Ian McDiarmid: Supreme Chancellor Palpatine
Photos
Quotes
-
Supreme Chancellor : Do it.
-
Supreme Chancellor : Remember back to your early teachings. "All who gain power are afraid to lose it." Even the Jedi.
Anakin Skywalker : The Jedi use their power for good.
Supreme Chancellor : Good is a point of view, Anakin. The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way, including their quest for greater power.
Anakin Skywalker : The Sith rely on their passion for their strength. They think inwards, only about themselves.
Supreme Chancellor : And the Jedi don't?
Anakin Skywalker : The Jedi are selfless. They only care about others.
Supreme Chancellor : [looking a little frustrated] Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?
Anakin Skywalker : No.
Supreme Chancellor : I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith so powerful and so wise... he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create... life. He had such a knowledge of the Dark Side, he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying.
Anakin Skywalker : He could actually... save people from death?
Supreme Chancellor : The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
Anakin Skywalker : Wh- What happened to him?
Supreme Chancellor : He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.
-
Mace Windu : In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic, you're under arrest, Chancellor.
Supreme Chancellor : Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?
Mace Windu : The senate will decide your fate.
Supreme Chancellor : [now speaking as Darth Sidious] I AM the senate!
Mace Windu : Not yet.
[the Chancellor/Darth Sidious rises slowly, and his lightsaber snaps to his hand from his sleeve]
Supreme Chancellor : It's treason, then...
[ignites his lightsaber and leaps over his desk to attack]
-
Darth Sidious : [Vader's new mechanical body arises from the steam] Lord Vader... can you hear me?
Darth Vader : Yes, Master.
Darth Vader : [Vader looks at Sidious] Where is Padme? Is she safe? Is she all right?
Darth Sidious : It seems in your anger, you killed her.
Darth Vader : I...? I couldn't have. She was alive... I felt it!
[Vader growls, and his Dark Side strength crushes everything around him in the room. He frees himself from the metal stretcher, and steps off. Palpatine has a smirk on his face]
Darth Vader : Nooooooooooooooooooo!
-
Supreme Chancellor : And the Jedi rebellion has been foiled.
Senator Bail Organa : What's happened?
Padmé : The Chancellor's been elaborating on a plot by the Jedi to overthrow the Senate.
Supreme Chancellor : The remaining Jedi will be hunted down and defeated!
-
Darth Sidious : I have waited a long time for this moment, my little green friend.
[laughs as Yoda rises to his feet]
Darth Sidious : At last, the Jedi are no more.
Yoda : Not if anything to say about it I have!
[Force pushes Sidious across the room and into his chair, which collapses]
Yoda : At an end your rule is...
[Sidious struggles to his feet]
Yoda : ... and not short enough it was.
[in a panic, Sidious leaps towards the door, but Yoda leaps over and blocks his way]
Yoda : If so powerful you are, why leave?
[ignites his lightsaber]
Darth Sidious : You will not stop me! Darth Vader will become more powerful than *either* of us!
[ignites his lightsaber]
Yoda : Faith in your new apprentice, misplaced may be, as is your faith in the dark side of the Force.
[they duel]
-
Anakin Skywalker : What have I done?
[drops his lightsaber as Palpatine rises to his feet]
Darth Sidious : You're fulfilling your destiny, Anakin. Become my apprentice. Learn to use the dark side of the Force.
Anakin Skywalker : I will do whatever you... ask.
Darth Sidious : Good!
Anakin Skywalker : Just help me save Padmé's life. I can't live without her.
Darth Sidious : [voice echoes] To cheat death is a power only one has achieved, but if we work together, I know we can discover the secret.
[Anakin sinks to his knees whilst looking as if he's in a trance]
Anakin Skywalker : I pledge myself... to your teachings.
Darth Sidious : Good. Good!
[breathes raspily and growls softly]
Darth Sidious : The Force is strong with you. A powerful Sith you will become! Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth... Vader.
Anakin Skywalker : Thank you... my master.
Darth Sidious : Rise.
[the newly dubbed Vader does so]
-
Obi-Wan : Now, let's get a move on. We've got a battle to win here.
Commander Cody : Yes, sir.
[Obi-Wan and his lizard ride off. Commander Cody stops and opens his comlink, revealing the hologram of Darth Sidious]
Darth Sidious : Commander Cody, the time has come. Execute Order 66.
Commander Cody : Yes, my Lord.
[the comlink is shut. Cody gestures towards Obi-Wan]
Commander Cody : Blast him!
-
Supreme Chancellor : Anakin, I told you it would come to this! I was right! The Jedi are taking over!
Mace Windu : The oppression of the Sith will never return! You have lost!
Supreme Chancellor : [speaking as Darth Sidious] No... no... no! YOU WILL DIE!
-
Chancellor Palpatine : Let me help you to know the subtleties of the Force.
Anakin Skywalker : How do you know the ways of the Force?
Chancellor Palpatine : My mentor taught me everything about the Force, even the nature of the dark side.
Anakin Skywalker : [steps in front of Palpatine] You know the dark side?
Chancellor Palpatine : [slowly growing impatient] Anakin... if one is to understand a great mystery, one must study all its aspects, not just the dogmatic, narrow view of the Jedi! If you wish to become a complete and wise leader, you must embrace... a *larger* view of the Force.
[they circle each other]
Chancellor Palpatine : Be careful of the Jedi, Anakin. Only through me can you achieve a power greater than any Jedi. Learn to know the dark side of the Force, and you will be able to save your wife... from certain death.
[smiles evilly]
Anakin Skywalker : What did you say?
Chancellor Palpatine : Use my knowledge, I beg you.
Anakin Skywalker : [ignites his lightsaber and aims at Palpatine's throat] *You're* the Sith Lord!
-
Darth Sidious : [dons Sith robes] Because the Council did not trust you, my young apprentice, I believe you are the only Jedi with no knowledge of this plot. When the Jedi learn what has transpired here, they will kill us, along with all the Senators.
[pulls his hood up]
Anakin Skywalker : I agree. The Council's next move will be against the Senate.
Darth Sidious : Every single Jedi, including your friend, Obi-Wan Kenobi, is now an enemy of the Republic!
Anakin Skywalker : I understand, Master.
Darth Sidious : We must move quickly. The Jedi are relentless. If they are not all destroyed, it will be civil war without end. First, I want you to go to the Jedi Temple. We will catch them off balance. Do what must be done, Lord Vader! Do not hesitate, show no mercy! Only then, will you be strong enough with the dark side to save Padmé.
Anakin Skywalker : What about the other Jedi spread across the galaxy?
Darth Sidious : Their betrayal will be dealt with.
[sits down at his desk]
Darth Sidious : After you have killed all the Jedi in the Temple, go to the Mustafar system. Wipe out Viceroy Gunray and the other Separatist leaders.
Darth Sidious : Once more, the Sith will rule the galaxy! And...
[dramatically]
Darth Sidious : we shall have... peace.
[ends with an evil grin]
-
Nute Gunray : The plan has gone as you had promised, my Lord.
Darth Sidious : You have done well, Viceroy. When my new apprentice, Darth Vader, arrives, he will take care of you.
-
Mace Windu : [has Palpatine subdued] I am going to end to this, once and for all!
Anakin Skywalker : You can't. He must stand trial.
Mace Windu : He has control of the Senate and the courts. He's too dangerous to be left alive.
Supreme Chancellor : [exhausted and disfigured] I'm too weak. Oh, don't kill me. Please!
Anakin Skywalker : It's not the Jedi way. He must live!
Supreme Chancellor : [Windu ignores Anakin, still intending to kill Palpatine] Please don't!
Anakin Skywalker : I need him!
Supreme Chancellor : [Windu raises his lightsaber] Please don't!
Anakin Skywalker : NO!
[Anakin draws his own lightsaber, cutting off Windu's hand]
Supreme Chancellor : [as he electrocutes Windu] POWER! UNLIMITED POWER!
-
Supreme Chancellor : I know what's been troubling you. Listen to me. Don't continue to a be a pawn of the Jedi Council! Ever since I've known you, you've been searching for a life greater than that of an ordinary Jedi. A life of significance, of conscience.
[turns his back on Anakin]
Supreme Chancellor : Are you going to kill me?
Anakin Skywalker : I would certainly like to!
Supreme Chancellor : I know you would. I can feel your anger. It give you focus... makes you stronger.
-
Darth Sidious : Once more, the Sith will rule the galaxy! And... we shall have peace.
-
Supreme Chancellor : [Anakin cuts off Dooku's hands ending the battle. Anakin catches Dooku's lightsabre and ignites it and puts both lightsabres to his neck] Good, Anakin, good. Kill him.
[Dooku looks at Palpatine in shock]
Supreme Chancellor : Kill him now.
Anakin Skywalker : I shouldn't...
Supreme Chancellor : Do it!
Anakin Skywalker : [Anakin decapitates Dooku]
Supreme Chancellor : You did well, Anakin. He was too dangerous to be kept alive.
Anakin Skywalker : Yes, but he was an unarmed prisoner.
[frees Chancellor Palpatine]
Anakin Skywalker : I shouldn't have done that. It's not the Jedi way.
Supreme Chancellor : [stands up, rubbing his wrists] It is only natural. He cut off your arm, and you wanted revenge. It wasn't the first time, Anakin. Remember what you told me about your mother and the Sand People.
[sound of sand people screaming in as if Anakin can still hear their death]
Supreme Chancellor : Now, we must leave before more security droids arrive.
-
Supreme Chancellor : I hope you trust me, Anakin.
Anakin Skywalker : Of course.
Supreme Chancellor : I need your help, son.
Anakin Skywalker : What do you mean?
Supreme Chancellor : I'm depending on you.
Anakin Skywalker : For what? I don't understand.
Supreme Chancellor : To be the eyes, ears and voice of the Republic. Anakin, I'm appointing you to be my personal representative on the Jedi Council.
-
Anakin Skywalker : [through a hologram projector] The Separatists have been taken care of, my master.
Darth Sidious : It is finished, then. You have restored peace and justice to the galaxy. Send a message to the ships of the Trade Federation. All droid units must shut down immediately.
Anakin Skywalker : Very good, my lord.
-
The Emperor : [Repeated several times] Execute Order 66.
[the clone soldiers start killing the Jedi]
-
Supreme Chancellor : [about the Jedi Council] They don't trust you Anakin.
-
[Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda are about to escape the Jedi Temple]
Obi-Wan : Wait, Master. There is something I must know.
Yoda : If into the security recordings you go, only pain will you find.
Obi-Wan : I must know the truth, Master.
[Obi-Wan watches the recordings of Jedi, even younglings, being slaughtered by Anakin]
Obi-Wan : It can't be... It can't be...
Darth Sidious : [on hologram, as Anakin kneels before him] You have done well, my new apprentice. Now, Lord Vader, go and bring peace to the Empire.
Obi-Wan : [switches off the hologram] I can't watch any more.
Yoda : Destroy the Sith we must.
Obi-Wan : Send me to kill the Emperor, I will not kill Anakin.
Yoda : To fight this Lord Sidious, strong enough you are not.
Obi-Wan : [still speaking about Anakin] He is like my brother I cannot do it.
Yoda : Twisted by the dark side, young Skywalker has become. The boy you trained, gone he is, consumed by Darth Vader.
Obi-Wan : I don't know where The Emperor has sent him. I don't know where to look.
Yoda : Use your feelings, Obi-Wan and find him you will.
-
Yoda : I hear a new apprentice you have, Emperor. Or should I call you "Darth Sidious"?
Darth Sidious : Master Yoda... you survived.
Yoda : Surprised?
Darth Sidious : Your arrogance blinds you, Master Yoda. Now, you will experience the *full power* of the dark side.
[unleashes Force Lightning on Yoda]
-
Obi-Wan Kenobi : [as he and Anakin walk into a room and find Chancellor Palpatine bound to a chair] Chancellor.
[bows]
Anakin Skywalker : Are you all right?
Supreme Chancellor : Count Dooku.
[Anakin and Obi-Wan turn around to and see Count Dooku with two Super Battle Droids]
Obi-Wan Kenobi : This time we will do it together.
Anakin Skywalker : I was about to say that.
Supreme Chancellor : Get help. You're no match for him; he's a Sith Lord.
Obi-Wan Kenobi : Chancellor Palpatine, Sith Lords are our speciality.
[he and Anakin take off robes]
Count Dooku : Your swords, please. We don't want to make a mess of things in front of the Chancellor.
Obi-Wan Kenobi : You won't get away this time, Dooku.
[he, Anakin, and Dooku ignite lightsabers and fight]
Count Dooku : I've been looking forward to this.
Anakin Skywalker : My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count.
Count Dooku : Good. Twice the pride, double the fall.
[fights more]
Supreme Chancellor : [as Obi-Wan falls and gets back up, destroying the two droids and running toward Dooku] Get-
[Dooku uses the Force to choke Obi-Wan and throw him down the stairs]
-
General Grievous : [bows before a hologram] Yes, Lord Sidious?
Darth Sidious : General Grievous, I suggest you move the Separatist leaders to Mustafar.
General Grievous : [bows] It will be done, my lord.
Darth Sidious : The end of the war is near, General.
General Grievous : But the loss of Count Dooku!
Darth Sidious : His death was a necessary loss. Soon I will have a new apprentice. One far younger and more powerful.
-
[Shock Troopers are on a Repulsorpod in the Senate Room]
Clone Commander Thire : [referring to Yoda] There's no sign of his body, sir.
Mas Amedda : Then he is not dead!
Darth Sidious : [venomously] Double your search!
Clone Commander Thire : Yes, sir! Right away, sir!
[the troopers exit]
Darth Sidious : [to Mass Amedda] Tell Captain Kagi to prepare my shuttle for immediate takeoff.
Mas Amedda : Yes, Master.
Darth Sidious : I sense Lord Vader is in danger.
-
Supreme Chancellor : [to Anakin] Once more, the Sith will rule the galaxy. And, we shall have peace.
-
Yoda : [walks into room to find Darth Sidious] I hear a new apprentice you have, Emperor. Or should I call you Darth Sidious.
Darth Sidious : Master Yoda. You survived.
Yoda : Surprised?
Darth Sidious : Your arrogance blinds you, Master Yoda. Now you will experience the full power of the Dark Side.
[electrocutes Yoda with hands and laughs]
Darth Sidious : I have waited a long time for this moment, my little green friend.
[laughs more while Yoda gets up]
Darth Sidious : The last of the Jedi are no more.
Yoda : Not if anything to say about it, I have!
[throws Sidious back by using the Force]
Yoda : That'll end your rule is.
[Sidious gets up]
Yoda : Not short enough it was.
[Sidious jumps at the door to get out, but Yoda blocks it]
Yoda : If so powerful you are... why leave?
[ignites lightsaber]
Darth Sidious : You will not stop me. Darth Vader will become more powerful that either of us!
[ignites lightsaber]
Yoda : Faith in your new apprentice, misplaced may be.
[wields lightsaber]
Yoda : As is you faith in the Dark Side of the Force.
[fights Sidious]
-
Darth Sidious : In order to ensure the security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganised... into the first... Galactic Empire! For a safe... and secure... society!
[raises arms as crowd enthusiastically applauds and cheers]
Padmé : So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.
-
Anakin Skywalker : I'm going to turn you over to the Jedi Council.
Supreme Chancellor : Of course you should. But you're not sure of their intentions, are you?
Anakin Skywalker : I will quickly discover the truth of all this.
Supreme Chancellor : You have great wisdom, Anakin. Know the power of the Dark Side... the power to save Padmé.
-
Supreme Chancellor : Anakin, if one is to understand the great mystery, one must study all its aspects, not just the dogmatic narrow view of the Jedi. If you wish to become a complete and wise leader, you must embrace a larger view of the Force.
-
[as Anakin and Palpatine leave, he walks over to unconscious Obi-Wan]
Supreme Chancellor : Anakin. There's no time. We must get off the ship before it's too late.
Anakin Skywalker : He seems to be all right.
Supreme Chancellor : Leave him, or we'll never make it.
Anakin Skywalker : His fate will be the same as ours.
-
Chancellor Palpatine : Anakin, you know I'm not able to rely on the Jedi Council. If they haven't included you in their plot, they soon will.
Anakin Skywalker : I'm not sure I understand.
Chancellor Palpatine : You *must* sense what I have come to suspect. The Jedi Council wants control of the Republic. They're planning to betray me.
Anakin Skywalker : I don't think...
Chancellor Palpatine : Anakin! Search your feelings. You know, don't you?
Anakin Skywalker : I know they don't trust you.
Chancellor Palpatine : Hmm. Or the Senate... or the Republic... or democracy, for that matter.
Anakin Skywalker : I have to admit, my... trust in them has been shaken.
Chancellor Palpatine : Why? They asked you to do something that made you feel dishonest, didn't they?
[Anakin doesn't answer]
Chancellor Palpatine : They asked you to spy on me, didn't they?
Anakin Skywalker : [taken aback] I don't, uh... I don't know what to say.
Chancellor Palpatine : Remember back to your early teachings. All who gain power are afraid to lose it, even the Jedi.
Anakin Skywalker : The Jedi use their power for good.
Chancellor Palpatine : Good is a point of *view*, Anakin. The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way... including their quest for greater power.
Anakin Skywalker : The Sith rely on their passion for their strength. They think inwards, only about themselves.
Chancellor Palpatine : And the Jedi *don't*?
Anakin Skywalker : The Jedi are selfless. They only care about others.
[slight pause]
Chancellor Palpatine : Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?
Anakin Skywalker : No.
Chancellor Palpatine : I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a dark lord of the Sith so powerful and so wise, he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians... to create... life. He had *such* a knowledge of the dark side, he could even keep the ones he cared about... from dying.
Anakin Skywalker : He could actually... save people from death?
Chancellor Palpatine : The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
Anakin Skywalker : Wh-- What happened to him?
Chancellor Palpatine : He became so powerful, the only thing he was afraid was... losing his power, which, eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep.
[bites his lower lip and shakes his head]
Chancellor Palpatine : Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.
Anakin Skywalker : Is it possible to learn this power?
Chancellor Palpatine : Not from a Jedi.
-
Mace Windu : Chancellor Palpatine. Are you all right?
Chancellor Palpatine : Yes, thanks to your two Jedi Knights. They killed Count Dooku, but General Grievous has escaped once again.
Mace Windu : General Grievous will run and hide, as he always does. He's a coward.
Chancellor Palpatine : But with Count Dooku dead, he is the leader of the Droid Army. And I assure you, the Senate will vote to continue the war as long as Grievous is alive.
Mace Windu : Then the Jedi Council will make finding Grievous our highest priority.
