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My name is Prince, and I am an Urban Acolyte.
In this video I am going to give you 5 ways that Emperor Palpatine could return in Star
Wars episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker.
Now if you haven't seen it, I posted a video a few days ago about a theory connecting Snoke
and Palpatine--it basically claimed that Snoke actually was Palpatine.
I debunked that theory, because it ignored stuff that is canon about Snoke--but I said
if the video had at least 10,000 views, I would make this video giving 5 ways that Palpatine
could actually return that make sense.
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Okay-- I'm going to jump right into my list.
The first way I can see Palpatine returning is in holorecordings-- so this is a case of
not wanting to repeat past mistakes.
Palpatine was arguably at the height of his power when things took a turn for the worst--the
Rebellion pulled itself together and gained their first major victory in the Battle of
Scariff---they went on to destroy the first Death Star and 4 years later, what was left
of the Empire was sent retreating into the Unknown Regions to lick their wounds and rebuild.
Now if we're going through holorecordings, it seems to me that you're looking for some
kind of weapon or a plan for how Palpatine planned to defeat the Rebellion.
This seems like it would involve more military strategy, so that storyline seems like it
would involve General Hux moreso than Kylo Ren--also, if it involved something related
to the Force, I don't think Hux would be all that interested.
So that brings me to my next reason for Palpatine's return--and that would be as part of a Sith
Holocron-- so this reason ties back to some of my older videos where I said Kylo Ren would
probably defeat Snoke to take his place as the head of the First Order--with no one to
teach Kylo Ren more about the dark side of the Force, he could go seeking more knowledge
which would lead him to the Dark Lord who, like him, also ruled the Galaxy and fought
against Rebel forces.
If Palpatine's holocron passed on the details of not only Palpatine's contingency plan,
but Palpatine's ultimate plan that he attempted to carry out after learning all of his master's
secrets, then it would tie the Prequels and the Original Trilogy together if Kylo Ren
also sought to discover the secrets of immortality and how to unleash the full power of the dark
side of the Force.
Now the next two ways that Palpatine could return involve some form of possession.
This one comes from the recents stories in the Star Wars comic books about an ancient
Sith Lord named Momin.
Lord Momin was some kind of twisted artisit who created these works of art to honor the
dark side of the Force.
Momin attempted to created this monument that was going to be like his "Mona Lisa," but
he was stopped by the Jedi, and he allegedly died in the process.
What actually happened is that Momin's life force was somehow contained to his mask even
though his physical body was destroyed.
Momin resurfaces in the "Vader's Fortress" storyline when Momin's mask comes up with
the design to Vader's castle on Mustafar.
That castle was built on top of a Sith shrine that was some kind of nexus for the dark side.
Momin actually tricked Vader so that he could open a door where he was able to resurrect
his physical body.
Now in that series, we learn that Palpatine possessed the mask, and Palpatine exchanged
knowledge with Lord Momin.
Later, we also learn that Palpatine kept Momin's mask along with other Sith artificacts on
one of his Naboo yachts that was stolen by Lando Calirissian just before Lando became
the governor of Cloud City.
This story is told in a limited series Lando comic book where we first learned that Momin's
mask can possess people who even come in contact with the mask without wearing it.
So in these two ways Palpatine could return-- just like how Momin created some weapon of
mass destruction created to serve the dark side-- Palpatine died from being thrown into
the reactor of the Death Star in Return of the Jedi-- the Rebel fleet also managed to
destroy the Death Star, and you can see part of the focusing dish in the trailer for episode
9.
George Lucas confirmed that Palpatine died in Return of the Jedi--but how do we know
that his consciousness wasn't trapped in some piece of the Death Star or in some artifact
that was in his posession when he was killed?
So it's possible that a piece of salvage, or some artifact continues to house Palpatine's
consciousness--this could then possess people who come near that artifact, or like with
Momin's mask--if someone wore Momin's mask, Momin would take their life force and basically
posses their body.
So there's a difference there-- the people who were possessed by coming near Momin's
mask--they were corrupted by the dark side, but if someone actually wore Momin's mask,
Momin's conciousness would take over their body.
So the thing about Palpatine's consciousness being preserved in some artificat, apparently
there are ways to resurrect Palpatine--the way Momin did.
Now could this involve some ritual?
Who knows--but Vader destroyed the ruins on Mustafar after he found that he was unable
to resurrect Padme.
Okay--so I'm gonna count the two methods of possession as one way Palpatine could return--
so the fourth way Palpatine could return is as some kind of fake ghost-- now I'm saying
a fake ghost because Sith cannot become Force ghosts, according to George Lucas.
Darth Bane appeared as a ghost to Yoda when he travelled to the Sith world, Morriband,
in a Clone Wars episode, but that was not a true Force Ghost.
Yoda was undergoing trials conducted by the Force Priestesses on his quest to unlock the
secret to preserve your conciousness beyond death.
Yoda saw Bane's ghost as part of his trial, and this was created by some kind of Force
magic, or sorcery-- now I think the magic of the Night Sisters would also allow people
to commune or speak with the dead, so I'm not ruling out Palpatine returning as some
kind of ghost, but it wouldn't be like a Force ghost that we see with Yoda, Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon,
or Anakin--and if you didn't know, Qui-Gon is now able to materialize a body as a force
ghost.
This is something that was recently updated in the current canon.
Okay--so the final way that Palpatine could return is through a straight up resurrection.
I'll be honest-- I actually think that Palpatine is going to somehow be resurrected in Episode
9.
I know that I said I didn't believe Palpatine would be in the movie--but if there is some
kind of ultimate evil that must be stopped that could require Rey and Kylo Ren to work
together even though the First Order and the REsistance are in this big war---it makes
the most sense that they are having to stop Palpatine from accomplishing what he really
set out to do from the very beginning.
This is how you truly tie all of the stories together--from the prequels to the sequels.
If you're not up on what actually is canon--well, I think it would require an entire video to
do on its own-- I've talked about this in previous videos about Darth Plagueis.
I'll say this--whatever you thought about Darth Plagueis, if it's not from canon, forget
it.
All the stuff about "cheating death" that Palpatine said in Revenge of the Sith-- Palpatine
was lying to Anakin.
Think about it-- Anakin is worried about Padme and their child dying, so Palpatine is telling
Anakin exactly what he wanted to hear.
If you read the Tarkin novel--Palpatine literally lays out his grand plan-- he needed the Chosen
One to be on his side so that there would not be anyone to stop him on his quest for
unlimited power--also, think about that line"Unlimited Power"-- this is what Palpatine was actually
after-- he thought, with the Jedi out of the way, he was finally going to complete his
quest to attain unlimited power.
This is what Plagueis was actually seeking.
When Plagueis learned the final secret, Palpatine killed him, and then Palpatine constructed
his plan to accomplish it-- but he kept coming up short.
If you guys want, I can go into more detail and lay out why I think Palpatine would be
ressurected--so that he can finally achieve unlimited power--and it would also make sense
why there is a Sith cult looking to serve him as some kind of god of the dark side.
So if you guys want to hear my thoughts on all that-- yo, first let me know in the comment
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in on the conversation here-- sound good?
So those are my thoughts-- 5 ways that Palpatine can return in Episode 9 that actually make
sense.
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