Best Star Wars Character of All Time Series (Emperor Palpatine Character Analysis) Part 2A

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  • @KraziKazi
    @KraziKazi  3 роки тому +21

    Be Sure to check out Part 2B
    ua-cam.com/video/xoYFSYzmfz4/v-deo.html

    • @JacobGen
      @JacobGen 3 роки тому

      Just subscribed today! Amazing content!

  • @victorconway444
    @victorconway444 3 роки тому +243

    Killing Qui-Gon Jinn really was the best favor Maul could've done for Sidious. I can see why people call him the last "true Jedi." He wasn't bound by dogma. He knew when to drop the stupid stoic act and get on other people's level, being the friend that they needed. Qui-Gon would've seen the writing on the wall long before the events of ROTS and intervened as a counter-influence to Palpatine.

    • @optimus2g
      @optimus2g 3 роки тому +27

      Here! Here! Qui-Gon was special. That's become much more evident through the passage of time.

    • @LordNexusTheFir
      @LordNexusTheFir 3 роки тому +1

      U do realize he was a master & Palpatine was in power already & he didn't see any writing so your point would be completely mute.
      Add to that Qui-Gon was probably the weakest of the order so calling him a true jedi with all his mediation & calm was the 1st to get bodied by a Sith Lord that his Padawan beat at that beat & killed technically again & officially when he became a master himself.
      Qui-Gon unfortunately would've made no difference in the story cause regardless of teachings Anakin didn't trust anyone really even his best friend & brother didn't even know about his dreams or the events with his mother (add Ashoka too if we wanna add the tv series to the movies) u really think he would've told Qui-Gon shit?
      Hell no, Anakin also isn't smart & never realized his vision wont come true if he doesn't intervene + the fact he only has visions of 2 people he never suspected the Force may be involved in a malicious way.
      If he just told Obi-Wan (Padmé also could've told Obi-Wan but she may have felt it as a betrayal of trust) & asked him for help he could've used his rank to search the archives about this & gave Anakin an exact answer but also help him through it, his downfall was TRUST over everything else.
      He kept seeing his mothers death but she only died when he speaks to her she may have lived quite a few more years albeit suffering (idk what did the sand people even want or do with her she wasn't even a bad person to the land or anything so why the torture?) but alive.

    • @jez76
      @jez76 2 роки тому +4

      The music playing during the epic fight that ends in Qui-Gons demise is “Duel of the fates”. I don’t think that’s just a name.
      Anakins fate would’ve been something else had he’d been under Qui-Gons wings…

    • @Lauriestrode1978
      @Lauriestrode1978 2 роки тому +1

      Oh definitely qui gon would have been the true true father unlike the fake father palpatine was in Anakins life poisoning his mind with lies and deception, Qui gon would have been a father figure like palpatine but the difference would be Qui gon would be truthful and encourage him, he would definitely prevent Darth Vader from happening.

    • @MLGProTroller
      @MLGProTroller 2 роки тому +1

      @@jez76It’s not just a name. Dave Filoni himself said it’s called the duel of fates because Anakins fate is up for grips in this fight. Whoever becomes the victor, controls the fate of the galaxy.

  • @peanutbutter7721
    @peanutbutter7721 3 роки тому +153

    Just incredible. There are many people who don't understand that Anakin's fall to the dark side is more than just Padme, it's his distrust of and separation from the council and order as a whole, his trust in and connection to palpatine, his opinion that a squabbling democracy is ineffective, his view point that the sith and jedi are not so different, his belief that the dark side gives freedom and so happiness.

    • @heroman1322
      @heroman1322 3 роки тому +7

      There ARE many people who don’t understand. Just like there are many people who defend Episodes 8 & 9, a REAL Star Wars fan will easily pick up on the easily readable depth within Episode 3.

    • @PatriotMapper
      @PatriotMapper 3 роки тому +1

      @@heroman1322 I’d like to comment that the Last Jedi and the Rise of Skywalker are by no means bad films, they just lack the depth of the Prequels and Originals. Doesn’t mean they’re bad films as they still have overall good plots.

    • @theendersmirk5851
      @theendersmirk5851 3 роки тому +5

      @@PatriotMapper I'd add their main flaw is they don't fit the universe they exist in. Example: they randomly added lethality averting force healing for Jedi, in spite of that being Palpatine's greatest bargaining chip for Anakin to become a Sith.

    • @PatriotMapper
      @PatriotMapper 3 роки тому

      @@theendersmirk5851 Force healing wasn’t something the Jedi knew about back during the prequels, so they couldn’t have taught it.

    • @theendersmirk5851
      @theendersmirk5851 3 роки тому +4

      @@PatriotMapper Yes, but why didn't they know it? It isn't like it's a particularly useless ability for an order of virtual Monk Paladins, and she found it in ancient jedi texts, meaning the only way they could have failed to know it is if the Jedi had forgotten the single most useful ability in their playbook.

  • @GioAtero
    @GioAtero 3 роки тому +84

    (17:07) Let's not forget how the Jedi Council never attempted to save young Ani's mother from the Tatooine's slavery ring.

    • @mixolydian9102
      @mixolydian9102 3 роки тому +7

      YES! EXACTLY! Another Jedi failure!

    • @musical_lolu4811
      @musical_lolu4811 3 роки тому +12

      Including Qui-Gon himself. The Force may not have worked on Watto but he could have easily taken him outta the picture.

    • @choueriito2548
      @choueriito2548 3 роки тому +20

      There's no way they could have. Slaves have explosives implanted in them in the case of an escape and trying to buy her would have been pointless when the Republic and its currency have no value in the Outer Rim. Moreover, the fact Qui-Gon was able to bring up the Hutts as the final nail in the coffin for Watto honouring their bet would go the same if Qui-Gon broke the terms. These are all things shown or stated very clearly within The Phantom Menace.

    • @CRYSTAL_CUSTOMS
      @CRYSTAL_CUSTOMS 3 роки тому +4

      @@choueriito2548 yes exactly

    • @ravanpee1325
      @ravanpee1325 3 роки тому +2

      @@choueriito2548 He didn't even try it to make another deal.

  • @gnc623
    @gnc623 3 роки тому +47

    I think Palpatine is cinema's greatest villain.

  • @pduidesign
    @pduidesign 2 роки тому +60

    What Anakin didn’t realize when Sideous says “save your wife” is how did Sideous know about Anakin’s dream? I suspect Sideous was the one influencing Anakin’s dreams.

    • @Lauriestrode1978
      @Lauriestrode1978 2 роки тому +9

      Oh definitely he was controlling Anakins dreams and good question. It’s just because once palpatine revealed himself to Anakin, he could tell Anakin he knew about his dreams because he’s a sith and can sense his feelings and read his mind.

    • @theopportuneson699
      @theopportuneson699 Рік тому +6

      It’s likely that Sidious read Anakin’s mind every time they talked.

    • @UnholyWrath3277
      @UnholyWrath3277 Рік тому +5

      Hes a father figure and the only non jedi anakin could confide something that serious to. He almost assuredly was just told about it

    • @Darth_Draconus
      @Darth_Draconus 8 місяців тому +1

      He's the only one in Anakin's life (besides Padmé) that Anakin told about his Tusken Raider massacre. This isn't really a case of Sideous probing his mind for that information. Anakin told him about his closest step to the dark side before the war, his lowest point of his life at the time. There's absolutely no reason why he wouldn't have confided in the same person about one of the happiest days of his life, as well. Not saying he didn't probe his mind at all, but not for that. My interpretation is that what set Anakin off in that scene was, not that he knows that they're married, but that he's aware of visions of Padmé specifically being the one who does.

  • @duncanpill
    @duncanpill 3 роки тому +26

    I love Palp’z soothing voice.

  • @phantomsidious2934
    @phantomsidious2934 3 роки тому +30

    The prequel era added so much to the character of Palpatine, he was always my favorite character in the original trilogy, but even more so because of the prequels, hell he's even great in the dark Empire comics

    • @hungryowl1559
      @hungryowl1559 3 роки тому +2

      He's great in the book Darth Plagueis as well

    • @phantomsidious2934
      @phantomsidious2934 3 роки тому

      @@hungryowl1559 yes I know, in fact there isn't much Palpatine isn't bad in to be honest

    • @jakobrenner2230
      @jakobrenner2230 3 роки тому +2

      @@phantomsidious2934 eehhhh there is a lot of Palpatine in that novel. Hell, I'd go as far as to say that in the third and final part of the book, he became the focal point, with Plagueis taking a step back.

  • @skywalkerorder2170
    @skywalkerorder2170 3 роки тому +74

    Darth Sidious/Palpatine is such an good character!

    • @KraziKazi
      @KraziKazi  3 роки тому +8

      Agreed my friend

    • @laisphinto6372
      @laisphinto6372 3 роки тому +2

      @@KraziKazi good

    • @efxnews4776
      @efxnews4776 3 роки тому

      Actually i think Kreia / Darth Traya is the best character in Star Wars, Palpatine is simply evil, Kreia isn't exactly evil, the best definition for her would be a grey sith.

    • @erikstrickland96
      @erikstrickland96 3 роки тому

      @@efxnews4776 Simple evil can be the best though when written the right way like Palpatine, complexity can be overrated imo.

    • @efxnews4776
      @efxnews4776 3 роки тому

      @@erikstrickland96 I'm not saying that Sidious is a bad character, I'm saying Kreia is better.

  • @jordanread5829
    @jordanread5829 3 роки тому +41

    19:19 Another thing to note about this scene is that the Jedi never gave Sheev an opportunity to step down as Chancellor of the Republic. We know he wouldn't but the fact that the Jedi never gave him the chance only helped Palps image in the eyes of the soon to be Empire. Palpatine even asked if Obi-wan had defeated Grievous to which the response was, "You are under arrest". Just shows how arrogant the Jedi were. Thinking that it will go down as it did 1000 years ago. If Mace and the other Jedi simply answered his question and said that they were to escort him to the Senate where he will renounce his emergency powers and step down, it might have gone down differently (but probably not). As Sidious was basically able to weaponize that attempted arrest as the Jedi simply fearing their loss of political power within the Republic. And thus a treasonous act. One used to justify the use of Order 66 in the public eye.

    • @jmwilliamsart
      @jmwilliamsart 2 роки тому +4

      Exactly, The Sith had evolved, they had grown stronger over the last 1,000 years. Whereas the Jedi had become too dogmatic, too detached, arrogant, and they had only stagnated. In the ROTS novel Yoda began to realize that it wouldn’t have mattered even if he somehow had managed to best Palpatine in a duel, the Jedi had lost their way, and the lost the trust of the average people of the galaxy. The Sith had planned and prepared for how to take control of the Republic and take out the Jedi, whereas the Jedi had only trained to fight the last battle. He also realized that he had failed because he never allowed the Jedi Order to change.

  • @slipherthevic3910
    @slipherthevic3910 3 роки тому +38

    Have you ever heard The Tragedy of Darth Sidious the Senate?

    • @ymca4547
      @ymca4547 3 роки тому +8

      Young fool, only now at the end do you understand.

  • @jamariojackson4289
    @jamariojackson4289 Рік тому +6

    To be fair it’s been stated multiple times that Mace won the duel against Palpatine fair and square. It was only when Palpatine felt Anakin’s presence that he turned the cards in his favor by “playing victim”. Other than that great character analysis though !

  • @paulrasmussen8953
    @paulrasmussen8953 3 роки тому +30

    To be fair to anakin. The council did not help itself making constant mistakes with him

  • @ryancoupland8425
    @ryancoupland8425 3 роки тому +17

    I feel like I learn something new every time I watch another prequel analysis video... man I miss George's creativity and depth :( the prequels are layered with so many literary elements and mirror so many historical events

  • @bakionigeri6414
    @bakionigeri6414 2 роки тому +5

    "But hes just a kind old man! Senator Palpatine would NEVER betray the republic, OR the good citizens" 😠
    Palpatine: "🤭"

  • @obaidfaraz5735
    @obaidfaraz5735 3 роки тому +20

    I have waited a long time for this moment my little green friend!!

  • @LeahWalentosky
    @LeahWalentosky Рік тому +2

    Hayden and Ian came up with the opera house idea. It was originally suppose to be at another office They were practicing lines together and thought it be interesting to explore the preforming arts in the Star Wars universe as they both come from the stage

  • @IPA300
    @IPA300 8 місяців тому

    16:45 it’s not JUST the evil smirk, and Ian’s wonderful acting, that pulls off the reveal. Pay attention to the area over Palpatine’s left shoulder; the kind and understanding Chancellor is there physically, while the Dark Lord of the Sith is represented symbolically by the hooded statue.

  • @woof2691
    @woof2691 3 роки тому +25

    Literally came here yesterday hoping you posted it - so happy!

    • @KraziKazi
      @KraziKazi  3 роки тому +3

      I'm glad I could deliver lol

  • @meta4101
    @meta4101 3 роки тому +40

    Wow! These character analyses are spectacular. If only Rian Johnson has listened to these ... he might have had more respect for the themes that he so carelessly threw overboard.

    • @jkdbuck7670
      @jkdbuck7670 2 роки тому +3

      Nah. He was the hatchet man sent by Darthleen Kennedy to kill it all. In other words, even IF he cared to listen, his job was to flip the table so the gameboard and pieces went flying.
      The funniest thing is that the hack who put all the pieces on said board, Jar Jar Abrams, and failed to have a good, solid story and explanations for why things were the way they were. Had he done his job in Episode 7, Ruin JohnSUCK wouldn't be able to RUIN it all. And the best thing was that Jar Jar Abrams was handed the flaming back of poo and told to direct Episode 9! I only saw the first two scenes of that 💩 show and it was evident that Jar Jar Abrams was an astroturfed hack.
      Hey, Disney! Muh mYsTeRy BoXeS & mUh SuBvErT eXpEcTaTiOnS don't really work! Enjoy thinking about the millions you COULD HAVE earned, but didn't because you lacked planning and talent.

    • @jamariojackson4289
      @jamariojackson4289 Рік тому +1

      Those movies have been out for years now, give it up… they weren’t all that bad to still be consistently letting them leave rent free.

  • @IntroMind
    @IntroMind 3 роки тому +11

    Your videos are fantastic!

  • @originalSiiiN
    @originalSiiiN 2 роки тому +3

    i'm not sure i agree that Windu was just another of many jedi blinded by dogma... an interesting discussion to be had, i AM sure...

  • @MrShirial
    @MrShirial Рік тому +1

    McDiarmid not only nailed the role but he fitted perfectly for it

  • @ironmiron9666
    @ironmiron9666 3 роки тому +3

    Good set of videos and nice quote from that Wollstonecraft dude but have you not noticed? Palpatine chooses Evil because it is Evil, he has insane fun doing it. He wasn't tortured, coerced or misled. He embraced from the start. The ultimate exception that confirms the rule.

    • @nihluxler1890
      @nihluxler1890 Рік тому

      Yes, holding and using power is Palpatine’s happiness. In his case, having power isn’t a way to achieve an otherwise pure ideal, it’s the point.

  • @VastDivide
    @VastDivide 3 роки тому +4

    Great video. You sir have earned yourself a subscriber.

  • @spaghettibird5135
    @spaghettibird5135 3 роки тому +4

    Haven’t watched these movies in a while and I guess I never realized that the Separatists aren’t just bad guys. Their droid army is no different from the Clone Army.

  • @777-pdf
    @777-pdf 3 роки тому +1

    Man! Watching these Palpatine videos is like a drug, well done!

  • @justincarlson3134
    @justincarlson3134 3 роки тому +4

    Your videos are very good. Thanks!!

  • @acephoenix7849
    @acephoenix7849 3 роки тому +2

    This is amazing quality, I hope your channel blows up. All your videos I've seen so far I expect from a massive creator with >500,000 subs and couple million views. Keep it up, may the algorithm bless

  • @krxwnvxk3432
    @krxwnvxk3432 Рік тому

    I love your analysis videos. You dig deeper than most in these character explanations and look at it from a deeper more psychological standpoint. Please keep up these videos. I subscribed right after I saw your Palpatine analysis.

  • @bemasaberwyn55
    @bemasaberwyn55 3 роки тому +14

    "The prequels are his story, but episode 3 is HIS FILM" This description was from the YT channel Cinema Wins about ROTS. And how much of a manipulator Sidious is. This was never in question by me as I have unabashedly loved the prequels since release. Your analysis falls into the thoughts I've had in the years since Episode 3 was released

  • @domwalker6526
    @domwalker6526 3 роки тому

    Bro your videos are so good the detail you go into is just amazing

  • @kevinmcdonald6979
    @kevinmcdonald6979 11 місяців тому

    A bit of ironic foreshadowing: Anakin stated to Palpatine, after Palpatine suggested they leave Obi-Wan for dead on the Invisible Hand: They all died on a Death Star. Obi-Wan on Death Star 1. Palpatine and Vader on Death Star 2.

  • @Guitargod021
    @Guitargod021 Рік тому +1

    Ever noticed how palpatines order 66 he created is super close to the devils number 666? 🤔🤔🤔

  • @ScaricoOleoso
    @ScaricoOleoso Рік тому

    I liked the novelization of Episode 3 better. In it, Anakin is aware, before Palpatine outright tells him, that the dark side might be able to help him save Padme. There are a bunch of Sith resources in the Jedi Temple, but only masters have access to them. When Palpatine appointed him to the council, he thought this would be his chance to save Padme. Then they didn't give him the rank. It broke him, and he couldn't tell them why.

  • @Zygothknightlord
    @Zygothknightlord Рік тому

    Palpatine is a goated character.

  • @Wolf_3125
    @Wolf_3125 3 роки тому +3

    The 2 dislikes are jedi traitors

  • @musical_lolu4811
    @musical_lolu4811 3 роки тому

    1:32 classic.

  • @liamshaughnessy6246
    @liamshaughnessy6246 3 роки тому

    I love 😍this movie and video!

  • @ymca4547
    @ymca4547 3 роки тому +2

    I AM the Senate!

  • @liamshaughnessy6246
    @liamshaughnessy6246 3 роки тому

    Love !

  • @theblackgoatofthewoods
    @theblackgoatofthewoods 3 роки тому +7

    Was it Palpatine who gave Anakin his dreams?

    • @hebercluff1665
      @hebercluff1665 3 роки тому

      Yes. Visions of the future is specifically a dark side power

    • @theblackgoatofthewoods
      @theblackgoatofthewoods 3 роки тому

      @@hebercluff1665 So after he became Darth Vader and Palpatine became emperor the dreams ended?

    • @hebercluff1665
      @hebercluff1665 3 роки тому +1

      @@theblackgoatofthewoods as far as I know, yes

    • @theblackgoatofthewoods
      @theblackgoatofthewoods 3 роки тому +1

      @@hebercluff1665 brutal

  • @ben_sisko2149
    @ben_sisko2149 2 роки тому

    Wow, amazing analysis, mate. And what a great character Palpatine is... and yet people won't ever recognize Lucas' writing prowess regarding him because of the "meme lines" (like the sand one) and all that. Trully sad, cause Palpatine is probably the better written character in the whole saga.

  • @ravanpee1325
    @ravanpee1325 3 роки тому

    @KraziKazi Great analysis :) do you know the title of the music at the beginning?

  • @Matt-dw6sy
    @Matt-dw6sy 3 роки тому

    Anyone know the intro song he uses though? Im diggin it!!

  • @bauglir2462
    @bauglir2462 7 місяців тому

    Palpatine fulfilled what those Jedi boneheads failed to do. Had Dooku took up the role as Anakin's master following the death of Jinn, the situation could have been saved..

  • @508ctk
    @508ctk 3 роки тому +1

    🐐

  • @LordofDarknessX
    @LordofDarknessX 3 роки тому

    Good.....

  • @lenircotia
    @lenircotia 3 роки тому +3

    Excellent video but.... Please use a different microphone, your voice sounds mubbled and is hard to understand! Thank you!

  • @jip789
    @jip789 3 роки тому +10

    AGLORITHM TAKE MY OFFERING

    • @KraziKazi
      @KraziKazi  3 роки тому +3

      lol, replying to help the cause

  • @marcosblaky6861
    @marcosblaky6861 3 роки тому

    14:10

  • @OfAngelsAndAnarchist
    @OfAngelsAndAnarchist Рік тому

    I wish Star Wars fans would take the time to read even basically into Buddhist thought
    I just hear people absolutely botch what attachment is and isn’t and how not being attached actually looks …
    Generally good vid though, especially the character observations

  • @LordNexusTheFir
    @LordNexusTheFir 3 роки тому +3

    Whats funny is 1. Palpatine aint throw the fight stop that bs who throws a fight my causing themselves immense pain & disfiguring themselves? Common sense.
    But also how dumb Anakin actually is, he wants Palpatine to stand trial. Ok how? He killed 3 masters as we tried to peacefully arrest him, how would u physically imprison that? Any guard watching him except Mace, Yoda & MAYBE Anakin & Ashoka 24/7 would get immediately killed.

    • @fliggy91
      @fliggy91 2 роки тому

      He didn’t disfigure himself that was his true face after dropping his dark side veil

  • @qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn
    @qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn Рік тому

    Tell me why people hate the prequels again?

  • @astrologyfirst4376
    @astrologyfirst4376 3 роки тому +12

    Palpatine ie the emperor was the most fascinating misunderstood brilliant character the Star Wars series ever created. The last film was sadly a disaster because there decision to make it political and killing him off to the me to movement was a joke. Disney in my opinion destroyed George Lucas and his original intention.

    • @lukechamberlain7790
      @lukechamberlain7790 3 роки тому +5

      Can you clarify what you mean by 'make it political?
      This isn't meant to be 'gotcha' but...isn't Star Wars an incredibly political text?how I see it is that The first trilogy is about the overthrow of a totalitarian state, the prequels are (imo) one of the most stirring depictions of creeping authoritarianism (shitty filmmaking, great plotting). The sequel trilogy...was just sadly disjointed.
      We all see what we want in media and I wonder what is it you take from star wars? There are an infinite number of valid reasons and the reason I'm probably over explaining is because I don't want to come off as being troolish, rather, as genuinely interested in what you mean.

    • @astrologyfirst4376
      @astrologyfirst4376 3 роки тому +3

      @@lukechamberlain7790 what I was establishing is that in George Lucas vision of his creation Star Wars and his intention has been always veered to political manipulations when bought out by commercial enterprises like Disney. But again Disney was bought out from thee original inventor Walt Disney and multi corporations absorbed it into there agenda. Ie they put political messages into the story so people in current generation can relate. Manipulating and moving away from just story to political manipulation. So my concern and frustration is when moving away from George Lucas and his original intention into political persuasion makes the film not work for me robbing the characters and these suited corporate people lack genuine talent.

    • @lukechamberlain7790
      @lukechamberlain7790 3 роки тому +1

      @@astrologyfirst4376 word.

    • @jamariojackson4289
      @jamariojackson4289 Рік тому

      Make what political ?

  • @efxnews4776
    @efxnews4776 3 роки тому

    Sorry but this title goes to Kreia...

  • @thebonewarrior8757
    @thebonewarrior8757 2 роки тому +1

    I thing wrong with this Mace did actually BEAT palpetine

    • @jamariojackson4289
      @jamariojackson4289 Рік тому +1

      Yes he did even George Lucas himself said that Mace had Palpatine beaten, it was only when he sensed Anakin that he played the victim to further lure Anakin.

    • @thebonewarrior8757
      @thebonewarrior8757 Рік тому +1

      @@jamariojackson4289 that's what I said. I said that the only thing wrong with this is that he was wrong about palpatine throwing the fight.

    • @jamariojackson4289
      @jamariojackson4289 Рік тому +1

      @@thebonewarrior8757 I was agreeing with you.

  • @philnorfleet1371
    @philnorfleet1371 3 роки тому

    Palpatine still did nothing wrong.

  • @AtabekZingi
    @AtabekZingi 2 роки тому +1

    With current event in Ukrain and possible aggression by Russia, I am wondering if Palpatine is pulling the strings...

    • @rebelfighter5249
      @rebelfighter5249 2 роки тому

      That's where you're wrong pal. Better wake up and turn off the fake news. Sounds like you can't tell truth from fiction on what's really going on over in Ukraine. I hope for your sake you stop drinking the Kool aid and start thinking for yourself. Not everything's as it seems these days.

  • @liamshaughnessy6246
    @liamshaughnessy6246 3 роки тому +1

    Dark humor much?!

  • @nothingtosay2288
    @nothingtosay2288 3 роки тому

    Get a good mic

  • @davegl9305
    @davegl9305 3 роки тому +1

    Best character by accident. I seriously doubt george lucas knew what he was doing with this character.

    • @matiasluukkanen7718
      @matiasluukkanen7718 3 роки тому +6

      Perhaps not during OT when he at first had an idea of Emperor. But during PT he had already decided Palpatine to be temptor/devil archetype in Star Wars.

    • @KaminoKatie
      @KaminoKatie 3 роки тому +1

      @@matiasluukkanen7718 Even then, George did based The Emperor off of Richard Nixon

  • @andrewtomlinson5237
    @andrewtomlinson5237 3 роки тому +4

    Come on...
    Palpatine was a "Master Manipulator" because he had Mind Powers and everyone else in the series was as dumb as a brick wall.
    His "manipulation" of Anakin is like some cruel parent leading a 2yr old to the Doctor's office with the false promise of lollipops. (If that 2 year old had learning issues.)
    He could have said, "Yesss...there was a way....in ancient timmmessss... that allowed a Sith to save pregnant women from dying in childbirth...." and dumbass would have been "Really... Hey! I had a dream about Padme dying in childbirth... that's such a coincidence!!! Tell me more about this Sith business..."
    The Jedi are the dumbest characters of all... Lucas threw in some line about their use of The Force being diminished, that only went to show that without being told what to do by Space Magic they were totally useless at decision making and walked into every blindingly obvious trap that was laid out in front of them by a team of "Trap Layers" in uniform, and having shown their "Trap Laying" ID cards on the way in before constructing a big hole in the ground with spikes in it... they didn't even need to put a carpet over it to disguise the trap... the Jedi were lining up to jump in.
    There are ways to make a "Clever" character appear to be a super manipulator, the easiest of which is to simply make everyone else stupendously gullible, and unable to figure their way out of a room with an open door. That sets the bar for "Smart" at about the level of an untrained Border Collie. Then throw in
    someone with a really obvious, not very subtle "plan" but he has Mind Control powers, and you have a Genius at work... the problem is that when you make the disparity between the dumb victims and the smart villain so huge, even that Border Collie would be able to make Anakin do whatever it wanted.

    • @Vectivuss
      @Vectivuss 3 роки тому +3

      It's a good thing you liked your own comment, that way it gets atleast one like

    • @fliggy91
      @fliggy91 2 роки тому

      Sham