Opening crawl Star Wars: The Awakening of Skywalker it is announced that the Emperor is back, a fact that the characters in the movie accept without skipping a beat. There are many ways he could return, but J.J. Abrams' sequence discusses only the details of the plan and the one he helped implement. As it turns out, there are answers to be found internally The wake of the SkywalkerSupplements.
(Vol. Note: This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Awakening of Skywalker.)
In the movie, we see that Palpatine has thousands of creatures hanging next to him in Exegol, but their identity is left out of the movie entirely. The one thing this movie really informs us is that they are a group of Sith teachers who wish to see the Great Force Force force return to the galaxy.
These sectarian religions are called the Sith Eternal. In accordance with The Rise of Skywalker – The Visual Dictionary, The Eternal Sith is a group of theologians who long for Sith's rule in the galaxy, and praise the legacy of Darth Sidious (aka Palpatine). It is not yet clear whether these clergy were already assembled in unidentified districts in the days of the Galactic Empire, or if they were just brought in to help the Emperor rise again. The Sith Foreway built ships in Exegol where, in the years since the fall of the Empire, they were building the last Emperor ship & # 39; s Final Order with the help of slave labor. Believers apparently also helped Palpatine build the Snoke and several clones.
According to Star Wars Behind the scenes, Palpatine always had an emergency plan that involved building private ships in unknown regions. But it turns out that the plan led to the First Order, and that this new Final Order apartment is something else entirely.
As for the mysterious operators of the fleet, they can be briefly illuminated The wake of the Skywalker, i Virtual Dictionary describes them as "raised as children of the Sith Eternal sects," though it does not specify that they are actually the natural children of teachers. The letter informs us that these officers were raised in the ways of the Side Side, and that although they did not hold them in person, they respected the teachings of Simba. This makes them a far cry from Imperial officials who derided the Soldier as an ancient religion.
There are a lot of details about The Eternal Sith, but there are a few things we can put together when looking for more information on Star Wars Aftermath novels. One character in the novel is a Sith believer named Yupe Tashu. He was previously an Imperial adviser and close to the Emperor, or closest to anyone. While most in the Empire believed that the Emperor had died after the Battle of Endor, Tashu thought otherwise.
“Palpatine continues to live,” she says Empire End: After. “We will find her again in the dark. Everything is organized according to what our Lord said. All things progress to good design. All sacrifices were made. ”
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Tashu may not even be able to find it inside The wake of the Skywalker, but is called Virtual Dictionary. In fact, she is Ochi's best known partner, the Sith hunter whose ship Lando tells Rey, Poe, and Finn about Pasaana in the movie. That same scavenger hunter who was looking for a way to get to Exegol.
While this proves nothing, it lays the groundwork for a compelling thought. Perhaps Tashu did indeed find the Emperor's corpse, and he used Ochi to hunt a lane to bring Palpatine to Exegol. Or, perhaps Tashu knew that the Emperor had taken his way to Exegol, and he needed a way to reunite with his old master. Either way, it seems that Tashu was somehow part of, or at least aware of, the Emperor & # 39; s great plans for the resurrection, & # 39; and the Final Order.
Speaking of aliens, The Eternal Sith is not the only Sith-based religion we see in The Rise of Skywalker. According to Virtual Dictionary, the planet we see Kylo Ren's visit to earlier in the film is actually Mustafar, the last resting place of Anakin Skywalker, and Darth Vader's home base – as we see in Rogue One.
Since Vader's death, superstition has arisen in favor of the Sith Lord; a trip to Mustafar is often an integral part of their beliefs. The creatures killed by Kylo are part of a cult called the Alazmec of Winsit. These religions block Kylo's path to Vader's palace, when Kylo finds his way – trapped in a box with the Sith Eternal symbols in it – that will eventually show him to Exegol and Emperor Palpatine himself.
While Virtual Dictionary is very detailed (details that we wish were in the movie to start with) which eventually leaves us with a lot of questions. It's good to know that the adjoining crowds around Darth Sidious were members of the Eternal Sith religion, but we don't know exactly where they came from. Hopefully, the full depth of these loyal Sith characters will be tuned into comedy, novels, or TV shows while we wait for the next Star Wars movies to arrive.
