Really the only thing that surprised me in the "Palpatine returns" is that even old expanded universe did it only once i think? Which is astounding considering huge western franchises settings works on character recycling all the time, like just tell me how many time every villain in Marvel or in Warhammer got back from the dead/exile/being utterly crushed?

What is worse is that this movie did it in such halfassed way it was one of the most pathetic things i ever seen in any franchise, a plot this huge done nearly entirely offscreen and ending up as abruptly as it started.