xhonzi said:

Quackula said:

Maybe it's because Ian McDiarmid is one of the few exceptional actors in those films, and his performance sticks out like a sore thumb...

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a good performance can only take a dumb script so far... ;)

Palpatine was one of the only characters who was consistently interesting to see on screen in the PT imo, even if he did get downright goofy at times, especially in episode III.