Steven Spielberg Had a Blunt, but Accurate Reaction to Ian McDiarmid’s Palpatine Performance. A little-known Star Wars fact is that McDiarmid wasn't the first person to play Palpatine.

I conic Star Wars actor Ian McDiarmid has just confirmed some exciting secrets about playing Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.Having played the Emperor for just ...

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Ian McDiarmid is excellent in the scene, as he manipulates Anakin Skywalker directly, doing more to turn him to the Dark Side in the conversation than possibly anything else that happens.

Remarkably, Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid has inhabited the role for 42 years; along with Anthony Daniels as C-3P0, that ranks among the longest tours of duty in “Star Wars” history. Related ...

It might seem silly to say this with a performance from the Star Wars prequels, but McDiarmid really deserved some sort of award (or at the very least, an Oscar Best Supporting Actor nomination ...

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 is bringing Ian McDiarmid’s Emperor Palpatine into the mix, and the showrunners talked with CinemaBlend about what it was like making this happen.

Darth Vader might be the face of the Empire in the “Star Wars” saga — but even he has a boss. The Emperor has existed as long as the franchise itself, from a passing mention in “A New Hope” to his ...

Ian McDiarmid has won several prestigious awards for his theatrical performances. He received the Theatre World Award for Performance in Faith Dealer and the Tony Award for Best Performance by an ...

Ian McDiarmid “thought [he’d] gone too much too far” during his Palpatine vs Mace Windu duel in ‘Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith’. The 80-year-old actor - who has portrayed ...

McDiarmid also believes the famous antagonist's lineage revealed in "The Rise of the Skywalker" happened as a result of a "virgin birth." “It wasn’t mapped out at all, really,” he said ...

Remarkably, Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid has inhabited the role for 42 years; along with Anthony Daniels as C-3P0, that ranks among the longest tours of duty in “Star Wars” history.