Ian McDiarmid thought Palpatine was dead after Return of the Jedi Reflecting further on Palpatine's return in The Rise of Skywalker, McDiarmid said, "A lot of people said it was ridiculous.

Chris Hannan's play What Shadows, starring Star Wars actor Ian McDiarmid, looks at Powell's motives then and at his legacy today. Hannan says the play What Shadows isn't really about Powell ...