Palpatine returned from the dead between the original and sequel Star Wars trilogies, assisted by the mysterious Sith Eternal. In their Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker debut, the Sith Eternal seemed to be a mysterious cult headquartered on the ancient Sith world of Exegol.
The cult members tended to the weakened but living Sith Lord and helped him create the strand-cast proxy ruler, Snoke, who commanded the First Order as its Supreme Leader. Although they had a profound impact on the Skywalker
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