Warning: Spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker follow…
Even for a Star Wars crawl, Rise of Skywalker’s opening exposition kicked off with quite the reveal, instantly detailing how Emperor Palpatine had mysteriously returned from beyond.
The dead speak! The galaxy has heard a mysterious broadcast, a threat of REVENGE in the sinister voice of the late EMPEROR PALPATINE…
Rise of Skywalker co-writer Chris Terrio recently shed some light on that crawl, and why it opened in such a big way, while talking to IndieWire. We already know too, from editor Maryanne Brandon, that there are deleted scenes that dig deeper into how Palpatine returned.
Source: IGN.com Star Wars: Why The Rise of Skywalker Crawl Began the Way it Did