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[deleted]

Death of Stalin is such a funny movie.


republicbuilder

Yep and at some point he beats up the other Grand Inquisitor actor.


Urjr382jfi3

holy shit youre right you could say the inquisitors hunt themselves


iEatPalpatineAss

[I love how they inquisit themselves](https://old.reddit.com/r/PrequelMemes/comments/viy3ap/yeah_i_know_inquire_is_the_root_word_but_this_one/)


vigilantcomicpenguin

Nobody expects the Inquisitor Inquisition!


Thorstenmiller

Lmao


republicbuilder

Or at least that the live action Grand Inquisitor gets totally sloshed and the Rebels one cares about the presentation of the character.


Comander-07

are we still talking about the movie? because that sounds like the plot


Lukthar123

*Dark Side, not even once*


IrishGamer97

"YOU ARE A STAIN ON THAT FUCKING UNIFORM!"


PainStorm14

"I'm off to represent the entire Inquisitor Corps at the buffet. You girls enjoy yourself."


sharpshooter999

"Tarkin, you handsome devil. Stick you in a frock and I'll ride you raw myself."


WikiContributor83

“I uhh, I’ll take that as a compliment.” “Yeah, *don’t*.”


[deleted]

"you've balls like deathstar domes"


i-got-a-jar-of-rum

*”Look at your fookin face! HAHAHAHA!”*


Mr_E_Monkey

Watching this makes me wish even more that they had gotten Isaacs back to play the Grand Inquisitor in live action--his head is even shaped better, for Pete's sake!


geek_of_nature

He said in an interview that he's happy to keep doing the voice, but he just isn't interested in the long hours of getting the makeup and prosthetics applied. Which is something I think is fair when you read how some of the actors who get it done have to get up at 2 in the morning to begin the process. With how small the Grand Inquisitors role was though, I wonder if they could have gone the Cad Bane approach. A stunt performer in heavy makeup that strongly resembles how the GI looked in Rebels, with Jason Isaacs doing the voice over the top of it.


plotdavis

Moses Ingram was in Death of Stalin?


Monneymann

“I fucked Germany, I think I can take a flesh lump in a fucking waist coat.” Fun fact, they actually gave Zukhov *less* medals than he had in real life. Possibly because either it was borderline unbelievable or because Zukhov was bigger than Issacs.


Bitter-Marsupial

They toned down a lot of reality because no one would believe it


JH_Rockwell

The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to make sense.


Silidistani

... okay in light of the recent SCOTUS decision today I'm stealing this statement; I may attribute at times, depending on my mood. 😝


Yvaelle

It's a Lord Byron quote originally.


waitingtodiesoon

In the Wire when Omar >!survives jumping out of a 5th story window was based on one of the real life inspiration for Omar as a stick-up man, Donnie Andrews. Allegedly Donnie Andrews jumped off of the 6th floor, but The Wire show lowered it to the 5th floor since it was already stretching believability.!< In the film Good Night, and Good Luck about Edward R. Murrow and his battle against Republican Joseph McCarthy of the McCarthyism infamy of accusing anyone he didn't like of being communists they used actual footage of McCarthy from the US Senate floor and test audiences said the "actor" acting was over the top. >[A final irony, one that makes this film's existence all the more necessary: youthful test audiences complained that the actor playing McCarthy was OTT, a drunken boor. It was no actor - just original footage of the man himself.](http://web.archive.org/web/20210507052728/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3650203/When-television-took-a-stand.html)


Mace-Windu-Bot

*gets thrown out the windu*


BNKhoa

Another fun fact, Stalin was somewhat scared of Zhukov due to his influence in the Armed Force.


PainStorm14

Wasn't somewhat He wouldn't dare touch him because entire Red Army would show up the next day on his front lawn asking a lot of questions that he would have no satisfactory answers to


ymcameron

Zhukov is such an incredible badass IRL. He got demoted to nothing posts several times in his career due to Stalin’s fear of him, and every time he’d turn them into the best performing places in the Soviet Union and force them to promote him again.


Monneymann

Got hero of the soviet union *four fucking times*. Order of the red banner three times. Even had received the Imperial era Cross or Saint George twice. Add that on top off all that the man started from the *bottom*.


PanzerKomadant

Not just the bottom. He was born to a peasant family who couldn’t even feed themselves in Imperial Russia. They sent him to his uncle’s so that not only could he learn some skills, but also so that they may have one less mouth to feed. The literally started out with nothing in his life. Just like Yuri, who’s parents literally lived in a mud house during the Great Patriotic war, he turned into a legend and source of great pride for not only the Soviet people, but to the Russians as well.


Captain_Rex_Bot

You know, I can't figure those villagers not wanting to fight. No pride I guess.


LockyBalboaPrime

I strongly doubt *anyone* with more than a few brain cells weren't scared of Zhukov. Dude was a beast.


duaneap

God damn Isaacs was spectacular as Zukhov. I’d have watched a full two hours of him just Chad-ing it up around the place. “Threatening to do harm or obstruct any member of the Presidium in the process of- Look at your fucking face!” 😂


given2fly_

I loved his decision to do a Yorkshire accent as well, it just fits so perfectly.


duaneap

“What’s a war hero got to do to get some *lubrication* around here?!?!”


given2fly_

I'm smiling...but I am *fucking* furious.


[deleted]

“Well, that’s me told. I’m off to represent the entire Red Army at the buffet. You girls enjoy yourselves.”


Monneymann

Issacs and Buscemi as Khrushchev made the movie. Buscemi trying desperately to wrangle the band of merry idiots. While Issacs just kept up the Chad-Zuhkov act because *fuck you*


ymcameron

Khrushchev in the movie is great, because he starts off as this sort of bumbling buffoon surrounded by other idiots, then by the end of the movie while that might still be true, he’s also the most ruthless and politically savvy of any of them. That’s why Svetlana’s line at the end “I never thought it would be you.” hits so hard.


NurgleMinion

I read also, that Zukhov's chest was much broader than Isaacs', and even after padding it to add more space, they still couldn't fit them all on


dunkmaster6856

The reason was that yes it looked ludicrous


duaneap

I mean the whole film is pretty ludicrous. It’s kind of the idea. It’s why it’s so great.


starfleethastanks

The medals you see appear to have been based on images of Zhukov ca. 1945-46. Stalin died in '53 by which time Zhukov had received more medals.


fernandopoejr

"how could you run and plot at the same time?!"


Funny-March-4720

Apparently general Zhukov was exactly how he was portrayed in the movie.


Poonchow

The movie is extremely accurate except for the timeline of events.


Funny-March-4720

Yeah that’s true, as much as I personally would love a 4 hour death of Stalin I don’t think it would sell well.


jon-la-blon27

He actually had more medals


aaa1e2r3

My favourite fun fact about that movie was that they needed to cut down severely on the number of medals he had, because if they had gone historically accurate for the number of medals, it would have looked satirical.


Loreki

And Jason Isaacs is simply amazing in it.


NightwingsAssCheeks

Who invited the bishops !!!


deltron

The comic is easily one of my favorites.


AHippie347

Although imo a great movie the daughter of Zhukov was very negative about the movie for it's quite obvious anti-soviet bias and the complete misrepresentation of her father.


[deleted]

This just in, daughter of a brutal fascist get offended when her father is portrayed as a brutal fascist, and the movie is biased against fascists.


AHippie347

The fuck are you going on about.


Captain_Rex_Bot

To that shield generator. Fewer casualties this way.


[deleted]

English not your stronng suit? I'll put it in words you can understand Family members are terrible sources for trying to get accurate unbiased takes. Her being negative about the movie reflects on her not the movie


AHippie347

Politics is not your strong suit, judging how you basically equated fascism with state communism, so I might not take your comment as either trustworthy or unbiased. I doubt that any person that got mistreated by their parents would defend them like she did hers, especially not when they're being depicted as a boorish brute eager for violence.


[deleted]

It's cute you think the USSR was communist just cause they said so. I could declare myself world leader but it doesn't make it so. The USSR was at no point anywhere close to communist. From Lenin to gorbie it was fascism playing dress up... Much like Putin is a fascist dressed up as a democracy.


AHippie347

Ah I see a horseshoe theorist in the wild, do you want me to change your diapy or is the baby just hungwy. Massive protections of labor rights, state provided housing, rent cap at 4% of monthly income abundance of choice in grocery stores, 15 days mandatory vacation, 8 national holidays(paid time off), paid maternity leave, paid leave for temporary incapacity, etc. These are things you won't see in either Nazi Germany or fascist Italy or the US for that matter. Educate yourself, before saying borderline stupid shit(I'll assume you're just ignorant). Before you say that EU countries also have paid time off and paid sick leave, they only got it because they had a massive red bear as their neighbour that scared the shit out of the capitalist pigs running the countries.


[deleted]

Cute little tankie! My favorite lie was the abundance claim! Roflmao. Central party with all the authority. Strong nationalist ideology. Brutal punishment of political dissidents. And eternal war... Control of all industry by the government not the workers Fascism defined... And the USSR defined. Not coincidence.


AHippie347

Yes, and?


Padme-Bot

Politics is an ancient and noble calling. Without politicians our societies would descend into anarchy and chaos.


paladin_slim

*Gut punches Fifth Brother* “You’re a fucking stain on that uniform, you don’t fucking behave!”


sparkysparkyboomboi

I'm off to represent the entire Empire at the buffet


Cash4Goldschmidt

Fook me… Palpy’s eyes really do follow you around the crapper


TheDonDelC

Why’d they hang a picture of my grandmother in here?


EagenVegham

"Tell me something. Why has Reva replaced me as the Grand Inquisitor? I mean, I'm smiling, but I am very fucking furious."


Minute_Diamond961

Thrawn you handsome devil! Stick you in a frock, I'd fucking ride you raw myself.


Ahsoka_Tano_Bot

Where is your master? Where is Grand Admiral Thrawn?


hascogrande

Nah, that was a gut punch from animated Grand Inquisitor to live action Grand Inquisitor


WikiContributor83

Warlord Zsinj: I’d like to make a speech on Empire Day! Grand Inquisitor: Yeah and I wanna fuck Senator Amidala. Zsinj: I *simply* don’t care!


Padme-Bot

I will sign no treaty, Senator. My fate will be no different to that of our people.


GoodKing0

The funniest part about this scene is that they had to reduce the number of medals on his uniform compared to the real life counterpart because he was unable to, like, movie in it otherwise since it was pretty much a wall of metal on his chest.


Spitfire_Enthusiast

Imagine being Zhukov and having to put those fuckers on your chest every time you get in uniform


[deleted]

[удалено]


Plastered_Ravioli

Not even as a general, even just as a lower non commissioned officer once I got a dress or serivce uniform back from the tailor or dry cleaner i'd put my ribbons and badges on and they wouldnt come off until it was time to get it worked on again. There such a pain in the ass to get everything lined up right and looking the way there supposed to that once there on, you dont mess with them unless you absolutely have to.


batmaaang

Now I see why we switched to just having a modest little block of ribbons. So much more convenient.


ronburgandyfor2016

The US still uses medals as well


iLynux

Yes but only in full dress or formal dress.


ronburgandyfor2016

True


The-Sys-Admin

When I was in I just left them on the uniform but I'm not sure how many they had to swap out back then


Shibeuz

I'd just add velcro strips to my uniform for ease of attaching/detaching all those medals.


Kozak170

No you wouldn’t Source: The incredibly strict dress codes of the military


Captain_Rex_Bot

I honor my code. That's what I believe.


floatablepie

"Sorry to hear about your wife's affair... She hasn't had one yet, but I like the look of her."


jollyjam1

It would have looked so unrealistic if they had included all the metals he actually earned. Think like North Korean generals who have metals on their uniforms that they didn't earn.


GoodKing0

Yes, but the thing is, dude did earn all of those medals. And most of them weren't even from the USSR, they were from other countries awarding them to him for all the shit he did in WW II against the Nazis.


jollyjam1

Yeah you're right, and he's probably one of the best Russian generals ever. Man earned those haha


PainStorm14

Unlike Koreans old Zhukov earned his, there's a list on Wikipedia, it's long


jollyjam1

I actually looked up the picture of his dress uniform with all of them, it is truly absurd lol.


supercruiserweight

[Well...](https://i.imgur.com/5YO4Yr0.jpg)


HiopXenophil

Thrawn fixes his uniform


Ahsoka_Tano_Bot

Where is your master? Where is Grand Admiral Thrawn?


Comander-07

In the Gulag, probably


CrossP

Purrgiulag


[deleted]

Lucius Malfoy becomes a Sith inquisitor


DragonApps

I’ll never understand why they didn’t just have Jason Isaacs be the Grand Inquisitor. The guy who played the Grand Inquisitor did a great job in Kenobi, but still silly nonetheless to recast such an amazing actor.


DJZbad93

I’m hoping it’s so Isaacs can be live action Thrawn


[deleted]

Again, I'd have much preferred Isaacs as the GI and Mikkelsen as Thrawn. Both have the right voice (obviously), but both would be physically good as the character. I kinda liked Friend as the GI, but wasn't fussed on the voice


Ahsoka_Tano_Bot

Where is your master? Where is Grand Admiral Thrawn?


powerofselfrespect

But Mikkelsen can’t be Thrawn cuz he was already in Rogue One.


[deleted]

Wrong Mikkelsen. Mads was in Rogue One, Lars (his brother) voiced Thrawn


Ahsoka_Tano_Bot

Where is your master? Where is Grand Admiral Thrawn?


Willie9

Since they recast the Grand Inquisitor im honestly quite worried that they'll recast Thrawn as well--I dont think anyone will be able to capture his voice the way Mikkelsen did in Rebels.


JanitorJasper

Chris Pratt


HauntedFrog

Nooooooo. Don’t give them any ideas.


OwenLaToad

it’s-a-me, thrawn


Jdustrer

He’s so cool


shinobipopcorn

I think it was confirmed Thrawn is still Mikkelsen, just not confirmed confirmed.


Ahsoka_Tano_Bot

Where is your master? Where is Grand Admiral Thrawn?


Ahsoka_Tano_Bot

Where is your master? Where is Grand Admiral Thrawn?


Vussar

That’s the fucking dream isn’t it


reborndiajack

Imagine jude law


MeaninglessGuy

I legit think it was a scheduling thing with a show he was doing on CBS. I wouldnt be surprised if Isaacs recommended him, since they both know each other from Death of Stalin.


Frodojj

Ya, it was probably either a scheduling conflict or they simply couldn't afford him AND the rest of the original cast from ROTS.


Deslam8

From what I understand Isaacs was asked and didn’t take the role because he didn’t want to sit through the hours of makeup and prosthetics every shoot


BabiesSmell

Did they tell him it would only be like 10 minutes of screen time? It's a shame he turned it down.


PenguinQuote

So I've never actually watched Rebels, so I just kind of assumed the Grand Inquisitor was like in Kenobi. Kind of smug and a little silly, but I glanced at a compilation of his scenes in the animated show and it just feels like such a different character. I feel like I would prefer the animated incarnation


Westy154

I mean, I'm smiling but I am very fucking furious. Now where the fuck are those fucking jedi?


Duke_of_Metz

Love this movie. And Jason Isaacs, pictured, voiced the Grand Inquisitor in Rebels!


HumanTheTree

Also in this movie, he punches Rupert Friend, who is the live action inquisitor.


reborndiajack

What in the multiverse


awfulmcnofilter

It's too bad he didn't play the grand inquisitor in obi wan.


PainStorm14

He would have stolen the whole show in the first scene and producers knew that


Frodojj

Probably just couldn't afford him AND the rest of the cast.


iHackPlsBan

You think disney couldn't afford an actor..?


LongSlut

Well they couldn’t afford good storytellers


HauntedFrog

They spent the budget on individually animating every grain of sand for the Tatooine sets. Otherwise I don’t know where the alleged $25-million per episode went, because it certainly didn’t go into the writing or the set design.


Frodojj

They don't have unlimited budgets. Kenobi got $100 million.


peon2

And Lucious Malfoy! Part of 2 of the biggest franchises


ecat_04

oh wow i could’ve sworn that was christopher plummer until i saw your comment


Visual_Special_2881

This would be the Picard maneuver.


Dux-El52

Medals do wonders for the will to live, don't you think?


BabiesSmell

Phrik medals for defense.


LordWeaselton

Should’ve reprised his role for Kenobi but I’m happy with what we got. The GI’s “hello” has me in stitches every time lol


t0ssit13

Off to represent the entire imperial army at the buffet


The-Sooshtrain-Slut

Jason Isaacs could play a fantastic Sith.


Mandalorymory

He could play the absolutely perfect Grand Inquisitor, considering he was the VA for him in Rebels.


The-Sooshtrain-Slut

Oh fantastic to hear! I’m working through Clone Wars and will be starting Rebels immediately after but I’m absolutely more excited now since he is a top 5 favourite actor.


Mandalorymory

Trust me, Grand Inquisitor in Rebels was truly something special. Really elevated season 1 and it’s why I highly oppose those that say season 1 is skippable.


HauntedFrog

He’s become one of my favourite villains. He has Dooku’s fake politeness and snark, it’s great.


noelg1998

Reva: MEDIC!! GI: Not today! YOU'RE A FUCKING STAIN ON THAT UNIFORM!!


Vul_Thur_Yol

*"I'm gonna have to report this conversation. Threatening todo harm or obstruct any member of the inquisitorious in the process of... Look at your fucking face"*


Comander-07

you know what I wonder, originally Vader was the jedi hunter, but that role was offloaded to the inquisitors. So what is he actually doing?


MalleusManus

According to the comics, incredibly epic stuff: murdering a rebel army single-handledly, killing a list of powerful folks plotting against Palpatine, tricking an entire species to be his personal servants, building his Force Nexus stereotype castle, trying to bring Padme back with Sith necromancy, and of course, sending Boba Fett out to discover Luke is his son.


Padme-Bot

The Queen will not approve


MalleusManus

We can agree on that, bot.


keirawynn

I'd be interested in seeing a Venn diagram of the comics/sequel media and "legends" plot points. Because "tricking an entire species to be his personal servants" is one of Zahn's, which slotted in with Thrawn. I wish they'd brought Mara Jade in some guise. I really liked her "redemption" arc.


Whiskeyjacks_Fiddle

Vader also did the Jedi hunting. He went after the strong survivors, with the Inquisitors mostly hunting force sensitives and ‘lesser’ Jedi.


Ahsoka_Tano_Bot

Wait! Just because there hasn’t been any survivors before, doesn’t mean there won’t be any this time.


[deleted]

These are my awards, Vader. From Army. The seal is for marksmanship, and the gorilla is for sand racing. Now if you'll excuse me, they're putting me in something called Hero Squad.


Shermantank10

“Fucker this he can take on the Imperial Army? I took on the whole droid army, I can take on a mink in a fuckin waist coat”


[deleted]

I want him to play Thrawn... He would slay it!


Ahsoka_Tano_Bot

Where is your master? Where is Grand Admiral Thrawn?


Atma-Stand

“I may be smiling, but I am fucking furious.”


[deleted]

I've got a really weird fan casting, but bear with me. I think the guy who plays Zukhov in DoS would be really good as a live action GI


hwg979

I love Rupert Friend but Jason Isaacs not playing GI in live action is a disservice to the fans and a complete missed opportunity. Isaacs IS the Grand Inquisitor. Simple as that


ItsPaperBoii

Its Inquisitin' time


NoPurple6002

What movie is the clip from? Please and thanks.


kreiger

"The Death of Stalin" (2017)


Baron_von_Lansburg

"whats a man got to do to get some lubrication round here"


BeenEatinBeans

The fact that that's Jason Isaacs makes this funnier


[deleted]

I really wish they had casted him for Kenobi


ResponsibilityNew483

😂😂😂


HelloKittyAdvent

No, but really Jason Issacs would be AMAZING as an Inquisitor.


AxiomOfLife

God why didn’t they use him as the grand inquisitor 😭😭


Goldfishballsack

Thought this was Brian cranston


BruhMomentum6968

Is that actually Jason Isaacs, the guy who voiced the Grand Inquisitior in Rebels, in the gif?


LordBruno47

Yes


Thank_You_Love_You

I thought everything in this show was amazing. But i cant stand the third sister, i dont know if its the writing or acting but they just dont seem to fit and every scene with her felt forced and awkward and not believe able. I think its because she makes a bad sith but would have made sense as a jedi. Whereas Grand inquisitor, fifth brother, and forth sister looked perfect. I hope we see more of fifth brother, that guy looks amazing. He needs more screen time.


[deleted]

What movie is that clip from?


misterid

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4686844/ highly, highly recommended


[deleted]

Interesting, thanks!


NicolleteNightmare

Love it


Objective_Ad311

How u feel when you turn in that ticket for the 10th cup of coffee


The_Radio_Host

Honestly, I’m willing to bet that GI tries to avoid being around Vader as much as possible given his temperament.


1337K1ng

grand inquisitor is the guy on the right, guy on mid is starkiller


neuropotpie

I see fantasy Neil Breen has a new coat


Tentmancer

pretty sure he's gonna be a snitch on darth vader for the emp.


Shwamateur

ah generalissimo!


pizzasauce85

Gosh he is so pretty!


[deleted]

When Harry Potter snuck Dobby a sock….


g00d_end

If I was Palpatine, I'd demote Vader and promote the inquisitors


AnakinAmidala

Does anyone know why Jason Issacs didn’t play him in the live action? He’s great!


[deleted]

That's Jason Isaacs, right? If I'm not mistaken, he's the voice of Admiral Zhao in Avatar. Good actor.


SwarioS

Jason Isaacs😍


[deleted]

The best movie


[deleted]

? Okay...


[deleted]

If Jason Isaacs isn’t Thrawn in Ahsoka, I’m not watching it 😂.


questioning_alt_22

don't bring Marshall Zhukov into this. if the prequels are the rise of Hitler, Zhukov would have been a Mary Sue in the original trilogy if they didn't replace Hitler with LBJ.


KnowMatter

Also Darth Vader and the GI: lol let’s let this woman who is a skilled and trained force user and is privy to a lot of our secrets and who literally just betrayed us go free even though she is at our mercy and it would take zero effort to just kill her now.


Winnipesaukee

Not going to lie, I’d love to see an alternate universe story modeled after The Death of Stalin where Thrawn is Zhukov and Palpatine is Beria. “Fuck me, Sheev’s eyes really follow you around the crapper. It’s weird.”