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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The only thing that makes me not sad about this movie but that there isn't a part in it for Ian McDiarmid.
It would have been nice to see him get a cameo as Palpatine one last time even if it was for one scene towards the end when Vader reports that the Death Star Plans have been stolen.
for me it would have been nice for a couple of reasons. First of all Ian is not getting any younger and it might be a while before the movies swing back to an Imperial versus Rebels storyline again. Second of all because Ian is a huge fan and very enthusiast about Star Wars and the character of Palpatine. And third of all because even though the Prequels were a bit of a dissapointment, his portrayal of Palpatine is just amazing both pre and post butt head look.
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He was definitely the strong point in the prequels, the way he manipulated Anakin carried the movies.
Those few scenes redeemed the movies imo, it actually added a lot of pretext and undertones because a lot of what was going on wasn't said and it added to the themes of the story. When Palpatine was sitting with the Jedi and Obi-Wan was the only one picking up on his slippery politician nature, that was some really good stuff.
I'll watch the prequels again just for those scenes where Palpatine was exercising his dark side manipulation. The way every action he took was slowly diminishing the force powers of the Jedi gave the movies a very dense atmosphere and actually quite a lot of context to every scene.
I think people were too hard on the prequels, there was a decent amount of depth to certain aspects of the movies especially in regards to Palpatine and his influence on the entire universe. One scene he would do something and the next those actions would create a ripple like effect that many people missed. His influence was everywhere like a hidden hand and Ian played it perfectly. A lot of people ripped on Darth Maul for being silent but in the context of Palpatines hitman he actually fit the bill very well, a dark lord would have a silent henchman as he is pulling the strings.