Poe Dameron (Oscar Issac) delivered the phrase “somehow Palpatine returned” in The Rise of Skywalker, and since then, the specifics of that return have slowly but surely been revealed.

Banksy has confirmed that he is behind a new artwork that appeared in north London on Sunday. The street artist uploaded before and after pictures of the Finsbury Park mural to social media on Monday.

That would be some elaborate explanation of Palpatine’s return in the new Star Wars trilogy, but really, just the third movie, Rise of Skywalker. We know Pershing was working with genetic ...