#IanMcDiarmid

[fanthatracks]

Since 1983 he's portrayed the stuff of nightmares, the most cunningly evil character in the entire Star Wars story, lurking in the background even when he was believed to be dead, pulling the strings of friend and foe alike only to somehow return. That's Sheev Palpatine, but today the man behind the sithly facade reaches an important milestone as Ian McDiarmid celebrates his 80th birthday. [gallery link="file" size="large" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" ids="48802,135582,133421,26641,88391,28934,135755,23427,13469,159859,110154,120765,130498,127608,103402,100433,79514,78121"] Still very much involved in the ongoing and ever-evolving story of Emperor Palpatine, the team here at Fantha Tracks send our heartiest congratulations and best wishes to Ian on this very special birthday. [amazon box="B0D858TC6G"]

[whanklee]

A Star Wars-folytatástrilógia legnagyobb hibáját nem szeretnék megismételni a jövőben.

[adafine]

23 years ago tonight, I saw “Sleepy Hollow” as the second part of a double feature. It probably remains my most anticipated movie ever considering I was obsessed with the story and the Disney cartoon all throughout childhood. Just an absolute, front-to-back masterpiece. #sleepyhollow #johnnydepp #christinaricci #mirandarichardson #michaelgambon #caspervandien #jeffreyjones #richardgriffiths #ianmcdiarmid #michaelgough #christopherwalken #marcpickering #christopherlee #lisamarie #timburton #andrewkevinwalker #tomstoppard #emmanuellubezki #dannyelfman #ichabodcrane #theheadlesshorseman #bluray (at Eastpointe Apartments) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClK5F4Sgb1i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[duranduratulsa]

Up next on my Star Wars Movie 🎥 Marathon...Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi (1983) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #scifi #actionadventure #starwars #returnofthejedi #StarWarsEpisodeVIReturnOfTheJedi #georgelucas #lukeskywalker #princessleia #chewbacca #r2d2 #c3po #hansolo #darthvader #TheEmporer #yoda #obiwankenobi #landocalrissian #bobbafett #jabbathehutt #milleniumfalcon #deathstar #xwingfighter #tiefighter #markhamill #carriefisher #RIPCarrieFisher #HarrisonFord #jamesearljones #BillyDeeWilliams #frankoz #AnthonyDaniels #kennybaker #RIPKennyBaker #AlecGuinness #petermayhew #RIPPeterMayhew #ianmcdiarmid #warwickdavis #DebbieLeeCarrington #ripdebbieleecarrington #80s #vintage #vhs #starwars47 #starwarsday #maythe4thbewithyou #maytheforcebewithyou

[raurquiz]

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[conjcosby]

Stardate: 202309.1 ▫ Qui-Qon wins the duel against Darth Maul and now trains Anakin the ways of the Force. 😊🙏 @natalieportman @starwars @starwarsuk #haydenchristensen #anakinskywalker #ewanmcgregor #obiwankenobi #natalieportman #padmeamidala #liamneeson #quigonjinn #ianmcdiarmid #sheevpalpatine #darthsidious #alternateuniverse #skywalkersaga #starwars #starwarssaga #starwarsuniverse #starwarsfan #starwarsfans #starwarsfanart #starwarsfandom #starwarsfanfiction #starwarsfamily #fan #art #fiction #friday #fanart #fanfiction #fanartfriday #fanfictionfriday

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[top100countdown]

Top 100 Coolest People of All-Time

89. SHEEV PALPATINE - the Emperor

Star Wars

Ian McDiarmid

Scheming, powerful, and evil to the core, Darth Sidious restored the Sith and destroyed the Jedi Order. Living a double life, Sidious was in fact Palpatine, a Naboo Senator and phantom menace.

#sheevpalpatine#emperorstarwars#starwars#ianmcdiarmid

[haydenfannews]

A tweet

RT @Ayaagasukichan: 1枚25000円の男と40000円の男にはさまれる1000円のオカマです。 #東京コミコン2022 #TokyoComicCon2022 #スターウォーズ　 #パルパティーン　 #アナキン #ヘイデンクリステンセン #HaydenChristensen #イアンマクダーミド #IanMcDiarmid https://t.co/lX2ARwShEs

— barbara (@haydenfannews) Nov 27, 2022

[geekynerfherder]

#StarWars #TheRiseOfSkywalker, first released in cinemas #OnThisDay in 2019⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #TitleScreen #OTD #JJAbrams #CarrieFisher #MarkHamill #AdamDriver #DaisyRidley #JohnBoyega #OscarIsaac #IanMcDiarmid https://www.instagram.com/p/CXrRwkoBWoO/?utm_medium=tumblr

[corbyortmann]

Somehow Palpatine has returned. #revengeofthefifth #starwarsart #starwarsfanart #darthsidious #emperorpalpatine #wacomart #revengeofthesith #artprocess #clipstudiopaint #timelapseart #ianmcdiarmid #sithlightning #gosithlightning #returnofthejedi #darksideoftheforce #somehowpalpatinereturned https://www.instagram.com/p/COgQ-B9ja6I/?igshid=1xhotpjcteq0n

[fanthatracks]

https://youtu.be/vTS5sfy301M Opening Saturday 8th June and running until Saturday 13th July, The Caretaker by Harold Pinter stars Ian McDiarmid, with tickets ranging from £10.00 to £45.00. For the chance to watch the Emperor at work, click here to visit the Chichester Festival Theatre website (Oaklands Way, Chichester PO19 6AP) and enjoy a 20th Century classic....two, if you include Ian. We’re in London, at the tail end of the 1950s, in a derelict room stuffed with junk, detritus and a bucket for the leaky ceiling. Enter two men: the room’s occupant, the gentle and damaged Aston, and Davies, a mercurial drifter whom Aston has brought in from the streets. Soon they’re joined by the building’s owner, Aston’s brother: the explosively unpredictable Mick. What follows is a darkly comic, unsettling tango as the three men vie for territory, opportunity and control that remains tantalisingly out of reach. Premiered in 1960, The Caretaker was Harold Pinter’s first major success and is now regarded as a landmark of 20th century drama, laced with astringent wit and unsentimental compassion. Justin Audibert, Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre, directs. The cast is Adam Gillen (Amadeus National Theatre, ITV’s Benidorm) as Aston; Ian McDiarmid (Star Wars, Six Characters in Search of an Author CFT, Faith Healer Almeida and Broadway) as Davies; and Jack Riddiford (Romeo and Juliet Almeida Theatre, Jerusalem West End) as Mick. [amazon box="0593723090"]

[icccnashville]

Happy Birthday to the Emperor, Ian McDiarmid! See you at #iCCCon April 29, - May 1, 2022! . . . . . . . . . #happybirthday #emperor #theemperor #ianmcdiarmid #darklordofthesith #starwars #palpatine #chancellor #chancellorpalpatine #emperorpalpatine #iccc #ic4life @photostuart63 https://www.instagram.com/p/CSb_MBzgdI-/?utm_medium=tumblr

[adamwatchesmovies]

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace is not good but I can’t muster the enthusiasm required to hate it. I remember the hype when the original release date was approaching. People were going nuts. Perhaps it's nostalgia or the knowledge that better films came later that prevent me from savaging the most famously anticipated and disappointing prequel film ever made.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Jedi knights Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) are sent to settle a trade dispute, only to discover an army of droids invading the planet Naboo. Fleeing with Queen Amidala (Keira Knightley) and her handmaidens (which include Natalie Portman), the Jedi are accompanied by a peculiar creature named Jar-Jar Binks (completely animated, voiced by Ahmed Best). While searching for a way to inform the rest of the galaxy of the invasion, the group meet droids R2-D2 (Kenny Baker), C-3P0 (voiced by Anthony Daniels), as well as a young slave named Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd).

The Phantom Menace embodies everything that’s terrible about prequels. It’s unnecessary. Who cares what Annakin was like as a kid? All it does is take away the mystique of the character. It also pointlessly reminds you of the reasons why you came to see the movie. C-3P0 is here and he doesn’t do anything noteworthy. You take him out and you’ve got a better movie because his origin makes no sense (why would a boy on Tattoine build a protocol droid?) and because he appears to be there only because he could be.

The more you scrutinize the film, the less it feels like it belongs in the Star Wars universe. The attitude people have towards droids seems inconsistent. About 45 minutes in, we're introduced to a species that's immune to Jedi mind tricks. Not just one individual whose years of training has strengthened their mental resolve, but an entire species? I was under the assumption that the Force was something present in all creatures but this random merchant (of a species that could never exist in real life) is unaffected. Feels less like an organic choice and more like a plot decision and it's not the only one.

The acting? it’s bad. I don’t blame the performers though. When one performer can't deliver their lines right, it's on them. Two? they must've been feeding off each other. When EVERYONE is bad? It’s the director’s fault. Ultimately, it's George Lucas who deserves the blame. The creatures whose design doesn’t make sense, the muddled mythology, the contrived plot, the overreliance on CGI, all come down to him. Lucas wrote and directed with no one standing over his shoulder to question the decisions.

Was it doomed from inception? No. The famous pod race is exciting. It’s completely different from what we've gotten before in the series. Even when the familiar lightsabers are unsheathed, it feels new. The choreography is excellent. The blades fly so fast it succeeds in telling you about this different version of the Jedi we never knew: these superpowerful galactic guardians that no normal adversary could hope to go up against. There are plenty of cool visuals throughout. Queen Amidala’s costumes are gorgeous, and the music/sound effects are terrific. The computer effects are dated but were the best they could be at the time. The blaster noises, the clicks and clanks of the droids, the alien grunts are awesome. Great foley work. Despite everything that’s wrong, there’s enough cool stuff to keep you wondering if perhaps, this time, you'll see something that'll change your mind about the film.

I can’t recommend Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace to anyone except those who have already seen it. The story adds nothing to the mythology. If you’ve seen it before, you know whether you can sit through it once more. If you can't it's because those burns still hurt all those years later. At least it’ll get better from here, you can take comfort in that. (On DVD, November 27, 2015)

[scmiller33]

Emperor Palpatine is finished. Made with Procreate on an iPad Pro. Hope you like it ... #fandomartsharing #worldofnerdart #starwars #emperorpalpatine #emperor #empire #darkside #theforce #theriseofskywalker #ianmcdiarmid #returnofthejedi #starwarsfanart #starwarsart #starwarsartist #procreate #digitalart #digitalpainting #illustration #art https://www.instagram.com/p/B3yA4tmgH91/?igshid=1gmg4bg6ooj7j

[duranduratulsa]

Up next on my 80's Fest Movie 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽 marathon...Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi (1983) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #Movie #movies #actionadventure #scifi #starwars #returnofthejedi #StarWarsEpisodeVIReturnOfTheJedi #georgelucas #lukeskywalker #princessleia #hansolo #chewbacca #darthvader #r2d2 #c3po #yoda #jabbathehutt #landocalrissian #darthsidious #TheEmporer #bobbafett #millenniumfalcon #xwingfighter #tiefighter #stardestroyer #deathstar #markhamill #carriefisher #RIPCarrieFisher #HarrisonFord #jamesearljones #BillyDeeWilliams #AnthonyDaniels #petermayhew #RIPPeterMayhew #ianmcdiarmid #AlecGuinness #obiwan #oniwankenobi #kennybaker #RIPKennyBaker #frankoz #warwickdavis #DebbieLeeCarrington #ripdebbieleecarrington #philfondacaro #vintage #VHS #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas6thannual80sfest