Possible Details On Palpatine's Rumored Return In STAR WARS: EPISODE VII [Spoilers]

Possible Details On Palpatine's Rumored Return In STAR WARS: EPISODE VII [Spoilers]

A rumor surfaced online this week claiming that Ian McDiarmid will reprise his role as Emperor Palpatine in Disney's Star Wars: Episode VII. Now, a more reliable source chimes in with how exactly the character will return and more. [Warning: Possible Spoilers Ahead]

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By PaulRom - Aug 14, 2013 11:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Latino-Review

Earlier this week, a rumor surfaced online claiming that Ian McDiarmid will reprise his role as the villainous Emperor Palpatine in Disney's Star Wars: Episode VII. Despite being killed off at the end of 1983's Return Of The Jedi, many have speculated that the character will be resurrected (possibly as a clone, as shown in the Expanded Universe). However, Latino-Review weighs in with what they've heard, confirming not only Palpatine's return in the 2015 sequel, but how exactly it will be done. The site also reveals another potential tidbit that heavily hints at the movie's plot. (Warning: the following may contain key SPOILERS from Star Wars: Episode VII. Do not read past the image if you don't want to be spoiled.)



-Palpatine comes back as a Force Ghost..like Obi Wan. (Sith Lords learned similar techniques, which in some cases allowed them to physically interact with their environment.)

-Palpatine will not be a clone, not in human form.

-Palpatine had a new apprentice before he got killed.

-Once again not going by any books. Not one thing they have in the script is from a book.


So what do you think of this latest rumor concerning Star Wars: Episode VII? Share your thoughts below, and stay tuned to CBM for more news as we have it.

Set to begin filming early next year in the UK for a Summer 2015 theatrical release, Disney and Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Episode VII will be directed by J.J. Abrams from a script by Michael Arndt.

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Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 8/14/2013, 11:45 AM
Qui Gon Jinn, Yoda, Anakin and Obi Wan vs The Emperor

FORCE GHOST STYLE!
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 8/14/2013, 11:46 AM
A new apprentice though? Ugh that would be bad.
Greengo
Greengo - 8/14/2013, 11:46 AM
So Palpatine is Voldermort?
Greengo
Greengo - 8/14/2013, 11:47 AM
Or maybe Voldemort is the new Palpatine.

DaenerysTargaryen
DaenerysTargaryen - 8/14/2013, 11:47 AM
I can live with that. I'm just happy that they aren't ressurecting him or making him a clone
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 8/14/2013, 11:50 AM
I'm fine with the ghost thing. Idk about him having another apprentice before he died.
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 8/14/2013, 11:51 AM
ezio619
ezio619 - 8/14/2013, 11:54 AM
i iwas interested in this rumor until i saw the source...so probably not true
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 8/14/2013, 11:55 AM
Mary Jane should be the apprentice.
koolaidbag
koolaidbag - 8/14/2013, 11:57 AM
......you know, maybe.......just maybe.....
Tony93
Tony93 - 8/14/2013, 11:57 AM
Ewan McGregor better return as a force ghost!!
Tony93
Tony93 - 8/14/2013, 11:58 AM
he was the best thing from the prequels
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 8/14/2013, 12:01 PM
Ewan was awesome.
ndwwrestler2
ndwwrestler2 - 8/14/2013, 12:10 PM
This makes more sense than the clone thing. He could come back like Darth Bane and Darth Nihilus did in Star Wars Legacy.
ndwwrestler2
ndwwrestler2 - 8/14/2013, 12:12 PM
Still would like the Mandalorians to be the main bad guys.
ComicFan523
ComicFan523 - 8/14/2013, 12:13 PM
I like the idea of him being a Force ghost but not sure how I like him having another apprentice before he died. Don't the Sith have the Rule of Two, meaning that there can only be a master and an apprentice? Did Palpatine forget that rule or was he going to kill Vader?
thewonderer
thewonderer - 8/14/2013, 12:14 PM
Ugh I hate this type of retcon. Yes, it isn't directly destroying any continuity, but obviously, there wasn't supposed to be an apprentice he was training. Why can't we just get a new threat not related or tangentially related to the sith? It's a large universe. Take a page from Doctor Who

I hope this stays a rumor. I trust Michael Arndt based on the genius of Toy Story 3 and LMS not to screw this up.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 8/14/2013, 12:18 PM
Well whatever the outcome is it cannot be any worse than the prequels.
Ocelot
Ocelot - 8/14/2013, 12:20 PM
@koolaidbag

I was going to say the same thing.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 8/14/2013, 12:20 PM
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 8/14/2013, 12:23 PM
Gusto is very educated when it comes to the force.

StarkAnthony
StarkAnthony - 8/14/2013, 12:26 PM
If he'd had another apprentice besides Vader, why was he going after Luke? The question is more why would he have another apprentice when his plan was to get Luke
Zeek
Zeek - 8/14/2013, 12:28 PM
I'm also unsure whether to believe Latino Review.
However, force ghost I'm fine with. New apprentice - really? I'd prefer a bad Skywalker or Solo.
wookiefit
wookiefit - 8/14/2013, 12:29 PM
@ Gusto - That pic of the rocks was funny.

I'm gonna call bull on this from Latino Review. They either hit it out of the park or completely f' up with their scoops. It doesn't make sense. I think Abrams will go a different route. Could Palpatine have a secret Sith Apprentice? Yes. He had several Hands of the Empire and the Royal Guard were force trained, so he might have found one student worthy enough. It would make sense if he was an image in a sith holocron, or if he died in a tmple or something. But he died in the second Death Star which was destroyed. His spirit would be tied to that, not roaming around freely.
wookiefit
wookiefit - 8/14/2013, 12:36 PM
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 8/14/2013, 12:40 PM
The thing that worries me, Lucas liked the expanded universe and didn't want to contradict things. Now that he's not in charge, can we expect that continuity from the books to go out the window? What I mean is, after Return of the Jedi, Palpatine came back. He transferred his consciousness into a clone body in the Dark Empire series. So, are they gonna change the story, and create a separate timeline? It worries me because I really enjoyed almost ALL the books. The only ones I haven't read are the newer series.
TheFox
TheFox - 8/14/2013, 12:42 PM
Blech. This would be a truly foul sign of what awaits us in these films-- if they have to bring Palpatine back, even as a ghost, then they must truly bereft of ideas for how to keep this series going...

'Course, I don't believe this for a second, but... well, stranger things have happened.

Z
wookiefit
wookiefit - 8/14/2013, 12:42 PM
The force ghost technic was a skill used by the wills or whisps or something. Qui-Gon Jinn and Yoda were practicing it before he was killed by Maul. In Ep.2 whenAnakin is killing the sand people you can hear Qui-Gon Jinn screaming "No Anny". He never finished the training, that's why he never became a spirit, or "one with the force". Yoda perfected it and taught Obi-Wan who practiced it while in hiding on Tatooine. That's why they were both spirits in the movies. Anakin/Vader was never taught the technic, so he should not have been a spirit. Writers of the books and comics not understatnding this, put it in books and comic books. There are some Sith Force Spirits, but they are allways tied to something grounded in the real world.
ndwwrestler2
ndwwrestler2 - 8/14/2013, 12:43 PM
@Netman0007 All force beings can do that, not just "the good guys".
Bojac
Bojac - 8/14/2013, 12:43 PM
I thought the whole point was that only the light side of the Force could cheat death with the Force Ghosting thing.
theHuch
theHuch - 8/14/2013, 12:45 PM
Mara Jade! This is her introduction.
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