Ian McDiarmid also confirmed that the full plan ... But by then it so happened that I was young enough to play the younger Senator...I got the script and realized that he was more than one ...

Although Ian McDiarmid played a younger version of Sheev Palpatine, a.k.a. Darth Sidious, in Star Wars’ Prequel Trilogy, chronologically speaking, the character was understandably thought to ...

Ian McDiarmid and Mark Hamill in ‘Return of ... I could lean into when I was playing Palpatine, both older and younger. I’ve been thinking through this entire conversation that in real life ...

Ian McDiarmid's firecracker of a performance as Chancellor-turned-Emperor Palpatine. Even the most ardent prequel defenders (raises hand) should admit some of Lucas' ham-fisted interpersonal ...

In a strange way, it may have helped the scene." Ian McDiarmid in "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" (1983). Image courtesy of Lucasfilm Following the panned reaction from the final Skywalker Saga ...

Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid recently confirmed that George ... Lee Freitag has been fascinated with the movie and TV industry since a young age. When he's not covering the latest superhero ...

Ian McDiarmid “thought [he’d] gone too much ... But by then, it so happened that I was young enough to play the younger senator. “When I first met George about it, he said, ‘Do you know ...

Nevertheless, while these ideas are never explored in the movie, along with how Palpatine returns exactly, these cursed ideas needed to be worked out in actor Ian McDiarmid’s mind before cameras ...

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 ...

Remarkably, Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid has inhabited the ... the Emperor is younger than Han Solo. (McDiarmid was born in 1944; Harrison Ford was born in 1942.) Playing the role has been a ...