Having been referenced in Revenge of the Sith as the powerful Sith master of Darth Sidious himself, the origins of Palpatine's teacher and his legendary abilities have largely been left a mystery ...
And it's in this detail that the comic does some heavy lifting in explaining Palpatine’s return. One of the Acolytes tells Luke, “We serve the Sith, Skywalker. We serve Palpatine and Vader.
This is quite literally the entire plot of the prequels. If the guy didn’t know Palpatine was a Sith lord, why should we trust his so-called knowledge of the status of the Sith for the last ...