Q 01/05

What first name was Palpatine given in the 2014 novel Tarkin?

A) Cosinga

B) Sheev

C) Dashit

D) Finis

Answer · why

B) Sheev

Sheev arrived 31 years after Return of the Jedi: the original films call him only the Emperor, and nobody says the name Palpatine on screen until The ...

Q 02/05

The Emperor lures the Rebel fleet into a trap above which moon in Return of the Jedi?

A) Yavin 4

B) Endor

C) Jedha

D) Nar Shaddaa

Answer · why

B) Endor

Endor. The Emperor boasts to Luke that he leaked the second Death Star's location himself, so the Rebel fleet would arrive to find its shield still up...

Q 03/05

Palpatine's threat of revenge, cited in The Rise of Skywalker's opening crawl, was first heard in which video game?

A) Roblox

B) Minecraft

C) Fortnite

D) Apex Legends

Answer · why

C) Fortnite

Fortnite. The crawl opens 'The dead speak!' and mentions a mysterious broadcast, but the film never plays it: the message aired only at the end of a l...

Q 04/05

Who delivers the much-mocked line 'Somehow, Palpatine returned' in The Rise of Skywalker?

A) Finn

B) Poe Dameron

C) Lando Calrissian

D) Leia Organa

Answer · why

B) Poe Dameron

Poe Dameron. Oscar Isaac's line became a meme: the film itself adds only a passing mention of cloning and Sith secrets, and later series were left to ...

Q 05/05

Who voiced the Emperor in the original 1980 version of his hologram scene?

A) James Earl Jones

B) Clive Revill

C) Jason Wingreen

D) Michael Pennington

Answer · why

B) Clive Revill

Clive Revill's performance lasted 24 years: for the 2004 DVD the scene was reshot with Ian McDiarmid during the making of Revenge of the Sith, with ne...

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