Is This How Emperor Palpatine Returns in The Rise of Skywalker?

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalkertrailer is now available andStar Warsfans are trying to figure out just how Emperor Palpatine is back. The maniacal cackle is featured at the very end of the trailer and it shocked fans from all over the world, who were then treated to actor Ian McDiarmid atStar WarsCelebration demanding the trailer roll again. It seems impossible. Darth Vader killed him inReturn of the Jedito save Luke Skywalker’s life, so how could he be back all of these years later?

Thereturn of Palpatinehas been talked about a lot over the years by hardcoreStar Warsfans. As it turns out,RebelsSeason 4 many have given us a clue as to how the villain could return. The World Between Worlds in the hidden Jedi Temple on Lothal was something Palpatine sought to manipulate as he could travel through time by using the Force. However, he was stopped by Ezra Bridger after saving the life of Ahsoka Tano in the past. While this sounds like a good theory, both of the portals on Lothal were destroyed.

Palpatine talked a lot aboutDarth Plagueisto young Anakin Skywalker in the prequels. According to Palpatine, Plagueis was, “so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create life.” At the same time, it was believed he could prevent others from dying, but he couldn’t do it for himself. It’s entirely possible Palpatine continued studying where Plagueis left off and had it set in one of his contingency plans for resurrection, or even a transfer of his soul to a clone. This doesn’t seem very likely since the Palpatine clones from the Extended Universe are no longer officialStar Warscanon.

Emperor Palpatine might not even really be back inThe Rise of he Skywalker. IfKylo Ren loves and worships Darth Vaderso much, he could have figured out a way to make some sort of clone or a stand-in, which was already introduced in theStar WarsBattlefront II video game. There have been hints of his return over the years, so this makes sense he would be involved in some way. With that being said, J.J. Abrams says the Resistance is going to be up against their biggest threat, which certainly sounds like Palpatine is back. Maybe he never even really went away. AfterThe Rise of Skywalkerpanel, J.J. Abrams did seemingly confirm the Emperor’s return in the sequel.

It is possible that an artifact could contain Palpatine’s memories or his personality.Sith holocronswere devices used by the Sith, which were capable of containing information and they were shown inRebels. There was another one that included an artificial intelligence, which was called “The Presence.” It’s possible Palpatine has been here all along a directing Snoke from the Unknown Regions through these holocrons. Snoke does seem to have a thing for Palpatine and his ring features the Four Sages of Dwartii. The sages featured on Snoke’s ring are Braata, Faya, Sistros, and Yanjon. Palpatine had the statues of Dwartii and kept them as “political accomplishments.” Those statues once belonged to Darth Plagueis. There is a lot to take in, but bringing Palpatine back isn’t entirely unprecedented.The Rise of SkywalkerEmperor Palpatine big reveal comes to fromStar Wars.