Sidious: Rise of the Dark Lord

Prologue
Thirty-two years before the Battle of Yavin, Senator Sheev Palpatine of Naboo has been elected to replace Finis Valorum as the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, in a special session of the Galactic Senate held after Valorum was impeached due to his inaction in the ongoing crisis occurring on Naboo. Palpatine is finishing up his acceptance speech at an event sponsored by the Galactic Affairs Reform Committee (a political action organization headed by banker Hego Damask) in front of the Republic Executive Building, promising to usher in a new age of peace and prosperity for the Republic. Following the end of his speech, the new Supreme Chancellor is returning to the Executive Building, accompanied by his protocol droid aide, M-2RX. At the Executive Building, Damask himself is waiting for Palpatine while conversing with a Jedi Master. Damask introduces the Jedi Master as Dooku, who comments that he had been a fan of Palpatine's political theories. Palpatine returns the sentiments and states that he hoped to get to know Dooku better. Damask asks Dooku and Emtoo to leave them, and they do so. The two begin walking, and Damask - in his true persona as Darth Plagueis, says he has come up with Palpatine's first list of laws to be issued as Supreme Chancellor. Palpatine asks for Plagueis to stop by his new office that night and they'll go over them together.

That night, Plagueis comes by the Chancellor's Office to speak with his former apprentice, but is surprised to see that he is not there. He wanders aroud the office for a bit, calling out to Palpatine before reaching the main chamber. Suddenly, a crimson lightsaber blade tears through the Muun Sith Lord's chest. Plagueis collapses to the ground, and standing over him, lightsaber ignited, is Palpatine, in his own Sith guise as Darth Sidious. Sidious callously mocks his former master, telling him that he never planned to share power with him, and that now that he was out of the way, his ascension was complete.

Cast

 * Dane DeHaan as Sheev Palpatine / Darth Sidious
 * Ian McDiarmid as present-day Palpatine
 * Peter Mensah as Darth Plagueis / Hego Damask
 * Timothy Dalton as Governor Cosinga Palpatine
 * Danai Gurira as Lenah Saro
 * Tim Dadabo as M-2RX
 * Ken Watanabe as King Selan Tor
 * Callum Blue as Captain Rickon Naberrie
 * Mark Addy as Boss Nen Gorah
 * Sophie Turner as Princess Yram
 * Christopher Eccleston as Doctor Vexx
 * Sam Neill as Senator Vidar Kim

Corey Burton makes a cameo as Dooku, physically portraying the role and providing the character's voice, while the likeness of the late Christopher Lee is digitally superimposed over Burton. Steven Ogg portrays Terek, the black market dealer.