Many fans contended that JJ Abrams had something to do with the arrival of McDiarmid’s personality on the grounds that as per them, the arrival of Palpatine had not been prearranged at all into the subsequent continuation. Abrams in any case, demanded that the return had forever been a piece of the arrangement since the earliest reference point of the series.

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JJ Abrams assumes acknowledgment for the narratives of the first and last spin-offs of the Star Wars films.

The essayist and chief partook in a meeting that Star Wars had consistently made arrangements for the arrival of the ‘Sith Ruler Darth Sidious.’ “Maybe the more unusual thing would be on the off chance that Palpatine didn’t return.” Abrams had said when gotten some information about the issue in a 2019 meeting with Uproxx, preceding the arrival of Star Wars: The Ascent of Skywalker.

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