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In the novelization, Rey is trying to fake out the Emperor during the Sith Ritual on Exegol, she gets a vivid vision of her grandfather’s past. Return of the Jedi led the powerful Force user to “thrust his consciousness” into a clone body. But, it would turn out that the “transfer was imperfect” and the Sith present for the transfer decided to get another host ready for Palpatine’s “consciousness.”
You want more crazy news? Well it gets more interesting. The editor of the movie apparently cut out some of Palpatines backstory to help Rise of Skywalker’s runtime. This is what he said to the Huntington Post about that:
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