‘Revenge of the Sith’ Supervillain Ian McDiarmid on His ‘Star Wars’ Heel Turn, ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Backlash and Steven Spielberg’s Reaction to The Emperor: ... https://t.co/rWCBcq87Kd
— Variety (@Variety) April 26, 2025On chewing the scenery: "I thought I’d gone much too far, and George said, 'No, no, you can go much further.' It’s the moment when the monster becomes available and he is ecstatic with delight because he can lose the hypocritical face."
On Palpatine having kids: "People ask the slightly embarrassing question about, 'Does this evil monster ever have sex?' And we don’t really know the answer to that question either — things in tubes, you think about probably, rather than the awful vision that you might have in your head of this monster ever having a sexual relationship with anybody."
On the backlash over Palpatine's return in the new trilogy: "I don’t read that stuff and I’m not online. So it’ll only reach me if someone mentions it. I thought there might be a bit of a fuss about bringing him back. But as I said, mine and Palpatine’s logic was entirely reasonable. This man who was horribly maimed thought maybe one day it might happen to him, and we’ve got to have a plan B."
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