The Rise of Skywalker Somehow Palpatine Returned Became an Entire Mood

The Rise of Skywalker: ‘Somehow Palpatine Returned’ Became an Entire Mood

The unprecedented events of 2020 have made a certain Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker line an all too relatable meme.

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The Rise of Skywalker Somehow Palpatine Returned Became an Entire Mood

Almost a year after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s release, Oscar Isaac’s line, “Somehow Palpatine returned,” has become all too relatable in 2020.

The scene ignited a meme frenzy at the start of this year, with fans expressing frustration over the ham-fisted way in which the supposedly dead Emperor Palpatine was reintroduced into the franchise. Isaac’s expression of utter exhaustion over the ridiculousness of Emperor Palpatine’s return has recently been applied to the string of nonsensical events that have marred 2020.

Chronologically speaking, the Emperor was last seen tumbling down an abyss on the Death Star in 1983’s Return of the Jedi, but was somehow resurrected to be the great evil Rey must overcome in the climactic battle of The Rise of Skywalker.

The Rise of Skywalker Somehow Palpatine Returned Became an Entire Mood

In a fandom that abounds with multi-platform stories and theories that connect the Star Wars universe, the return of one of the biggest villains went unexplained in the last installment. A plot hole so absurd did not ignite reactionary outrage, but instead settled into the defeated comedic stylings of the meme. What solidified this line in the Star Wars lexicon was Isaac’s — not Poe’s — delivery of the news. Isaac pauses and sighs heavily before stating with frustration that, “Somehow, Palpatine returned.” No further clarification is given, leading fans to create a wave of memes using Isaac’s weary disbelief.

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If 2020 was a relatively normal year, one might respond to the Emperor returning with questions like the ones posed by Beaumont Kin: “Dark science? Cloning? Secrets only the Sith knew?” Instead, these possibilities seem like a sarcastic joke, leaving us just with an eye-rolling “somehow.”

As the internet continued to create these memes in relation to the current year, they eventually became a full-on mood. Isaac’s exhaustion soon became the response to all of the events that have made 2020 a bizarre and tiresome year. The memes began to turn from Star Wars related content to worldly and political affairs. As the year comes to a close and brings some reflection, Isaac’s expression has never resonated more with the Internet and will always have a memorable place in the pop culture of 2020.

In a year of one seemingly implausible catastrophe after another, we have all become Isaac, resigned to the script that has been dealt to us. 2020 may be a rough year, but at least we still have the memes.

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