10 Most Disturbing Star Wars Moments
6. The New And Unimproved Emperor 2.0
If you thought the fearsome Ian McDiarmid's portrayal of the Dark Lord of the Sith in the Prequel and Original Star Wars Trilogies was enough to leave your skin crawling, Rise of Skywalker watched those various wrinkly showings and emphatically declared, "hold my green milk!"
In the wake of resurrecting himself following on from his supposed death in The Empire Strikes Back via transferring his vessel into a clone substitute carcass, The Emperor cuts a deeply distressing figure from the moment he's officially introduced to Kylo Ren; as he's freakishly hooked into a huge metal apparatus.
Only becoming increasingly creepier as this apparent 12A of a Star Wars caper unfolds, zombie-esque Emperor 2.0 also experiences arguably one of the most chilling final moments ever gifted a big bad within the galaxy far, far away to date. Going full Mace Windu in her attempts to stave off her grandpap's Force lightning, Sidious experiences far worse than a few Prequel scorch marks this time around, courtesy of Rey.
The sight of his face very much blistering off his skull all but confirms McDiarmid won't be along for the ride again any time soon... probably.