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Star Wars Actor Reveals How He Felt Saying Meme: Somehow Palpatine Returned
Oscar Isaac said the line was added in reshoots to help tie the story together, and he did not expect it to become a meme.
- Oscar Isaac, who played Poe Dameron, recently admitted that the much-memed line "Somehow, Palpatine returned" was captured during last-minute reshoots for The Rise of Skywalker.
- During production, Isaac described the reshoots as "surgical strikes" involving constant "movement and flux" as the team scrambled to finalize plot details.
- Recalling the experience on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Isaac joked about wearing a wig because he had already cut his hair, adding, "Hey, man, I committed to the exasperation, that's for sure."
- The line's status as a viral meme among Star Wars fans is confirmed by millions of YouTube views, despite the film's abrupt writing and divisive reception.
- Even as Star Wars creator George Lucas has moved on from managing the franchise 13 years after selling it to Disney, some suggest the trilogy's reception may soften over time.
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Oscar Isaac Explains the Infamous Palpatine Returned Line
“Somehow, Palpatine returned.” That lazy non-explanation from Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron from The Rise of Skywalker on how the Emperor came back to life has become an iconic meme these past six years. It’s a great internet shorthand to just express the feeling of “Hey man, I dunno.” While a guest on The Happy Sad Confused podcast, Josh Horowitz asked Isaac about the legacy of that bit of dialogue, and how it has become iconic in its own right. A…
Oscar Isaac Sheds New Light on Star Wars' Most Controversial Line
As Resistance fighter Poe Dameron, Oscar Isaac had the unenviable job of delivering the line “Somehow, Palpatine returned” in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker—a desperate handwave so J.J. Abrams’ sequel trilogy-capper could have a familiar villain quickly added to the story. In the years since the movie’s release, it’s become shorthand for lazy plot contrivances, memed and mocked into oblivion. The fact that it followed an opening crawl that ref…
The trilogy of the Star Wars sequels may have its audience, but it is long the most divisive succession of films of the franchise. Part of the fault is the generational leap, which has always been one of those abysses with which the saga has dealt. Another, of course, is the quality, and there was a point against the defenders of the most recent films.J.J. Abrams led the beginning and the end of the trilogy, The Awakening of the Force and Skywal…
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