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Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalkerreveals the Emperor has returned and is building an army on the satellite Exegol , where a gang of hundreds , if not thousands of following , worship the Sith Order and Darth Sidious . While the picture does n’t explain in item who these followers are , The Rise of Skywalker’svisual dictionary and novelisation name them as the Sith Eternal , a faction dedicate to bring about a new Empire . Their creation was decennium before the sequel trilogy , and their influence went beyond their habitation planet .
After the death of Darth Vader and Darth Sidious , the Sith Order was destroyed , and the Jedi prophecy of the Chosen One was carry through . However , deep in the obscure Regions of the galaxy , a group ofcultists on the planet Exegol still conceive in the Sithreligion . They kept work in the shadow to install a new Empire once again ruled by a Sith Lord . For decades they built a new fleet of Star Destroyers , infiltrated the First Order , and influenced Kylo Ren ’s path to the Dark Side . They seek and apply many secrets of the Dark Side of the Force , indoctrinating the entire population of Exegol to do their bidding . And they did all of this under the guidance and purchase order of Emperor Palpatine himself .
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As he fell down the reactor light beam of the second Death Star , the Emperor transferred his consciousnessto a clone body created on Exegol . However , it became quick apparent to the Emperor and the Sith Eternal that clone could not sustain him for long , their bodies finally dilapidate beyond usefulness . The cultists continued to try out , hoping to find the right formula to fully restore their leader . One of the clones managed to survive but could not manage the force . alternatively , Darth Sidious used him to continue his bloodline , andthe clone eventually married a woman and fathered Rey .
Perhaps know that , without a proper eubstance , he could not rule the First Order , and his plan was n’t yet ready for him to expose his survival of the fittest , Sidious consecrate Sith Eternal to make Snoke . One of Snoke ’s goal was to train Kylo Ren to predominate the Sith , test his commitment to the Dark Side . Another handmaid of the Sith Eternal fad wasJedi - killer whale and Sith assassin Ochi of Bestoon . It was Ochi who essay the Emperor ’s family and killed Rey ’s parents but could n’t retrieve her in Jakku before dying . After Rey became a Jedi , since the cultists failed to give him a proper eubstance , the Emperor decided she would be his perfect heir . Once Rey arrived at Exegol , he gather the cultists to perform a rite that would turn her to the Dark side and give her the Throne of the Sith .
Meanwhile , the USA built by the Sith Eternal campaign off the Resistance force on the dark skies of Exegol . In the end , Rey channeled the spirits of all Jediand destruct Darth Sidious . The result burst of Force vigor killed the Emperor and wiped out all the cultists in the room . With the First Order also defeat , the Sith Eternal cultus was completely demolish along with their leader . But who knows for how long ? The Emperor always knew he would bebetrayed by Vader and created the Sith Eternal as a contingence architectural plan . Darth Sidious planning for another defeat would n’t be surprising .
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