Ian McDiarmid reading Star Wars Shakespare

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  • Ian McDiarmid reading Star Wars Shakespare at Anaheim Star Wars cellebration day
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  • @Jeyslayer_
    @Jeyslayer_ Před 8 lety +6031

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

    • @AishaVonFossen
      @AishaVonFossen Před 8 lety +73

      +PrinceV1R This should be a thing! LOL

    • @Alex-24610
      @Alex-24610 Před 8 lety +323

      The emperor would still be better than Trump

    • @TheEldarie
      @TheEldarie Před 8 lety +42

      +PrinceV1R
      Holy crap, that would be magnificent!

    • @donwinslow6967
      @donwinslow6967 Před 8 lety +111

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

    • @AishaVonFossen
      @AishaVonFossen Před 8 lety +31

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

  • @kobk9709
    @kobk9709 Před 9 lety +2996

    This man is the dark side.

    • @devinsenrick
      @devinsenrick Před 7 lety +148

      Kob K he's the senate

    • @Afeeq1011
      @Afeeq1011 Před 7 lety +86

      Shadow Shock 2 not yet

    • @Adventurer_Gaming
      @Adventurer_Gaming Před 7 lety +83

      Syafeeq Said It's treason then

    • @anakinskywalker9773
      @anakinskywalker9773 Před 6 lety +12

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

    • @mrgotham3685
      @mrgotham3685 Před 6 lety +11

      Jonathan Pagan OUUUUWWWWWAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

  • @gentrywalker
    @gentrywalker Před 8 lety +5969

    Ian McDiarmid was the best actor in the prequels.

    • @adambesley4455
      @adambesley4455 Před 8 lety +46

      +Gentry Walker Absolutely.

    • @superroblox123186567
      @superroblox123186567 Před 8 lety +281

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

    • @bretth4988
      @bretth4988 Před 8 lety +46

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

    • @AishaVonFossen
      @AishaVonFossen Před 8 lety +2

      +Gentry Walker Word! :D

    • @Warriorcats64
      @Warriorcats64 Před 8 lety +37

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

  • @BewareOfNerd
    @BewareOfNerd Před 9 lety +2953

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

    • @perseus1666
      @perseus1666 Před 8 lety +156

      He went 0 to 100 real quick.

    • @DealsFS
      @DealsFS Před 5 lety +78

      Just like the prequels

    • @blzahz7633
      @blzahz7633 Před 5 lety +91

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

    • @dancastro4732
      @dancastro4732 Před 5 lety +22

      Evil comes in all disguises

    • @johnanderson777777
      @johnanderson777777 Před 5 lety +3

      Ian McDiarmid reads the part of Satan in Paradise Lost. czcams.com/video/GINzUBvQ5nw/video.html

  • @rockoperajon
    @rockoperajon Před 7 lety +3572

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

    • @Deadpool-px2nm
      @Deadpool-px2nm Před 7 lety +214

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

    • @bastardjustice
      @bastardjustice Před 5 lety +85

      Then cue sith lord theme*

    • @piloto2412
      @piloto2412 Před 5 lety +15

      DECEPTION

    • @Bitchtheman
      @Bitchtheman Před 5 lety +59

      UNLIMITED POW-WA

    • @johnanderson777777
      @johnanderson777777 Před 5 lety +16

      Ian McDiarmid reads the part of Satan in Paradise Lost. czcams.com/video/GINzUBvQ5nw/video.html

  • @hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger
    @hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger Před 6 lety +1259

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

    • @_chew_
      @_chew_ Před 4 lety +43

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

    • @somedude5581
      @somedude5581 Před 4 lety +25

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

    • @bastardjustice
      @bastardjustice Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @nofacedgoldfish6216
      @nofacedgoldfish6216 Před 2 lety +3

      @@_chew_ Someone ruined it.

  • @Boofus90
    @Boofus90 Před 8 lety +4011

    Wow you still got it master.

    • @CrypticHowl
      @CrypticHowl Před 8 lety +20

      Maul is the only true Sith boy!

    • @0mnicide
      @0mnicide Před 7 lety +35

      No, I am.

    • @mycubiclepenguin868
      @mycubiclepenguin868 Před 7 lety +1

      true

    • @Double-R-Nothing
      @Double-R-Nothing Před 7 lety +26

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

    • @LanziBen
      @LanziBen Před 7 lety +7

      Fuck off Vader is a god

  • @jonathan8087
    @jonathan8087 Před 9 lety +3254

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

  • @GavsWeatherVids
    @GavsWeatherVids Před 8 lety +1898

    Star Wars was so lucky to have Ian. WOW!

  • @emperoring112
    @emperoring112 Před 4 lety +719

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

    • @JibrilPC
      @JibrilPC Před 4 lety +60

      just like palpatine does, he can disguise himself easily

    • @Atoronz
      @Atoronz Před 3 lety +34

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

    • @GhostLink92
      @GhostLink92 Před 2 lety +16

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

    • @Eggy79
      @Eggy79 Před 2 lety +9

      @@Atoronz He is the Senate

  • @lilmoris1
    @lilmoris1 Před 7 lety +1848

    Plot twist: Ian is Emperor Palpatine

    • @Double-R-Nothing
      @Double-R-Nothing Před 7 lety +122

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

    • @JourneyToTheCage
      @JourneyToTheCage Před 6 lety +75

      No, Ian is the senate

    • @chipmunkdoesvr8629
      @chipmunkdoesvr8629 Před 6 lety

      Suburban Slingshots damn you beat me to it!

    • @kennethcastelino2667
      @kennethcastelino2667 Před 6 lety +2

      No, he is DARTH SIDIOUS !

    • @AnakinSkywakka
      @AnakinSkywakka Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @CEB1896
    @CEB1896 Před 4 lety +337

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

  • @nathanbroderick1317
    @nathanbroderick1317 Před 8 lety +390

    His voice is terrifying as Darth Sidious.

  • @obi-wankenobi4301
    @obi-wankenobi4301 Před 4 lety +401

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

  • @leonderprofie123
    @leonderprofie123 Před 7 lety +1260

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

    • @cosmosreality222
      @cosmosreality222 Před 3 lety +15

      🤣lol

    • @joeofmacabre07
      @joeofmacabre07 Před 3 lety +50

      "Dew It!"

    • @bernhardderstift3177
      @bernhardderstift3177 Před 3 lety +6

      Digga ich seh sich überall

    • @CaptainCoolzCT-
      @CaptainCoolzCT- Před 3 lety +45

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

    • @jonathanrichwine1996
      @jonathanrichwine1996 Před 3 lety +7

      You don’t already do that?

  • @charadreemurr5290
    @charadreemurr5290 Před 7 lety +490

    Just your average Senate meeting

  • @xxTheTruMan196
    @xxTheTruMan196 Před 7 lety +726

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

    • @starscapearchitect
      @starscapearchitect Před 5 lety +18

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

    • @danhouse1989
      @danhouse1989 Před 5 lety +8

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

    • @FireLordJohn3191
      @FireLordJohn3191 Před 5 lety +8

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

    • @nurlailatulafiqahbintiramb6348
      @nurlailatulafiqahbintiramb6348 Před 4 lety

      Just look at his shirt

    • @KyloRen0127
      @KyloRen0127 Před 4 lety

      @@FireLordJohn3191 He was originally voiced by Clive Revill.

  • @adamsanter9385
    @adamsanter9385 Před 9 lety +670

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

    • @UnknownPersononGoogle
      @UnknownPersononGoogle Před 6 lety +22

      Adam Santer He probably does it in the shower.

    • @Adeon55
      @Adeon55 Před 6 lety +27

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

    • @mrd3993
      @mrd3993 Před 6 lety +2

      Been more than 10 yrs

    • @lilcolgatevert3715
      @lilcolgatevert3715 Před 5 lety +1

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

    • @lilcolgatevert3715
      @lilcolgatevert3715 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @jessicafielding8643
    @jessicafielding8643 Před 8 lety +1010

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

    • @AishaVonFossen
      @AishaVonFossen Před 8 lety +20

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

    • @risingsonfilms
      @risingsonfilms Před 8 lety +1

      +Jessica Poggi where can i buy that on itunes

    • @GeffenAvraham
      @GeffenAvraham Před 7 lety +8

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

    • @aliliatapueluelu2951
      @aliliatapueluelu2951 Před 7 lety

      RisingSonEntertainment

    • @Syklonus
      @Syklonus Před 4 lety +4

      He's one of Scotland's best exports.

  • @andremaccarini1656
    @andremaccarini1656 Před 5 lety +126

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

    • @Sylinnilys
      @Sylinnilys Před 3 lety +7

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

    • @Eggy79
      @Eggy79 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @hughjasse4047
    @hughjasse4047 Před 9 lety +679

    that gave me the chills

  • @andrejackson5132
    @andrejackson5132 Před 8 lety +294

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

  • @logicalfallacy234
    @logicalfallacy234 Před 8 lety +700

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

    • @KrisFrost4359
      @KrisFrost4359 Před 6 lety +47

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

    • @AlexanderDiviFilius
      @AlexanderDiviFilius Před 6 lety +20

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

    • @ardas77
      @ardas77 Před 5 lety +6

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

    • @KrisFrost4359
      @KrisFrost4359 Před 5 lety +19

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

    • @darthethan1995
      @darthethan1995 Před 5 lety +3

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

  • @straightpimpin888
    @straightpimpin888 Před 4 lety +224

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

    • @TREVORVADER
      @TREVORVADER Před 3 lety +15

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

    • @Sylinnilys
      @Sylinnilys Před 3 lety +8

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

    • @FireLordJohn3191
      @FireLordJohn3191 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @dariusfarrel3228
      @dariusfarrel3228 Před 2 lety +7

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

    • @transformersrevenge9
      @transformersrevenge9 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @treyj5308
    @treyj5308 Před 8 lety +346

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

  • @KingLofiOne
    @KingLofiOne Před 8 lety +247

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

    • @scaper8
      @scaper8 Před 7 lety +27

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

    • @maxalaintwo3578
      @maxalaintwo3578 Před 3 lety +4

      The wit is not lost on any of us it seems

    • @maxalaintwo3578
      @maxalaintwo3578 Před rokem

      @Seph it's treason then

    • @NatalieE500
      @NatalieE500 Před rokem +2

      i didn’t put that together until now

  • @davyjones-locker979
    @davyjones-locker979 Před 8 lety +223

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

  • @tholian_web
    @tholian_web Před 9 lety +518

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

    • @LesterRamos
      @LesterRamos Před 7 lety +113

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

    • @carterlando423
      @carterlando423 Před 5 lety +23

      He is the Senate.

    • @latenightronnie
      @latenightronnie Před 5 lety +8

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

    • @darthethan1995
      @darthethan1995 Před 5 lety +6

      Alec Guinness was Knighted.

    • @dragoninthewest1
      @dragoninthewest1 Před 5 lety +8

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

  • @AishaVonFossen
    @AishaVonFossen Před 8 lety +83

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

  • @DeepScreenAnalysis
    @DeepScreenAnalysis Před 8 lety +135

    That was fucking incredible.

  • @Whoami691
    @Whoami691 Před 8 lety +171

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

    • @animatedink2529
      @animatedink2529 Před 8 lety +10

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

  • @user-co6xm2vu3d
    @user-co6xm2vu3d Před 8 lety +331

    I want emperor own movie with ian McDiarmid...

  • @benwasserman8223
    @benwasserman8223 Před 7 lety +124

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

    • @sirclassicalhou3650
      @sirclassicalhou3650 Před 4 lety +7

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

    • @johnsullivan7679
      @johnsullivan7679 Před 3 lety +1

      the voice is awesome it my ring tone

    • @jll716
      @jll716 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @meganphillips8087
    @meganphillips8087 Před 5 lety +62

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

  • @giftheck
    @giftheck Před 8 lety +56

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

  • @CatMaster90001
    @CatMaster90001 Před 8 lety +60

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

  • @josephrutchik5777
    @josephrutchik5777 Před 4 lety +9

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

  • @ermonski
    @ermonski Před 5 lety +31

    Emperor Palpatine does a good impression of Ian McDiarmid

  • @Gasoline85
    @Gasoline85 Před 8 lety +97

    The one TRUE emperor.

    • @EpaminondastheGreat
      @EpaminondastheGreat Před 4 lety +17

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

    • @timeisflowing74
      @timeisflowing74 Před 4 lety +4

      @@EpaminondastheGreat omg that's true ahahahha

  • @Paulunatr
    @Paulunatr Před 2 lety +12

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

  • @lizziedanger4271
    @lizziedanger4271 Před 6 lety +44

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

    • @EpaminondastheGreat
      @EpaminondastheGreat Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @FireLordJohn3191
      @FireLordJohn3191 Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @savage7882
    @savage7882 Před 4 lety +62

    The older he gets the more like the emperor he sounds

    • @kross2659
      @kross2659 Před rokem +3

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

  • @jonnnyren6245
    @jonnnyren6245 Před 7 lety +129

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

  • @anakinskywalker9773
    @anakinskywalker9773 Před 6 lety +204

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

  • @Hurstain
    @Hurstain Před 4 lety +7

    His Emperor voice got better with age.

  • @KronoriumKid2210
    @KronoriumKid2210 Před rokem +5

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

  • @ObiWanBillKenobi
    @ObiWanBillKenobi Před 4 lety +18

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

  • @damienkilcannonvryce
    @damienkilcannonvryce Před 7 lety +46

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

  • @underthesun-ml4mu
    @underthesun-ml4mu Před 3 měsíci +3

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

  • @finesse2119
    @finesse2119 Před 6 měsíci +3

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

  • @darthmaul7626
    @darthmaul7626 Před 7 lety +61

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

  • @RobertoCarlosGomezSosa
    @RobertoCarlosGomezSosa Před 7 měsíci +3

    That voice is a national treasure !!

  • @16Arson
    @16Arson Před 9 lety +82

    This man is amazing.

  • @JoshuaAndres
    @JoshuaAndres Před rokem +5

    His voice alone can topple democracy

    • @vondas1480
      @vondas1480 Před rokem +3

      So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous oration

  • @my_MillenniumFalcon
    @my_MillenniumFalcon Před 7 lety +59

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

  • @godzilla964
    @godzilla964 Před 4 lety +84

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

    • @jespereriksen2223
      @jespereriksen2223 Před 4 lety +1

      well. that was Ian as well..?

    • @edgyelectrokinetic6761
      @edgyelectrokinetic6761 Před 4 lety +14

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

    • @jespereriksen2223
      @jespereriksen2223 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @morbius109
    @morbius109 Před 11 měsíci +4

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

  • @Pvfotocr
    @Pvfotocr Před 5 lety +6

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

  • @dodywidodo9433
    @dodywidodo9433 Před 4 lety +9

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

  • @ericgurganus5193
    @ericgurganus5193 Před 8 lety +28

    Ian McDairmin is just amazing.

  • @unLUCKY95
    @unLUCKY95 Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @zen-aku9069
    @zen-aku9069 Před 5 lety +3

    no one can replace Ian as Darth Sidious

  • @helivarpalac2956
    @helivarpalac2956 Před 8 měsíci +2

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

  • @mikeor-
    @mikeor- Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @wooden2187
    @wooden2187 Před 4 lety +12

    I imagine Ian is in his grandchildren's nightmares.

  • @Seraphatum
    @Seraphatum Před 7 lety +38

    What a legend!

  • @davidyoung5114
    @davidyoung5114 Před 4 lety +9

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

    • @DraculaCronqvist
      @DraculaCronqvist Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @codylujan
    @codylujan Před 6 lety +21

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

    • @FireLordJohn3191
      @FireLordJohn3191 Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @michaelberry1382
    @michaelberry1382 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @greenranger8884
    @greenranger8884 Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @yogsenforfoth5948
    @yogsenforfoth5948 Před 8 měsíci +2

    My god, this is absolutely EXTRAORDINARY.

  • @drsssssssss
    @drsssssssss Před 4 lety +405

    This guy should have destroyed everybody in ROS.

    • @EpaminondastheGreat
      @EpaminondastheGreat Před 4 lety +64

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

    • @Cetra29
      @Cetra29 Před 4 lety +8

      I mean he did until the Jedi stepped in.

    • @partizanlegis
      @partizanlegis Před 4 lety +17

      @@Cetra29 the Jedi spirits pulled an Endgame

    • @seanerzat
      @seanerzat Před 4 lety +5

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

    • @drsssssssss
      @drsssssssss Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @raifsam3408
    @raifsam3408 Před 8 lety +10

    best villian voice ever

  • @smith9808
    @smith9808 Před 4 lety +7

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

  • @hogarmenos
    @hogarmenos Před 7 lety +7

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

  • @LegatusLucius1994
    @LegatusLucius1994 Před 4 lety +11

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

    • @Sylinnilys
      @Sylinnilys Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @Sylinnilys
      @Sylinnilys Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @LegatusLucius1994
      @LegatusLucius1994 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @matthewsawczyn6592
    @matthewsawczyn6592 Před 4 lety +5

    "Darth Vader... *RISES* "

  • @SefniAsheforr
    @SefniAsheforr Před 5 lety +24

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

    • @Syklonus
      @Syklonus Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @dabitz6167
      @dabitz6167 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @surfboarding5058
      @surfboarding5058 Před 2 lety +1

      @@dabitz6167 exactly the sequels suck

  • @trevorvallo5841
    @trevorvallo5841 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Next year, it'll be ten years since this interview.

  • @ProjectDevilEye
    @ProjectDevilEye Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @VictorIV0310
    @VictorIV0310 Před 5 lety +5

    Grandpa Palpatine reading you a bedtime story.

  • @VoiceOfTheEmperor
    @VoiceOfTheEmperor Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @MrKarnator
    @MrKarnator Před 5 lety +3

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

  • @darthsidious1060
    @darthsidious1060 Před 4 lety +4

    I really liked that book

  • @kryptonkobra8396
    @kryptonkobra8396 Před 8 lety +21

    It felt like he was talking inside my head

    • @joshuapray
      @joshuapray Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @luciuswalker8578
    @luciuswalker8578 Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @albertoabolafio9383
    @albertoabolafio9383 Před 5 lety +4

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

  • @thesenate5913
    @thesenate5913 Před 2 lety +3

    he made palpatine into the best villian of all time

  • @azaraiahzee
    @azaraiahzee Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @joelnavarro4629
    @joelnavarro4629 Před 3 lety +1

    Whoever put that Garbage reverb on his voice killed an awesome performance. Sounds like he is in a massive tunnel.

  • @Xdrtoboggan
    @Xdrtoboggan Před 6 lety +5

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

  • @superman31172
    @superman31172 Před 8 lety +17

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

  • @calrose
    @calrose Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @MusicMike512
    @MusicMike512 Před 3 lety +1

    This is the voice of someone with unlimited power.

  • @user-tb4gn8oe2q
    @user-tb4gn8oe2q Před 3 lety +4

    The interviewer is a great actor too .He is the voice of Obi-Wan in Clone Wars!!

  • @MrKarnator
    @MrKarnator Před 7 lety +8

    Just imagine him reading bed time stories in that voice. Or any story for that matter.

  • @trevormccook2647
    @trevormccook2647 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @se7enthedge382
    @se7enthedge382 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @donwinslow6967
    @donwinslow6967 Před 8 lety +7

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

  • @whotube2610
    @whotube2610 Před 4 lety +5

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