Who was the crowd around the villain at the end of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”?

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At the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the protagonist stands before the villain, they're surrounded by a crowd of thousands. Who are those in the crowd?



Best Answer

While not a lot is yet known about them, they are considered to be,

Sith Loyalists and/or the Sith Eternal!!

Sith loyalists were men who served and aided Darth Sidious and were strong supporters of the Sith Eternal. The assassin Ochi was one such person.

And according to Rise of Skywalker Visual Dictionary the Sith Eternal are

The Sith Eternal was an organization of cultists loyal to the Sith religion who continued the Sith belief and sought to resurrect its tradition. The Sith Eternal were followers of the Dark Lord of the Sith and Emperor, the Sith Lord Darth Sidious. The Sith Eternal spent years building the largest armada known to the galaxy, the Sith fleet, as part of the Emperor's plan of revenge to use the Final Order to build a new Empire. However, the Sith Eternal were ultimately defeated at the Battle of Exegol, preventing the rebirth of the Sith and ensuring their extinction.


Just making a note that there is not yet a strong distinction between groups (Sith Loyalists, Knights of Ren, Acolytes of the Beyond, Alchemists, Sith Eternal) that are all loyal to the Sith, as it appears many were serving the same cause, but it appears that The Sith Eternal are the source cause and are the ones likely situated on Exegol according to the latest updates.




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Who is the crowd at the end of rise of Skywalker?

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker reveals the Emperor has returned and is building an army on the planet Exegol, where a crowd of hundreds, if not thousands of followers, worship the Sith Order and Darth Sidious.

Who are the people in the crowd in episode 9?

Instead of being a huge crowd of Sith Force ghosts, drawn to the power of the Sith throne room on Exegol, the thousands of hooded beings are, in fact, members of the Sith Eternal cult, devoted followers to the teachings of the dark side and the reason why Palpatine was able to return.

Who were the hooded figures in rise of Skywalker?

As the companion book explains, Palpatine's hooded followers are called the Sith Eternal. They used a mixture of technology and occult/Sith magic in order to keep the Emperor alive in the decades between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.

Who is the villain in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker?

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is bringing back a dangerous villain that was believed to be dead for years: Sheev Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious. Palpatine was the Galactic Emperor and Sith Lord who ruled the galaxy from the fall of the Galactic Republic to the rise of the Galactic Empire.



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