Star Wars: Underworld would have "made the Emperor a sympathetic figure"
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The binned Star Wars TV show, Star Wars: Underworld, was set to make us sympathise with Emperor Palpatine...
Emperor Palpatine, Aka Darth Sidious, Aka the Chancellor, Aka that bloke with the lightning coming from his hands who enjoys yelling 'unlimited power'...
There are many different names for Ian McDiarmid's Star Wars character, but one thing you wouldn't call him is a sympathetic figure. He's the personification of pure evil in George Lucas' galaxy far, far away.
We've now learned that Star Wars: Underworld - a live action TV show that was in development before Lucas sold his empire to Disney, which has since been binned - would have tried to change that.
The news comes from game director Cory Barlog. Best known for his work on the God Of War videogame franchise, Mr Barlog was interviewed by VentureBeat recently and let slip some surprising details about Star Wars: Underworld.
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The binned Star Wars TV show, Star Wars: Underworld, was set to make us sympathise with Emperor Palpatine...
Emperor Palpatine, Aka Darth Sidious, Aka the Chancellor, Aka that bloke with the lightning coming from his hands who enjoys yelling 'unlimited power'...
There are many different names for Ian McDiarmid's Star Wars character, but one thing you wouldn't call him is a sympathetic figure. He's the personification of pure evil in George Lucas' galaxy far, far away.
We've now learned that Star Wars: Underworld - a live action TV show that was in development before Lucas sold his empire to Disney, which has since been binned - would have tried to change that.
The news comes from game director Cory Barlog. Best known for his work on the God Of War videogame franchise, Mr Barlog was interviewed by VentureBeat recently and let slip some surprising details about Star Wars: Underworld.
- 6/22/2016
- Den of Geek
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