10 Dumbest Things In Star Wars: Sequel Trilogy
1. Somehow, Palpatine Returned - Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise Of Skywalker
Cheating death wasn't anything new in the Star Wars universe before the events of Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.
But even with Darth Sidious suffering a somewhat similar fate to the eventually returning Darth Maul during Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, it was largely accepted that the Emperor wasn't going to pull a Maul and return from the grave.
Even George Lucas let Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid know that the powerful Sith was definitely "dead" after his Death Star fall (via Digital Spy at 2:33 in the clip below).
But somehow, Palpatine did ultimately return, and in doing so J. J. Abrams and co. provided Star Wars with one of its dumbest-ever developments - along with one of the most idiotic lines in movie history.
Oscar Isaac deserved better, dammit.
In a move that absolutely no one understandably saw coming, it was revealed that Palpatine's essence had survived the fall and been transferred into a clone body on Exegol.
On top of feeling like the worst kind of nostalgia, Palpatine's return also completely undermined the sequels' other big bad Snoke after it was revealed - as already noted - that he was just being used as the Emperor's stupid puppet this whole time.
If that wasn't bad enough, this unwanted resurrection undid one of the greatest moments of the entire Skywalker Saga, too, with Vader's stepping back towards the light and killing of Palpatine to save his son ultimately meaning far less in the wake of this dumb return of the Sith.
If only someone told Abrams and the gang not to... do it!