In all the months of marketing for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, no moment left a bigger impression or inspired more conversation than the final seconds of the film’s first trailer, when some familiar laughter confirmed the return of Emperor Palpatine.
Indeed, while director J.J. Abrams has suggested that Sheev’s comeback was part of his plan for the Sequel Trilogy all along, neither 2015’s The Force Awakens nor 2017’s The Last Jedi so much as hinted at the villain’s reemergence, and as it turns out, even actor Ian McDiarmid was surprised to see his character return to the fold.
Speaking to Digital Spy, the franchise veteran reflected on his supposed death scene in 1983’s Return of the Jedi, before suggesting that he never expected the Emperor to make a recovery:
“I thought I was dead! I thought he was dead. Because when we did Return of the Jedi,...
Indeed, while director J.J. Abrams has suggested that Sheev’s comeback was part of his plan for the Sequel Trilogy all along, neither 2015’s The Force Awakens nor 2017’s The Last Jedi so much as hinted at the villain’s reemergence, and as it turns out, even actor Ian McDiarmid was surprised to see his character return to the fold.
Speaking to Digital Spy, the franchise veteran reflected on his supposed death scene in 1983’s Return of the Jedi, before suggesting that he never expected the Emperor to make a recovery:
“I thought I was dead! I thought he was dead. Because when we did Return of the Jedi,...
- 12/25/2019
- by David Pountain
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