Ian McDiarmid

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983); Faith Healer (play); Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith; Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Casablanca (1942): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Casablanca ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Jabba's court is conceived as Sydney Greenstreet crossed with Casablanca.
    “The concept is he's sort of like Sidney Green Street and then Casablanca, yeah.”
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Revenge of the Sith: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Revenge of the Sith ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Lucas added a 'No' to Vader's turn in Jedi that matches Revenge of the Sith.
    “same fucking no from the end of Avenge of the Sith.”
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Star Wars (A New Hope): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars (A New Hope) ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Leia pulls the Chewbacca-in-manacles disguise trick from A New Hope when infiltrating Jabba's palace.
    “pulling the same trick that they pulled in New Hope, that like Chewbacca in Manacles trick.”
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Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). A second, bigger Death Star is called a lateral remake of the first.
    “We're kind of, it's like a lateral remake.”
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Sydney Greenstreet: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Sydney Greenstreet ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Jabba is said to be visually based on Sydney Greenstreet.
    “He's based on Sydney Green Street, right?”
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Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

The Phantom Menace (1999): 3 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Phantom Menace (the host's read). Sees seeds planted in Jedi that bloom in the prequels.
    “you see the things, the mechanations starting to come into place a little bit.”
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  2. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Phantom Menace (the host's read). The Obi-Wan log scene starts the over-explanation that typifies the prequels.
    “tiptoe towards the problems of the Phantom Madness trilogy, whereas, like, where it's all explained out loud.”
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  3. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Phantom Menace (the host's read). Ewok guerrilla tactics echo the Gungan thing in Phantom Menace, though that one is far worse.
    “And it just sort of reminds you of the Gungen thing, which is way worse, but is in the same, like, ballpark.”
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Lego Star Wars: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ Lego Star Wars (the host's read). Lego game levels from Jedi are always fun; the prequels' plot-heavy levels play less well.
    “weirdly, like Return of the Jedi levels are always really fun to play.”
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Revenge of the Sith: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ Revenge of the Sith (the host's read). The Emperor in Jedi sits in a chair saying roughly the same things as in the identical-chair scene in Revenge of the Sith.
    “he's basically saying most of the same thing.”
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The Incredibles (2004): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Incredibles (the host's read). The speeder bike forest chase is a clear inspiration for the Incredibles chase.
    “This is such a big inspiration too, clearly, on the Incredibles chase sequence.”
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What the speakers said they did

Acting (4) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Ian McDiarmid → Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. McDiarmid won a Tony the year after Revenge of the Sith, impressive since it followed his most prominent Star Wars role.
    “And he won a Tony like the year after Revenge of the Sith, which was pretty impressive.”
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  2. career (career): Ian McDiarmid → Awake and Sing! (play). Griffin conflates McDiarmid's Tony with Awake and Sing (Odets, with Ben Gazzara and Mark Ruffalo); McDiarmid is Faith Healer.
    “I think he was in Awake and Singh, the Odettes production with Ben Gazara and Mark Ruffalo.”
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  3. career (career): Ian McDiarmid → Faith Healer (play). McDiarmid won his Tony for featured actor in Faith Healer by Brian Friel, with Ralph Fiennes and Cherry Jones.
    “It was with Ray Fines and Cherry Jones.”
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Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Ian McDiarmid: McDiarmid was only about 35 when he played the Emperor.
    “McDermott's like 35 when he's making this.”
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