The Emperor's Throne Room Return of the Jedi

Ian McDiarmid such a great actor.

Palpatine: Welcome young Skywalker. Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? Vader: Not this again.

2:16 I love how Vader turns to Luke like “how are you able to speak to him like that so easily?!”

You, like your father, are now....mine. God that line is so chilling.

"You no longer need those." *uses force to drop lukes pants

For a child in '83,this was the most exciting character ever..a wizard of magic,surrounded by awesome technology,with menacing yellow eyes and brilliant acting skills.most epic practical effects film in history!

2:09 - I love how the Emperor's expression just morphs from poised confidence into hateful disdain.

When dad takes you to meet his boss for an internship

"Oh, I'm afraid the shield generator will be quite operational when your friends arrive..." The delivery of that line is so overdone it's brilliant.

Ian McDiarmid's transformation from 30-something-years-old British gentleman to an old-ass omniscient and almighty warlock who happens to be the literal personification of evil is truly incredible and somewhat haunting. Not just the make-up, but the voice! I wish we had more backstage outtakes from 1983 to appreciate even more Ian's might as an actor.

I love that the emperor’s role in the film is to be the devil on your shoulder; kinda proving that the real ultimate evil is your own temptation

I always zero in on the fact that Palpatine does not refute Luke’s accusation that “Your overconfidence is your weakness.” He barely achieved his goals. They nearly failed at many points because of his flaw.

1:59 Can we all just appreciate this subtle laugh right here? Throughout the film, we mostly hear him let out his iconic cackle, but here, he relishes in how much Luke doesn't know, and it genuinely amuses him. Therefore, he just lets out this evil chuckle. It's just chilling.

What I also love about this scene is that if you notice almost every time Luke talks back at the Emperor, Darth makes a sudden turn toward him. Its like he's thinking he's crazy for talking to him and that he's worried about him. Like he's basically thinking "shut up shut up shut up shut up" because he's afraid Sidious would kill him. EDIT: Spelling.

“Soon I’ll be dead, and you with me.” I love that line. Once you realize that Luke has been on a suicidal rampage for the whole movie makes it so meaningful. He went to the Death Star to try to save Vader but he thought that might not work so now he’s trying to run down the clock and trying to keep vader and palpatine one board while it explodes.

The way Vader looks toward Luke as he talks back to Sidious shows that he is genuinely concerned about his son. Vader knows how powerful his master is and could kill Luke with little effort.

“Your overconfidence is your weakness.” “Your faith in your friends is yours.” I love how somewhat childish Palpatine is here😂Like, “Oh, so there’s my weakness? Here’s yours. Gotcha!”

I loved how the original trilogy portrayed people like Yoda and the Emperor, compared to how the prequels changed things. In these movies, you get a sense that these guys are so powerful that they don't have the need to even use basic Force powers or lightsabers anymore. They have wisdom and foresight, the Force is granting them a kind of clairvoyance that goes beyond what the normal person or even less powerful Force user can attain. The Emperor's power is in his god-like foresight and the control he has over the Empire, not only can he see things that are going to happen but he has the power to move the pieces around like he's simply playing chess. It makes him a lot scarier than a guy who can just flip around and swing a lightsaber. I love how this movie has Luke coming in with all this swag and you realize pretty quickly that the Emperor is a million steps ahead of him, so much so that Luke's "powers" don't even mean anything to him. The Emperor is scoffing and gloating over Luke's inferior understanding of everything. It's a phenomenal scene.

3:02 Palpatine is low key savage lmao

They set up the Emperor as such a strong character. He reminded me of the grim reaper, like your looking at death and didn’t want to mess with him with his yellow eyes staring you back. It really made Vader look like a pawn and a pathetic figure compared to what we saw in the Empire Strikes Back. Vader used his strength as fear. The emperor just needed to look at you. He was so powerful that it made him arrogant to the fact that Vader would sacrifice his life for his son.