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Post #1419820

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Jar Jar Bricks
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Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker Redux Ideas thread
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Date created
25-Mar-2021, 5:24 PM

Anakin Starkiller said:

Palpatine needed to be brought back. By bringing him back this ties the entire Skywalker saga together and gives IX a sense of true finality; he also needed to be related to Rey, to reinforce her toxic core belief that she is worthless. It also pays off RotS, in which he was set up to have a power to keep himself alive in a way Plagueis couldn’t.

I agree that Palpatine needed to be brought back for basically the reasons Abrams said in the quote you linked to. Star Wars isn’t the story of Anakin, it’s the story of Palpatine and those who fought against him. Not having him would make the Sequels feel like some unnecessary epilogue rather than a natural continuation.

That said, Rey being his granddaughter is dumb.

It’s called the Skywalker Saga, not the Palpatine Saga. But as stated previously, I do appreciate his appearance in the film. I’d take George Lucas’ word over what the Star Wars saga is supposed to be about over JJ any day of the week.