A line was cut from The Rise of Skywalker explaining that Palpatine was “more than a clone, less than a man”

A line was cut from The Rise of Skywalker explaining that Palpatine was “more than a clone, less than a man”

The upcoming novelization for The Rise of Skywalker, written by Rae Carson, reveals that Palpatine's spirit lived on in a clone body. This gives a large part of the answer for how he returned, and the novelization makes it seem almost as if this clone body, which serves as the host for his spirit, can't [...]

The Rise of Skywalker novelization reveals that Palpatine resided in a clone body!

The Rise of Skywalker novelization reveals that Palpatine resided in a clone body!

One of the big questions that many people had after watching The Rise of Skywalker was this: how did Palpatine return? What we knew from the film is that Palpatine actually did die ("I have died before," he tells Kylo), and that Resistance historian Beaumont Kin mentions dark science and cloning as possibilities And so, [...]

Seven stories I would love to see now that the Star Wars sequel trilogy is over!

Seven stories I would love to see now that the Star Wars sequel trilogy is over!

The Star Wars sequel trilogy concluded recently with The Rise of Skywalker, and I'm hoping that means that Lucasfilm will slowly but surely begin to fill in the gaps of the trilogy by more storytelling. None of this is a criticism of the way they've handled things, because of course there are going to be [...]

Everything we learned about Snoke from The Rise of Skywalker Visual Dictionary

Everything we learned about Snoke from The Rise of Skywalker Visual Dictionary

The Rise of Skywalker featured a short but massively significant revelation about Snoke: he was a creation of Palpatine! When Kylo Ren arrives on Exegol at the beginning of the film, Palpatine tells him, "I made Snoke," and Kylo then sees what looks like two other Snokes in a tank. The implication is clearly that [...]

We now have a much better idea of the timeline of the lead-up to the Star Wars sequel trilogy

We now have a much better idea of the timeline of the lead-up to the Star Wars sequel trilogy

Now that the sequel trilogy has concluded, we're finally getting a lot more clarity as to the timeline of what was happening in-between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, particularly as it pertains to the events and characters of the sequel trilogy. Thankfully, Pablo Hidalgo's Visual Dictionary for The Rise of Skywalker places [...]

The opening crawl for The Rise of Skywalker references something heard in Fortnite

The opening crawl for The Rise of Skywalker references something heard in Fortnite

****This article contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker**** The Rise of Skywalker brought back Emperor Palpatine from the dead, and here's how they did it: in the opening crawl. It was nothing more elaborate than that, and we didn't really get any further explanation in the film, but the opening crawl [...]

The Rise of Kylo Ren #1 gives us a shocking revelation about the destruction of Luke’s Temple

The Rise of Kylo Ren #1 gives us a shocking revelation about the destruction of Luke’s Temple

The Rise of Kylo Ren, a comic mini-series written by Charles Soule and drawn by Will Sliney, is a very highly-anticipated look at Ben Solo's descent to the dark side. The series promises to give us a look at Ben Solo, Luke Skywalker, Snoke, and the Knights of Ren. The first issue of the comic, [...]

Latest TV spots for The Rise of Skywalker tease “the rest” of Rey’s story

Latest TV spots for The Rise of Skywalker tease “the rest” of Rey’s story

Throughout the sequel trilogy, Rey has been wondering who she is and how she fits in to this story, waiting for her parents to return. In The Last Jedi, however, it was revealed that Rey's parents were nobodies - a fact important to remember, since Rey herself was the one who admitted this. This was [...]

Palpatine speaks to Kylo Ren in amazing new clip from The Rise of Skywalker!!!

Palpatine speaks to Kylo Ren in amazing new clip from The Rise of Skywalker!!!

Today, Star Wars decided that it might be better to try to hype up The Rise of Skywalker without bashing the previous installment (who would've thought?), and they did so by releasing a brand new clip of the upcoming film - and it's incredible! Though this clip was officially released on the Star Wars Facebook [...]