Palpatine was revealed to have returned from the dead in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, recontextualizing the previous films and proving that Luke Skywalker was the greatest of the Jedi. Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi established Supreme Leader Snoke as the leader of the First Order until Kylo Ren killed and usurped him.
When Palpatine returned, however, the truth behind his machinations was revealed. Palpatine cheated death and controlled the First Order from the
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