Star Wars 9 Rise of Skywalker revelations: Is THIS when [SPOILER] had a family?

WARNING MAJOR SPOILERS FOR STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER AHEAD. The biggest reveal in the new Star Wars movie saw the truth about Rey’s parentage finally revealed. But how does it fit in the Star Wars timeline?

Kylo Ren revealed to Rey that Palpatine is her grandfather, but just when did Darth Sidious have time to have a family?

Fans may have considered the Emperor to be a bachelor focused on consolidating power until The Rise of Skywalker’s big reveal.

But now we know he had a son, who was Rey’s father.

The scavenger’s parents then decided to become nobodies so Palpatine wouldn’t seek her out and kill her.

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Meanwhile, unlike The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker has received a hammering from the critics.

At the time of writing, the new Star Wars film is rotten on Rotten Tomatoes with 55 per cent positive reviews.

It’ll be interesting to see if the film has a positive audience score, compared to the negative one for The Last Jedi.

Critics of The Rise of Skywalker feel the film leaned too much on fan service.