Empire Magazine continues to give us cool nuggets of information regarding the Prequel Trilogy and apparently, the Sequel Trilogy as well. Whether you were for Palpatine’s return in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, or against it, actor Ian McDiarmid says that a return was in line with the character. He says, “Palpatine always had a plan B.”
“The thing that I’m most pleased about, and you know, this only came to a head when they asked me to come back for The Rise Of Skywalker, is that every single evil act in all of the Star Wars franchise is either directly or indirectly down to that character. That is total evil, and that’s strangely satisfying as an arc. I do feel fortunate to have been able to do it — and other villains of cinema now have to compete with that.”
“A lot of people said it was ridiculous. Of course, he was dead at the end of Return Of The Jedi! And frankly, I think George thought he’d killed me too. But J.J. thought it would be a good idea — I wasn’t going to argue with him.
I felt that Palpatine always had a plan B — probably a plan C, D, E, and F as well. And he was an expert in cloning, so…”
While there is nothing being revealed that is “earth shattering”, it is still a nice look back at a great time in pop culture history and the key players’ thoughts then and now.
