Even Ian McDiarmid thought Palpatine was dead, but the beginning of The Rise of Skywalker saw Kylo Ren meet Palpatine on Exegol where he'd been busy building the Final Order. In the movie, all we ...

Either way, aside from some extremely minor potential hints in books, comics, and video games, the story of the new trilogy never seemed headed for a Palpatine resurrection, especially seeing as The ...

While it’s long been confirmed that Emperor Palpatine would make a grand return in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the reasons behind his comeback remain murky. After all, Sheev died at the end of ...

For months, fan theories have tried to make sense of Emperor Palpatine’s return in The Rise of Skywalker. Was he secretly Supreme Leader Snoke all along? Did he use Essence Transfer to possess people ...

Warning: Star Wars: The Bad Batch Finale SPOILERS Follow! The finale of Star Wars: The Bad Batch lives up to its title, “Kamino Lost”. Under orders from Tarkin and his subordinate Rampart, the Kamino ...

“It was kind of a delicate balance and went back and forth a lot about how much we wanted to reveal,” Brandon shared with The Huffington Post. “Some scenes changed quite a bit, the way that we wanted ...

One of the biggest criticisms of the Star Wars sequel trilogy from die-hard fans was the lack of context and world-building--even now we have very little sense of how we got from the end of Return of ...

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been out for a week, and Palpatine’s resurrection still doesn’t make sense. We laid out the reasons why here, but the gist is: “It’s just weird that the other two ...

“Somehow, Palpatine returned.” This comically nonspecific explanation became a meme after The Rise of Skywalker came out, focusing the derision of fans who thought the movie made no sense. Not only ...