Protect your financial identity online using virtual cards with Privacy.com, and get $5 off your first purchase TOTALLY FREE! Sign up here: https://privacy.com/newrockstars Star Wars Episode 9 The Rise of Skywalker features Palpatine’s return! What is Palpatine’s secret plan for Rey, Kylo, and the First Order, and how does it connect to the story of Darth Plagueis the Wise, Operation Cinder, C3PO, and the vision of Evil Rey from the Rise of Skywalker trailer? In this episode of #TotalConspiracy, Erik Voss breaks down the truth behind Evil Rey, the mysterious fleet of old-school Star Destroyers, and the timeline from Return of the Jedi, Operation Cinder, the collapse of the Empire, the rise of the First Order, and Snoke’s mysterious backstory. What secret truths were hidden in the Sith Cave scene of The Last Jedi? How will Palpatine resurrect? And what role will C3PO play in the Rise of Skywalker? CONNECT WITH US! Facebook: http://facebook.com/newmediarockstars Twitter: http://twitter.com/newrockstars SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PATREON SUPPORTERS (http://www.patreon.com/newrockstars), including these beautiful people: Kelly Hopper Kenny Smith Wilhemina Ebbesen Matthew Salvas Pony Stark CaroleBDCDiva Matthew Ahrens Dory Zein Producer: Erik Voss http://www.twitter.com/eavoss Producer: Zach Huddleston Executive Creative Director: Filup Molina http://www.twitter.com/filupmolina Post Production Supervisor: Devin Cleary Editors: Joshua Hurd, Devin Cleary, Aaron Carrión Music: “Sci Fi” from Bensound.com

Emperor Palpatine will return in Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, and he won’t be stopping by for a cameo despite what actor Ian McDiarmid might say: All joking aside… Speaking with IGN at Disney’s D23 Expo, stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Kelly Marie Tran offered some insight into the importance of the dastardly figure who was famously thought to have perished at the conclusion of 1983’s Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi to the flick’s story. Fans were shocked when Palpatine’s distinctive laugh was heard at the end of the first teaser trailer for Rise of Skywalker, and it was made explicit that this was no misdirection when the movie’s first poster was revealed at D23. The poster features the Emperor’s visage floating above Ridley’s Rey and Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren as they face off in a lightsaber duel. In the same way that his likeness looms over the poster’s imagery, Boyega astutely pointed out that Palpatine’s machinations loom large over the entire Star Wars series. He explained: “I think the Emperor and his doctrine has trickled down to so many of the characters in the Star Wars universe, and that the Dark Side [of the Force] is what it is because of a lot of his actions and plans. And so, to have him come back, he’s like the greatest foe, and greatest enemy… I mean, we might as well take him down properly.” Ridley similarly called attention to the importance of the [More]