Palpatine is one cameo that I would have really disliked. Enough of his signature on every damn film. A one-dimensional character with no place in this tangent story. Same for a Hayden showing. Also super glad he wasn’t part of this. As an original fan, I’ve been bombarded with prequelisms for nearly twenty years. Glad they threw me a bone and let me enjoy the 1977 story again.
^Yeah, there were a few prequel influences here, but I’m glad they didn’t go overboard with it.