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Ian McDiarmid as Sheev Palpatine looking at Jake Lloyd as Anakin skywalker and saying We Will Watch Your Career With Great Interest in Star wars episode i the phantom menace.

We Will Watch Your Career With Great Interest

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Updated Jul 15, 2025 at 04:05PM EDT by Zach.

Added Mar 16, 2020 at 05:24PM EDT by Matt.

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"We Will Watch Your Career With Great Interest" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Sheev Palpatine in the 1999 science fiction film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, the fourth installment of the space opera film series Star Wars. The moment has been used in a reaction images and videos in Prequel Memes.

Origin

On May 19th, 1999, 20th Century Fox released The Phantom Menace in theaters in the United States. At the end of the film, Palpatine says to Skywalker, "We will watch your career with great interest."

On January 24th, 2014, YouTuber QuoteTheGuy shared the clip. The post received more than 98,000 views in less than seven years (shown below).



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On December 2nd, 2015, Tumblr [1] maricelagonzalez shared the image lyrics from the song from the musical Hamilton "Freestyle" (shown below, left).

Three years later, on January 18th, 2018, Redditor [2] n1407 shared the image with the caption "We will watch your career with zero interest." The post received more than 39,000 points (94% upvoted) and 550 comments in less than two years (shown below, center).

On September 20th, 2019, Redditor[3] Bobblee20 shared the image as the reaction to Storm Area 51. The post received more than 1,900 points (99% upvoted) in less than one year (shown below).


maricelagonzalez Follow I'll keep all my plans close to my chest. I'll wait here and see which way the wind will blow. I'm taking my time watching the afterbirth of a nation, Watching the tension grow. -Non-Stop If Disney casts some unknown actor instead of Ewan McGregor (1.redd.it) submitted 2 years ago by n1407 554 comments share save hide give award report crosspost We will watch your career with zero interest. When It's September 20th & The Americans Start Raiding Area 51 Rest Of The World: We will watch Your Attempt with great interest.


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Charles Campbell @FunkyCharles72 Replying to @alisontafel I looked you up on IMDB after @RaphaelBW gave you praise. You wrote two of the best episodes in the series. 100% going to checkout whatever you work on next. And you, young Skywalker... GIF Ne will watch your career with great interest. 8:52 PM · Apr 24, 2019 · Twitter for Android when your failed artist friend starts getting political We will watch your career with great interest. And you, young Skywalker... We will watch your career with great interest. You're a Sith Lord, aren't you? F*ck. Leo1892 Written and Directed by GEORGE LUCAS Leo1892
AA Reddit me_irl u/beefy_cabbage We will watch your career with great interest. We will watch your career with great interest! MANŲ MONTHS LATER Ani do you ever get the feeling like wetre being watched? SOLID SNARK Good Anakin, good! Tell her she's just being paranoid. No one's watching you. Everything's fine. Sonic Movie: *Exists* Reddit: We will watch your career with great interest.

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