Happy Birthday, Mr. Emperor

Good morning and a cheerful how-do-you-do, ladies and gentlemen. It’s the Emperor’s birthday today! Ian McDiarmid just turned 61.

I’m sure His Excellency has something fun planned to commemorate his birth, but what can you do for fun when you’ve already taken over the entire galaxy, closing your bone-pale hands on the freedom of billions of people?

Answer: Anything you freakin’ want.

Clips from last year’s birthday bash revealed the Dark Lord brought his cake to the table via the Force, then lit the candles on top with lighting from his fingers. Classy. Asking Vader if he wanted to try and blow them out wasn’t funny (or very nice), but since the man asking was the most powerful man in the universe, it got that nervous laugh people use when they don’t want to be next. I wonder what his wish was…