The film itself confirmed that Rey was the granddaughter ... Audiences knew Palpatine would return in some capacity when the first teaser for The Rise of Skywalker emerged, though the film ...

Johnson determined Rey's bloodline isn't vital to her identity now, and by crowning a Palpatine as the last living Skywalker in the end, Abrams suggests the same. Indeed, Abrams wanted The Rise of ...

While the First Order continues to ravage the galaxy, Rey finalizes her training as a Jedi. But danger suddenly rises from the ashes as the evil Emperor Palpatine mysteriously returns from the dead.