‘Star Wars 9’ theory explains Snoke, Rey, and Palps return all at once – Inverse

Fans have long been speculating about whether or not Rey will be revealed to be Emperor Palpatines clone in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, especially after the latest trailer showed Dark Rey wielding a rad new red lightsaber. Now, a bold new theory explains that Palpatine actually created more than one clone, including himself. Confused? Lets dive in.

Warning! Speculative spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker below.

Redditor u/Mr_Berger1 theorizes that the Palpatine who died in The Return of the Jedi was actually a clone, leaving the real Palps to roam the outer regions of the galaxy to continue his work. However, since the former emperor wouldve probably made backups of his backups, he may have created more than one clone to help execute every aspect of his plan.

Thats right, in a strange twist, Palpatine, Supreme Leader Snoke, and Rey could all be clones of the original emperor. Sounds ridiculous, right? Well, yes and no. Theres no telling how far Episode IX will go in terms of cloning one theory even proposed that the entire Sith Fleet are clones of Jango Fett but this theory might be onto something.

Why would Palpatine clone himself, though? Think about what the Galactic Empire looked like prior to his demise. They were losing to a puny Rebellion that had already destroyed one Death Star and was about to blow up a second one. Smelling weakness among his own ranks, Palpatine mightve wanted to purge the weaker people in the Empire, leaving the strong to inherit the First Order, as this theory argues.

And why not? Palps couldve absolutely tricked the empire into thinking he was gone, let everyone fall into a false sense of security before returning stronger than ever.

It is probable that the first clone of Palpatine wasnt perfect, this would be Snoke, just another clone pawn to fool everyone while Palpatine builds up the first order, u/Mr_Berger1 writes, potentially explaining the Supreme Leaders scarred appearance in The Last Jedi.

It sounds like its reaching a bit, right? But, if were to look back on Snokes history (that we admittedly dont know much about) and the knowledge and power hes amassed between the downfall of the Galactic Empire and the rise of the First Order, its not outside the realm of possibility to think that hes just a pawn in Palps plan. After all, its long been speculated that Snoke wasnt working on his own and that he either knew Palpatine prior to his death or that hes been playing host to Palps essence the whole time.

Finally, the theory claims that Rey is a Palpatine and was brought into the world for the express purpose to stamp out the Skywalker bloodline. Once this is done, she will probably be hunted down and destroyed.

Recent leaks claiming that Rey could be Palpatines granddaughter are one thing, but the idea that the Emperor created her in a lab using his own DNA expressly to destroy the Skywalker is a bridge too far even for us.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters December 20, 2019.

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'Star Wars 9' theory explains Snoke, Rey, and Palps return all at once - Inverse