Crazy Leader: Emperor Palpatine
A pale, withered and yet formidable bard of rage, Palpatine — whether portrayed by Ian McDiarmid or voiced by Clive Revill — is about as perfect an embodiment of a toxic Will to Power as the movies have ever seen: a creature satisfied with nothing less than dominion over the galaxy itself. The special effects in so many of George Lucas’ movies are, all these years later, rather laughable (if still loveable), and Palpatine’s get-ups are no different. But as with all of the characters in all the Star Wars movies, the quality of the Emperor’s cheesy, costume-store guises often appears to be inversely proportional to the audience’s degree of delight at the onscreen proceedings
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