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The Emperor brings new hope to ‘Star Wars’
    2019-04-15  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

THE Emperor is back, and with him, a new hope for “Star Wars: Episode IX.”

The Emperor’s trademark cackle at the end of the new trailer, and a surprise appearance by the actor who plays him, Ian McDiarmid, saved the best for last at the Star Wars Celebration presentation devoted to the next movie, which also revealed its subtitle, “The Rise of Skywalker.”

Still, it was the suggestion that the Emperor — who appeared to die in “Return of the Jedi”  — would again somehow be part of the story that provided a surge of enthusiasm for the next movie, and seems in some way to address many of the criticisms aimed at the previous one, “The Last Jedi.”

One of the complaints about “Last Jedi” involved the lineage of the character of Rey, played by Daisy Ridley, after all the speculation devoted to how she might connect to characters of the past. In essence, the tantalizing possibilities that “Star Wars” enthusiasts spent two years analyzing and debating after “The Force Awakens” were largely dismissed by director Rian Johnson’s movie, in a way that left many feeling disappointed.

Whatever the explanation, bringing the Emperor back creates a powerful link to the original trilogy, and the promise of a denser addition to the “Star Wars” mythology. It also gave an additional wallop to a line spoken in the trailer by the unseen presence of Luke Skywalker, “No one’s ever really gone.”

When we last saw Emperor Palpatine onscreen, in “Revenge of the Sith” (2005) we got a look at the full extent of his powers, and lightsaber skills. There’s far too little known about “The Rise of Skywalker” so far to speculate as to whether Palpatine’s presence will become known through a physical appearance complete with red lightsaber, or simply through the Force, but the Star Wars Expanded Universe, since retconned into Star Wars Legends after Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm, has set a precedent for Palpatine’s return. Though the Emperor was killed by Darth Vader in “The Return of the Jedi” (1983), the Dark Horse comics series “Dark Empire” (1995), “Dark Empire II” (1995), and “Empire’s End” (1997) chronicled Palpatine’s return through younger and healthy clones and his continued desire to make Luke his apprentice. But when his clones began degenerating he tried to transfer his spirit into the body of Han and Leia’s son, Anakin Solo, before being killed off for good and his soul trapped in the netherworld.

The concluding installment in what has been billed as the Skywalker family saga is going to be a huge deal. (SD-Agencies)

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