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Star Wars Rebels has replaced Sam Witwer with Ian McDiarmid as The Emperor

October 4, 2019 by Gary Collinson

It seems that George Lucas’ protege Dave Filoni has adopted Lucas’ penchant for tinkering with his Star Wars creations, as a fan on Reddit has pointed out that Lucasfilm has re-recorded dialogue the dialogue for Emperor Palpatine in his first Star Wars Rebels appearance, with Ian McDiarmid replacing original voice actor Sam Witwer in the streaming version of the season two premiere ‘The Siege of Lothal’. See for yourself here…

SEE ALSO: J.J. Abrams on why The Emperor is returning for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Ian McDiarmid is the voice of the emperor in Siege of Lothal now
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McDiarmid did previously voice The Emperor in the fourth season of Rebels, and may well have recorded these lines for ‘The Siege of Lothal’ was working on December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, where he is set to reprise the role of Darth Sidious. Witwer meanwhile provides the voice of Darth Maul in Rebels – a role he also fulfilled in last year’s Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Ian McDiarmid, Sam Witwer, Star Wars, Star Wars Rebels

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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