"Somehow, Palpatine returned" is arguably the most infamous line in the Star Wars franchise, but does it actually make sense?

The return of Palpatine in The Rise of Skywalker proved to be one of the film’s most controversial elements, as it was never explained how the infamous Sith Lord came back to life. While the ...

Audiences knew Palpatine would return in some capacity when the first teaser for The Rise of Skywalker emerged, though the film’s theatrical release quickly glossed over how such a return was ...

That would be some elaborate explanation of Palpatine’s return in the new Star Wars trilogy, but really, just the third movie, Rise of Skywalker. We know Pershing was working with genetic ...

What works about Rise of Skywalker is not knowing that Snoke was grown in a vat or that Rey has the last name Palpatine. It’s friendship, it’s love, it’s humor, it’s action, it’s resolution.

Poe Dameron (Oscar Issac) delivered the phrase “somehow Palpatine returned” in The Rise of Skywalker, and since then, the specifics of that return have slowly but surely been revealed.

With The Rise of Skywalker, a troubled chapter of Star Wars closed with a whimper. Palpatine somehow returned, Rey adopted ...

It’s 1983. Lucasfilm has just finished a trilogy of Star Wars Skywalker Saga movies. It’s 2005. Lucasfilm has just finished a ...