The actor, who played Palpatine in four Star Wars movies, revealed at the FanX Convention in Utah, USA, that one of the most unsettling moments from Revenge of the Sith was nearly much more intense.

As Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) turns to the dark side, Palpatine endeavours to wipe out the last of the Jedi.

Initiating Order 66, which saw the cloned troopers killing their Jedi generals, he prompted Anakin to march into a temple and kill a group of young children.

This scene, it seems, was more “gruesome” when it was filmed.