Most viewers think of Revenge of the Sith as the moment when the Republic fell, but there’s a sense in which that happened ...

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Kylo Ren found Palpatine alive but not exactly kicking on the hidden barren Sith world of Exegol in the Unknown Regions. For decades, the Emperor’s loyal followers had worked in secret to resurrect ...

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