Thanks, Snooker!

@Starkiller
I mean, it would basically imply that the same amount as Ascendant does. But no version of the movie makes it 100% unambiguously clear that he won’t return. I mean he basically spelled out he won’t but even then it isn’t 100%.

I like the idea that Nev had to make it clear that it’s Exegol itself, and specifically the Sith Throne (maybe acting as a conduit for this powerful nexus of the dark side), is Palpatine’s secret to cheating death. So if an edit were to accomplish that vision of having Rey deflect Palpatine’s lightning at the throne and destroying it, it would make that clear. I think the Force ghosts appearing in Ascendant helps with that too, but that it would make a difference in keeping Palpatine from returning again is still just implied. And honestly, the potential of Palpatine just returning again seems like a logical question people in-universe might ask if he apparently has learned how to cheat death.

But the point is that it doesn’t matter if Palpatine comes back again or not. Palpatine coming back was worst-case scenario. This isn’t trying to say the exact same thing is gonna happen every 30 years. Some bad thing will eventually threaten peace in the galaxy again. Palpatine is the embodiment of evil, so he just kind of represents that for the Skywalker Saga. And this is the end of the Skywalker Saga so I agree this should be the end of Palpatine too.