Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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Mar 4, 2018 · But, what is the real deal behind his personal life? Is he a married man? Let's read on to know. Ian McDiarmid's Life. Ian McDiarmid is a celebrity, who has been in the entertainment industry, all his life. He probably knows every nooks and cranny on what goes on in Hollywood.
Oct 13, 2021 · McDiarmid performs both parts, with the secondary roles – Sibelius’s wife (“gently reproving”) and the concertgoer’s ex (“he’s a real bitch”) – represented alongside him through clever lighting...
- Kate Wyver
May 27, 2022 · Yes, you read that right; McDiarmid was only 37 when he was first cast to play Palpatine. To add some perspective, McDiarmid is only seven years older than Mark Hamill and is two years younger ...
- Devin Meenan
Dec 18, 2021 · Ian McDiarmid needs no introduction, but for the few people unfamiliar with this Scottish star of both screen and stage, he is best-known for playing the Emperor in the Star Wars franchise. McDiarmid recently starred in The Lemon Table, which toured the country and played at Manchester’s HOME Theatre to rave reviews.
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"I first encountered Emperor Palpatine at Elstree Studios in the early 1980s. He was staring back at me from a make-up mirror, larger than life and 50 times as ugly. Yellow contact lenses stung my eyes and afforded little peripheral vision. As I walked onto a vast sound stage that had been transformed into a starship hangar, populated by seemingly endless platoons of gleaming white stormtroopers, the scale of George Lucas's vision hit me. This was space spectacle, a back-drop for a space opera of Wagnerian dimension."
―Ian McDiarmid
Ian McDiarmid (born August 11, 1944) portrayed Palpatine/Darth Sidious in the Star Wars films. He appears in every film of the prequel trilogy, as well as in Return of the Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. He is one of the three actors to have appeared in all three Star Wars trilogies along with Kenny Baker (R2-D2) and Anthony Daniels (C-3PO). He did not play the Emperor in the original release of The Empire Strikes Back, but was edited in for the 2004 DVD release of the original trilogy and subsequent releases. McDiarmid also worked with George Lucas on the 1992 television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, in which McDiarmid portrayed Professor Levi in the episode "Paris, October 1916."
McDiarmid reprised his role in one scene in the sixth episode of the Obi-Wan Kenobi television series. His scene was filmed against a blue screen. Director Deborah Chow told him to film his scene between being on an edge and having some lines be more casual. McDiarmid struggled with remembering to use the word "execute" during filming.
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•"Launch Pad" — Star Wars Insider 110
•Angry Birds Star Wars II: The Making of Join the Pork Side on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
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2.Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part VI"
4.James Dyer (@jamescdyer) on Twitter: "In case there's any lingering ambiguity from the trailer (and McDiarmid's appearance at the panel!), I can 100% confirm that Palpatine is back in The Rise Of Skywalker as I just asked JJ. He's thrilled - and slightly incredulous- that McDiarmid's presence on set didn't leak." (screenshot)
6.Angry Birds Star Wars II: Join the Pork Side on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
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Sep 21, 2017 · 21 September 2017. BBC. Veteran Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid says he has "no idea" if he will ever again play the role of Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars films. But the 73-year-old told BBC...
actor. 79 years (United Kingdom). biography, photo, best movies and TV shows, awards, facebook, news, birthday and age. McDiarmid was born in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland, on 11 August 1944. He became a...
