retcons of the Star Wars canon in the Star Wars sequel trilogy film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi established Rey as the daughter of “no ones”. However, the sequel The Rise of Skywalker revealed that the scavenger turned Jedi, Rey as the granddaughter of Darth Sidious of the Palpatine family, the character was also resurrected despite being dead for 30 years since Return of the Jedi, and secretly built a new Empire with the help of Sith cultists. Though the means of Palpatine's return to life were negatively criticized for never being revealed in the movie itself, only in tie-in books is described as having transferred his essence into an imperfect clone of himself, leading to a negative reception towards the retcon due to not being explained in the film itself. The characters of Boba Fett and Darth Maul were also revived though those were better received than Palpatine's return. The Rogue One retcon of the Death Star weakness as deliberate sabotage from its creator was well received. Related concepts Retroactive continuity is similar to, but not the same as, plot inconsistencies introduced accidentally or through lack of concern for continuity; retconning, by comparison, is done deliberately. For example, the ongoing continuity contradictions on episodic TV series such as The Simpsons (in which the timeline of the family's history must be continually shifted forward to explain why they are not getting any older) reflects intentionally lost continuity, not genuine retcons. However, in series with generally tight continuity, retcons are sometimes created after the fact to explain continuity errors. Such was the case in The Flintstones, where Wilma Flintstone was mistakenly given two separate maiden names, "Pebble" and "Slaghoople", over the course of the series. See also List of retroactive continuities Revisionism (fictional) Historical revisionism Pseudohistory Retronym Notes References External links 1973 neologisms Continuity (fiction) Narrative techniques