Did George plan on brining Palpatine back in any of his many Sequel Trilogy ideas?
No
Ah, thank you. I think I was confused with George/Lucasfilm giving Tom Veitch permission to bring Palpatine back via cloning for the Dark Empire stories.
A far superior story, and executed so much than TROS, despite Dark Empire’s own issues and problems with getting a finale at all
George wasn’t the one who gave Tom Veitch permission.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsEU/comments/vso18w/lucy_autrey_wilson_creator_director_of_the/