10 Awesome Movie Villains That Had Totally Lame Deaths

Played with infectious enthusiasm by British veteran actor Ian McDiarmid, Palpatine just brings a ray of happiness with him to every scene, laughing with such evil glee that it makes the job of intergalactic dictator and evil Sith overlord look immensely appealing. McDiarmid delivers every single line with so much conviction that he almost singlehandedly saved the prequels from themselves.

The same, unfortunately, cannot be said of the sequel trilogy. Coming across like the script was written on a napkin five minutes before the cameras rolled, what came out of the gates with a blast, came limping back with no more than a pathetic squeak. Unplanned, structureless and overly dependant on fourth-wall breaking fan service at every available opportunity, these films were an utter failure. By the third instalment, Palpatine had returned, not that he fitted into the plot anywhere but at least this was a character that we all knew and loved.

Seemingly cloned or whatever, Palpatine and Rey go head to head as he declares he is "all the Sith" (so not many then), to be met by Rey claiming to be "all the Jedi." Palatine just gets blasted with a ton of CGI lightening and is disintegrated and that's the end of that chapter.

Thoughtless, pointless and directionless. What a legacy to end one of cinema's greatest villains with, his death is so lame that it's best to just ignore it altogether.