Palpatine's Rise to Power 

It really says something now doesn't it.

hartsickdisciple Many other villains sit up there with Him

@Alphapoop DE cough Stalin cough

Well, you can't exactly make a machiavelian character with a plumber or a janitor.

Thats the case in real life too

Holden Rohloff very well said

Very well indeed

Then his a cheater

+Alex Ya how can he cheat against himself?

everyone is playing checkers, but palatine been playing chess for years

Except for in the sequel trilogy...

@@KiloGramNo1 those don't count.

He's like Blackbeard in One Piece

@@KiloGramNo1 The what?

Sauron only y appears during 8 minutes throughout the 6 movies, guess he has something ti say about ur comment ;)

Also having Jar Jar in on the meeting regarding the clone army. Here's why. Jar Jar was asked by Padme to represent naboo in her place. He also saw first hand the danger the trade federation can pose. He put forward the motion to give palpatine emergency powers, which was voted on and won. Jar Jar pretty much gave palpatine the power to begin the clone wars, and start the downfall of the jedi and the republic.

That doesn’t make sense that’s like a million in one chances Anakin would fall in love with a kid friend.

@@grantwalter2243 He knew him very well and he saw how he looks on Padme.

@@user-xx6vy9ri8p they never even interacted

@@grantwalter2243 Yes they did, in Ep1 and 2.

Because the disney trilogy was a new level of *Did an eight year old write the script?*

Because the garbage Disney produces is a whole new level of shit.

Prequels are still worse.

@@anthonymartensen3164 The prequels are actually interesting though lol. People just wanted a slightly new version of the original trilogy and they got it

@@konitrix3166 you're exactly right, because otherwise all the characters and plot and action was great

@Austin Garner why put effort in and write a good script when you know you're guaranteed billions of dollars just off of brand recognition & brand loyalty alone?

Disney 🤢

Spent Lizard And Ironically, Palps himself is supposed to be in *Spoilers* Episode IX. Crazy, right?

hey man ... he did sat in that chair tho

lynx 15 You mean Snoke? He did sit in that chair, didn’t move one inch, and the only way he left was Kylo killing the guy, finally showing a Sith Apprentice offing his Master on screen. He may still have anger issues, but I’m looking forward to seeing those Sith Troopers (Yes, that’s what they’re called) fight alongside him. And Snoke is NOT Darth Plaugies, despite How It Should Have Ended telling people otherwise. Fact, I stand with that decision the director said. The time has come for Palps to return and the Skywalker Saga’s final curtain.

agree!

But the originals are still awesome! Right?

indeed, the political aspect makes it better and realistic.

I'd say the story of the prequels is better, but individually the OT movies are better (with RotS a possible exception)

Star Wars is all about politics!

This is horribly edited what are you saying lol

"Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is".

same bro :)

Welcome to the club

the politics all make a lot of sense now

Lewis Simpson Me as an intellectual: Appreciating him as the Senate.

Underrated comment. Politicians are more dangerous than siths.

@@fingolfirn8189 Thanks!

@@dirty7444 Not yet.

Dir ty Your welcome!

+TheAndersand2500 Shit I had never thought about this. Couple this with how Jedi say "only Sith deal in absolutes" makes me question who to support here. Fuck it. Dark side ftw

+TheAndersand2500 Well, something that stuck out to me was Palpatine mentioning he learned how to create new life using the force. When Anakin was a child, Palpatine was a grown man and obviously well into his sith masterhood. I think this was a message to Anakin (without Anakin realizing it) that Palpatine created him using the force.

+michamus Well he indirectly did. In the books, Sidious and his master tried to use their powers to change the nature of the force to tilt the scale in their favour. The force responded against them by creating anakin.

+Joseph Ong Plagues recognized this the moment he heard of Anakin. I'm sure if plagues would of successfully met up with him that Anakin would of been dead. Vader was The emperors greatest mistake and it cost him his life.

ILostMyAccuracy well even w/o luke, vader would have killed emperor anyways. Like what the sith usually do

Most definitely. Unfortunately the Jedi were way too dedicated to fighting with the Republic in the clone wars and fighting the Trade Federation/Separatists that they didn’t even realize that their enemy the Sith Lord was blinding them. Though they could sense that they’re was a Sith Lord to be caught, they thought that he was with the Separatist, which at the time he also was, and thinking that Count Dooku was their enemy but he was just a mislead Jedi, but even he knew that the Republic was being controlled by Sidious/ Palpatine. Basically the only Jedi aware of the possibility of corruption was Qui Gon, Dukoo, and even Yoda. Qui Gon would of helped Anakin, Obi Wan, and the rest of the Jedi along with the Jedi council to be more aware of their surroundings. Imagine the turn around of the entire situation if Qui Gon was never killed.

That's how liberty dies; with thunderous applause

many dictators and totalitarian regimes in history were (at least in the beginning) cheered for...

Considering how the Senate and Jedi council were becoming more and more corrupt. The Empire probably sounded like a God send

***** "lol"

True point Adiel...the one time that some rebelled again the US, it took four years but even they got whooped.

apotheos1s I dare say that Ian McDiarmid was one of the few things about the prequels that didn't suck.

***** I wouldn't be surprised if he was actually a sith

apotheos1s The brought him in because he was the emperor in RotJ, his performance in that movie was better IMO.

Alex Ball he barely even had any lines...

***** Indeed. In fact they should have elaborate more on those Sith dudes, since they are more interesting than this Jedi nonsense. Btw I think that part 2 was a good movie amongst the 3 prequels.

i think he used the force to manipulate anakin

​@@sleepy1567 Also used it to shut Dooku's mouth when Anakin was about to chop his head off.

Buddy use your brain, he needed the force to manipulate those around him, they weren’t idiots they also were either just as or a bit less smarter than he was and as manipulative, being politicians after all. But definitely couldn’t achieve all that without it.

​@@fernandorodriguez876yep

​@@fernandorodriguez876Completely agree. You could literally just point out the fight with Windu as a sole reason. If he didn't have the force or a Lightsaber, what could he really have done? Even then he lost but using the force manipulating anakin saved him at the very last moment

By flawed it’s just rough around the edges, but the inside, the story and characters, is a jackpot of brilliance and shine

@@larry9228 its course and rough and it gets everywhere...

The dialogue is the one of the only flaws in them, the rest OOH

@@brookiiecookie199 Star Wars is cheesy.

@@miniaturejayhawk8702 I hate sand

yet, people like to bash on the prequels just because.

@woooudo it's kind of sad that you hadto suffer mass deception to value the prequels

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Revenge of the sith is my favorite movie of all time, I liked it more than the originals

@@Gu53cUa dude, but do you seriously not see why they bash two prequels? The first of two prequels had no main focus on specific characters, And both were full of pointless cgi and had about 70 min of council speech altogether written by a terrible dialogue writer George Lucas. The reason this video makes prequel look good is BECAUSE THEY GOT RID OF 4 HOUR WORTH OF POINTLESS SCENES. Also, every adults by now knows how bad Lucas is at taking scenes that are not fight related. The lightings, camera angle, a SUBTLE messages conveyed by dialogues can deepen both the characters and the plot of the movie, but none of the prequels had that. Take an example of a conversation between quaigon and child anakin skywalker. After camera focuses on a cgi animal lazily yawning for some reason..., anakin just blurts out he built c3po. Quigon never asked that, so why did he suddely say this?

Indeed, Ian McDiarmid is the PERFECT actor for this character. I can't remember the last time I saw such an incredibly spot-on pairing.

Griffin Meyer Even though the last one was stupid, he still killed it!

Ian McDiarmid is literally the only reason I might rewatch rise of skywalker

He even showed up in Rebels. The absolute legend.

BLK MN Ian without a doubt nailed it amazing brilliant actor he definitely stayed In his role that’s why am sure was chosen for this role just love this villain character.

thomas moore because she was wrong

male historical exile Empire or Rebels?

i Tqzy empire

i Tqzy the pic is a flag for the BUF during ww2 in england

male historical exile i’m aware. LONG LIVE MOSLEY

Sheev Palpatine I think it’s hilarious that the Jedi had so many warnings and opportunities to annihilate Sidious but their dogma and arrogance led to their extermination. Definition of “stick up their ass”.

+Sheev Palpatine Master

@@alexbeerune they didnt stand a chance in the past *THE JEDI WILL NEVER HAVE A CHANCE OF PEACE*

@@alexbeerune the same thing happened with Trump election and the Democrats. Too cocky, and they failed

You are an imposter

It was Luke... Anakin was vader deep inside or he was a failure who succumbed to the dark side... Many jedi masters have gone through worst like kenobi but they still managed to sticked with the light side... Anakin/vader was the villain of the story and the puppet of sidious it was Luke who was the true saviour of galaxy

Facts . And no it wasn’t Luke . It was them both together , luke alone was not strong enough to defeat the emperor ( and neither was Vader ) but together : luke offered Anakin an opening and he didn’t miss it . Anakin is the hero and the villain , the fallen yet the savior .

@@stormbringer2840 correct.

Except for Rogue one. That one is awesome and canon to me. The only from Disney that I consider canon

Ivan Tamayo Romero and let’s include The Mandalorian

Cue the angry sequal haters

This comment is so overused I swear clearly all you trolls just want likes and don't even like anything star wars related

@@brandonhill9977 Thats not a movie

Yea, but generally most media follows the warriors and not the politicians so that's what most people are used to. It still comes down to opinion and your condescending tone doesn't make you any superior to people who don't like these movies or the political aspects of them. For the record I love it all besides the podracing bits. I generally hate any kind of race scene though.

To paraphrase Carl von Clausewitz: "War is just Politics by other means."

Roslina Tamold Everybody is pretty condescending regardless of their opinion. I was told by a prequel hater that the prequels were "objectively poor" and his/her reasoning was the politics. That's a joke. That person also chose a condescending approach in a conversation that carried on far too long.

star WARS

@@Zach-lv5qs The prequels _are_ pretty objectively poor in many different aspects.

Even the most inteligent people can be blinded by emotions and ego.

​@@BedoroskiPalpatine was in control of the empire for over 2 solid decades so he naturally thought he couldn't be stopped. In fact the only reason how Vader now Anakin again was able to kill him was cause he did it for the love of his son if Vader tried to kill him with the intention of overthrowing him Palpatine would've detected it instantly

What do you mean they blew up the death star?

Superawesomness321 who are they? What the hell is an Aluminium Falcon?

Now get your 7'2" manic ass back here or I'm gonna tell everyone what a whiny bitch you were about padamame, or panda bear or whatever the hell her name is. "Oh guys. He's crying"...

You can't throw the senate at the senate

Hey, hey, hey, hey, c'mon. C'mon, don't do that. Just- just... Look, I- y'know, I'm just dealing with a lot'a crap right now; the Death Star blown up by a bunch of fucking teenagers, know... I didn't mean to snap. O-ok-Just get back here. Okay? Okay, bye. ...I-... I love you too...

Obscure Entertainment I hate the politica scenes they're boring

Watch the deleted scene of padme and the proto rebellion. :P

Guess ole Lucas knew what he was doing after all.

sceluk I’m no so sure. I don’t get how it took so long to realise that palpating was the one fucking shit up. Also it would have been fun if there were some court intrigue, everybody is lying to each other and shit

Obscure Entertainment I like it too

Not democracy, liberty

Like in Nazi Germany, with aplause.

and like ancient Rome with Caesar

Brianthegreat Yes but Augustus, 1st emperor, was been a good ruler and good man. Palpatine is mad and evil, Hitler too.

Because they were brainwashed by the media, just like the people in the real world

*Gasps* NO

Hell, I heard he even pulled the strings in Valorum's *rise* to power

*goddamn*

But still a welcome one

Very well said! The original six movies have aged really well, and clearly take a lot from history, various forms of spirituality across the globe, religious myths, and more. All with a sci-fi twist. Truly a masterpiece of a saga. As a kid, I just paid attention to the lightsabers, lasers, planets, action and cool designs, but, as a young adult, I can now fully appreciate everything you said here and more!

Palpatine is as evil as Joe Biden

He actually stated that Palpatine biggest inspiration was Richard Nixon. That's pure genius!

Frank Palpltine

Sheev = Senate.

Nobody considers the name Sheev to be legit it’s random af and not befitting of Palpatine. Naboo is supposed to be Star Wars Italy so why is his name sheev?

@@TheLocalLt actually his name is Genaro Palpatine.

@@bandolero7970 I can get down with that

Yes yes we know now shut up, we are fans so we all read the Expanded Universe

Alex Ya no need to be so rude...I’ve been a fan of Star Wars for years and I didn’t know this. How about you shut up

Resist Zionism Maul was more of an assassin than a sigh lord. Most of his time with palpitine he was a Jedi assassin.

Resist Zionism also I knew sidious eventually killed plagueis, but I didn’t know he was still alive during episode one

Resist Zionism plagueis most likely didn’t know about *darth* maul, or any of palpitine plans. You have to remember that palpitine has everything planned from the start.

The Lorax lol

He got a sith mullet, top man!

***** well he created him so...

+Frater Moloch And then Anakin threw palpatine in a hole :P

+Frater Moloch I think Qui Gon was ordered to be killed because he was like a dad to Anakin and would have prevented his fall to the dark side

+kaizoisevil Good point. So that means that it was all part of the plan. Palpatine didn't care about anyone, not even Darth Vader. They were all just his pawns, so i'm guessing if Luke turned, he eventually would had been replaced too.

oh really? If luke believed the same lies as Darth Vader did? Did Darth Vader destroy the emperor? NOPE. Only through his love for Luke did he destroy the emperor.

And the control over the banks to gain a wealthy amount of funds/ resources

yes totally

Bruh your comment has 66 likes

@@ghostfaceshillah4214 *Ironic?*

Unlike the sequels

*Now THIS is Star Wars!*

That means Disney is more evil than Sidious. 😆😆

Good, that would have made total domination of the galaxy even easier for him.

weren't there like 50,000 Jedi? and just ONE Sith Lord who was right in front of their noses every day? the greatest hero is Palpatine.

@@theverminmediaareyourenemi5612 Because he murdered 50,000 Jedi? Lol.

he's the tony montana of Star Wars. He built an empire with nothing but his brains and balls.

The Flayed Man there were only 10,000 Jedi-but your point remains

PONYBOYonline Indeed

Because it was a star wars movie not a fanfiction

The last Jedi sucked because of Rose and because Snoke and Luke died, otherwise i kinda liked the movie

@@ryousenketsu6053 No, the Last Jedi sucked because Disney bought Lucasfilms and replaced decent screenwriters with people on meth.

don parker No, The Last Jedi sucked because, wait.. actually it didn’t suck, it was pretty fucking great to me. Also luke isn’t dead, he’s joined yoda and obi wan as a force ghost as would be appropriate since the story isn’t about him anymore

wt8012 You mean like most politicians lol

Karol Clark I could have killed Rey easily but Disney wanted me to die for feminism

Darth Sidious true

Don't worry, if he managed to survive being thrown down a reactor shaft, having the death star exploding around him, and then getting ejected into the cold vacuum of space, I'm sure he survived MaRey Sue's lightning reflection. After all, he did want her to kill him. He got exactly what he wanted, so I'm sure he'll be fine.

Shockheadd45 yes but Disney brought me back

@@darthsidious9972 Come back for episode 10!! I'm sure Disney will do another cash grab.

Roberto Sanchez Jew it

@@lvpo8866 stew it

blew it

Threw it

Chew it.

who then gets his ass kicked by 2ft tall teddy bears

@@crawford4140 hey I got attacked by a half an inch ducking tall green goblin mofo And couldn't kill him And he is so old as fuxk

+William Russell His ideas for these ones where more complex I LOVE the fact that SPOILER ALERT (Seriously if this is a spoiler for you why are you here?) Palpatine was playing both sides that idea just blew my MIND

+ProJatior so do I but the script amakin had in episode 2 was just well yeah...crap

Attack of the Clones is the ONLY Star Wars film I came close to hating! My least favorite and my favorite Star Wars movies are right next to each other. It's sad really Episode 2 had SO MUCH potential!

+ProJatior all the prequals had so much potential and expectation

I know that but I personally wasn't let down by Episode 1 or 3. To be fair though I had no idea TPM was a prequel originally. Though I understand why people dismiss even the best prequel I've heard it all before and I no longer care. Okay I do care but I had enough negative fan boy opinions to last me 3 lifetimes.

Nathan Jones how

Iknowmyabds5 jar jar voted to give Palpatine unlimited powers. This allowed Palpatine to authorise the use of the clone army who would later exterminate the Jedi.

TheDevious God dang. Never thought of it like that.

That and also the fact Jar Jar is very likely to be a Sith Lord and is in league with palpatine

Its funny, that "dumb" character like jar jar "suddenly" decided to give Palpatine more power..... If people didnt hated Jar Jar in episode 1 so much, maybe he would become something more..... horrible.

B*tch went from a Sith Lord to the freaking emperor!!

Cortez Tortez Remember, Sith Apprentice actually in the 1st movie.

Cortez Tortez Like Napoleon or Cesar

You are correct except >>>>>>> better

My mind: Originals>Prequels>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Disney canon.

prequels and sequels both belong in the garbage. only retarded zoomers like the prequels.

@@quanicle101 okay edgelord

Undaunted at least i’m not a fuckin retard who likes the prequels

The prequels are mostly based on the Fall of the Weimar Republic, which ended in 1933 and spanned through the 1920s. So you should better pay attention to your teacher, because your comment is not funny due to being factually wrong about the time period in question.

Space fantasy

Space opera

I wish he knew how thankful we all are.

Elias Dimopoulos He couldn’t care less lol. He’s made billions of dollars

and fuck you Disney for ruining it

i did that when the force awakens came out lol

You didn't do that with TLJ? TROS was definitely better than TLJ.

Epic_GamerYT It took you that long to realize Disney Star Wars isn't canon?

Same

Well, there is more appropriate idea, I think. Disney Star Wars ARE canon... in some parallel universe, where Luke is a jerk, Palpatine is an idiot, force users don't need to study, etc. Original universe still has a normal happy ending.)

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

No that doesn’t count, Rey identify as a Skywalk- oh...

I'm looking at 6:08 on, but I can't see his eyes. Is that in the reflection?

l1745 it’s not in this video, but it was in the movie

i love how i'm having a stroke while i'm reading this

Also Disney Palpatine: *dies from his own lightning* And also Disney Palpatine: *Announces his return to everyone* And again Disney Palpatine: *Starts a whole bloody ritual before Rey could just kill him for Sidious to possess her* And again Disney Palpatine: *Insert any single flaw of his here*

But prequel Palpatine looks very weak when it comes to force , what did he do? Throw around a few tons of senate pods? Disney Palpatine destroyed entire fleet with ease, crub stomped Kylo and Rey together( same Rey that can easily lift tousends of tons of rock) with ease while weakend corpse, so yeah Disney made him far more powerful than he was in previous moves, and in ROS he alredy had large amry under his command, if Rey was not amped by evrey single Jedi that ever lived he would take back Galaxy, here he did not need manipulation and even if he wanted to use it he could not because you know, he is no longer unknown good Chenchelor Palpatine, war hero, no, now prety much evreyone knows he is the evil emperor, new republic told that to anyone after they came to power, so taking control of the galaxy by force was his only option, so you cannot compare sequels and prequels Palpatine because in sequels entire galaxy thought he was an old good dude and now evreyone knew who he really was so he needed difirnet tactic, and he would succeed if Rey did not have plot armor and got amped by evrey Jedi that ever lived

@@darkomarkovic9323 Disney just used lazy writing. Palpatine in the prequels is a more impressive villain becasue he's actually smart and knows what he's doing. Disney made him a cliche cartoon villain by artificially making him "stronger" but taking away what made him interesting in the first place. He could still pull the strings behind the scenes without letting people know he is involved or that he is even alive, like he supposedly was doing before by using Snoke, but instead he just goes and tells the whole galaxy "sup bitches? I'm back! Try to stop me! MUAHAHAHAHA!" like an idiot. Yeah, he has a large army, but where the hell did he get it from? In the prequels it makes sense because he is the Chancellor of the Republic so he has control of the Republic's army and he is also secretly Darth Sidious which means he controls the Separatists as well, but in the sequels he just has a whole bunch of upgraded imperial Star Destroyers that popped out of nowhere plus loads of people to serve as crews on those ships and soldiers. Why does he have that? Because he's the villain and he needs minions, that's why. He doesn't earn his status as an awesome villain, the writers just count on the name "Palpatine" to be a good enough reason to do whatever they want with the character. The whole sequel trilogy is just Disney milking Star Wars name recognition for money without doing any of the things that made people like Star Wars in the first place. If Palpatine was always the kind of character he is in ROS, he wouldn't be as popular and memorable as he is. None of the characters feel like they're done right, even the ones that were created specifically for the sequels, becasue the whole time you can see even the writers themselves don't agree with each other on what each character should be like and where the story should go. There is no coherent narrative to this trilogy, they just made things up on the fly and the result is a total mess that doesn't make any sense. There are fan-fiction stories with better writing and more consistency with the source material than the sequel trilogy. Disney Star Wars is bad fan-fiction.

@@darkomarkovic9323 bro you're delusional you have no good arguments you haven't even watched star wars it's easy to tell by your logic.

@@sheev9959 I did watch PQ, OT and TFA, and Last Jedi and just because i dont have the same opinion as you does not mean i am delusional, i just dont hate Disney for everything and always look for reasons to complain, as for good arguments, nothing i siad was wrong Did ROS make Palpatine far more powerful than he was in prequels and OT? Yes, that is an objective fact, he destroyed the entire fleet with his lightning Was Rey amped by evrey Jedi that ever lived when she beat Palpatine? Yes, that is an objective fact as well, did you watch a movie or read ROS novel?If you did then you know that she was amped Could Palpatine agian manipulate his way to the top after decades of the republic rule where evreyone knew that he was evil sith lord? No, he could not, that is why he had no option but to take galaxy by force like he tired in ROS and dark empire comics, in prequels evreyone thought he was just good old dude, that is why he could take over the galaxy with manipulation, here he could not do that, imagine if Hitler appeared today do you think that he could take over Germany with the election ? No, of course not, same is here those are just facts, while his ( Shadow of madness)only argument is MuH LaZy WrItiNG, DiSneY SuckS, FaN FiCTion. Nobady is saying that everything Disney did was good, i did not like ROS as well that much, i wanted Palpatine to win, i hate Rey, i hate what Disney did to Luke, but Palpatine himself was done right in that movie, that is my only point,

Yeah, too bad it was ruined by awful dialogue, excessive CGI, lame slapstick humour, and some mediocre acting.

@@masterpenguin8472 Too bad you keep spamming the same comment over and over with your excessive use of copy and paste...

Rohm and Hess, anyone?

only to have Palpatine double cross him and take full power Lucas is a genius

Dean Sullivan "Evil" is just a word weak people use against people they don’t understand.

@@theodorberg8473 heil oswald mosley

male historical exile yep

No. Just no.

+Frankie haider Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?

+Frankie haider opinions. they exist.

Your wrong.

+TWpro 01 *You're. Also, there is such things as opinions.

MrIHadToDoIt Take me with you.

@@corvuszeta6389 do you have Disney money?

MrIHadToDoIt Maybe....

Star Wars universe is a dangerous one, take caution. May the force be with you my friend

It was all before 2012. I miss the original 6 films being the only films

Says the true sith lord

Darth Jarjar the force is strong in him 😬

and now, he's HERE!

Hell yeah lol

We was from a wealthy family which allowed him to acquire some Sith text and artifacts.

Eyeofthe Moon And he ended at the bottom as well

he wasn't really at the bottom, he was from a wealthy family

the prequels are awesome !!!!

Yes. I loved the Prequels

The OT is awesome too right? Right?

Geri's game

@@gwiz6955 geri is palpatine confirmed??!!?!@?!? 🤯🤯🤯🤫🤫

Darth Sidious' rise to power was the culmination of the plan Darth Bane began 1,000 years prior with the creation of the Rule Of Two. The Sith changed from warriors and warlords to bankers and politicians while Jedi stagnated within the prison of their doctrine, and the most remarkable part of Palpatine's rise is that he didn't use his lightsaber once to achieve his goals.

Funny you say that, because a brief part of the ending score of AOTC sounds incredibly similar to the Game of Thrones opening theme.

@@KamenSentaiMetalHero you mean the game of thrones theme sounds like star wars lol