of what Palpatine wanted with Maul, so what would he have used Maul for if he didn't escape?
It’s revealed that he wanted maul to escape so he would lead him to mother talzin. This works resulting in palpatine killing her. He is always one step ahead
@@scottphillips8607 NO dark empire was pretty awesome and GENUINELY dark. Plus it gave us The Eclipse, the World Devastators, Galaxy Guns all that really cool shit.
My favorite scene involving palpatine is watching him take on savage and maul and beating them easily while enjoying himself in the process. That is the scene that made me love and respect palpatine as a villain.
My two favourite Star wars Characters going head to head there. Was actually shocking the first time watching my boy Maul get his ass beat. From that day on Palpatine kinda became my #1 fav over Maul. Lol its like I still like Maul the most but If i had to pick between the the two It's gota be Palps
Most of his good deeds were temporary side-effects of his greater schemes that would be reversed once he inflicted his more powerful measures. By the time the Empire was at its height, I don't think there were many in the galaxy, from his infighting court and the oppressed citizens of the Core Worlds to the crime-ridden Outer Rim, who were benefiting from anything Palpatine was doing. If any worlds were actually benefiting noticably from his reign, they were almost certainly few.
He may be throwing lightnings, force attacks and using lightsaber but his greatest weapon was and always will be his voice. He did infinitely more dammages to the universe by scheming and talking than he ever will in combat. Makes you realise that his name isn't Sidious for nothing.
Yeah sidious and vader were clearly plays on the words insidious and invader. Vader was the invader, the one who fought on the front lines. Sidious was insidious, the one who pulled the strings behind the curtain.
I feel like palpatine used to be so cunning and genius, but once he achieved his unlimited power he didn’t need to be clever about anything anymore, he just had overwhelming, universal, indomitable power and just did whatever he wanted without penalty. He didn’t need to manipulate anyone anymore he could just go through them
@@fuehrer_tb5597 We can blame a lot of that on Tarkin though, Palestine “liked” tarkin, and arguably most of the empires oppressive tactics were derived from tarkin, with his use of brutality, overwhelming force, and distain for those who opposed assimilation starting in the end of the clone wars
Well that is the flaw of all Sith, they become to arrogant and that leads to their death. He was the greatest Sith of all time but he still was a Sith and not above their flaws
What Palpatine managed to accomplish and HOW he managed to do it is very hard to even BEGIN to match. Absolutely masterful and absolutely terrifying. He infiltrated the machine, took over the machine and then destroyed the machine and rebuilt it to serve only himself. Astonishing; a galactic feat of unfathomable complexity and uncanny success.
Seriously, he manufactured a war by arming and organizing two opposing factions behind the scenes which he uses to play both sides against the middle. The entire conflict is just a charade of lies and deceit, both sides unaware that the chancellor is directing the entire show. Then, through more lies and deceit he convinces the people that the Jedi were power hungry terrorists, when the Jedi in reality are the ones defending peace and freedom. Finally, this artificial reality of war and unrest and turmoil eventually scares the people into voluntarily surrendering their freedoms so that they can remain safe in this dangerous time. Imagine if something like that happened in the USA like between 2001 and 2011, that would be WILD. Thankfully this movie is fictional
I too am inclined to view Palpatine as the GOAT of cinema villians, but I'm also partial towards "evil mastermind" types. Also HUGE shoutout to Ian McDiarmid (who was a trained Shakespearean actor before joining SW)! Palpatine would have nowhere close to as compelling, enduring, or chilling as he was without his stellar portrayal of the character! Fun Fact: Ian said in an interview that George Lucas originally wanted a more "aristocratic" emperor like Clive Revel's version in the original Empire Strikes Back (ie, the Palpatine voice in hologram sequence). But it was Ian's idea to make the emperor be the embodiment of evil and George was swayed after seeing Ian's efforts at doing so.
I always find the differences between Palpatine and Tenebrae (Aka Darth Vititate) really interesting to look at, Palpatine wanted a galaxy to rule and torment but Tenebrae wanted to devour the galaxy and become a force god. But both were so pragmatic and patient, they planned for so many eventualities and possibilities. Still they were beaten both.
I've never been opposed to the idea of Palpatine coming back, but both times it's been tried, it has just gotten lost in stupidity. I like elements of each, but never the whole. I liked the idea of Sith cultists so lost in their devotion to Palpatine they would retreat to the farthest corners of the galaxy to enact his plan in exchange for even the most fleeting drop of power. In that way, Palpatine almost became the Star Wars Universe's version of a Chaos Daemon, never able to be truly defeated, only suppressed, and the real battle would be against the cult that he formed around him. But between torching the empire, building a fleet of planet destroyers, and trying to turn the hero evil for the ten millionth time, both stories just sort of feel like they are artificially rising the stakes. There could be something brilliant in there, that by clever manipulation of the Force, and a series of plans and failsafes, that a man, made of mere flesh and blood, could transcend the physical realm and become, in some strange way, a sort of devil-figure. It would be an amazing counterbalance to Force Ghosts, and in the way that Jedi become so one with the greatness of space and time that they transcend the physical world in a symbol of harmony with the natural law, Palpatine could, through willpower alone pervert the natural order. The IDEA of him coming back is a sound one, but the execution has just been terrible, with magic hand-wavy garbage to reassure the audience that 'oh yeah, this time, he's *dead* dead, not just fake dead'. Would it really be so bad to fully commit to the idea that Palpatine could return at any moment? That the real battle is not against a man, or even an organization, but against an idea, against thought, against his false promises that contort the evil within every flawed mortal. I don't know about you, but that sounds awesome.
It is incredibly easy to make completely evil characters into one-dimensional charicatures of real people, but genuine, unapologetic evil does exist, and when this is reflected properly in fiction, I think it provides a safe outlet for people to learn about the true evils of the real world. Compelling characters who are pure evil are difficult for many storytellers do portray well, because most people can't wrap their minds around the absolute depths of wickedness and depravity that people are capable of doing. Palpatine is a perfect example of a character who is as interesting and complex as he is pure evil. He might very well be my favorite villain in all of fiction. Even more relevant is that through the prequels, Lucas gave a warning about how free societies rot from within and are eventually infiltrated, gradually corrupted, taken over and destroyed by evil, corrupt and authoritatian infliences who desire power above all else.
I could not agree more. Pure evil is hard for people to wrap their heads around because most have not and will not ever see it. But it moat certainly exists, Mao, Stalin and Hitler all come to mind. As well as a slew of other psychopathic killers that have arisen over the years
100% agree. Palpatine is the singular most evil character brought to life on screen or on page. Everything about his existence. Complete and total evil compounded by genius level intellect and unbridled success.
@nohbuddy1 lol you sound so butthurt and @santinosolis8405 is that why he failed to do anything of significance since it was all according to God’s plan and there was nothing he could do to stop that
As evil as Palpatine is, I wouldn’t say he’s the most evil. The Judge from Blood Meridian is probably the purest embodiment of evil I can think of(and perhaps the best villain ever written) and Morgoth is a good second.
@@anatoldenevers237 Its rather difficult to put anybody as *more* evil than Darth Sidious. There are certainly no shortage of characters in fiction that are AS evil, but as hard it may be to believe on some days, there is a bottom to the abyss, and Palpatine is it. I guess there are characters that literally ARE the abyss, as it were, or evil itself, whom I suppose technically qualify, but Morgoth, at least, doesn't really qualify as being more evil. Although I suppose it also depends on how exactly you qualify or quantify evil, because if you look at deeds or feats or such then the task becomes far easier, but I don't really think that's a particularly good way to view it.
My mom has this really heavy, warm, thigh-length jacket that looks like the top half of Sheev's episode 1 senate robes, so whenever one of us is cold and wants it we ask the other where The Palpatines at. He's usually in a closet under the stairs. Very snuggly 10/10
They're so unwilling to make a stand on anything that they retconned the son of Sidious into a kind of clone. The clone then got married, had Rey Palpatine, then got killed because plot.
The genius of Palpatine's manipulation of Anakin and thus the birth of Darth Vader is that, Darth Vader is as much as the creation of the Jedi Order as it was Palpatine's. It was the teachings of the Jedi and their overall indifference or lack, or rather suppression, of emotion is what laid to Anakin's dark path. All Palpatine had to do was nudge Anakin.
"You may be wondering...'When did he begin to change?' The truth is that I HAVEN'T changed. As we have clouded the minds of the Jedi, I clouded yours. Never once did I have any intention of sharing power with you. I needed to learn from you. No more, no less, to learn all of your secrets, which I trusted you would eventually reveal. But what made you think I would need you after that? Vanity, perhaps, your sense of self-importance. You've been nothing more than a pawn in a game played by a genuine master. The Sith'ari. (Laughs) Reflect back on even the past few years, assuming you have the capacity: Yinchorr, Dorvalla, Eriadu, Maul, the Neimoidians, Naboo, and army of Clones, the fallen Jedi Dooku. You may think these were your ideas, when in fact, they were MINE. Cleverly suggested to you so that you could feed them back to me. You were far too trusting, Plagueis. No true Sith can ever really care about one another. This has always been known. There is no way but MY way. Are you still with me, Plagueis? Yes, I detect that you are, though barely... ...If it's any consolation, I'm being honest when I say I could not have succeeded without you...but now that we've won the race, i have no need for a Co-Chancellor. Your presence, much less your unnecessary counsel, will only confuse matters. I have Maul to do what the risk of discovery might not allow me to do, while I execute the rest of the Grand Plan: Growing an army, formenting rebellion, and fabricating intergalactic war, cornering the Jedi and catching them unawares. Rest easy in your grave, Plageuis. In the end, I will be proclaimed Emperor. The Sith will have had their revenge and I will rule the Galaxy."-Darth Sidious
Truly the greatest Sith Master of all time. His weapon of choice, politics, absolutely the greatest weapon he could have. Start a war, spread anger, hate and fear across the galaxy and feed off it and completely annihilate his enemies.
The irony is that once Palpatine became Emperor, he seemed to abandon the strategies that got him there. On the way to the throne, he used manipulation and cunning. Once he became Emperor, he increasingly relied on brute force and intimidation, with the Death Star being the apex of this tendency. As far as redeeming qualities, it seems that until the Rebellion came along, the Empire mostly fulfilled its mandate of peace, prosperity and stability. Was it perfect? No. But neither was the Old Republic, which seemed unable to effectively govern. To me, it seems like the Rebellion caused Palpatine to overreact and forget himself.
Well he basically manipulated the rebellion into existence out of little more then boredom. So while he abandoned his more cunning plans it mostly was because he truly viewed others as toys and viewed himself as almost unbeatable
It should be noted that the Death Star was not originally palpatines plan, that was done by the genosians (who though their war against the republic was REAL, as the construction of the Death Star was started in the closing months of the war by what was left of the CIS forces in the region. Palestine merely hijacked the death star, and it could be argued the completion of it is more or less Stark is fault, as the Death Star was a part of the “Tarkin doctrine”, furthermore, a lot of the brutal intimidation tactics the empire used can be traced to tarkin during the Clone wars.
@@stuglife5514 - Even so, Tarkin worked for Palpatine. I assume Tarkin did what he did with Palpatine's blessing. If Palpatine failed to rein him in, then that is on him.
@@stevensenator4804 He didnt do what he did with palpatines blessing, he did what he did because he saw that as the best pathway to peace. The Emps simply hopped onto his bandwagon
@@stuglife5514 - Well, I disagree. If he didn't have Palpatine's blessing & confidence, Vader would have dispatched him long ago. Indeed, Tarkin was maybe the only imperial that Vader would obey.
This is a beautiful rendition. He is the ultimate sith. Just pure pride, greed, utter selfishness, an unquenchable thirst for power. He surpassed the pettiness of other sith lords, who were consumed by rage, bloodlust, paranoia, impatience and lack of intelligence. Or even notable sith who were too hung up over other people (cough cough darth vader). Didnt care for anything or anyone other than himself. And thats why he was so successful, when you've only got yourself to worry about, no anchors or limit to stall your ambition. I recognise rhat he's a psychopath but damn, there's something seductive about someone just going full steam ahead to realize their ambition.
The Rise of Skywalker should have been called: "How Palpatine won everything"... Yeah, Rey is a Palpatine.. No matter if she does not feel identify with her surname.
@@monicaaboites5053 I should have been called "Palpatine: A Life Well-Lived" and it should have had a nauseatingly trite trailer with him on Naboo playing around in the prairie like Ani and Padme. Just rolling in the heather laughing girlishly with Disney's trademark woodland creatures congregating around him....
@@troyevitt2437 he will return in the sequel sequel trilogy: "Somehow... Palpatine is gay..." "How could this happen!?" "Forced inclusion... pandering... secrets only Disney knew..." "This was his plan all along... to put stuff in the water to make the frogs gay..."
One of my favorite pieces of acting from Mcdirmid is in revenge of the sith, after Vader first speaks and learns padme is dead, as Vader shouts noooo in absolute agony, you can see palpatine with a genuine smile, it's so subtle, but so insanely evil. You can tell he is proud of his horrifying Frankenstein monster that he turned Anakin into
Well to be fair, he originally was going to make anakin a poster boy for him, to show to the Galaxy that anakin helped him fend off the evil jedi, since anakin was very popular in the galaxy. The only problem was anakin losing to obi-wan. Since palpatine thought that anakin would win against obi-wan or that he atleast wouldn't lose. But after that he became the evil dictator and made Anakin into the villain we love.
I like Palpatine because he knows he's evil and he embraces it. Where most evil characters are delusional and think they are the good guys in their own minds.
@@iamstewpit6740 Yes, but George Lucas created him. And I wonder how he's worse than the devil, because he's done everything the devil does; caused war, deceive many and killed.
The Devil is also manipulative, he makes people see sins as something good sometimes which could represent Palpatine as a friendly looking man until he reveals his true form in Episode 3 when Anakin's "sins" has gone so far that he can't turn back from evil.
@Greg Elchert depending on the interpretation the Devil felt wronged and discarded by God in favor of humans. Yes he does bad things but its beyond just the desire for power. I think the key difference between the 2 is their motivation.
Daniel Plainview will be out next! I hope
you’ve all enjoyed this little mini series on Star Wars.
Can't wait!
Can you please do one about Reverse Flash
@@Ehrenhaider_Akainu oooohhh, damn good one!
can you do ''Vincent'' from collateral??
@@m.p.6947 Omg yes!!! I would love that
Fun fact: The robes Sidious wears when hes making the speech to the senate. Those are Sith robes. The only people who knew what the robes were are the Jedi. So its one giant "Fuck you. I win."
No, in this particular scene he wore a red robe. Sith wear black.
@@sidnew2739 Sith wear whatever the fuck they want.
@@sidnew2739 ceremonial robes, sith have style when we want to.
And the biggest fuck you- Making his palace out of the Jedi Temple lol
@@sidnew2739 Look it up dumb ass lol. They are Sith Robes.
“The most evil villain in all cinema history is a politician” Hits too close to reality.
This is why we should all shoot up as much establishments as possible. Anarchy is the only way humanity can be happy
So evil that he will salugher his loyal minions once they are of no use to him
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Politicians are just pawns to the people who fund them. If you want to know who truly runs the world, you need to look beyond politics and delve into who funds them, and why they're being funded. (hint: it's the banking cartels) All wars are bankers' wars.
You ain't lying
He was so good at planning, he'd created plans that even the writers didnt know about until they scrambled to bring him back for episode IX
*My goals are beyond your understanding*
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Holy crap I’ve not laughed that hard in ages! I’m a sequel fan myself but man that was hilarious - I wonder what sort of nonsense went into the development of the other trilogies too that we’re not privy to.
@@ligmagaming3249 My goals are beyond my* understanding.
@@ligmagaming3249 *and mine*
Palpatine didn't even _need_ to be turned to the Dark Side. He just needed to be *unleashed.*
Exactly. If you look at Palpatine's apprentices, while giving them certain powers, the Dark Side also brought suffering to their lives. But we don't really see that with Palpatine. He completely revels in the Dark Side. He pretty much IS the Dark Side!
@@gnc623 There is only one other Sith Lord i can remember that started out like that as they no sense of morality and it was actually a foreign concept to them and that was Darth Cognus…Zannah’s apprentice.
But unlike Sidious, she had no back story of family trauma as far as we know.
Most Sith we read about have some sense of dispute, trauma or childhood rejection/tragedy and so forth.
@@streetsdisciple0014 another Sith with this kind of nature is Tenebrae/Vitiate/Valkorion, who in his prime was halfway to a deity. Honestly, I think Vitiate might be someone who Palpatine drew inspiration from.
@streetsdisciple0014 Did Sidious have family trauma? I guess I didn't know that. I know he hated them but I thought it was just because....
@gnc623 It's implied in the novel he was just born evil.
you do have a point. Palpatine ruled the entire known galaxy. Sauron failed conquering middle earth. Voldemort couldn’t conquer a high school.
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Palpatine is more like Sauron’s master, Morgoth (aka Melkor from the Silmarillion). Morgoth fought with God (Iluvatar) for control of the universe. Morgoth was cast down to Middle-earth where he took over for hundreds of years. He was a bad dude. He created the Orcs by twisting Elves & mating them with animals!
And like Palpatine, no one could ever completely kill Morgoth. His spirit continues until the final conflict of the universe.
Voldemort's problem was that "Spam Crucio and Avada Kedavra" was his answer to everything. Palpatine put on a nice guy act and pretended he was working for the galaxy's good while secretly organising an invasion of his own planet to force Valorum to step down after being unable to stop it so he could become Chancellor, used Dooku and other people's problems with the corrupt Republic to form the Separatists to create a fake threat to justify creating the clones he actually intended to use to kill the Jedi and tricked dumbass Jar Jar into giving him emergency powers then framed the Jedi for trying to overthrow the Republic and used the emergency powers and Mace Windu's attempt to kill him to get sympathy and form the Empire. And only showed his true evil self when he had all the power and didn't have to hide it anymore. Voldemort's "I'm evil and will torture you into insanity then kill you" was unsubtle and was never going to work.
@@bb1111116 Morgoth created a lot more than just orcs. Playing god was his favourite passtime lol.
Palpatine, what every politician aspires to be
Drop Live Grenade when killed
He will make all corrupt politicians and dictators (past and present) into punk bitches.
In a way
Do tell.
I mean he is smart he has that over most
This entire essay reminds me of a famous movie line: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convince the world he didnt exists” perfectly fits with Palpatines story
Ah man, a review on Keyser Soze would be awesome
It's more than convincing the world of his 'non-existence', he was able to shift the blame onto others for his wrongdoing, much like Palpatine did with the Jedi
he had to do that because he learned how many Sith Lords fell in history. He didn't have the arrogance of the Sith Lords of old. Palpatine understood his enemies like the Jedi and other enemies well enough to plan ahead.
@@DeathScepter not well enough to escape his own death though. Twice. Three times if you count the legends timeline.
@@Rinesmyth Although by doing that he also convinced the general public that the Sith were a phantom enemy created by the Jedi to disguise their plot. So I’d say the quote applies.
“His crimes are immeasurable.”
That’s honestly the most terrifying part about Darth Sidious.
Darth Immeasurable
So are Frieza's, who is inspired by Palpatine to an extent.
its not a crime if he makes the rules. after all, he is the senate
"I will make it legal"
He didn’t commit crimes, he simply made it legal
The genius of Ian McDiarmid in this role is the eyes. If you look at the scenes of the Chancellor, he changes his facial expressions to fake empathy or to fake joy during a celebration…but the eyes stay dead focused, cold and unchanged. He is always working on the great plan. No days off and Ian McDiarmid showed that focus in every scene no matter how small
He went on record to say he enjoyed playing villians, esspecially Palpatine
And some of the expressions, whenever chancellor gets whatever he wants for the great plan, you can see the very beginning of an evil grin on his face, the dude is obviously laughing maniacally in his head
@drewpowers7236 love his real smiles too they aren't of joy well in a good sense relative to us but that smile of evil he does when he was pleading to Anakin to use his knowledge to help his wife and when Vader was having his breakdown at the news of his wife passing away.
It would be funny if he was just like that in everyday life, and was actually not acting at all lmao. But nah, he is great
@@Manterok he is and loved his small role in dirty rotten scoundrels.
To summarize why I love Palpatine: He knows he is evil and he *loves* every second of it
Mr plinkett said the same in his review 😂
A fellow RLM chad.
basicly
In words of Darth Plaguies the Wise: Evil, what is that?
For a Sith, entire concept of good and evil is just so goofy. You seek the acquisition of power, and most things in order to do that just happen, incidentally, to contain murder or genocide.
Like when he fighted maul and savage he laughed and smiled every single second of the fight
Let's all be grateful that Ian McDiarmid was still in his thirties when he got the part, which has allowed him to give us four decades of Palpatine. I wasn't crazy about Rise Of Skywalker but the Emperor is always entertaining to watch. As a sidebar, notice that in AOTC they were clearly intending to just have Palpatine age into his Emperor face and then decided later to burn him with his own Force lightning in Episode III
I thought his face looked like from corruption from the dark side and his face we see in the prequels is a mask
@@its-amemegatron.9521 this is correct.
I have to slightly disagree. Seeing the Emperor looking like melted ice cream tied to a machine in a cave wasn’t exactly entertaining to watch.
@@its-amemegatron.9521 I don’t think it was a mask. He wasn’t able to fully utilize the dark side when the Jedi were still around because they would have sensed his presence. Much of his scarring came when Mace Windu redirected his force lightning back at him, and the rest came after the Jedi was overthrown and he was fully able to embrace the dark side and let it flow through him.
@@erikdayne5429 nice of you to ignore the parts where thebactor delivers some of the best lines in the franchise and display a show of force power never seen on the movies before.
And no, its canon that it was a mask and that the dark side is what caused his face to look like that
The emperor turning around in his chair and saying “hello everyone” is the perfect start to a video
I was gonna say the same thing
Should've been "hello there"
It’s safe to say that Palpatine is one of the greatest villains in cinematic history. He played the longest game possible and wound up getting exactly what he wanted. Yes, he died in the long run, but all villains do eventually. The point is that he was patient and smart, and it completely paid off.
This video has me convinced, in terms of scope and execution of a massive plan and lack of redeeming qualities, palpatine is the worst ever.
I agree. If Thanos thought like Palpatine, either there wouldn't be and endgame or he'd have a contingency for when endgame eventually happened. Not to mention the children of Thanos would have been undoubtedly more powerful
And unlike most villains he won for a time. Like you said he was eventually defeated sure but he ruled with absolute power as both the Chancellor and shadow leader of the Confederacy and then as Emperor for nearly 30 years. How many other villains were victorious for that long?
brandon wright I see what you’re saying, but I give Thanos a break because who would’ve thought that Ant Man would survive all that and tell the avengers about a way to travel through time via shrinking subatomically
@@NipsnTips1099 In a world where time travel exists Palpatine definitely would have been prepared if for no other reason someone getting the time stone and undoing his machinations. Palpatines undoing was never in his planning
Ian Mcdiarmid was born to play The Emperor.
Fittingly, when he isn't being filmed, he's pretty chill.
@@ryanm.8720 Ian is gonna take down the united nations and reform it into The First Human Empire!
@@ortherner You know, there was quite lot of human empires through out the history.
@@user-yo4bo5ww2y *First Unified Human Empire
@@ortherner Ok.
Palpatine knows exactly what he is and he's having a blast with it.
Absolutely
@ Absolute power 🔋🔋
@ never saw it this way, what an absolute chad move, no beskar, hell no armour. A fucking robe, legend
yes... the senate
@@michaelpalacio3545 Welcome to Shinobi Land
Psychopaths are typically too impulsive, chaotic and incapable of long term planning, but some are and those are the most dangerous kind. Palpatine actually exercises self control while manipulating everybody around him.
He isn’t a psychopath or a sociopath. He’s kinda like a evil empath.
@@SungTheRealRiceGod which is kind of a paraphrase for 'psychopath'. Like an empath, the psychopath is very aware of your emotional state but the psychopath observes it from a self serving egocentric perspective: they possess you like a marionette, placating to those emotions to keep you on the strings.
@@DisturbedBurger empathy isn’t included in the definition for a psychopath. As an empath u still feel those emotions. It’s because you know how to recognize and spit them in yourself that you can also feel it in others. I personally. Believe it’s to very different things.
i am like this
@@tinobemellow Not particularly narcissistic as he does not seem to care much for the emotional input of others. Narcissists also tend to operate with a sense of entitlement and revel in a sense of importance. Palpatine is strictly goal oriented and doesn't seem to care for ego fuel.
He does however demonstrate an absolute absence of empathy and regard for other's needs while grooming them by exploiting vulnerabilities with false promises of gain like he did with Anakin.
He pays no loyalties to anyone, and everyone is regarded as tools to use for fulfilling a self serving agenda as needed. Primarily political power and use of surrogates he invariably disposes of when he's done using them as seen in this plot to use Anakin and Obi-Wan to kill Dooku.
He is tenacious, ruthless, callous, calculated, sadistic, exploitative, materialistic...among other characteristics. The perfect, quintessential dark triad.
Palpatine is hands down the best villain. As "So Uncivilized" said: "He is the devil, and he dragged the Messiah (Anakin) to the Dark Side." It's not the exact quote, but you get the idea.
"In many ways, the prequels are a story of an arrogant religion who gets ahold of the messiah, who then accidentally hands him over to the devil"
Then who is the anti-Christ?
@@ash_11117 darth vader probably
@@ash_11117 maybe luke
Oh shit, that is chilling.
Sidious *IS* Ian McDiarmid's own creation. Originally The Emperor in ROTJ was supposed to have an even deeper voice than Vader but Ian thought that he should have a more snivellish voice based on his concept art.
And in every single review I have ever seen bashing Rise of Skywalker, they never fail to mention that - even if they did not agree with Palpatine's return - they love McDiarmid's performance... That speaks volumes of his acting ability and his total control of the character.
Yep, however, as Ian has gotten older his voice has gotten way deeper. Now, I'd say he is almost as deep as Vader was. He just speaks from the upper half of his throat while James Earl Jones speaks with the lower half of his throat.
That said, Ian McDiarmid is the Emperor. There are few actors who get close. The only one that reaches it is Ian Abercrombie (R.I.P.) in the Clone Wars series.
I hate Disney Wars, but was always happy Ian McDiarmid and Hayden Christiansen got more work from them. Still won’t watch any of it, though. Hopefully Elon buys Disney someday.
THE MOST EVIL 😈 CHARACTER IN STAR 🌟 WARS DARK SIDIOUS.
This video makes the words that Vader said in return of the Jedi “the emperor is not as forgiving as I am” hit much harder
I know right
Yeah; at least Vader might have enough empathy left to spare you. It's unlikely, to say the least... but the possibility, however slight, is there.
The same cannot be said for Palpatine.
Vader loved his family palpatine killed his family and also fun fact vader tried to commit suicide because of padme’s death
This guy felt genuine joy in being evil. He laughs in such a way after doing something evil that you can tell he finds doing evil deeds to be hilliarious😅
Right he literally cackles during the yoda fight 😂
It’s really admirable in a weird way. He never thinks of himself as some hero, never has any noble goal. He’s fully aware he’s completely fucked in the head, and leans into it.
@@homemadecringeycontent6363🎯😂
Palpatine did it for the lulz.
The most terrifying enemy is one that knows patience.
@Joe Curr ur
Meanwhile, Kylo Ren is throwing a tantrum with his lightsaber over inconveniences.
@@ryanm.8720 You have to show the coffee maker who's boss sometimes.
if only im patient and not unstable like Anakin
They should have left Snoke the true villain and instead of killing him off made him more interesting with a good backstory. Thanks Rian Johnson/ Kathleen Kennedy, you are the true villains
When you really think about it, Sidious was a genius. The sith have a rather embarrassing history of failed attempts to take over the galaxy... generally because of their notorious affinity for betrayal. This never happened when Sidious was taking over the republic because he made sure no one could overthrow him; not Maul, Dooku or Vader.
I think the difference was that palpatine was the betrayer and not the betrayed...until the end that is.
it's that he never let his apprentices become stronger than him
He did get over thrown
Thrown over a rail into the abyss
@@LilBerg77 lol
@@LilBerg77 damnit. I was looking at this comment list just to be sure I wasn't repeating that little gem. Well played, sir
Usually it's villains who have a motivation or goal that's at least somewhat sympathetic that are the best, but Palpatine is a definite exception. He's evil and he loves it.
He is immersed in his maliciousness so much that he doesn't plinch even while knowing he had done horrible things and staged an intergalactic war that cost the lives of thousands to make the rest relinquish their rights to a an authoritarian dictatorship.
like frieza In dbz
Bro is evil and does not care how you feel about it. Evil is as evil does and Palpatine is a master of evil.
The fact he has no redeeming qualities is exactly why i love him so much
6:33 His last conversation with his dad in the Darth Plageuis book was great.
Cosinga: You're an animal at heart.
Palpatine: King of the beasts father.
Imo that conversation was so dramatic it took me out of the atmosphere and tone of the book lol
The novel is good???
@@linkinnactoch8266 very much so
@@linkinnactoch8266 it is good but I wouldn't recommend it if it's your first SW read.
@@jakobrenner2230 which ones would you recommed me??
Finding your channel was like finding a Diamond in the Desert. Every video I learn more about characters I had a surface level understanding about in a very intriguing way. Phenomenal Work man and for a future antagonist I'd love to see someone like Jason Voorhees or Freddy Krueger analyzed as well.
Woah. I’ve been watching your content for years! What an honor to hear that from you, thank you. You’ll definitely get your wish, probably come October. Keep up the great work yourself friend, I appreciate you and all you do.
Oh hey there Jaxblade, love your content. Your Baki workout is killing me.
@@theanimenaut
You trying the workout too?
Man, I saw it recently and I've been trying it at every spare moment I get and it's demanding that's for sure lmao
@@philswiftdestroyerofworlds1988 Yeah trying is definitely more fitting than doing it.
Big fan
The way he admires and mocks his old master Hego Damask aka Darth Plagueis at the same time is something you don't often find in villains. He is so skilled, learned, patient, charismatic, focused, easygoing and even therapeutic that would make you wish he was your mentor. He loves foreplay and adores his main victims, like a true super-predator. He also has a strong feminine side to him, that makes him look so kind, soft, gentle, warm and caring, like a mother. He also gives the impression that he has all the answers and makes his followers feel very comfortable around him. This is how he gains their trust because he boosts their ego in different ways to manipulate them. This is how he hides from everyone, because who'd think that a man so sweet and wise can be that sinister?
That scene in the theater with Anakin, when he's seducing him and getting off on it, was the most charismatic owning of a young booty in cinema history.
Its hard to criticize him or find flaws in his perfect game plan. He's like a cat-fox-snake hybrid as a person, so cunning and you can't catch him.
Sheev Palpatine aka Darth Sidious savors every moment. That's a deep character right there.
Ian McDiarmid played him brilliantly.
Yeah I don’t think Palpatine hated Plagueis personally, I think he hated the fact Plagueis was more powerful than he was. It’s similar to how he hated his own father. He was so arrogant that he didn’t think anyone should ever be above him. He was a son who hated the fact he needed a father, and he was an apprentice who hated the fact that he needed a master.
He was obsessed with the role of Sith master because he wanted to rule like any Sith would want. The deciding point in his relationship between him and his master was at some point he began to manipulate his master so he would have it later easier to kill him and his master wouldn’t doubt his loyalty to him. He did it because he was at this point not strong enough to defeat him in a 1 vs 1. But why fighting with all your might when you can make your enemy weaker so your chances to win are higher? Anyway Ian played him so good!👌🏻
@@erikdayne5429 Him and Kreia would have a fun time playing with each other and philosophizing all day and all night.
@@erikdayne5429 I always saw Palpatine as stronger by the time he killed Plagueis immediately after the Phantom Menace. He mainly kept him around because he needed his money and patronage to get into the office of Chancellor. For one, he was a better lightsaber duelist than Plagueis. He had more desire (however little) to improve his swordplay, if for no other reason to spite the Jedi and be more combatively viable. Plagueis had zero interest. He also had more combative skill, as Plagueis was a researcher and a scientist who learned what was necessary to survive in combat. Also, Midichlorian manipulation would not help Plagueis if they came to blows. I mean it took him several minutes to kill a non-Force sensitive (Ars Veruna). He liked Plagueis, the thing that pissed him off is that Plagueis recruited him into the Sith Order on a lie. He didn't like that because Plagueis had been honest if nothing else up to that point, and he enjoyed the ability to be honest with someone. Also, he came to resent Plagueis' title as "master" as he desired power just like nearly all Sith before him. In his own words to describe Plagueis, "Teacher yes. And for that I shall be forever grateful. But master? Never!"
@@erikdayne5429 I will say, I do find the fact interesting that Plagueis actually considered Dooku for his apprentice before and even after Palpatine. And, Plagueis believed that the use of the Rule of Two had ended with him and his next apprentice. Had he recruited Dooku instead of Palpatine, I think Dooku would have been amenable to this. He wouldn't have attempted to usurp Plagueis, and Dooku would rule the galaxy. Plagueis would just be content to sit in his lab and experiment, with occasional discussions with Dooku on the state of the galaxy and what to do. Plagueis wanted a partnership rather than an apprentice after a certain point, and had he chosen Dooku I think this would have worked. It just so happens that Palpatine had too much of an ego to live with this and be happy.
Palpatine is one of the few villains, and I am inclined to believe he's the only one, who was able to check every single box in his time table. He achieved everything and anything he planned, perhaps to the point he to a degree was surprised at the high, absolute degree of success he had. Palpatine never grew tired of winning. I mean, Ian McDiarmid said it this way: the Emperor was incredibly old and _ran the universe_.
Sidious is the most absolutely evil villain I can think of. He was literally born evil as confirmed in the Darth Plaguies novel. That alone is terrifying.
Rian johnson
Read Blood Meridian, Judge Holden is at least equal in evil.
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@Diavolo Jaegar He’s still the closest thing to evil incarnate I have ever seen. Wether born or made, it doesn’t matter.
@Diavolo Jaegar You’re proving my point, not arguing against it.
Can we please get an Analyzing Evil: Griffith (from Berserk), to celebrate that masterpiece of a story, that sadly lost it's author recently? Griffith is such an amazing villain, because some 30 years after his introduction, people are still arguing over if he did nothing wrong, or if he is the most vile villain in fiction.
Please I hope this gets made. Today i was gonna buy some berserk merch to celebrate the author and hopefully give a signal for those in charge to try to finish the story. I want to beleive muira's assitants when they said they'll try their best.
yes that would be amazing
I was just writing a comment asking for the same!
@That’s one smug wojak Well, yes and no. The choice he made was of his own free will, but godlike forces were messing with his destiny, every day of his life, to the point that it may as well have been a setup. So it's all sorts of complicated.
Yes please
I like how in episode v when Darth Vader says Luke would make a powerful Ally. The emporer says he would be a great "Asset". Shows a lot about their different personalities.
I think Palpatine is still trying to deceive Vader by saying "asset", I think he actually wants Luke to be an apprentice, but he doesn't say apprentice, so Vader isn't threatened, I think if Palpatine was saying what he actually meant at that seen, It would be "He would be a great apprentice".
It hints that Vader may view Luke as more than just a path to power, while Palpatine views Luke as just that.
@Guy Whose opinions will offend you And a deeply, deeply cynical man, playing one side against another. From everything I've read of the run-up to the Balkan Wars, he came across as incredibly bland and boring, like some inoffensive small-town bank manager. It was an illusion many fell for. Shame he never faced justice.
@Guy Whose opinions will offend you I can't begin to imagine. He left a trail of destruction wherever he went.
@@PrismaPog_17 Of course he is, as soon as Palpatine became aware of Luke's existence the first thing that would have come to Palpatine's mind is 'a replacement for Vader'. After all, as Anakin's son Luke has as much (or nearly as much) force potential as his father did but because he's not dismembered in a cybernetic suit he has the ability to enforce Palpatine's will moreso than Vader, because he can actually use Force Lightning and any other Force technique that requires natural hands.
You’re right. Palpatine is an amazing villain. He had LITERALLY EVERYTHING planned out from the start.
"The Emperor is pure evil. He shows no mercy. He´s the devil himself."
I have heard that George Lucas said something like that of Emperor Palpatine
"(Palpatine) is more evil than the Devil. At least Satan fell; he has a history, and it's one of revenge."
- Ian McDiarmid
@@ryanm.8720 Yeah Sheev was evil from the start
One-dimensional pure villain... boring
@@891delta This obsession with making multi-dimensional/complex villains is more of a modern phenomenon. Disney is now going back and trying to make heroes/protagonists out of their villains (e.g. Maleficent and Cruella). While occasionally that can work to serve a story, making a villain more of a gray figure than a plainly evil one, it usually subtracts from the villain's purpose, which is just to be dastardly and set up as a roadblock/opponent for the protagonist(s). You're not supposed to be relating to and sympathizing with the villain (usually). Palpatine, IMO, is anything but boring. He is the personification of pure evil, but it's his grand scheme that is his most fascinating aspect. He was truly the devil in the sense of being the puppet master, a skillful manipulator. There are no redeeming qualities about him at all.
@@891delta Nothing one dimensional, but rather complex and entertaining. He's a benevolent politician on one side and a super powerful being who's
capable of destroying the strongest when using the dark side. He's also a Sith. It goes deeper than that
What I always found interesting about His plan was he built both armies for the civil war he planned. Basically the galaxies population wasn’t needed to be mobilized into the service, the war in modern terms was between child soldiers and drones.
Yep. Both are massive, easily manufactured, and disposable armies. I know that people make this comparison all the time, but Palpatine truly was playing chess with the entire galaxy.
Yup he created the problem so he would be the only solution
What’s truly brilliant about Sheev’s plan during the Clone Wars is that since he’s the leader of both armies, he wins either way. I know that’s really fucking obvious, but I can’t help it, that blows my mind. Sidious was an absolute genius, the best player of the game in every way.
@@cashthecurator666 Yeah, the only way he could lose his game is if someone managed to flip the board before the endgame was complete. If you are into the deeper lore you know that the only people really capable of stopping him are the Jedi. But they are so complacent throughout the series that by the time they really begin to question him it is almost to late. They don't do a good enough job of it in the movies, but the Sith rise is due in large part to the Jedi failure to adapt and their own dogma
He created 3 armies
One part I feel you leave out is just how much Palpatine, enjoys the pursuit of power. Through his sly smiles to himself when no one can see his face, his showmanship while battling Yoda, his cackling glee when showing Maul just how outmatched he was, to taunting underlings to keep them in their place, Palpatine was having a blast. While some villains focus either on the journey or the destination, a certain Sith Lord had his cake and ate it too.
*"There is no mercy."*
~ Darth Sideous
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna to kill you. "
Darth Sidious.
Words to live
“I don’t want to live as ordinary beings live.” - Darth Sideous
@@therealspeedwagon1451that says a lot about palpatine himself
Palpatine was described as such in the Revenge of the Sith Novelisation:
"Powered by the dark side, Dooku's perception took the measure of those below him with exhilarating precision. Kenobi was luminous, a transparent being, a window onto a sunlit meadow of the Force. Skywalker was a storm cloud, flickering with dangerous lightning, building the rotation that threatens a tornado.And then there was Palpatine, of course: he was beyond power. He showed nothing of what might be within. Though seen with the eyes of the dark side itself, Palpatine was an event horizon. Beneath his entirely ordinary surface was absolute, perfect nothingness. Darkness beyond darkness.A black hole of the Force."
Even to Dooku, a man who believed himself powerful and worthy of note understood that Palpatine was so much more than he was that it was unapproachable. You're right though, what makes Sidious scary is not his UNLIMITED POWAAAAAH but his unwavering devotion to absolute darkness. He is in effect the Dark Side personified.
Palpatine became the avatar of the Dark Side of the Force. Its living embodiment, its personification. Like the Black Guardian in Doctor Who but actually someone/something to fear. Or Deacon Frost/La Magra from Blade but also worthy of fear on a galactic scale.
Kenobi said it best...
"this Dark Lord has taken over your mind"
therefore Luke even Anikin where the pillars of the light that would redeem the father and mentors curses
therefore bringing balance but according to legends at times favoring the light.
yet in legend there were rumors the empire united the galaxy in preparation for the outsiders threat sooooo...
The actor who played him once said he’s more evil than Satan - Satan, after all, fell.
Palpatine also fell, down a big hole
@@shearman360 They both fell in different ways. One from good to evil. The other to his own destruction.
Satan fell, Palpatine jumped
@@james739123 Yep
@@james739123 Nope
I remember the actor once said Palpatine's only redeeming quality is that he is a patron of the opera house
He has good taste in operas. That's about it.
@@JdeMolaySo did Josef Stalin. Ballets, too. (8/6/2021)
Ian McDiarmid, the actor who plays Palpatine, also argued that Palpatine was more evil than Satan, because Satan, at least, was on the side of good, before his prideful belief that he could be greater than God caused him to be taken down a peg. Palpatine, by contrast, was evil from the beginning.
@@speedracer2008
Dude was pure evil.
@@daron6616 Yep. Palpatine only cared about himself. Everyone else was just a tool to help him get what he wanted.
I think one of the reasons why Sidious is such a good villain is because he embodies the trope of pure evil while still being incredibly interesting. He's not a complicated character in his goals or aspirations, but his intelligence and devotion make him really fascinating, unlike a lot of attempts as a pure evil character.
The fact that a man got so powerful just with his words and rhetoric, fooling them all, is honestly so wonderfully crafted and enjoyable to watch
I remember as a kid, watching the prequels and being legitimately persuaded MYSELF of all the things he was saying. He's a pretty persuasive character...
I know GL made the prequels about Anakin's fall, but to me the prequel trilogy was about the Rise of Palatine/ Darth Studious...
It’s not that far from reality in...our galaxy
Ever hear of Hitler?
You might recall a politician who came down an escalator calling Mexicans rapists.
"this insidious monster", I see what you did there.
Darth Insidious
@@mr.F.Castle - "The Insidious Darkness" ... Has a better ring to it, methinks!!
I honestly want to see you making a second series about morally grey characters like sympathetic (anti) villains or dark antiheroes.
love me some Jason Todd
Tony Soprano
Analyzing apathy
Walter white
Elliot Rodger
18:41 “suffered grievous injuries” flashes to general grievous for a split second. Nice one😂 great video as always!👏
I didn’t catch that one the first time. 😂
What I love about Palpatine is, he appears as the type of villain that will only scheme from behind, the cowardly evil politician type villain that is absolutely defenceless if he was locked in a room with an enemy, but no, he will beat the living shit out of you in the most humiliating way possible if you ever tried to attack him and be like “What you gonna do about it?”
"I am unnarmed" Ha nope
"Oh I'm not trapped in here with you, you're trapped in here with me" - Palpatine
@@bloodangel7731 In the Darth Plagueis novel, when a rival politician attempts to assassinate Plagueis, Palpatine was furious that his master was nearly killed before he could learn everything from him. He then paid a visit to the Senator's estate with Plagueis' lightsaber and slaughtered every man, woman, and child on the grounds. He was described as looking like a ravening wolf with red his hair wild and wind-swept, his eyes orange-yellow and bloodshot, and his mouth in a snarl and slightly foaming in rage. He capped it off by cleaning himself and decapitating the Senator. Plagueis' personal guards came in afterwards to see he had already done the deed, and were very much unnerved by his presence. Keep in mind that these guards were the best money could buy and had top-of-the-line training and mental toughness. And a thin politician scared the fuck out of them.
Sith including palpatine were bad but thee empire it’s self was good
So basically, Sheev Palpatine was already a politician long before he became a Sith Lord.
A Sith Lord?
If what you say is true...
@@11Survivor you would of earned my trust
Ah yes nothing is more vile than a Politician even more so than a Sith.
So the most evil villain of all time is a politician? Huh. Makes perfect sense.
The ultimate proof of his genius is his complete success in framing the Jedi as the villains of the galaxy. A victory so pervasive and enduring that Star Wars fans themselves often quote his lies in their own condemnation of the Order without even realizing they're doing it.
This is the most fascinating part.
That's pretty interesting.
May I have an example?
@@thehammurabichode7994there is none.
Oh don't get me wrong, Palpatine is EVIL. In a room with Voldemort, Morgoth, Frieza, Joker and Ronald Reagan, Palpatine eclipses their achievements with the single fact that he won.
However... The Jedi were a militant order of warrior priests that consistently interfered with galaxy-spanning political decisions. Decisions that, given their objectively dogmatic faith, are in opposition with the views of the Jedi Order.
That's the evil yet sweet allure of Palpatine, you see. He never technically lies.
I mean did the Jedi ACTUALLY have the authority to arrest the head of state and put them on trial? He WAS the Senate.
@@vorpalweapon4814I would assume.
with order 65 presumably being executable by a jedi, and them being military officers, if they believed there was treason from the chancellor they probably had the authority to arrest.
He's a very well written villain.
Facts
I mean the guy was emperor for like 25 years. He basically won tbh.
Lol true
Untill he died
@@tumbahantoine2517 yeah and we won't? And thanks to the mess thats the sequels he didnt even really die really?
@@FanksCast And he is still not dead because he have clone bodies hidden on the planet Byss. ;)
Emperor for 25 but he was in charge for 35. He was Chancellor remember?
The levels to which Sidious rose, thanks to help from Plageuis, over the decades, is nothing short of phenomenal. He seems to have been born a dark side being. He murdered his entire family early in life. His training was purely savage and brutal under his master. The long term planning, and manipulation of vast sectors of planetary populations, the galactic economy, industry, the Order itself, and the Senate, to achieve a conflict he would rise to the top of, no matter who won, is essentially unrivalled in all of cinema, as you say.
What is even MORE impressive to me, is that as DEEPLY corrupted as he was, to the core, from the dark side, he he still maintained the correct sensitivity to completely, and convincingly fake his interactions with other beings so well, that he came across as a great human, trying to bring the Republic together. It is extremely hard for any person, who is deeply corrupted, to fool everyone. Usually that depth of extreme pathology distorts a person so terribly, that at least in some ways, to some people who know them, they cannot hide their dark sides. I work in mental health. Such deeply disordered people, at least on the most menial levels can fool many. But not everyone. On the levels of the powerful, they can rise to presidents and premieres, and more.
Yet from the books, and the movies, until the moment of his rise, Sidious had EVERYONE fooled, except his very closest companions, who prior to his rise, served him while Plageuis was still alive and already knew him in full. He utterly, and completely avoided scandal at every turn.
I cannot see how anyone could have stopped him. He was so adept at using the dark side to hide in complete banality, while manipulating so much, this his rise to Emperor seems all but utterly assured. And even then, he still planned for failure, to still succeed anyways.
Couldn’t agree with your analysis more, spot on take and well-written to boot!
Palpatine did adopt the political influence of Plagueis and he also did adopt the great scheme of the sith.
Saying all this is Palpatines doing/scheming simply is wrong.
I mean he was probably the most important part in a scheme that wasn't even his own.
Though most people not familiar with star wars deep lore give credit for Palpatines victory only to Sidious when it's actually a complex centuries old plan made by Darth Bane from which Sidious basically harvested the success by being the final piece.
@@Raffney you mean exactly as a Sith should, going by the creed?
Nothing I said disagrees with what you said :P
@Raffy Completely untrue.
Palpatine only inherited the wealth but concocted the entire grand political schemes behind the Sith take over. The Yinchorri Uprising, the Stark Hyperspace War, Seperatist Crisis, Clone Wars, etc. and various grand political schemes were all created and executed by him. This is literally documented in various materials from novels, Star Wars Insider, Star Wars Fact Files etc.
@@edwardhyde7512 Completely untrue is vastly overexaggerated don't you think. I mean for starters plageius wealth did not exist inside a vacuum right? Money is always also a political tool. Also the shift in the force to the dark side on a galactic level was a ritual conducted under Plagueis supervision. It augmented the chance of success of any dark side undertaking. Plus the weakened Jedi order and them being unable to comprehend what is going on.
All that very important groundwork is not based on Sidious. Without it it's very unlikely he could have come that far at all.
The most evil thing Palpatine ever did, was help create Episode 9
Best joke I heard in a weak.
@@PrismaPog_17 weak? Was the misspelling intentional?
Edit: technically not a misspelling I guess, just from the context it would be week, but like I said if it was intentional that's pretty clever 🤔
@@christopherfoley7460 Damn, never expected to get caught.
You mean Darth Kennedy?
Actually makes the Dark Empire comics look good by comparison.
Palpatine: Space Hitler with an IQ of 200 and M A G I C.
0:03 I thought Darth Sidious said "Hello everyone".
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Corruption and conflict incarnate. Darkness and death given shape. That is what palpatine is. It always felt weird how palpatine wanted to rule the galaxy while he was still old but in a way that shows how smart he is. He knew if he went about his evil plans publically he would eventaully get stamped out. So he waited for the best chances possible to rule.
Extended universe kinda redeemed him in Yuuzhan Vong storyline: that he knew about this intergalactic invasion. Tyranny is preferable to extinction. If you knew about invasion force of incredibly powerful genocidal race, wouldn't you serve the Empire? Vongs were designed to be even worse than Zergs or Tyranids.
Palpy is actually better than most politicians because he doesn't care about enriching himself or interest groups, he just wants to turn the galaxy into darkness.
@@FalconRS No, I don’t think it redeems him at all. He wasn’t protecting the galaxy, he was protecting HIS galaxy. He was doing it because if the Vong destroy everything, he will have nothing to rule over, no people to torment. There was absolutely nothing in the way of altruistic intentions there. Palpatine has always been and will always be Pure Evil.
While i agree sidious is a absolute legend for the way he took control of the galaxy it wasnt his plan to be manipulative and deceitful to gain control and destroy the jedi. The method of manipulation rather than brute force falls at the feet of darth bane. He created the rulr of 2 and created the path that Sidious finishes
"So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause."
Padme is a queen🥵
@@tmann9neyrgsalazar993 A drama queen
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Star wars, one of the misquoted movies in history (above is the correct quote).
I am the Senate
You misspelled Analyzing Evil: The Senate.
@Rene_gade EwhehEHESH
Reeeee!!!
I AM the Senate.
He’s a political candidate not a murderer !
@@griggboat3588 you said murderer twice im confused
Palpatine in Star Wars 3 alone is one of the best sci-fi villains in cinema history
RotS is probably my favorite SW episode from 1-6
@@davidhimmelfahrt3732 3 is my favorite, followed VERY closely in second place is 5
@@terrypennington2519 same
Please don't call it star wars 3
I couldn’t agree with you more. Darth Sidious is the best villain in Star Wars and the best villain, in all of cinema history. There is not one redeeming quality about him. He was born from the Darkside of the Force. The Sith that came before him had at least a few redeeming qualities about them. But not Darth Sidious. From murdering his family and siblings to manipulating his master, Darth Plagueis, here’s apprentice Darth Vader, Darth Tyranus,Darth Maul, and Snoke. Manipulating Kylo Ren with voices in his head. Along with instrumenting the creation of the Clone Army, order 66. To his greatest feat of hiding himself from the Jedi in their own Temple. Too, eventually, becoming absolute ruler without one shred of blood being dropped when he came to absolute power. He came to Power after the Clone War ended. The people of the Republic never pushed back when he declared himself Emperor. The whole Senate and galaxy cheered. They were glad. That is absolute power and the perfect politician.
Becomes even more fascinating if you take into account the thousand years leading up to his victory. The entire Sith Grand plan is a brilliant idea. It is not like Palpatine had to convince everyone in the galaxy to be evil and corrupt. Human nature mostly takes care of that. They worked in the background to pull strings to make the corruption worse true, but it was not entirely up to him.
Precisely. Both the Republic and the Jedi Order were already decaying. The Sith simply sped up the process.
What i like most about sidious is that he serves a higher purpose. He is not just some power hungry dude as he first appears to be. He indeed sticks to his authority and does not allow anyone to mess with it, but he feels like the sith legacy is safe and actually gets very happy when he learns Vader is building his own small power sphere within the galactic empire. He is delighted with his apprentices patient and calculated approach about overthrowing the emperor. What furiates him is when Vader cant direct his anger with control.
Sith masters of old appreciate their apprentices slowly yet surely prepearing for the day they will confront their masters but they hate it when their apprentices decide to take over when they are not yet ready. They wish to see that their apprentices are wise enough to understand wether they learnt everything they could from their master before they act. That makes them feel like they can trust their successors to carry the responsibility of keeping sith legacy alive. Darth Bane loses his shit when he thinks his apprentice tried to confront him too early but feels proud when his apprentice actually defeat him years later and claim the title of master.
Vader still had demons he fought. Thats why Sidious was angry at Vader most of the time. He wanted to make sure Vader was focused and ready when the time came. That does not make him a good guy in no way tho, but it proves he is not a hypocrite. Consistent ideology and action makes great characters
Palpatine is absolutely my favourite villain ever. Brilliant especially his smiling face when he tells vader he killed padme. Genius
Honestly all things aside, Palpatine/Darth Sidious probably has one of the best themes in movie history
One of the most menacing for me
It’s so great it’s like the defining theme for the Sith. Palpatine is the true Sith after all.
That high note in it tho 🔥
Indeed. I'm no music theorist, but I tend to believe that while Vader's theme (the Imperial March) is bold and loud, indicating the rule of force he wishes to impose on the galaxy, Sidious' theme hints at an even greater evil lurking just beyond.
Emperor: *slowly turns around in chair
Emperor: * stares
Empreror: hello everyone and welcome to the 3rd episode of analyzing evil
Emperor: Hello Mario
😂😂
Palpatine 2024. For a SAFE and SECURE society!
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Better him than Bidan
Better him than both of them tbh
@TheAntiDisneyEmperor you are the worst kind of person
"There is no mercy, I'm not gonna kill you, I have other uses for you"
Palpatine's thoughts: and yes my old apprentice, the other uses involve clapping them cheeks in front of the galaxy.
They never really touched on what Palpatine wanted with Maul. Sure he kept him in a prison and tortured him briefly before he escaped, but during that time Palpatine and Dooku were mainly concerned with extracting more information from Maul about the shadow collective. That surely can't be the furthest extent of what Palpatine wanted with Maul, so what would he have used Maul for if he didn't escape?
It’s revealed that he wanted maul to escape so he would lead him to mother talzin. This works resulting in palpatine killing her. He is always one step ahead
Palpatine is so OP that he returns in both continuities after actually dying
Pretty much
And he isn't even a VAMPIRE lol.
@@JeanLucCaptain Exactly
And both times it sucked.
@@scottphillips8607 NO dark empire was pretty awesome and GENUINELY dark. Plus it gave us The Eclipse, the World Devastators, Galaxy Guns all that really cool shit.
My favorite scene involving palpatine is watching him take on savage and maul and beating them easily while enjoying himself in the process. That is the scene that made me love and respect palpatine as a villain.
Truly a masterpiece the new rulers at Lucasfilm couldnt even dream of ever crafting. Savage Opress' death was one of the sadest scenes ever imo.
My two favourite Star wars Characters going head to head there. Was actually shocking the first time watching my boy Maul get his ass beat. From that day on Palpatine kinda became my #1 fav over Maul. Lol its like I still like Maul the most but If i had to pick between the the two It's gota be Palps
Palpatine must have done a decent amount of good deeds in order to fool others and become emperor. Indirectly, he may even be a savior somewhere
Most of his good deeds were temporary side-effects of his greater schemes that would be reversed once he inflicted his more powerful measures. By the time the Empire was at its height, I don't think there were many in the galaxy, from his infighting court and the oppressed citizens of the Core Worlds to the crime-ridden Outer Rim, who were benefiting from anything Palpatine was doing. If any worlds were actually benefiting noticably from his reign, they were almost certainly few.
There was always planets and systems that were favored more
He may be throwing lightnings, force attacks and using lightsaber but his greatest weapon was and always will be his voice.
He did infinitely more dammages to the universe by scheming and talking than he ever will in combat.
Makes you realise that his name isn't Sidious for nothing.
Yeah sidious and vader were clearly plays on the words insidious and invader. Vader was the invader, the one who fought on the front lines. Sidious was insidious, the one who pulled the strings behind the curtain.
I'd say his greatest weapon was his ability to appear harmless or soon to be defeated, while plotting the upcoming fall of his enemies.
Palpatine is the master of the most devilish of arts: Politics
For us it’s the US government as a Whole lol
Palpatine: I love democracy.
Also Palpatine: Starts the galactic empire.
Ironic...
Cause the Senate gave him the Power through voting
Hiding in plain sight
I'd like to analyze why old mentors are always sending young, woefully unprepared people to try and fight this guy.
To keep from doing it themselves: That's how they got so old in the first place.
I feel like palpatine used to be so cunning and genius, but once he achieved his unlimited power he didn’t need to be clever about anything anymore, he just had overwhelming, universal, indomitable power and just did whatever he wanted without penalty. He didn’t need to manipulate anyone anymore he could just go through them
It is called victory disease
@@fuehrer_tb5597 We can blame a lot of that on Tarkin though, Palestine “liked” tarkin, and arguably most of the empires oppressive tactics were derived from tarkin, with his use of brutality, overwhelming force, and distain for those who opposed assimilation starting in the end of the clone wars
@@stuglife5514 i do agree and when palestine kept building the death star was when theempire already lost
@@leeroyjenkins4456 is there a wierd insider joke or why do you call palpatine palestine?
Well that is the flaw of all Sith, they become to arrogant and that leads to their death. He was the greatest Sith of all time but he still was a Sith and not above their flaws
What Palpatine managed to accomplish and HOW he managed to do it is very hard to even BEGIN to match. Absolutely masterful and absolutely terrifying. He infiltrated the machine, took over the machine and then destroyed the machine and rebuilt it to serve only himself. Astonishing; a galactic feat of unfathomable complexity and uncanny success.
Seriously, he manufactured a war by arming and organizing two opposing factions behind the scenes which he uses to play both sides against the middle. The entire conflict is just a charade of lies and deceit, both sides unaware that the chancellor is directing the entire show. Then, through more lies and deceit he convinces the people that the Jedi were power hungry terrorists, when the Jedi in reality are the ones defending peace and freedom. Finally, this artificial reality of war and unrest and turmoil eventually scares the people into voluntarily surrendering their freedoms so that they can remain safe in this dangerous time.
Imagine if something like that happened in the USA like between 2001 and 2011, that would be WILD. Thankfully this movie is fictional
And don't forget, pure eeeeevviiilllllll
I too am inclined to view Palpatine as the GOAT of cinema villians, but I'm also partial towards "evil mastermind" types. Also HUGE shoutout to Ian McDiarmid (who was a trained Shakespearean actor before joining SW)! Palpatine would have nowhere close to as compelling, enduring, or chilling as he was without his stellar portrayal of the character!
Fun Fact: Ian said in an interview that George Lucas originally wanted a more "aristocratic" emperor like Clive Revel's version in the original Empire Strikes Back (ie, the Palpatine voice in hologram sequence). But it was Ian's idea to make the emperor be the embodiment of evil and George was swayed after seeing Ian's efforts at doing so.
When I first saw ROTJ I was captivated by the Emperor's dark, cold, minimal clothes and surroundings. He didn't want luxury he was just pure evil.
I always find the differences between Palpatine and Tenebrae (Aka Darth Vititate) really interesting to look at, Palpatine wanted a galaxy to rule and torment but Tenebrae wanted to devour the galaxy and become a force god. But both were so pragmatic and patient, they planned for so many eventualities and possibilities. Still they were beaten both.
Not to mention that Ian's pedal tones when speaking in that deep, powerful voice were all his.
I've never been opposed to the idea of Palpatine coming back, but both times it's been tried, it has just gotten lost in stupidity. I like elements of each, but never the whole. I liked the idea of Sith cultists so lost in their devotion to Palpatine they would retreat to the farthest corners of the galaxy to enact his plan in exchange for even the most fleeting drop of power. In that way, Palpatine almost became the Star Wars Universe's version of a Chaos Daemon, never able to be truly defeated, only suppressed, and the real battle would be against the cult that he formed around him. But between torching the empire, building a fleet of planet destroyers, and trying to turn the hero evil for the ten millionth time, both stories just sort of feel like they are artificially rising the stakes. There could be something brilliant in there, that by clever manipulation of the Force, and a series of plans and failsafes, that a man, made of mere flesh and blood, could transcend the physical realm and become, in some strange way, a sort of devil-figure. It would be an amazing counterbalance to Force Ghosts, and in the way that Jedi become so one with the greatness of space and time that they transcend the physical world in a symbol of harmony with the natural law, Palpatine could, through willpower alone pervert the natural order. The IDEA of him coming back is a sound one, but the execution has just been terrible, with magic hand-wavy garbage to reassure the audience that 'oh yeah, this time, he's *dead* dead, not just fake dead'. Would it really be so bad to fully commit to the idea that Palpatine could return at any moment? That the real battle is not against a man, or even an organization, but against an idea, against thought, against his false promises that contort the evil within every flawed mortal. I don't know about you, but that sounds awesome.
It is incredibly easy to make completely evil characters into one-dimensional charicatures of real people, but genuine, unapologetic evil does exist, and when this is reflected properly in fiction, I think it provides a safe outlet for people to learn about the true evils of the real world. Compelling characters who are pure evil are difficult for many storytellers do portray well, because most people can't wrap their minds around the absolute depths of wickedness and depravity that people are capable of doing. Palpatine is a perfect example of a character who is as interesting and complex as he is pure evil. He might very well be my favorite villain in all of fiction. Even more relevant is that through the prequels, Lucas gave a warning about how free societies rot from within and are eventually infiltrated, gradually corrupted, taken over and destroyed by evil, corrupt and authoritatian infliences who desire power above all else.
I could not agree more. Pure evil is hard for people to wrap their heads around because most have not and will not ever see it. But it moat certainly exists, Mao, Stalin and Hitler all come to mind. As well as a slew of other psychopathic killers that have arisen over the years
"With great power comes great responsibility" Papa Palpatine
"... and I choose to ignore that responsibility entirely!"
--also Papa Palpatine
And in his mind, that responsibility is solely to gain more power.
More like with UNLIMITED POWER!!! comes absolute no responsibility thats our Palps 😂
Spiderman: "With great power comes great responsibility."
Sidious: LMFAOOOOOOO
100% agree. Palpatine is the singular most evil character brought to life on screen or on page. Everything about his existence. Complete and total evil compounded by genius level intellect and unbridled success.
'Cept for Morgoth from Tolkien's Legendarium. The guy literally invented evil in his universe.
You need to read more and watch more movies
@nohbuddy1 lol you sound so butthurt and @santinosolis8405 is that why he failed to do anything of significance since it was all according to God’s plan and there was nothing he could do to stop that
As evil as Palpatine is, I wouldn’t say he’s the most evil. The Judge from Blood Meridian is probably the purest embodiment of evil I can think of(and perhaps the best villain ever written) and Morgoth is a good second.
@@anatoldenevers237 Its rather difficult to put anybody as *more* evil than Darth Sidious. There are certainly no shortage of characters in fiction that are AS evil, but as hard it may be to believe on some days, there is a bottom to the abyss, and Palpatine is it. I guess there are characters that literally ARE the abyss, as it were, or evil itself, whom I suppose technically qualify, but Morgoth, at least, doesn't really qualify as being more evil. Although I suppose it also depends on how exactly you qualify or quantify evil, because if you look at deeds or feats or such then the task becomes far easier, but I don't really think that's a particularly good way to view it.
My mom has this really heavy, warm, thigh-length jacket that looks like the top half of Sheev's episode 1 senate robes, so whenever one of us is cold and wants it we ask the other where The Palpatines at. He's usually in a closet under the stairs. Very snuggly 10/10
Plot twist: it is the same robe. Your mom didnt know she was buying cinema second-hand.
@Brett's Gaming Tavern lmfao TJ Maxx secretly mixes one-of-a-kind cinematic costumes into its inventory for lucky shoppers 🤣
You could say it's...
The embrace of the Dark Side...?
@@xanmontes8715 yoooo I'm fucking howling rn lmao
"Wait, Palpatine wasn't married. How could he have a granddaughter?"
"He happened to like hookers, okay."
The idea of Palpatine having sex is the ultimate Star Wars nightmare fuel.
@@Xehanort10 Execute Order 69...
They're so unwilling to make a stand on anything that they retconned the son of Sidious into a kind of clone. The clone then got married, had Rey Palpatine, then got killed because plot.
Those hookers must've been desperate for a fix! That's all I can say.
You make the joke, but he did.
The genius of Palpatine's manipulation of Anakin and thus the birth of Darth Vader is that, Darth Vader is as much as the creation of the Jedi Order as it was Palpatine's. It was the teachings of the Jedi and their overall indifference or lack, or rather suppression, of emotion is what laid to Anakin's dark path. All Palpatine had to do was nudge Anakin.
After watching the part about Palpatine’s skin being damaged and being able to show his true self I got an ad about skincare lmao
Lol
"Have you been overusing the dark side? Then try our new skincare product."
🤣
"Jedi Master got your Skin looking dry? You can enjoy a discount on one of our select products"
He's one of the best Sith of all time and he's pure evil. No pretending to be good or noble. That's why he's badass.
"It would seem he suffered a grievous injury..." (shows picture of grievous) I see what you did there 😄
"No redeeming qualities"? But he loves opera!
And architecture 😅
I absolutely love Palpatine, he terrified me as a kid. Ian McDiarmid's portrayal, especially in the prequels is just phenomenal.
"You may be wondering...'When did he begin to change?'
The truth is that I HAVEN'T changed. As we have clouded the minds of the Jedi, I clouded yours. Never once did I have any intention of sharing power with you.
I needed to learn from you. No more, no less, to learn all of your secrets, which I trusted you would eventually reveal. But what made you think I would need you after that?
Vanity, perhaps, your sense of self-importance. You've been nothing more than a pawn in a game played by a genuine master. The Sith'ari.
(Laughs)
Reflect back on even the past few years, assuming you have the capacity:
Yinchorr, Dorvalla, Eriadu, Maul, the Neimoidians, Naboo, and army of Clones, the fallen Jedi Dooku.
You may think these were your ideas, when in fact, they were MINE. Cleverly suggested to you so that you could feed them back to me. You were far too trusting, Plagueis. No true Sith can ever really care about one another. This has always been known.
There is no way but MY way.
Are you still with me, Plagueis? Yes, I detect that you are, though barely...
...If it's any consolation, I'm being honest when I say I could not have succeeded without you...but now that we've won the race, i have no need for a Co-Chancellor.
Your presence, much less your unnecessary counsel, will only confuse matters.
I have Maul to do what the risk of discovery might not allow me to do, while I execute the rest of the Grand Plan:
Growing an army, formenting rebellion, and fabricating intergalactic war, cornering the Jedi and catching them unawares.
Rest easy in your grave, Plageuis. In the end, I will be proclaimed Emperor.
The Sith will have had their revenge and I will rule the Galaxy."-Darth Sidious
The vile eye : uploads video of the Senate
Me: "this video will make a fine addition to my collection"
Truly the greatest Sith Master of all time. His weapon of choice, politics, absolutely the greatest weapon he could have. Start a war, spread anger, hate and fear across the galaxy and feed off it and completely annihilate his enemies.
Honestly, a series about young Sheev Palpatine would be interesting.
As long as they keep it true and real to Sheev.
@@rossjones8656which is likely something they won’t do
@@TheAntiDisneyEmperor sadly true. I bet they would pull, "The only reason I became a sith is because I wasn't loved by a girl."
The irony is that once Palpatine became Emperor, he seemed to abandon the strategies that got him there. On the way to the throne, he used manipulation and cunning. Once he became Emperor, he increasingly relied on brute force and intimidation, with the Death Star being the apex of this tendency.
As far as redeeming qualities, it seems that until the Rebellion came along, the Empire mostly fulfilled its mandate of peace, prosperity and stability. Was it perfect? No. But neither was the Old Republic, which seemed unable to effectively govern. To me, it seems like the Rebellion caused Palpatine to overreact and forget himself.
Well he basically manipulated the rebellion into existence out of little more then boredom. So while he abandoned his more cunning plans it mostly was because he truly viewed others as toys and viewed himself as almost unbeatable
It should be noted that the Death Star was not originally palpatines plan, that was done by the genosians (who though their war against the republic was REAL, as the construction of the Death Star was started in the closing months of the war by what was left of the CIS forces in the region. Palestine merely hijacked the death star, and it could be argued the completion of it is more or less Stark is fault, as the Death Star was a part of the “Tarkin doctrine”, furthermore, a lot of the brutal intimidation tactics the empire used can be traced to tarkin during the Clone wars.
@@stuglife5514 - Even so, Tarkin worked for Palpatine. I assume Tarkin did what he did with Palpatine's blessing. If Palpatine failed to rein him in, then that is on him.
@@stevensenator4804 He didnt do what he did with palpatines blessing, he did what he did because he saw that as the best pathway to peace. The Emps simply hopped onto his bandwagon
@@stuglife5514 - Well, I disagree. If he didn't have Palpatine's blessing & confidence, Vader would have dispatched him long ago. Indeed, Tarkin was maybe the only imperial that Vader would obey.
This is a beautiful rendition. He is the ultimate sith. Just pure pride, greed, utter selfishness, an unquenchable thirst for power. He surpassed the pettiness of other sith lords, who were consumed by rage, bloodlust, paranoia, impatience and lack of intelligence. Or even notable sith who were too hung up over other people (cough cough darth vader). Didnt care for anything or anyone other than himself. And thats why he was so successful, when you've only got yourself to worry about, no anchors or limit to stall your ambition.
I recognise rhat he's a psychopath but damn, there's something seductive about someone just going full steam ahead to realize their ambition.
"The Rise of Skywalker" should have been called "Death Star for Cutie". That is all.
Isn't it The Force Awakens as well?
This comment will possess my heart.
The Rise of Skywalker should have been called: "How Palpatine won everything"... Yeah, Rey is a Palpatine.. No matter if she does not feel identify with her surname.
@@monicaaboites5053 I should have been called "Palpatine: A Life Well-Lived" and it should have had a nauseatingly trite trailer with him on Naboo playing around in the prairie like Ani and Padme.
Just rolling in the heather laughing girlishly with Disney's trademark woodland creatures congregating around him....
@@troyevitt2437 he will return in the sequel sequel trilogy:
"Somehow... Palpatine is gay..."
"How could this happen!?"
"Forced inclusion... pandering... secrets only Disney knew..."
"This was his plan all along... to put stuff in the water to make the frogs gay..."
One of my favorite pieces of acting from Mcdirmid is in revenge of the sith, after Vader first speaks and learns padme is dead, as Vader shouts noooo in absolute agony, you can see palpatine with a genuine smile, it's so subtle, but so insanely evil. You can tell he is proud of his horrifying Frankenstein monster that he turned Anakin into
Well to be fair, he originally was going to make anakin a poster boy for him, to show to the Galaxy that anakin helped him fend off the evil jedi, since anakin was very popular in the galaxy. The only problem was anakin losing to obi-wan. Since palpatine thought that anakin would win against obi-wan or that he atleast wouldn't lose. But after that he became the evil dictator and made Anakin into the villain we love.
I like Palpatine because he knows he's evil and he embraces it. Where most evil characters are delusional and think they are the good guys in their own minds.
According to George Lucas, he's supposed to be the devil.
According to the actor, he's actually worse than the devil
@@iamstewpit6740 Yes, but George Lucas created him. And I wonder how he's worse than the devil, because he's done everything the devil does; caused war, deceive many and killed.
The Devil is also manipulative, he makes people see sins as something good sometimes which could represent Palpatine as a friendly looking man until he reveals his true form in Episode 3 when Anakin's "sins" has gone so far that he can't turn back from evil.
@Greg Elchert depending on the interpretation the Devil felt wronged and discarded by God in favor of humans. Yes he does bad things but its beyond just the desire for power. I think the key difference between the 2 is their motivation.
@Greg Elchert Thats a great answer and a valid point! 👌🏾