Revenge of the Sith 4 Hour Supercut - Restored Deleted Scenes [4K HDR]
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- These are the deleted scenes taken from both a DVD and Blu Ray source that have been restored and uspcaled for my 4.5 hour Revenge of the Sith supercut, available to view in both 4K HDR and 1080P SDR. The cut has been created by mixing Revenge of the Sith with the final 4 episodes of Clone Wars Season 7 (The Siege of Mandalore) in their entirety, 10 minutes of restored deleted scenes, and the entire Battle of Coruscant from the 2005 Genndy Tartakovsky Clone Wars Microseries, upscaled into 4K HDR to match the rest of the material. This makes it one of the longest possible edits of Revenge of the Sith you can find. At least one version of my edit has been out since May, but I have updated it again to refine some small details, including this improved opening crawl and reconstructed audio you see here.
The chosen deleted scenes were picked based on scenes that were kept and retained in the wonderful Matthew Stover Revenge of the Sith novelization, fully restoring Padme Amidala's attempts to counter Palpatine's political strength, her early alliances with rebellion founders Bail Organa and Mon Mothma, and more. With these scenes restored, the viewer has a much greater understanding of not how the Sith took control of the Republic from the Jedi with military might, but how he also under-minded them politically before a single shot of Order 66 was even fired.
The Following Footage is included in this Fan Edit:
- All of Revenge of the Sith film, save a very small number of shots.
- A Brand new Rewritten Opening Crawl for the Supercut
- 21 Minutes of the 2k3 Clone Wars Battle of Coruscant, recut to fit within the timeline and enhanced in with a new 4K HDR transfer.
- All 4 Episodes of the Siege of Mandalore Clone Wars Season 7 finale arc, recut seamlessly into the events of Revenge of the Sith in roughly chronological order.
- 5 Restored Deleted Scenes (and one new partially restored scene) - Newly AI Upscaled and Improved over the previous releases, just like the Episode I and II Extended Cuts
- The Restored 20th Century Fox Opening, matching the versions used in my other cuts.
The Total Runtime for the Cut is 4 Hours, 19 Minutes and 10 seconds.
I will not be doing a version without the 2K3 series, or a version of ROTS Extended with only Deleted Scenes. There are other editors who have tackled those projects over the years. I have good reasons to include the footage I have chosen, as has been described in the previous ROTS release videos.
Footage from Bad Batch, Jedi Fallen Order, Kenobi, and Book of Boba are not included. I stand by my statements that they work much better in their respective original titles, especially since the Bad Batch Order 66 events are meant to be seen from their rather unique POV. I have also decided to keep the TCW final scene in its current placement. No Post Credits Scene in a Skywalker Saga film.
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Use the following Google Doc to see the supercut for yourself, then follow the instructions there.
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*To see a playlist of trailers and even more samples from this cut, go here.*
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*Once again, THESE ARE SCENES TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM A REAL EXTENDED 4.5 HOUR CLONE WARS/ROTS FILM CUT I HAVE **_ALREADY MADE!_* Links are available at the above google doc.
Also, here is a new video upload with ALL of the changes and transitions in this massive supercut, including these deleted scenes! Check it out: czcams.com/video/HLByflZXue8/video.html
Thank you!!
Hi there will be a version 4 with the added bad batch scenes of both what happened with Caleb dune and also Palpatines speech to the clones assembly hall
@@CHAOS676767 Some of that is possible, but I'm not committing to it at this time due to my intention to 'also' do Bad Batch edits down the line separately. (meaning a fan could view one right after the other)
@@MechaSalesman gotcha thanks for the reply and love your work
thank you man!
Huh. I didn't realize Padme at one point had more to do in this movie than get pregnant, cry, give birth, and die. Bummer we had to lose that.
That's what women are for, no?
Joke
@@_Dovar_ they cook and clean too
Don't forget that doing all that while looking pretty.
@@calebr3097 don’t forget getting us a beer from the fridge
virgins in the replies
i actually enjoy the scenes with politicians
A lot of viewers do when they see them in the correct context, it's just that people were impatient and the whole story took years to be told so the point of the political seasons wasn't always obvious.
Bro it should have been in the cut as well as the first scene with Anakin
Same
Even if these scenes were left in, Revenge of the Sith would still be everyone’s favorite prequel.
This is why adult themes like this are good to have in movies for everyone because children can grow up to enjoy these type of movies even more than they did as kids when they rewatch movies
When Mon Mothma said "no one can be told" the editors took it to heart and didn't tell the fans about that whole scene.
Adds up now. Her child and husband don't know about it in Andor and she's secretly funding the rebel alliance. Only her cousin/few people know.
Ekaj,
🤣 But , with that said her look at Padme when delivers the line is chilling. She know that Padme is having an intimate relationship with Anikin.
Wellll, not really. Actual fans, those, who read the book by Matthew Stover, knew it all and even more. In fact, if you re-film the movie in your head by this book, it'll become even more thrilling, dramatic and overall just better
@@KirillTitov I think you might have missed the joke.
Can't be too careful.
I always thought Anakin was far too rash to accuse Padme of betraying him and nearly killing her. With this scene, and some other seeds of doubt Palpatine planted, it makes much more sense now.
Another key point. Palpatine was driving a wedge between them in the final days to increase his insecurity even as he was encouraging him to save her. That made Anakin even more possessive and vulnerable.
Agreed that line on mustafar makes more sense. But the subplot with pad me in these scenes could have been better explained I believe, I can understand why they were cut
@@OfficialWorldChampion Agreed, the intention was good but execution (in this deleted scene) - not so much. If anything, Palpatine trying so hard to cast shadow on Padme should have alerted Anakin or at least made him doubt palpatine.
And also the whole Scipio debacle during TCW.
@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849yeah you have his life and be born from the force and seen as a threat and freak of nature and have the first one who believed in you and was a father figure killed immediately. Dude lost everything over and over and had more power than yoda to contend with inside him but people were like ‘hey just chill man.’
Also padme was critical in giving palpatine power she basically handed him the keys to the senate and pushed the senate towards supporting him while hiding himself for decades from the Jedi he was more than a little good at tricking people. And she dealt with politicians she should have been better at reading deception and power plays. If she hadn’t done that he may never have gotten power and Anakin may never have turned.
6:57 “Senator Amidala is hiding something.”
Yeah, two kids.
“I can see it in her eyes.”
I can see it based on her clothes.
Yes
lmao
😂👍
Well she was never hiding them she was hiding that anakin is the farther
Here's your 1k
The scenes with the Loyalist Committee should have remained in the theatrical cut. They give important world-building, gives Padmé more character development and foreshadows the Rebel Alliance.
it also provide more room for Anakin's personal distrust and fall to the dark side, when even his own wife is hiding something from him, it would make his over ledge turn and attack padme far more sense as well
@@Methyll but sheev shouldn't call her "senator amidala" in this context
@@starwarsorsomething5703 Politics is the reason everything went to shit in the first place.
I know right! What the actual fuck why wasn't this in the movie!
They felt it was a boring couch scene, Again George shouldnt direct his own films, he has no idea how to steer the cannon content. The setting of the Governors on the planets is the start of the Empire control with then the Moff ranks
4:37
It's cool to note that the Jedi that Padme is referring to is not Anakin, but Obi-Wan.
While she loves Anakin unconditionally, she doesn't entirely trust him with matters as grave as this because she knows how close he is to Palpatine. She does a "feeler" later in the movie when she asks Anakin if he ever wonders if they're on "the wrong side" and Anakin blows up at her, confirming to her that he isn't objective enough to be trusted with this secret.
And then Palpatine continues to plant seeds of distrust in Anakin over Padme's loyalties, further driving a wedge between the two that ultimately culminates in Anakin letting his anger get the better of him when he tries to kill her on Mustafar.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I thought Padme refers to Anakin but you Re absolutely right, She is referring to Obi wan Kenobi.
This was in the novelisation of revenge of the sith. I was going to say tge same.
She’s taking about anakin there was no indication of obi wan lol made tht up bahaha
@@regidon793 They are talking about the novelisation od ROTS where it is clearly mentioned that she was referring to Obi-wan.
@@Hideaway-jh9yi but this is the movie not the book so its anakin. obi and padme barely had scenes togearer lol let alone showing us if there was some trust factor..films are pure cannon
You can sense Palatine struggling to contain his anger at the senators when they sat down with him. Especially when he said, "I said I'll do what is right."
I like the contempt in his voice as he says the word "committee".
You can tell he’s desperately fighting the urge to turn them all to ash with his lightning right then and there lol
@@JackTheShadowMuncherit’s crazy to me how he’s the one doing everything they have an issue with yet he over there tryna tell anakin about how THEIR hiding things 💀 like sir your a whole ass dark lord who somehow infiltrated these people government & you tryna act like they the odd ones out ? Just so you can have ur chosen apprentice 😂😂 funny me palps is
Palpatine saying "I can see it in her eyes" is a funny way of him covering up the fact that he could definitely sense it through the force
What's more, he pulled a psychological U-card. By pointing out the Senators, he hides the fact he's just as much talking about himself.
And he knows Anakin can sense it in the force
well that is one way to view it. Though Padme wasn't betraying anyone. Palpatine was simply lying.
@@eianfederle2715, Padme is indeed keeping the secret of the fledgling rebellion from Anakin, which he probably senses.
He's also doubly uneasy because he isn't sure if Palpatine suspects Padme's pregnancy, or their relationship, or if Palps is talking about something else entirely.
@@nonanon666 okay um, first of all, I understand the foreshadowing of the rebellion within these scenes, but that didn't get its foundation until years later. They weren't rebelling against the chancellor either if that's what you meant. Second I do know that padme is keeping the babies secret from everyone, but did tell Anakin that she was preggo. So yes palps did sense she was hiding something, but he didn't say what, instead he just outright lies about her 'betrayal', trying to get Ani closer to the dark side.
Lots of things to note here. Palpatine's continued emotional manipulation of Anakin against the Jedi Council and even Padme. The first seeds of the Rebel Alliance, how Padme begins to realize Palpatine isn't the benign leader she thought he was. I probably wouldn't have appreciated them as much as a teenager but I do like them now.
Yes, these scenes add a lot of important context to the world building going on during this era.
As a teen I can say I enjoy them now
The first seeds of the Rebel Alliance really begin in the Clone Wars cartoons. In about Season 5 ep 1 or perhaps 2, the concept of Rebels comes up as they prepare to train Saul Guerrerra. Interestingly at that point ObiWan and Anikan have opposite views to what they eventually form. Brings to mind the expression that ObiWan often used about correctness from a certain point of view.
@@arlencarlson In the context of when this came out this would've been origins of the rebel alliance
i can also say, i couldnt have appreciated the political scenes as a teen 20 years ago, but i can appreciate them now with a greater context to the story, especially with all the new content that has come out since then like the clone wars
I love this scene 5:39 because we can already see vader alongside the emperor when at this moment nothing has happened yet. The posture of anakin and palpatine in his armchair.
I also thought that was brilliant foreshadowing.
@@ultrafly100 The Secret rise up solo
AMAZING!!
The fact that he was standing directly on his side like ally is the first & only thing I needed to see to understand who already had taken anakins place cause idk but he just look a lil too much like a minion or a henchman standing over there in an all black garb & tunic
What I think I love most from these scenes is seeing how betrayed Padme feels by Palpatine. After their warm relationship in Episode 1, I always wondered how their "friendship" had changed when Palpatine started showing his true colors. And it's actually very heartbreaking to see her in denial at first before eventually accepting that he may have never been her ally
This combined with her seeing how much sway Palpatine gains over him at the same time. It gets to the point where she knows she can't talk about how the republic is becoming the opposite of what they are fighting for because Anakin is more loyal to Palpatine than he is to her by episode 3. Its a double betrayal. Palpatine betrayed her as a person and slowly stole away the person she loved and turned him against her while she was basically powerless to stop it. Not crazy anymore to think about how by the end she trusted obi wan way more than Anakin, and he proved her right by visiting her before stowing away on Mustafar and telling her everything she wanted to hear. He would have even helped hide their marriage. He remembered Satine and he knew that side of the jedi code was wrong
@Dylan Maxfield If Anakin hadn't turned and stayed out of it, Anakin would have faced trial for being married and becoming a father and we know Obi-Wan would've come to Anakin's defense. If Anakin would've been expelled, Obi-Wan would've quit the Jedi.
@@aaroncampbell2180 Which just makes it all the more tragic how easily it could've been prevented. Anakin knew Obi-Wan would be in his corner because he was like a brother to him and he knew that same pain with Satine. If Anakin was expelled from the order, then Obi-Wan would've left in solidarity.
Every single one of these scenes should have been left in. It's extremely important to see Padme having cognitive dissonance and mixed messages about what's happening , not just Anakin. Makes their confrontation on Mustafar much more interesting. All of the lines cut out here add so much nuance and depth
Well at the time there were idiots complaining about politics in first two movies. So Lucas deleted this scenes.
@Cel2Savage agree.
There are some idiots who see Star Wars for pew pew and droids. The prequels were amazing, and the politics added so much depth and layers to the story
Remember that was supposed to happen to Empire strike back. It was originally a 3 hour movie also.
@@Milos596 so true. I knew someone who was at the meeting and stated nobody would sit through a 3 hour session.
Now I hate people who hated episode 1 and 2 then bullied George for that. George probably thinked we would hate these too.
Right? I never understood why people hated the political stuff in the Prequels. It makes that entire universe feel way more fleshed out, and it adds a layer of maturity that was sorely lacking from Attack and Revenge. It's the same with The Clone Wars; the political episodes, with Padmé, Bail and Onoconda campaigning against the production of more clones are some of my favourite. Same goes for the arc with Padmé and Clovis.
@@judeh8160 Exactly! Politics are one of the most important parts of worldbuilding. It showed how Palpatine navigated his way from a senator, to a chancellor, and eventually the Emperor. I really enjoyed them, but I guess the only thing people crave is action.
@@judeh8160 The thing that i’ve noticed is that a lot of the vocal people during the prequels were those who were old enough to have grown up with the originals. I don’t know how old you are but now those of us who were children when the prequels came out are grown up there’s been more people defending the prequels which is great.
Politician situations have led to some of the biggest wars so it makes sense to have that as part of the storyline and gives Padme better inclusion into the story as not just Anakin’s love interest.
I’m glad more love is being highlighted in the comments!
@@SamR1995 I prefer the OT by a country mile, but I think the Prequels brought plenty enough new to the table for me to appreciate them
@@judeh8160 I agree. The politics make the prequels more interesting. The dialogue was crap, but the story was there. In a world where GoT was the number 1 show, people like politics in their sci fi/fantasy, as long as it’s done right.
I like how Palpatine's line of "I've *known* you since you were a small boy", parallels with Obi-Wan's line of "I have *trained* you since you were a small boy."
"Some see instability as an opportunity" - Palpatine
What I like about this quote is that he was actually best describing himself here.
I hate that they cut out Padmé/Bail's side plot. Its the seeds of the Rebel Alliance. Not to mention it has Mon Mothma in it. Imagine how much stronger the impact the "this is how liberty dies" scene would have had with this added context.
Also you know Palpatine must have went after the 2000 who signed the petition right after he became Emperor.
In the old EU, Vader actually cuts one of those Senators in half on Alderaan only a few months later.
This scene is very symbolic. Anakin stands at Palpatine's right hand, which will continue to happen for the next 20 years. And a pregnant Padme sits across from her husband. Symbolizing that Anakin's children will be on opposite sides of the fence with him.
@@user-lr4qd9hp5x That's a good observation honestly, it's a fair bit of foreshadowing
I honestly think the problem is they should have started with Anakin being a padawan already. Didn’t need the goofy child.
@@mattrasp1615 the point was to show that even the big bad Darth Vader was at one point like all of us children; innocent, optimistic, and full of potential. Starting with him as a kid shows how the Jedi of the republic have become cold, calculating and not in tune with The Force as much as they should have.
The scenes that Show how Padme was co-organizing the first seeds of rebellion and petitioning against palps were actually very important because they show us that palpatine was slowly undermining anakins and Padmés relationship. It would have filled a plot hole to include those scenes because as the film stands, the final cut makes it look like anakin and padmé were actually in good standings until Padmé followed him to mustafar. Palps of course didn't account for that so I always wondered how he intended to get rid of padmé once anakin was his totally. Now, with these deleted scenes we get a clearer picture: he probably would have convinced anakin that padmé was a traitor and made him kill her (which he indirectly did anyways in the final cut)
Bingo. The great thing about these scenes is that they not only increase Padme's role in the film and make it more relevant, but the add some hugely important points to the ways in which Palpatine was manipulating/grooming Anakin for his fall.
It also shows why is was essential to Palpatine that he be successful turning Anakin to the dark side to become his apprentice. If he failed, Anakin would have surely follow Padme to become a powerful adversary with the Rebel Alliance.
not really a plot hole
In the original script Anakin is led to believe that Padme and Obi-Wan had an affair and Obi-Wan being on Padme's ship sealed the deal. The line "You're with him!" was meant to be quite literal in that sense.
That is why Palpatine plotting the seeds of doubt of Anakin is important; Anakin realizes that Padme is hiding something (The Delegation of the 2000/The Rebel Alliance) and thinks it is an affair with Obi-Wan.
He gets delusional while having a massive quilt complex because of his atrocities that are against every value of Padme and Obi-Wan's. His mission for Padme has carried him too far and everyone and everything seems like an enemy to his power-drunken quest. The story of the affair is just a brilliant excuse for his unconscious mind to protect itself.
Read the revenge of the sith novel!! It fills so many plotholes. Not only does Palpatine convince Anakin that Padmé and Obi-Wan had an affair (explains the whole mustafar showdown better), but you get some insight into Padmé's thoughts as well. The scene where she tells the other senators that there is one jedi they all can trust, she comes to the realization that it's Obi-Wan, not Anakin. It's hinted at that she develops feelings for Kenobi and slowly loses her faith/trust in Anakin. Hate that they didn't incorporate that into the final cut - it would make so much more sense.
I can’t believe these scenes were cut out, they’re all essential to the plot and characters and they’re GREAT scenes. The way Padme looked at Anakin during the meeting with Palpatine and how Anakin looked back... that alone says a ton. These scenes would’ve made the movie a lot better
Palpatine himself was in direct view of that look. He knew where Anakin was and where Padme was looking. A look like that wouldn't go without notice, even from me.
I'm sorry, but why Is NO ONE talking about how good that "I need your help, son." Line is???
I legitimately felt chills.
I loved the scene of Yoda arriving Dagobah
Of all the removals, this is the one I will never understand. It's such a short, but beautiful little bit. Why remove it at all? It ads a few seconds to the film without harming it in any way.
@SLake Lake same with qui Gon jinn talking to yoda
@@MechaSalesman I agree with you but you must understand that a good story implies information and forces the viewer to make their own connections. Anyone who watched the OT knows where Yoda went. But, I wouldn't have complained either way lol.
@@MechaSalesman I like the scene, but now they can make Yoda go to different places/planets before he actually get to Dagobah.
@@MechaSalesman I remember that this was in the movie when i saw it in the theaters. So I was really disappointed when i didn't see it on my DVD later that year
In my opinion, all of these scenes should be in the movie. Especially the political ones
Precisely. That's why I've chosen these 5 to restore. They each add something solid for both world and character building and only serve to strengthen the film in my view. Again, their inclusion in the ROTS novel is one of the reasons that book is so damned good.
@@MechaSalesman are you going to do more ?????
Sadly in that time so many people don’t like the political conversation, but I personally liked it so much it tell so much
@@MechaSalesman I love the novel so much
The thing is that this political stuff was under huge critic in the first 2 movies. And the film is also very fast in paste. with this storyline too it would have been not the greatest pleasure for everyone watching a 4 hours long movie with a new scene every 20 seconds.
@ 5:32 I love the foreshadowing here where Anakin is standing next to palpatine. Just like Vader would
Visual storytelling.
he must earn the money to pay the ta es of his castle
The novelisation by Matthew Stover added all of these scenes and more. It's well worth a read.
As you get older, you start to really appreciate the nuances of the political scenes and how they add to the bigger picture of the franchise, as well as showing not only how the Republic began to transition into the Empire but how early the seeds of rebellion were sown against it. They also add to the duality where Anakin is responsible for the Empire's creation but Padme also helps create the instrument of its downfall.
It interestingly also gives a personal angle to the whole galactic civil war in the original trilogy. Basically, at its hearts its a family affair.
Amen. The five year old me would not have appreciated a show like Andor.
But I feel obligated to reply here, because these scenes fit that tone perfectly.
The prequels should have been 3 seasons of 10 episodes.
As you *mature* you appreciate it. Has nothing to do with age. The "prekels bad" crowd never matured.
@@doomsdayrabbit4398 I don't know too many people who actually hate the prequels. I'm 30 and everyone my age loves them. I wish George put more politics in them. Fantastic movies that opened star wars up so much from the original 3
Holy shit why did he cut the scenes with Palpatine luring Anakin in?! Thats a phenomenally well done scene
Idk. But this changes things
Absolutely. I suspect he felt there were other scenes doing the work of that one, and that it didn’t quite advance the plot enough to justify keeping it. But I think it deepens the influence Palpatine exercised over Anakin quite masterfully, and helps set up the conflict between Anakin and the Jedi more completely. It would have made Anakin’s turn feel less rushed.
Nice profile picture.
"End of passion play..."
It would have caused conflict with the big wigs with the length of the movie.
Reminds me of how most of Michael Pennington's scenes were cut from Return of the Jedi.
these scenes just made love Padmé even more, she was literally one of the founders of the rebellion
You should check out the movies made from the Force Unleashed games with Starkiller. They give So much more of the politics in a great way. Really, it's Very worthwhile
That is of course if she was real ...
Absolutely. Shame she died before she could see it happen...
Damn Palpatine.
Her biggest weakness she was also very blind to palpatine until much Much later
@@laisphinto6372 in fairness, everyone was. That scumbag was a master manipulator...
The part from 5:27 - 7:29 is such a masterful scene. It conveys so much depth to Anakin's development to the Dark side, as well as giving a glimpse of discontent within the Senate. It simultaneously adds weight to Padme & Anakin's last encounter on Mustafar, showing the seeds of doubt sown by Palpatine in Anakin's mind of Padme's trustworthiness. As well as showing the early stages of what would later become the Rebellion. I wish that someday this scene would officially be apart of ROTS.
I mean, with my edit I've tried to restore it as best as possible. That's the point of this preview.
But yes, this scene truly shows how sophisticated Palpatine's grooming manipulation of Anakin really was. The Episode III novel elaborates on this even further.
I completely agree. These scenes needed to be in the final cut. Virtually every flaw people point to in the movie would be fixed by doing so.
Alliance, not rebellion. Calling it a rebellion is what imperial loyalists do.
HourofPoop speaking facts
They sould have kept it in.
The scene after the loyalist committee leaves and Palpatine is questioning Padmé's loyalties and Anakin's ability to read his wife's intentions adds a layer of depth as to why Anakin questions his wife's loyalties and eventually succumbs to his insecurities on the matter. Makes the Mustafar confrontation far more believable.
Agreed, that scene adds so much more complexity to Anakin's character and his eventual turn to the dark side. It shows how Palpatine was able to manipulate Anakin's fears and insecurities to turn him against those he loved most. And the Mustafar confrontation definitely hits harder because of it. The prequels get a lot of criticism, but they really did a great job with character development in my opinion.
The Anie + Palpy scenes are giving much needed depth to their relationship. It shows well how Anakin drifts away from Jedi order into Palpatine's embrace.
It actually better illustrates how he was seduced by the sith and alienated by the jedi.
@Trey 2x The prequels did a disservice as far as showing Anakin and Obi-Wan's bond but the Clone Wars animated series apparently corrected that oversight. I've seen bits and pieces of it and have to agree that I can finally sense they were like brothers and in spite of many differences, loved each other through everything.
"We will watch your career with great interest".
Seriously though, this is amazing.
I've made many edits over the past year, but this will likely always be my favorite project. I've poured my heart and soul into making the best possible version I reasonably could with the available tech I had.
@@MechaSalesman Thank you for your work!
They should totally give us an extended version of Revenge of the Sith with all the deleted scenes…
The scene from 5:26 to 7:28 is brilliant. It actually sets up Anakin’s distrust of Padme and Obi-Wan properly, rather than making Anakin seem randomly paranoid and crazed with the Dark Side.
All of these scenes should have been in the final cut. The fact that they were removed is criminal.
Anytime Ian McDiarmid gets more lines, I'm happy
I love his line delivery.
I'm a simple man: I see Ian McDiarmid getting more lines, I'm happy.
Best thing is whenever Ian and Hayden have a scene together. Ian has the best line delivery in Star Wars and Hayden is the best facial actor in Star Wars . So there scenes are always so well made and leaves u on your seat
Palpatine is like a cowbell: no one has ever said "it's too much of it".
@@Tonycillian5 And Ian and Hayden clearly love working together
1:29 Is honestly one of Hayden's best acting moments. His somewhat awkward demeanor has always been perfect for the role, but you can literally see his character has rehearses this response in front of a mirror to be a "good, humble Jedi".
These scenes do a lot more credit for Hyaden than he typically gets.
I love his smirk when he says ‘I suppose wiser’
Yet people still shit on his acting.
@@ATP2555ify people are blind
@@ATP2555ify People also say stormtroopers can't aim.
People are blind sometimes lol
"Age is not a good measure of ability, Anakin..."
That is a very true quote, especially from Palpatine. Good way to foreshadow how powerful he truly is and how the galaxy has been fooled into believing that he's just an old politician.
I bet Genevieve O'Reilly never thought that her bit part, left on the cutting room floor 17 years ago, would turn into such a prominent one!
The dramatic irony of the delegation essentially exposing themselves to Palpatine for assassination is beautiful.
That's what I was thinking. The idea that there were people speaking out against changes publicly I think is great world building because you know what the guy who turns out to be Emperor would end up doing to them and I think even adds more context to Alderaan being blown up in Episode 4 since the Empire probably viewed the world as disloyal from the start.
In Legends, Fang Zar (the bearded guy) is personally killed by Vader
@@Fred-xy9ch nice info
Oh He was that senator
The dialogue is weirdly better in some places, than the main movie.
Which is funny considering it's all penned by the same guy.
@Carlos I mean it is bad. I love the movie but still.
@Carlos Yes it is.
@Carlos Yes it fucking is lmfao
@Carlos Imagine thinkin prequel dialogue is actually good lmao.
There is not one deleted scene from "Sith" that wouldn't have made the theatrical release even better. These scenes give Padme three dimensions and a real role, underscore Anakin's anguish as he's systematically ground down between competing loyalties, and lay the foundations for the Rebellion.
The Revenge of the Sith novel brilliantly included and incorporated so many of these scenes.
Attack of the Clones also had a lot of good deleted scenes that would have improved the romance between Anakin and Padme
Palpatines grooming was something that should have been more visualized in the prequels since it is honestly more crucial to the story than the war itself.
That second scene is way better now. I always thought that the theatrical version of the scene felt like it started abruptly
Yeah, and it ads some very important context about why the Jedi are displeased with Sidious. He's acting to take over the council's actions, and he has the Senate's approval to do that. That automatically pits the Jedi against him even when they initially didn't want to be, which makes it much easier for him to set them up for the fall later.
It's yet another brilliant power play on his part.
The color palate and lighting is miles better than what is in the theatrical. Even acting. Weird.
@@user-xx6vy9ri8p He had to green screen the background causing that feather effect
@@MechaSalesman as per the novelisation, it also explains why clone intelligence units report Grievous' location directly to the Supreme Chancellor's office, and not to their Jedi generals.
Being officially inserted into the military chain of command above the Jedi council gives Palpatine direct authority over the Grand Army he previously lacked, absent Senate approval.
@@user-xx6vy9ri8p Rough composite, they didn't finish the VFX for the scene since it wasn't in the final cut.
Padme looks like she’s going to breakdown crying in every shot she’s in.
She’s very stressed and pregnant which often causes people to be emotional.
Portman realises that she's been legally bound to a hot mess.
@@cretekastos6903 Dude, quit with the slander.
@@sambridgers9543 - I will when you quit with the hyperbole.
@@cretekastos6903 You first.
Mon Mothma is sooo great in Andor. Her dynamic with the other characters is so enticing. She's my second favorite character, Luthen being the standout obviously.
It’s awesome how they kept the same actress too (at least it appears so). She is fantastic in the role.
im glad that Genevieve O'Reilly somewhat returned to role of Mon Mothma, consindering they deleted her appearnce in ep3...
Using the delegation of 2000 to tie together Padme’s political struggle and the beginning of the rebellion, Palpatine’s ascension, his manipulation of Anakin and how distrust was sowed between Anakin and Padme is quite brilliant.
The deleted scenes between Anakin and Palpatine are exquisite. They were obviously removed for passing reasons, but they add so much to their relationship. Palpatine acts more like a father towards Anakin, and manipulates him in the most vile way. Besides, the way he reacts to the comité drops a hint of the Emperor as he imposes to them. Brilliant.
100 thumbs up and no one corrected you, pacing, not passing. Awesome job!
@@Jarbutt English is not my native language. It's not somebody else's job to correct my spelling since it's not being adressed.
@@artemis4645 that's why it's awesome
The visual of Palpatine clinging to the chair and the tall, cloaked enforcer at his side is so good too, excellent callback to the final confrontation in Jedi.
3:44 "even family" and 15 years later she's still keeping this a secret to her own family man I'm really glad that Mon Mothma had a great time in the spotlight it is really great we were able to see more of her struggles against the Empire in Andor.
Too bad the scenes with the loyal senators was cut out. It makes it more poetic that while Anakin participated with forming the Empire , his wife Padme at the same time was involved with forming the Rebel Alliance
These political scenes are pretty essential to Anakin vs Padme and the foundation of the Rebel Alliance.
yup. they're pretty much the entire story. how anybody could cut them is quite beyond my capacity.
@@slavesforging5361 And it's less than 8 minutes! It hardly would've made the movie too long
@@LordVader1094 yup. Just proves again that George shouldn't edit his own movies.
@@slavesforging5361 toxic SW “fans”.
Agree, I wish they made the final cut. Mon Mothma and Bail were such legendary off screen Star Wars characters
Cool, I remember most of these scenes from the book. One really good scene in there that would have been great to be filmed was when Palpatine asked Anakin what he wanted, starting with a glass of water, to a new ship, then when Anakin asks for Corellia: Palpatine responds with ''the planet or the entire system?'' It's the first time someone asks Anakin what he wants and it's the Dark Lord of the Sith. It's really interesting to see the greedy/wanting side of Anakin that he's kept hidden from almost everyone.
You're right and it's a brilliant scene, but I believe that's one of Stover's own additions he wrote with Lucas' oversight.
It's a brilliant book overall, but it was several years before I knew just how many scenes I enjoyed actually came from the film's own script. Another great one is a scene where Kenobi visits Padme's apartment before Anakin's fall. It never finished filming due to Anthony Daniels falling over in the suit and damaging the set.
@@MechaSalesman "PrEqUeLs WeRe AlL gReEn ScReEn AnD cGi" - anonymous armchair reviewer that fell out of relevance
@@sambridgers9543 I mean, the PT did have some major issues at the time, but they've ironically aged much better than people expected them too. I'm very much enjoying their resurgence. One guy recently told me his father now says this cut beats Empire as his favorite film. Turning boomers into prequel/Clone Wars fans is the ultimate subversion.
@@MechaSalesman "We live in a society, where auteurism is a distant memory. Isn't that right, Salesman?"
Memes aside, though, watching the Snyder Cut so many times made me realize that we took George Lucas's independence for granted when he made the Prequels. They might not be the GOAT, but at least he chose how they got there. 20th Century Fox didn't force him to cut down on Jar Jar. He chose to do so. Even many of the most famous big budget directors don't have guaranteed autonomy. Peter Jackson struggled with much executive meddling on The Hobbit, even after his success with The Lord of the Rings and King Kong. I know Christopher Nolan and WB have some bad blood right now over the HBO Max first day premieres. And we all know that Zack Snyder's life has been hell from the executives screwing up his movies.
"Right now we're simply discussing 'what', 'how' is a matter we'll get to momentarily.". ( Paraphrasing the scene you're referencing from the novel, excellent scene!
The scenes with Mon Mothma being back in are really great especially with how they kinda tie into Rogue one Now
All the more reason to kind of recanonize these scenes.
Even more so with Andor now.
These scenes work to help understand more why Anakin becomes disillusioned with the order, why Palpatine wants the Senate to control the Jedi and why they then want Anakin to spy on Palpatine back. It's dialogue like this which helps build the narrative more in places and at 8.5 mins it's hardly gonna slow the film down. We see more of
I agree. But they can mess up the pacing of the film.
These really should’ve stayed in the movie to make it easier to follow. The scenes with the chancellor and padmé with anakin in the room and the eye contact really add depth. They make us the audience care and understand more what is going on
Palpatine was brilliant because he could take two people so close and still flip them against one another, even as they wanted nothing more than to protect the other.
That is what makes him a truly dangerous mastermind.
The scenes with Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, and the others would've actually been amazing if they were left in. If Padmé got her wish of involving Anakin with their plans earlier, it would have greatly affected everything. Perhaps even prevented him from turning to the dark side. Anakin would have essentially been part of the creation of the rebellion.
Apparently, Padme refers to Obi wan not to Anakin.
@@johnnyinsight Yup that’s how it goes in the novelization, which is is interesting because it feeds into Anakin not trusting her later on Mustafar. It’s apparent she trusts Obi-Wan more than him
@@davidfurman7 wouldn't you?
Very interesting to see this. Coming from the movie, the only scene that sows any doubt between padme and anakin is there one on one in padmes room talking about how the republic is becoming what they were fighting to destroy. If you watch the clone wars TV series, a few of these seeds are planted in padme as the show goes on, she sees Anakins inability to see his opponents as people when they go undercover in a few arcs, and knows he just can't be trusted with politics or anything in the senate, he's too loyal to the Supreme chancellor and doesn't truly understand politics or the senate, even though he believes he does due to Palpatines influence and his time seeing padme. Obi wan on the other hand has none of those restrictions and understands how the senate and politics work very well. Obis character would totally at least hear her out
The loyalist scenes should have never been deleted. Hell, Palpatine did even more to split up Annakin and Padme than we thought.
I love the fact that Palpatine is probably thinking to himself "oh just fuck off already" when he's talking to the politicians about democracy. I bet he really had enough of the constant senate debates by the time of New Hope's final sweeping powers.
These scenes add so much more dramatic weight to the film and make the sense of impending doom more palpable. I'd much rather have had these than the trite comedic scenes on the Invisible Hand.
Some of these scenes are sooooo good actually. They would have made the movie even better then it already was!
Better than it already was isn't saying much
@@persoonophetweb2891 Episode 3 is literally the best star wars movie
@@JaeyXVI That is your opinion
@@persoonophetweb2891 a lot of people think its the best one actually (or at least top 2 with episode 5 being number 1)
I agree that Episode 3 is the best Star Wars movie of them all, one of the best movies ever made
I see people complaining that these were cut from the movie but I find it ironic because it was the fandom that complained about the politics being boring in A Phantom Menace. They probably cut these because of how episode 1 was received. Make up your minds guys George isn't the only one to blame for how Star Wars has turned out.
Precisely these scenes were going to serve to justify the political drama of the previous films.
Nice man. Some scenes really add to the movie. I remember watching these scenes when they were on DVD. Thanks for giving me something cool to watch on May 19th by bringing these scenes to movie level!
Thank you for watching. Pass on what you have learned.
Damn. All these scenes should definitely be in the film. It adds a whole another element to the film.
YES FINALLY FULL UNCUT SCENE WHERE THE DELEGATION CONFRONTS PALPS! I remembered for years that there was an entire aspect of it where it's palpatine taunting anakin about his relationship with padme.
Who else could have watched another hour of deleted scenes??
I found all these fascinating.
The meeting with palpatine is so visually stunning with that sunset, and we even get to see Jar Jar who is criminally underused in episode 1 and 2. It’s George’s characters, he should have been able to utilize them as he pleased even if they weren’t “fan favorites”. I really wish we got to see more clone scenes as well.
Jar Jar is criminally underused in Episode I? Were we watching the same movie?
@@AxeIRad i think he was trying to say about episode 2 and 3 not 1 lol
he should be a "low level" dark force user like ventress
more like a spy and less as a big boss
I know Jar Jar isn't the most popular character but it would have been cool to see a more mature version of him say a few lines in Revenge of the Sith, especially considering he is a Senator by this point
“senator Amidala is hiding something”, yeah her illegal relationship with Anakin, their 2 kids, etc yet Anakin jumps to “she’s sleeping with Obi-Wan” the most by the book jedi you can imagine 😂
Anakin's paranoia in connection to the darkside
his attachment issues which lead to fear of loss and jealousy
that was first apparent in Episode 1 with the Jedi Council sensing great fear in Anakin in regards to the fear of losing his mother
of course, Anakin tragically lost his mother because the Tusken Raiders beat her and he slaughtered the whole Tusken camp out of revenge which against the Jedi Code
Anakin is special
It wasn't illegal, just would be Forced out of the order if they knew
To be fair, Obi-Wan has had ship tease with Siri Tachi, Satine Kryze, and Asajj Ventress.
"The most "by the book" jedi there is !"
Satine Kryze : Allow me to introduce myself !
6:30 That ´s basically "You ´re sleeping on the couch tonight" look.
This was meant to show that the rift between them began even before Anakin's fall.
Palpatine: age is not a good measurement of ability
Also Palpatine: Go, go on kill younglings now.
Well, younglings were definitely worth more dark side points for grinding up to that "SAVE PADME" dark side ability, or so he was told.
WE NEED 4 HOUR LONG DIRECTOR'S CUT REVENGE OF THE SITH
It would be nice if Lucasfilm released the deleted scenes in 4K at some point. Great job with the edit btw, I have enjoyed keeping up with your work.
Appreciate your support. And lord knows we'd all love proper restorations of more of this content. We're doing the best we can with what we have for now.
@@MechaSalesman With the way technology has been advancing we may not need official releases in order to get that level of quality someday.
@@isleofjames3847 It's certainly something to pay attention to going forward. It's already very impressive what a home FX artist can pull off.
Id be all about the extended edition of ROTS but I’d rather them put the resources to a Vader movie/or hopefully a series with Hayden being a boss that can delve more into the story. The problem with the sequels is the decision to open the first movie with Anakin being a goofy home alone child
There’s really no point unfortunately because the camera used to film this only recorded in 1080p
Imagine how long the a supercut involving all the restored deleted scenes and Clone Wars episodes. Be a whole evening of content
That's what this 4.5 hour cut is practically is, my friend. It's 4 hours and 20 minutes when all is said and done, but it works better than you might think.
@@MechaSalesman it would take so many resources though. Curious, would you rather them funnel that money into a boss Vader Hayden series that flashes back or ROTS extended. Series question. I’d like both haha but fearful Disney couldn’t execute the Vader story with Disney limitations. It would need to be R
I love the Clone Wars stuff, but man, these deleted scenes were so good. The extra scenes with Palps and Anakin, even being an extra few minutes, added that much more believably to Anakin's turn to the dark side. I wish they hadn't have been so slavish to the 2h20m limit.
Andor is the only Star Wars story I’ve ever connected with. I know nothing about the lore, so imagine my surprise to see Mon Mothma here! Bringing back an actress from a deleted scene almost twenty years later is one hell of a deep cut.
For real!!! I'm watching this yt video because I read that Mon Mothma was in a deleted scene
Rogue One did it as well. Which makes sense, considering Andor is a prequel to Rogue One. I'm not in love with the movies either, even if they aren't your cup of tea, I think it's worth powering through them for the shows. The Clone Wars series, Rebels, and The Mandalorian are all excellent (and that's also the order I'd recommend watching them in).
Same reason I'm here, Mon Mothma! She's great in Andor and it's great to see this same actress reprising her role, a role which frankly she has now played in more instances and with more depth than the *original* Mon Mothma in ROTJ (Caroline Blakiston).
Wouldn't have guessed they used the same actress in ROTS because 20 years is a damn long time so I had to check, has aged like a fine wine! Should've used her more back in the day, way more interesting character than I would've thought before Andor.
@@godofthecripples1237 the 2003 micro series is one I also recommend , It covers many small details which the 2008 series seem to miss
@@herbseinburg449 I've seen it, it's pretty great. It's definitely not better than the 2008 series overall, TCW just expands on the themes and the lore so much, but the 2003 series is a fun time. I'm glad certain small pieces of it were integrated into canon.
I like all of these deleted scenes. I especially wish that Mon Mothma’s scenes were included in the theatrical cut. It’s the same actress who played Mon Mothma in Rogue One so it would be great to see how her character starts the Rebellion in Episode 3. All of these scenes give Padme a better character arc in the film. I like when Padme confronts Palpatine in his office but he uses that to tell Anakin his wife shouldn’t be trusted. It’s good stuff.
I'm sure you were happy with andor then!
It seems very clear that Palpatine had consolidated such absolute power, there was almost no way for the war to end other than the formation of the Empire. Even if Mace had never ambushed the Chancellor in his office and thus sealed the deal in terms of public perception, the Senate's opinion of the Jedi was low enough already that their disbanding was inevitable. Regardless of whether the council didn't extend the rank of master of Anakin, the fact that Palpatine was still able to have them appoint his personal choice onto the council would be seen as the Jedi being subject to the will of those in power, being either seen as vassals to it, or supposedly accepting servility to be able to seize it for themselves later. Even with the Separatist threat abated, the Jedi were still losing favour from the Senate. The senators were divided amongst those that adored the Chancellor and saw his actions as necessary, those that co-operated simply for the war and didn't want to be seen as disloyal, and those that saw him trying to seize power, as well as senators who believed the Jedi could do no wrong, those who only tolerated them, and those who perceived them to be also trying to seize power. So many factions and combinations thereof existed led to a disunity in the Senate to retain function, but the need to preserve face led to the Chancellor being granted more power than was democratically secure. Order 66 was always a likely scenario, but had Palpatine not revealed his true nature, it may not have been necessary, because all it would take was it slowly poisoning the Senate against the Jedi, and the temple would have been flushed out and the Jedi exiled out of Republic territory. What we saw was the bloodiest alternative, but what these deleted scenes allude to could have been used in another version, where the Republic's death was even more drawn out and painful, and it was less likely that the Jedi would return.
He was setting up the Jedi to resist his rule from the start. The novel makes it clear that he knew they would resist him having power over them, which gave him the exact excuse he needed to wipe them out.
@@MechaSalesman
Exactly the point spoken above. The Jedi wouldn't be able to win a war against the republic even if they wanted it. Palpatine never needed to make the execution plan 66 and it is never seen as if the Jih... Jedi ever struggle with obeying orders. There's no passion and only peace, is there any peace if you passion war?
The use of irony was so well-done in this film. While Padme and the other Senators wanted to preserve the Republic, her keeping it from Anakin (even if it was the right thing to do) was exploited by Palpatine to help cause Anakin's fall in the first place and him turning against her by the movie's end. To Anakin, everyone was keeping secrets but Palpatine, who revealed his.
I didn't realize Padme went through a Rasta phase.
Alright I cannot belive theese scenes wouldn’t exist if I didn’t find this channel. They make the movie 209098765143x more emotianal.
i really wanted padme's scenes to be in the theatrical version! thanks for these!
It's my pleasure.
This scene was good but they doing right cutting it out because Palpatine talking to much about sense feelings of people and he reveals himself about his connection to the force right there. So the part later when Palps obiously reveals himself as a Sithlord would make no sense...
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So... they kept all the *other* interminable “political committee” scenes but deleted the ones that actually advanced the plot with the beginning of the Rebellion or the obvious duplicity of Palpatine. And they cut Yoda going into exile? Why?
Idk, a likely theory is that people hated the politics.
@@GalaxyDogenut but his point was that plenty of politics already marred the theatrical cut, yet the deleted scenes were much more crucial than the ones included
@@Asparaesque I know that. I just said, a theory I had was that people hated the politics, so most of the political scenes were cut because of that.
The Yoda scene was just unnecessary.
@@GalaxyDogenut If they don’t like politics, they shouldn’t watch something called Star WARS.
The lines George Lucas doesn't keep:
The lines George Lucas keeps: *I don't like sand*
That line was in episode 2
@@Oodelally i mean in general star wars though
The sand line was always a good one.
That deleted scene at 2:32 is heavenly!! What beautiful set design and cgi. The dialogue is very intriguing as well. Should have been left in.
We needed more scenes of anakin being manipulated by palpatine!
There's a brilliant scene in the Matthew Stover novel of ROTS where Palpatine asks Anakin what he would take if he could be given anything he wanted. Look it up.
Fr wish they kept them in there!
Palpatine "bonding" time with Anakin is just amazing, Sidious played the "wise old politician" role really well here. He give the vibe of your average grandpa that love politic even tho I know who he really is
1:33 that little smirk tells us all we need to know about Anakin's thought process here, it's criminal this scene was not left in the movie.
5:59 This sounds more like the Emperor than it does the Chancellor at this point.
Also @ 7:23 I'm surprised he haven't noticed that, it kind of made my Hair stand, with that deeper voice
It's a crime that there is not a release of the 4 hour cut
The movie would lead you to believe the Jedi Padme trusts is Anakin (as she has a conversation with him hinting at this subject), but in the book I believe it's Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan and Padme meet sometimes which leads Anakin to start becoming paranoid that she's seeing Obi-Wan behind his back. The movie does include a short scene showing this when Anakin questions Padme in her apartment about why Obi-Wan has been there after sensing his presence.
The Loyalist committee scenes directly mirror that of the Imperial Joint Chiefs, Darth Vader, and Tarkin discussing the political situation following the apprehension of Leia Organa and the subsequent dissolving of the Senate. A complete contrast lol.
They should have kept most of if not all of these.Maybe leave out the rescue scenes with grievous but I liked the yoda and politics scenes a lot.
I mean, these 5 are the scenes I chose to add back in because they enhance the film the most by being restored. It was a very deliberate set of choices.
@@MechaSalesman I think if they added more of the deleted scenes with dialogue it would have made the movie even better,like you say,enhance.
@@Zombie0303 That's one of the many goals of this supercut, and so far people seem to believe it works. I'm very happy with the current results myself.
@@MechaSalesman did you do the editing on the unfinished scenes?
@@Zombie0303 There are limits to what can be done without a full FX workstation or studio crew, unfortunately.
The only thing I would change about ROTS is give Padmè and Bail Organa more scenes. And what if the Jedi Padmè was talking about was obi wan, that would push Anakin further.
Yup, in the ROTS novelization Padmé admits she trusts Obi-Wan more in that scene.
@@ryleighgriggs5528 she paid with it with her life, if people for once in their fcking life just trusted Anakin, they wouldnt be in all this mess
@@tommytommy7535 they didn’t trust Anakin because he’s close to Palpatine
@@tommytommy7535 People don’t trust Anakin because he isn’t trustworthy. You’re forgetting that he has to do something to deserve that trust, and he instead did things that showed he didn’t (largely at the behest of a Sith Lord but I digress).
5:38 great setting, mimicking the Emperor and Vader at his side.
Imagine being completely cut from Star Wars. That would hurt me so much.
I really enjoyed the scene with Anakin and Palpatine. It shows shows how he planted seeds of distrust in the Jedi and also how Anakin saw him as a father when he says my son.
I watched RotS not that long ago and tried pausing at the right moments to play these deleted scenes. To have them ready-made with transitions, context, and everything is really something to be admired.
This cut took an insane amount of work to do over time, but I'm very happy with the result and I want as many people to give it a shot as possible.
6:37 He admits he senses something but at 7:00 creates fear. This scene gave me chills. Ian did so well here and gave me the creeps. This should have been left in the movie for the acting alone. This is an amazing scene!
These clips actually help to make it clearer of why things happened in this movie/the original ones, and certainly paints a clearer lit true filling in more of the wholes
The novelization for the movie also kept most of these scenes intact and canon as well, so it was a big motivation for choosing to restore them.
Fun Fact: Padmè wears a dress from this deleted scenes on the official movie poster...
i liked the scenes with padme and stuff. i wish she had more of a story arc with the rebellion they were starting to form. it makes padmes character more than just anakins wife. i think they cut it out because it probably would have caused confusion or was too boring.
I think George may have had additional ideas in mind for the rebellion that he wanted to expand on later, but they never came to fruition and these scenes ended up not contradicting either legends or current canon in any specific way (both make references to them), so they were 100% worth restoring.
I also find these scenes crucial for explaining not only how the Empire rose militarily, but also politically. This is a crucial real world message if people today want to understand how you prevent a fascist takeover of a democracy, and how it can be vulnerable to such. Even if we don't always agree, the people have a responsibility to keep their government accountable, transparent, and honest, and it is in those moments of weakness that figures like Palpatine will exploit that weakness (which he does so flawlessly). It's a timeless real world message that goes well beyond the politics of the 70, 80s and 2000s in which both trilogies were written.
@Angry Padawan Perhaps it did all come down to marketing in the end.
None the less, I'm glad he at least gave them to us so I could use these scenes myself.
Lol @ the scene at 5:32 where Palpatine was speaking with the leaders of the delegation of 2000. You can tell that he is so tired of playing the part of benevolent, selfless leader of the galaxy. The whole act is beginning to wear on him after years, especially with the end of the war in near sight, after which he knows he won't have to uphold the act anymore. Its kind of funny because you can tell that he is gritting his teeth, utterly EXASPERATED at all the politics, and just telling the Senators whatever he needs to in order to appease them and get them off his back. Ian McDiarmid does a splendid job of showing that nuance in the way he delivers his lines, as his whole vibe really speaks "I really hate playing politics with you people and you're all getting on my goddamn nerves but I still have to put up with you for the time being, and I will say whatever I need to in order to get you out of my office." lmfao.