Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker - 10 Reasons To Be Worried
6. Palpatine's Return
Fans were shocked when the first trailer confirmed the return of Emperor Palpatine and Ian McDiarmid. How was he back? And more importantly, why?
While we don't yet know how Palpatine factors in - as he could just be present as a hologram or something like that - if he really is alive and well after the events of Return of the Jedi, not only is that a huge retcon, but kind of undermines the end of that film.
Colin Trevorrow recently revealed that Palpatine's return was J.J. Abrams' idea, and didn't intend to include Palpatine if he directed the film.
On the other hand, Abrams claims that Palpatine's return was mapped out since The Force Awakens, and that it's not because of Snoke's death in The Last Jedi.
Uh...huh.
Sure.
We won't know until after seeing the film if Palpatine's conclusion is really justified, but it's unwise to bet on the answer being "yes."