Talk:Palpatine/@comment-1031724-20190506213920

What if it's a clone in The Rise of Skywalker? Cloning is canon, and it makes sense that he'd leave a sample of his blood handy to make a clone to succeed him as Emperor when he knows he's dying of old age?

Though it still leaves how Snoke got involved in this a mystery, how he knew the dark side and whether he was working for Palpatine, coz there are always only two Sith, and Palpatine was sure Vader would remain loyal to him, and since he was younger he would have counted on him to run the Empire until the clone was ready.