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"If Palpatine's your grandfather, who exactly is your grandmother? Tell me, I have no idea."
This uncertainty points directly to the story’s disorganized genesis and the haphazard manner in which crucial plot points were conceived and altered.
Kathleen Kennedy’s Contradictory Statements
Adding fuel to the fire, Kennedy, Lucasfilm’s President, previously claimed that Palpatine’s return was always part of the plan. She said, "This has been in the blueprint for a long time...", implying a clear premeditation. However, Ridley’s revelations, combined with prior insider reports, suggest that such claims are false and that Lucasfilm’s storytelling was heavily improvised or changed multiple times.