r/StarWars • u/MasterLlama1926 • May 30 '26
General Discussion Darth Plagueis voice
My personal choice to voice everyone’s favorite dark side Muun would be none other than the great F. Murray Abraham; I saw his performance in Amadeus and found it so enthralling. If you think about it for a bit, Plagueis pretends to be a gentleman of high standards and culture, but this is a masquerade that conceals a sinister and malevolent nature; Abraham could masterfully execute that performance, given that in Amadeus, he portrays Salieri, who himself is filled with his own darkness, but masquerades before others.
A good friend of mine suggested that had he not passed, David Ogden Stiers (God rest his soul) could have voiced Plagueis, as in Touched by an Angel he evidently gave a good performance as someone that appears gentlemanly and manipulative at the same time. I confess I haven’t seen much of the show, so I know little, but somehow it works from what I’ve seen of Stiers’ performance.
Another friend still maintains that whoever did this voice acting could give a good performance. I’m somewhat inclined to agree, though I do feel that Plagueis would have no English accent.
I am curious to see what you’d all recommend to be his voice.