Quackula said:

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.

I couldn't agree more. Episodes 1 and 2 already belittled the emperor character but in episode 3 he is made out to be ridicules and is ruined forever. I once though of the emperor as one bad azz Mother F*&&&^ vut by the end of episode 3 we see him cackling like an idiot. when yoda first trys to fight him palpatine tries to run and hide like some scared bitch. he is shown to be one of the biggest morons in history. He force fries his own face into a crisp and why is still anyones guess. mace is clearly blocking the lighting and it is frying palpatine so why doesnt he just STOP shooting the lighting instead if crying like a baby about not being able to hold on