With a wicked smile, Dooku replied, "Good. Twice the pride, double the fall." Though arrogant, Anakin's comment made ... Lord's hands and at Chancellor Palpatine's request, he executed Dooku.

The Phantom Menace, a veiled figure shadows all galactic happenings, exercising control over political systems and personal destinies.

One deleted scene even has Palpatine explain to Anakin how he would take direct control of the once-autonomous Jedi Council. The most important deleted scene dealing with the political fallout of ...

Ian McDiarmid almost didn't play Palpatine due to another actor's casting ... but then I thought maybe that's a good sign. Maybe they need a great nose," McDiarmid recalled.