Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
Maybe they just felt like adding another odd NPC.

Or maybe they're setting up some more time-travel stuff.
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Might explain how Palpatine returned, he didn't blow up on the Peace Moon, he was sent forward in time.
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Could also play into a better explanation for Luke being as he is in episode VIII: the emperor escaping alive, and the Endor system either blowing up or being severely impacted by timey-whimey shenanigans (or Luke himself being impacted by them) could have quite a depressing effect on the man.