THE EMPEROR (Ian McDiarmid) meets George Lucas! #starwars #shorts

In this Ian Mcdiarmid interview we hear the story of when he met George Lucas, and was eventually chosen to be The Emperor in Return of the Jedi (and then eventually placed in to The Empire Strikes Back, and appeared in the rest of the Star Wars saga).

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[revanxl]

Can we just talk about how lucky we were that Ian played the older emperor at such a young age that he was able to reprise his role in the prequels and it didn’t seem wrong.

[gabrielmorse]

George just wanted to hear his voice in person. 😂

[danielsolano]

And that's how the legend was born

[grasshopper-lnus]

The way he played palpatine in the E1-3 was genius

[oliverhayesthecreator]

i love that he’s finally the actual age of the emperor

[wishtone]

Ian could be reading an ingredients list on a can of soup and I think we'd all gladly pay to hear it.

[trusodapop]

Yea no one ever talks about; despite how you feel about the prequels, Ian did a fantastic job with his role. It was perfect, believable, and very creepy.

In fact, a lot of actors from the prequels performed in their roles spectacularly.

[julthefool]

Emperor of the galaxy but hey close enough

[kennyantonsen]

He was a scary villain in an episode of Inspector Morse.

[M--]

The competition for the part was hard: MacDiarmid won it by a nose.
_HURR HURR HURR_

[archibaldc.]

"What part?"

"Oh it's called the Emperor of the Universe"

Naturally 😂

[VoiceUnder]

When the Sith sense something, that's just their enhanced sense of smell.

[bligabliga]

"who am i playing?"
"emperor of the universe"
"because of my nose?"

[yeewengchiang]

"What part?" "The Dark Part..."

[williamwise]

I remember when I heard him talk on episode 1 I was like that's him

[eyeheartsushi]

“The Emperor of the Universe.” “Well, alright.” 😂😂😂

[BikeNutt]

As a kid i found him scary evil. As an adult i find him.... scary evil.

[adrianneacsu]

I can't imagine anyone else playing Sheev Palpatine

[theflorgeormix]

Amazing in Gorky Park. They don't give Oscars in sci Fi but he deserves one

[jhn]

Thats funny really, because George knew he wanted the emperor in a dark hood with only the bottom half if his face showing, so having a great nose was actually an important part of the physical appearance