How did Palpatine survive?

How did Palpatine survive 'Return of the Jedi'? The answer is as sci-fi as it gets: cloning. The catch is that he wasn't actually very good at it. Long before his death, Palpatine began studying cloning as a means of possible immortality.

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How was Palpatine still alive?

When Palpatine died, his consciousness was transferred to a clone on the planet Exegol, where he had been previously studying immortality. However, the body was too weak to hold his consciousness. So they built more clones that could be a strong vessel for him.

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Was Snoke a clone of Palpatine?

Snoke and his many copies were not a clone of any known individual the way the Clone Army soldiers were modified copies of Jango Fett. Nor was he a one-for-one recreation of a previous body like Palpatine's clone body. Snoke was an entirely new being made from scratch, and Dr.

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Did Palpatine survive the fall?

Yes, it is revealed in the Star Wars canon that Palpatine survived his fall in Return of the Jedi and went into hiding. Did Palpatine die in Return of the Jedi? Sure he did. As far as I am concerned, him being thrown into Death Star reactor did the trick.

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How did Palpatine survive the Death Star exploding?

When he fell into the reactor, he exited his body, went to Exegol and got himself into a clone. These clones didn't last long and they deteriorated rapidly, which explains why Palpatine has so many clones lying around. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Book Confirms Palpatine Was A Clone!

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The Rise of Skywalker - How Did Palpatine Survive?

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Who cheated death before Palpatine?

A Sith Lord with the ability to prevent death and create life, Plagueis is the mentor of Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious, who, in accordance to the Sith's Rule of Two, eventually betrays Plagueis by murdering him in his sleep, taking his place as Sith Master.

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Who killed Palpatine in the last Jedi?

Having covertly turned Kylo Ren—Anakin's grandson and Luke's nephew—to the dark side, Palpatine orders Ren to find and kill Rey, the last remaining Jedi and Palpatine's paternal granddaughter. Palpatine is ultimately defeated and destroyed by Rey.

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Is Rey a clone of Palpatine?

In the film, we learned that Rey was a Palpatine, and her father was a clone of the infamous Sith Lord. However, it did raise the question of why would Palpatine let one of his clones escape especially since he was later revealed to be a failed clone.

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Who is Anakin's dad?

Anakin Skywalker is the son of Shmi Skywalker, born without a father through the Force. He is the secret husband of Padmé Amidala, the father of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, the father-in-law of Han Solo, and the maternal grandfather of Ben Solo.

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Why didn't they clone Anakin?

Why didn't Palpatine just have Anakin cloned? For the same reason Palpatine's clone (Rey's father) was a discard. A clone is not guaranteed to have the same force ability as the original. Palpatine cloned himself AND passed on his powers.

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Why is Snoke deformed?

According to The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary (2019), Snoke's physical appearance was purposefully designed by Palpatine to ensure his species remained unidentifiable. Furthermore, Snoke's reluctance to meet in person with his First Order underlings helped conceal the fact that he was an artificial being.

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How is Rey related to Palpatine?

2019's 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' revealed Rey to be the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine.

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Is Jar Jar a Sith Lord?

Darth Jar Jar, known to most as Jar Jar Binks, was a Gungan Sith Lord. He survived the Battle of Naboo and became a Representative of Naboo, when he helped to give Darth Sidious emergency powers. After the fall of the Galactic Empire, he forced a small alien named Snoke under his evil wing.

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Why isn t Kylo Ren a Darth?

Even though Kylo Ren uses a red lightsaber, harnesses the dark side of the Force, and wears a cape, he is not a Sith. Because of that, he can never hold the title of Darth.

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Which Jedi trained Yoda?

N'Kata Del Gormo was a Force-sensitive male Hysalrian Jedi Master who lived during the times of the Galactic Republic. According to legend, he found and trained Yoda and a Force-sensitive Human friend.

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Who is the most powerful Jedi?

Master Yoda has risen above all others to claim the top spot as the most powerful Jedi of all time and the true chosen one according to IGN's audience. He won pretty handily as well, as he was victorious in 89,756 of his 95,243 battles and had a win percentage of 94.2%.

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Who is Obi Wan's brother?

In the original Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi screenplay, Obi-Wan did have a brother, and it was none other than Owen Lars (Joel Edgerton)—Luke Skywalker's step-uncle and Anakin's step-brother.

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Why did Rey call herself Skywalker?

Following Palpatine's final defeat and her own resurrection, Rey adopts the name Rey Skywalker to honor her mentors and their family legacy and renounce her lineage. As the last remaining Jedi, she makes it her mission to rebuild the Jedi Order.

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Did Luke know Ben Kenobi?

When Luke hears R2-D2's prerecorded message from Princess Leia, he clocks that she's looking for Obi-Wan Kenobi. He doesn't know an Obi-Wan, but he does know a Ben Kenobi, who he calls a "strange, old hermit," and he brings R2-D2 and C-3PO to meet him.

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Is Rey technically a Sith?

Born in 15 ABY on the planet Hyperkarn, Rey was the daughter of a young man and woman, whose names were lost to history. Her father, Dathan, was the cloned "son," a bioengineered strandcast, of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, making her the granddaughter of the fallen Galactic Emperor and Dark Lord of the Sith.

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Is Rey pregnant with Ben's baby?

She does not have a baby bump, her hand never goes to her stomach to indicate she's carrying a child, and there wasn't exactly any time for her to have conceived a child with anyone in the course of the film, including Kylo Ren/Ben Solo.

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Is Kylo Ren and Rey Palpatine cousins?

What is the connection between Kylo Ren and Rey? As Kylo Ren himself says in The Rise of Skywalker, he and Rey are bonded not just by their familial legacies (Ren as the grandson of Darth Vader and Rey as the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine) but by their unique connection in the Force.

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Who killed Yoda?

He died of old age on Dagobah. Fans of Jedi Master Yoda likely know that he retains much of his power even after passing into the Living Force.

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Who killed Kylo Ren?

Kylo Ren dies on Kef Bir (the ocean moon of Endor) shortly after Rey deals a mortal wound during a lightsaber duel on the wreckage of the second Death Star. Though Rey Force-heals him, saving his life physically, this blow, coupled with the memory of his mother and father, destroys the man known as “Kylo Ren” forever.

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Who did Palpatine have a kid with?

One could theorize that he bore a child through some sort of space artificial insemination, or something closer to what we've seen in canon Star Wars material. In the canon comic Darth Vader No. 25, it is revealed that Palpatine somehow used the Force to manipulate midichlorions to impregnate Shmi Skywalker.

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