Playing off of Star Wars fans' knowledge of the Expanded Universe, Emperor Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid had a little fun with the audience during his panel at Star Wars Celebration yesterday, at one point speculating that perhaps the character cloned himself before he took a header down that Death Star shaft in Return of the Jedi.
“The Emperor was too bright not to know that,” said McDiarmid of Darth Vader’s potential to turn back to the side of good and betray his master. “Maybe he cloned himself in time to be in the next movie.”
The Emperor of course made just such a comeback in the EU. But as we all know, the Expanded Universe is now dead. And so, it seems, is Palpatine.
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“The Emperor was too bright not to know that,” said McDiarmid of Darth Vader’s potential to turn back to the side of good and betray his master. “Maybe he cloned himself in time to be in the next movie.”
The Emperor of course made just such a comeback in the EU. But as we all know, the Expanded Universe is now dead. And so, it seems, is Palpatine.
Continue reading…
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