Does Palpatine's Return Ruin Anakin's Redemption - Star Wars Explained Weekly Q&A
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Does Palpatine's return diminish Anakin's sacrifice? Will Snoke be mentioned at all in The Rise of Skywalker? These questions and more answered in this week's Q&A!
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Palpatine: *returns in Episode IX*
Force Ghosts: “How many times do we have to keep TEACHING you this LESSON, OLD MAN!?” *proceeds to kick the crap out of him*
Mace Windu shows up as a Force ghost just so he can quote Pulp Fiction and then kick Palpatine in the crotch.
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Mace Windu: "Anakin, I talked to Chancellor Palpatine for you. I used your name."
This made me laugh so hard! I needed this today! Thank you! 😂😂😂
So you like kicking buts huh old man???
If Anakin came back, I'd like for him to have interaction with Ben Solo. Help him in his journey towards redemption. Ben Solo is a part of the Skywalker legacy. He should "finish what he started".
@Zif McNarly In the meantime Anakin killed younglings, betrayed Mace, choked his pregnant wife and more yet got redeemed. Vader didn't regret anything until he met Luke, Kylo shows regret. Sorry but SW isn't real life. If he shows these signs it's obvious he's getting redeemed.
@Morgoth Bauglir The thing about Kylo killing Han is that at first you can see he's genuinely being convinced to leave with him but in the end he wants power because in his mind power = no more pain. No one can hurt him. But he loved Han and the act left him even more conflicted and weakened instead. Then he couldn't bring himself to kill Leia. We're shown this to see that there is still hope for Ben Solo and what is Star Wars about if not hope. But I personally believe he's going to go live somewhere far off where he can live in peace, perhaps with Rey.
Morgoth Bauglir Family or random younglings, both are pretty horrible acts of murder for anyone to commit, it shouldn’t matter. Ben’s possible redemption is just as justifiable if it could happen to Anakin. I do agree that the redemption angle has been done too much, we will see.
@Morgoth Bauglir Padme died of sadness because of his actions therefore he killed family
Get over it
there is no redemption for Kylo Ren. stop trying
I personally think that what made Palpatine's return in Legends so aggravating was the fact he was resurrected and had a storage of clones of himself and could jump to each body just like that. What J.J. seems to be doing (at least from the trailers) is that he barely managed to survive by pulling a Maul and is forcing himself to remain in the world of the living through the Dark Side and that chair is some sort of life support for his crippled body.
Is that any better it's the same thing, Palpy's back and Vader died for nothing it really does matter what explanation they use to justify it. Whether it's cloned or he's just strong in the dark side it's still the same problem.
@@starwars90001 The best way for the writers to honor Anakin's sacrifice is to make a point that when Palpatine is finally put down for good, even if it's not by Anakin's ghost picking him up and throwing him down a deeper pit, is that it only happened because the Empire fractured and collapsed due to Palpatine's first death. However Palps comes back, he almost certainly has less troops and resources at his command than he did when he died (even if he has a secret ice fleet or whatever). And that is only possible because Anakin killed him the first time.
@Geralt of Trivia He literally died defending his son, that was the most Jedi thing to do. Now that doesn't matter because the new movies get rid of the old movies.
That's way stupider though. We literally saw the entire Death Star II get blown to dust and he was at the center of it. Plus that means Anakin never even killed him so he never destroyed the Sith. At lease the Legends thing makes more sense given how readily he had access to cloning tech and how he and Plagueis were obsessed with immortality, and technically there Anakin did at least kill him.
I know some are clearly bothered by the return of Palpatine. Totally understand. That said, if they are bringing him back, they should just lean into it. Don't concern yourself with how it "ruins" or "negates" the earlier episodes. For one, I don't think it negates anything if he survived ROTJ. I see a lot of people asking why Palpatine was biding his time all the years between the OT and ST. I think we need to have bigger imaginations here.
There's any number of ways to bring Palpatine in late in the ST. One way I can see, keeping things simple, is to just say he survived the fall in ROTJ, but was gravely wounded. Perhaps he sought out the help of Snoke to survive. He could teach Snoke his big secret. How to save someone from death. Snoke saved, but kept Palpatine sidelined. Once Snoke was eliminated, Palpatine was freed to make a return. That would explain Palpatine surviving, tie to ROTS, and ease him into the ST. That's just one idea of doubtless many that could work to bring him back in a logical way. I'll reserve final judgment for after I see TROS, but it's certainly possible and not that hard to do.
The Skywalker Saga was the friends we made along the way.
Notice how they haven't shown Palpatine's face. Two theories:
1 - He looks like regular Palps from before his face got messed up, since a clone wouldn't have the scarred face; or
2 - They are intentionally misleading us, and it's not him at all.
I mean, we know what the Emperor looks like, so why hide his face?
Question: Did Anakin winning the Boonta Eve podrace bring him any fame or prestige later in life?
That was just a set up or preview to show his skill as a pilot
Bit of a silly question for Fallen Order, but considering the Inquisitors were former Jedi, do you think there could be any dialogue between them and Cal Kestus related to that? (i.e. maybe Cal knew one of them before Order 66 happened)
Maybe? But most likely not? Especially since Kal was so young at the time. Though... he may remember them, which could be interesting if he had looked up to one of them. But with their ages, Id think the inquisitors wouldnt remember him in turn. Still... might make for a neat dialogue exchange
Q/A: Do you think part of Sidious’s revival could have to do with whatever Plagueis’s canon version of the life-preserving technique was? Perhaps he used that to sort of linger on like Voldemort in Harry Potter until he could be fully revived/resurrected?
Personally Id say that his life-preserving techniques would be more connected to mother Talzin. But I think thats mainly because we have had more screentime and depth to see her connection and powers. Including one that let her evade death even though her physical form had been destroyed
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Even if Sith can't be the ethereal force ghosts (as George Lucas mandates), in the old legends and even in recent stories, they have a vengeful spirit that get entombed in locations and objects of power, its why Korriban was such a place of power. What if Palpatine, after finding out about the Jedi's research into Force Ghosts, and the research of Darth Plagius put into place mechanisms to ensure a resurrection... insert a cult, an sith artifact, a location of power, and maybe a cloning lab and a lot of failed attempts later.
In SW The Old Republic game, there was a whole tomb of Sith spirits causing all sorts of havoc trying to get back to living.
In TFA Kylo says to the Vader helmet “I will finish what you started”, do you think they can retcon this to mean “kill Palpatine/end the Sith/bring balance”?
I've wondered the same thing!
No; Vader never finished his bowl of soup before going to meet Luke on Endor. Kylo wants that soup
I have a headcanon that Kylo has been hearing his grandfather's voice say "finish what I started". Kylo assumed it meant galactic domination. What it actually meant was "finish off the Emperor & bring balance"
@@meganofsherwood3665
This. I like this one.
You people need to learn what a retcon is
Is it still possible Kylo might explore Vader's castle in Ep. IX or would that be too many locations for 1 film ?
The film is over two and a half hours long and just taking a look at all the locations in Revenge of the sith I don’t think Rise of Skywalker has reached a “limit of planets” yet
0:47 "A prophecy that misread could have been." - Yoda. It doesn't change Anakin's redemption but I don't really buy the prophecy and the Jedi's interpretation of it.
Well said
Except Lucas said Anakin is the chosen one. Had he not said it, then I’m open to it changing.
@@vermontmike9800 Anakin brought balance and destroyed the religious order known as the Sith. But the prophecy doesn't say it would be permanent. And prophecies can have multiple fulfillments.
I mean Obi Wan referred to Luke as theChosen One in Rebels when Maul was dying. It was never just Anakin (since he never would have turned and killed palps without Luke). I think it’s just a case of Anakin’s line being Chosen. Now, when Kylo and Rey finish the job the prophecy will be fulfilled, because it’s through the Skywalker line. Hence the title of the movie.
Joe Kerr but it only lasted 30 years? Nah, something that gets its own prophecy should be longer than 30 years.
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I wonder if we will see DJ in The Rise Of Skywalker. He just disappeared at the end of The Last Jedi and we haven’t heard anything about him.
Nah, I think he served his purpose. But I think he will be mentioned.
I personally doubt that. They already have too many characters to think about, all have to get some screentime, it's pretty hard to pull off.
The last time we say him is where Finn says to him "it's on!" After he's been captured
@Chicago Critic Gerald was that the guy with the stutter?
Man_without_fear yes he is.
Killing Palpatine is not Anakin’s act of redemption. Saving his son is.
@SMG Hero Disney is making either Rey or Kylo the chosen one 🤦♂️
@@Yair642002 No, Anakin is still the Chosen One. They're not touching that.
@@Yair642002 no, Lucasfilm MIGHT be, they make the films, remember?
@SMG Hero we are not talking about the prophecy, we are talking about his personal redemption.
SMG Hero Actually, the prophecy said Anakin will bring balance to the Force. Which he will, through his progeny.
But we weren’t talking about the prophecy.
Q&A: Which film has your favourite novelisation and are the original novelisations for Episodes I - VI still Canon (eg: Mathew Stover's version of Revenge of the Sith from 2005)? Attempt 2
Jedi Spartan 38 George Lucas stated around the time the Jedi Apprentice books came out and fans were pinning him down about Owen being Obi-Wans birth brother, as it was mentioned many times, and was originally mentioned in the Novelization of ROTJ that the only canon is the movies. He also stated that Maul was cut in half because he felt that way some idiot wouldn't try to bring him back. But, you know, that's just George Lucas.
Would you guys like to see some form of game/movie/series showing General Grevious with his original, brutal, and intimidating presence similar to how the first Clone Wars series depected him back in 2002/2003?
I love your shirt, Mollie! Also I love you and Alex talking about Star Wars. It always makes my day. 🥰
"You come at the Emperor, you best not miss", "Palpatine comin!"... Love the call back to the Wire, Alex LMAO!
How do you think Saw Garerra will be used in Fallen Order, and what do you think about the use of his character overall so far?
Love those sessions. Great job.
Q/A: What elements that you've always wanted in an Indie film that you would you like to see in Indie 5? What could the main treasure Jones will have to sniff out? Any ideas on the title?
It doesn't undo any of Anakin's sacrifice. The sacrifice was about the action he took, not the end result. Anakin believed he was sacrificing himself to defeat the emperor and save his son - Palpatine somehow surviving doesn't diminish what Anakin did. It's like saying if you jumped in front of a bullet to save someone but the bullet went through you and killed the person behind you that your sacrifice had no value or meaning.
The prophesy says that Anakin would destroy the sith so if Palpatine comes back, the sith come back and the prophesy has no worthiness.
@@lapsedits9017 Actually, the Prophecy says that Anakin would bring balance to the force, which he did - by killing all the Jedi and Sith, leaving Luke to start the Jedi Order and Snoke to bring a resurgence for the Dark Side, which now leads us to their being one "Jedi" (Rey) and one "Sith" (Kylo Ren). Anakin still brought balance, even if Palpatine managed to claw his way out of the grave.
😑 Kylo Ren isn't a Sith. He's something new because Anakin destroyed the sith. That's what's stated in canon.
@@lapsedits9017 that's why I used Air Quotes. Ren represents the Dark Side as the Sith did, Rey represents the Light side as the Jedi did.
Where are the "Hera and Zeb blobs" in the trailer? I cannot find anything that points them out.
Q/A: Palpatine is a smart man who is always ahead. He has a plan for everything to go right, and a contingency plan if anything goes wrong. His master plan had begun in The Phantom Menace, and will finaly be derailed in The Rise of Skywalker. But my question is- do you think Palpatine had a plan to resurect himself in the case Mace Windu had killed him in Revenge of the Sith? How do you think the galaxy would react?
I think Palpatine was confident that Anakin would step in. It was the whole reason for the fight.
So if he has a plan for everything, what's his plan if/when he gets killed in TROS?
If the destroyers and maybe _The Eclipse_ is under the frozen icepool then how is the personal operating it without freezing, starving or dying of dehydration? Maybe the ships are completely waterproof and that's why they're still functioning but I cant see any tunnels or transports leading up and down. And after looking at that part of the trailer I see what looks like factories built off the ice.
I don't think it undermines Anakin's redemption. It would be a strange message to send, to say that Anakin was redeemed by killing someone. But rather his redemption is the act of saving his son at the cost of his life.
Great video, Thanks!!!💖
What I think is that anakin thought he killed palapatine, or was his redemption saving luke.
To me anakin redemption was his sacrifice to save his son and not kill palpatine, palpatine was just a bonus.
If you don’t see a body then he’s alive, I mean the Sith can be insanely powerful by conjuring their anger to avoid highly death and palpatine is powerful.
If anakin can live by being burned alive by lava, then palpatine can live as well.
I think Dave Filoni should direct The Old Republic triology.. give him the chance, he had it in his thoughts in the Clone Wars series.
Q/A: If there is any character you would like to be given the Maul treatment (coming back from an explicit death) who would it be?
I mostly want to see Anakin's force ghost slap the angst out of Kylo personally.
also id love it if someone stood on force ghost jabba's tail
I really don't think it ruins his sacrifice... He died to save his son, which still happens; and I see it as Jesus's sacrifice, and just because sin is still around, doesn't mean Jesus's sacrifice was for nothing....
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Hmmmmm, never thought about the Jesus parallel even though they're both chosen ones. But it makes sense, after Jesus the world pretty much felt the same way. But his followers still see him as the chosen one.
perhaps Palpatine will return in a similar way to Voldemort in The Goblet of Fire; in a very weak body perhaps by utilizing Sith alchemy, needing an item connected to his death like Vader's helmet to fully resurrect him fully, hence we see Rey and Kylo destroying it.
Obi-wan being a force ghost didn’t ruin his sacrifice, this isn’t any different. He’s probably going to be closer to Lord Momin, in the sense that it’s an echo of his power imprinted into an object, with the potential to posses people and drain their power.
Phantom Menace. Who was it? It was Sidious being a "phantom."
What if Sidious has been a Phantom the whole time?
Like... What if he's the Sith Emperor from Old Rep? Just body hoping like quantum leap?
I don't necessarily think that will be the direction they take, but still, tying Ep 9 to the title of Ep 1 would be pretty neat cohesion.
@@patrickramseyart I thought about it. Ok Palps is tossed down the tower spires shaft. Not necessarily into the reactor core. As he would be falling a lot longer than what he was. Where I think he poofed himself into the force. While Sith can't be force ghosts. If say he used some type of Sith power to cheat death, which is what Vader n he were searching for according to ROTS.
I dunno. Just having fun.
Thanks for answering my question! Love the show and channel! And for future reference, my name is pronounced like 'sigh' 😅
Q/A Is there an in universe reason for all the Star Wars accents like British/Australian
No, it doesn't. It is the same thing with Holdo. Vader does what he does to save Luke. It was an a act of love. If it was an anger kill, then there is no lesson. So, Palpatine being alive doesn't change this.
Holdo did what she did to save the resistance. Finn was all about "not letting his enemies win".
Anyways i think Palpatine is a red Herring, it will be instrumental for the plot; but the movie won't be about him.
Question for next time: what are your thoughts on SW possibly having a Disney Plus show formatted similar to the 80s “Amazing Stories” series format. (i.e. half hour shows each week that do not connect to each other)?
Mike H. Too creative for Disney.
can someone give me a link to the image where people are saying they see hera and zeb in the new TROS trailer? I scanned that scene and I don't see anything
Q/A: Could Palpatine be rebuilt with General Grievous parts?
Not really a question based on konwledge or opinion, but could you do a room tour of your new bureau/house? I believe there would be much interesting and cool stuff to see.
PS: You two are awesome :)
y’all gotta add music to these things
Well Greg Grunberg played Snap Wesley from aftermath
I mean, Palpatine could take the ole momin route. Their is a precedent for disney to experiment with ideas for future movies in comics and TV shows to gauge fan reactions. Momin binding himself to his helmet and then creating a darkside portal to build himself a new body was out there, yes, but also fairly well received. So i think it's very possible that we'll see palpatine come back in a simular fashion. Maybe instead of a mask, palpatine bound himself to a ring and used snoke to build or find what he needed to come back in a physical body, but their where unforeseen complications, ( like snoke attacking him when he tried to transfer the ring to his new body or the process was not complete or whatnot.) that made him physically weaker than he should have been and so thats why he's bound to a chair using life support to keep functioning. i think that would keep anikins sacrifice intact while still allowing ole papls to meddle.
Could you make a video on the RULES of Star Wars ? Ex. Siths can’t be force ghosts ?
Anyone know where the Hera and Zeb "blobs" are in the trailer?
Q/A: do you think that the shot of Rey and Kylo smashing Vader's helmet could be on the Colossus? Its interior on the upper levels is both that typical imperial design and is all white, just like the room in the trailer
Q and A question
If Vader ever died, could Palpatine have ever taken an inquisitor as an apprentice?
Q/A: In the Last Jedi, Luke mentions to Rey that he is the last of the Jedi Religion, and did not take students until he was ready. Does this mean that he encounters Ahsoka Tano and Ezra Bridger, the only two last known surviving members of the Jedi Religion during the 30 year gap? Does this also mean that Ahsoka and Ezra are dead, since they are technically part of the Religion, since Luke is *the last jedi* ?
If Palpatine is ACTUALLY back, then I think we need to see Anakin and Luke force ghosts and they have to be key to his defeat.
Thanks, Alex! Thanks, Mollie! 😊
Emperor falling down shaft: I'll be in touch! Hahahahahahahaaaaa!!! *BOOM*
Weekly QnA: do you think that the dead trandoshan woman and human corpse that Vi Moradi sees in the temple in the novel "black spire" are Winloss and Nokk from doctor Aphra?
Q/A With D&D out of making their star wars trilogy, who do u think would be good to make an old republic trilogy? Personally, i think Dave Filoni would be the perfect director
Alfonso Cuarón, just my $.02
17:18 one of my favorite movies.....
The Force Ghost Popup close to the end of the fight, Yoda traded his cane for a bat, Obi-Wan(played by Ewan) is wrapping his fists like a boxer, and Anakin is just cracking his knuckles like "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man"
Hey Alex I was wondering where you saw that zeb and Hera were spotted in the trailer been searching but can't find it anywhere
Q&A: why do only some clone troopers customise their armour? Obviously the BTS reason is to distinguish characters for the audience’s sake but what about in universe? Could it be some kind of award for a trooper to design their own markings instead of just using the standard for each legion?
Werner Herzog.....
...Weiner Hotdog?😂😂😂
Great Q&A again folks. I think bringing Sheev back just about requires you to have Anakin involved in some way also but who knows and I am not getting my hopes up.
What if they bring him back as the first Sith Force ghost?
What if they bring him back like they did in the video game with recorded messages?
I'd be down for a Force Ghost Army VS Palpatine Ghost battle.
Perhps Palpatine always knew how to live on/cheat death and he never taught Vader.
Loving the Porg in the pumpkin
Q/A: Will we see Egg Man from the Star Wars Tales story "Marooned" in Episode 9?
How do you guys feel about the people who can’t respect anyone else’s opinion? Example there are a lot of people who like the last Jedi but there are others who tell them off and how would you deal with them?
People should debates facts, not opinions. Opinions should be part of a conversation.
Mollie 17:05 GOLD... :D
Where is the image that supposedly shows Zeb and Hera?
I totally agree with Alex
I have my own personal theory that Rey and Kylo are reincarnations of the Daughter and Son of Mortis, and that Anakin’s choice to leave Mortis placed the force out of balance in favor of the Sith, and he only temporarily brought it back in to balance in the Return of the Jedi. I can only hope that he somehow makes a return in the Rise of Skywalker to bring it back into balance permanently, perhaps cementing his place in the Father’s role as keeper of the balance.
My ideal scenario is when the chips are down , Palpatine tells Ben & Rey that all hope is lost. He hands their ass to them. He tells them that they’re alone and no one will help them. Then you hear a voice in the distance, “No, he’s not”. Then appears Luke, Obi-Wan, Yoda, and lastly, Anakin. Anakin looks at his grandson, smiling, and tells him, “Let’s finish what was started”. In a combined team effort, they use their powers to finally wipe Palpatine from existence. Finally and truly bringing balance to the force.
I love that with Werner Herzog, we finally get a Parks and Rec actor in Star wars.
I think a World Between World's link would be awesome
28:10 the Eclipse could be a modified & more build up version of the Super Star Destroyer.
Q&A: In ROTS, Obi-Wan tells Artoo to activate elevator #31174. My question is, why did the Invisible Hand need so many elevators?
Question - if I want to read the main line comics while prepping for IX, where do I start and what comics do I read? I'm super new to comics but I want to try them out!
Star Wars 2015 series is the main run, alongside the 2015 Darth Vader series.
Then there's the Poe Dameron series.
After Vader 2015 there's Doctor Aphra and the Charles Soules Vader series.
Dark siders can haunt places where their dark side energy was at its most powerful, like Maul when he was in the naboo hangar. So its possible that Palpatine could haunt wherever that throne is, his energy embedded within it.
Hey Alex! What do you think they are mining on the floating iceberg (spaceberg?) in the final trailer? The lower left side looks like it’s being carved. 🤓
Drinking game: take a shot every time Alex says "I dunno"
The title of the video is my exact reaction to the new trailer...
Molly: Herner werzog?
I know, german is hard 😂😂
That's his character's name.
I think you can call the 9 films "The Skywalker Saga" in the same way we reffer ro some arcs of comics, like "Crises of The Infinity Earths", "Age of Apocalypse", "Dark Nights: Metal", "War of the Realms" etc. The specific saga are the 9 films, but it's just a part of a whole Canon. The next wave of movies will form other sagas in the Star Wars Canon, like for ex. "Dawn of the Jedi Saga", "The Chiss War Saga", something like that. It's a huge Galaxy, and many many years.
the leaks say otherwise. Palpatine is actually alive in the blood. His plan is to siphon the power of both Rey and Kylo at once to rejuvenate himself
Q/A: Do you think we'll see Hera or Kaz in live action (or maybe even a grown up jasen syndulla) in TROS since the ghost and the colossus were in the trailer?
I wonder if we will see Zay Versio or Shriv from Star Wars Battlefront 2
@@TheLiamster Oh yeah! They would be really good too. Like, if they really want to tie everything together i think they have to include characters from outside the films
Only brought him back so ray can kill him.
Let’s not forget that when Dark Empire was written and released there was no prophecy. Anakin was not the Chosen One. He was just a Jedi who turned to the dark side and became Darth Vader in pursuit of power, a power that blinded him and turned him into a monster. It was only the love of his son that broke through to him and was instrumental in redeeming Anakin Skywalker.
Is it possible that Cylo, before his final demise, at some point instructed Darth Sidious how to download his own conscious into a waiting clone just like Cylo himself has demonstrated and that’s how Palpatine returns?
Q/A: I was re-watching The Last Jedi and noticed where is Luke's fake hand go when he becomes one with the force it should have fallen away when he disappeared but his robes were empty?
Q/A: Did Palpatine use something like battle meditation in the duels Anakin vs Dooku and Luke vs Vader to make sure the one who he wanted to win actually won? I could imagine it because especially Vader appeared quite weak in the late duel and Luke didn't do anything really special to defeat him.
I wanna see a fan made teaser for TRoS with the RoJ tagline of 'The quest continues, the circle closes, the Saga lives on'
It’s the very deed that matters, not the outcome. Anakin was willing to risk his own life to both destroy Palpatine and save his son, that’s what his redemption is based upon imo
I think you said the key part at the beginning: Anakin choosing to turn on Palpatine. I think that was the moment he redeemed himself. The "killing" was an additional part of it, but the real change and redemption came in that moment when he was watching the emperor hitting Luke with the sith lightning and then finally chooses to go the light path and turns and grabs palpatine. So, Palpatine returning doesn't change the fact that Anakin finally made the right choice and redeemed himself. (at least that's my thinking)
One way to think about it, in terms of Palpatine coming back - as strong as his essence was, when he fell to the reactor it could have just spread his essence amongst the energy of the reactor, which was then blasted out into space, but also irradiated everything nearby too - and so his essence could have coated any remnants of the death star. The original explosion, before the redo, looked like it left more pieces etc left over afterword and so who knows what survived eh?
In terms of the prophesy, if Anakin was the most powerful, how come Luke was able to beat him in the original trilogy once Luke had reached his potential (as far as his abilities in the original trilogy)? I like her idea of their being a "chosen" for each generation or something along those lines. It may be that the sequel trilogy changed things to make Anakin more powerful than he was in the original movies.
I think if they are going to have this movie culminate everything - then it makes sense to have all those other ships and folks in the movie. B/c the rebels and clone wars shows are part of canon and came before this time period, and therefore bringing those to a conclusion could mean having them in episode 9.
What books/comics should we read before the movie release?
Yes
I think Palpatine's spirit is in inside of Darth Vader's mask like Momin from the Darth Vader comic series
Anakin will fulfill his prophecy by pulling Ben Solo back to the light side. In order to defeat Palpatine, it will require both Rey and Ben working together. It will likely require Ben to sacrifice himself much like Vader originally did.
It turns out that Palpatine's ghost was an old man in a rubber mask the whole time.
Do you think the world between worlds will be used in any way in the rise of skywalker? If would be cool to see characters to to earlier instalments of the franchise but it could be used horribly wrong.
I like to think the prophecy was BROKEN! Palpatine drove "the Chosen One" to the Dark Side, thus destroying it. I've always found the whole Chosen One trope tired as well. (Not to mention his "immaculate conception" Yeesh!) Until I read Joseph Campbell's "The Hero With a Thousand Faces" (Read it, it's amazing). In Classical Mythology prophecies are usually broken. It's kind of the point. It's a promise, an idea. Not a precognitive statement of fact. The Hero is supposed to find his own way. The way Luke decides to throw his Lightsaber away and Vader decides to defy his "Masters" Jedi or Sith. The Clone Wars Jedi are not how Jedi are supposed to be. They aren't supposed to be military Generals, they're Holy Men. That's why Luke Meditating and standing down the First Order was so badass. Anyway, big fan. Keep up the good work.