I am kind of surprised about the Palpatine talk here.

Yes, he is back… and he somehow still has his physical body despite what happened in ROTJ.

This is one of the big reveals upsetting the fans right now. This and one other thing related to Palpatine.

Also, the spoiler rumor discussing how this could be states that it is either not explained in the film or the explanation is ambiguous at best.

But I don’t see how Palpatine being back can even be a question at this point as he clearly has his body in the trailer at the 54 second mark and the 1 minute; 58 second mark.

Abrams isn’t exactly hiding it. McDiarmid’s name is on the poster.

A picture that leaked on Thursday which Disney forced to be taken down really puts all the speculation to rest.