When Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was approaching its theatrical release, most fans were aware of Emperor Palpatine’s return. What they didn’t know was how it happened. Evidence of possible cloning was hinted at during the film but the details were not explored. Now with the impending novelization of the film, some of that back story is being revealed.
Secrets Revealed
Part of this is made apparent through this passage as it discusses Palpatine’s initial apparent death at the hands of Darth Vader.
Falling… falling… falling… down a massive shaft, the betrayal sharp and stinging, a figure high above, black clad and helmeted and shrinking fast. His very own apprentice had turned against him, the way he himself had turned against Plagueis…whose secret to immortality he had stolen.
So the ironic nature that his apprentice had turned on him was not lost on Palpatine. But he was also wise enough to know of that possibility. It is why he made contingency plans if such a need arose. He would not make the same mistake that Plagueis did. As the book explains:
Plagueis had not acted fast enough in his own moment of death. But Sidious, sensing the flickering light in his apprentice, had been ready for years. So the falling, dying Emperor called on all the dark power of the Force to thrust his consciousness far, far away, to a secret place he had been preparing. His body was dead, an empty vessel, long before it found the bottom of the shaft, and his mind jolted to new awareness in a new body — a painful one, a temporary one.
With that in mind, Palpatine charged his disciples to prepare a form for him. One to transfer his consciousnesses into when the time came. However, it is also revealed that an appropriate body was not ready. It This explains why he continued to look frail during his appearance in the film.
Are you excited to read the Rise of the Skywalker when it is released? From has been revealed so far, it indeed sheds light on the Emperor. Share your thoughts on the matter with us at GeekVibesNation.
Source: Comicbook.Com
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