The Shadow Council

Scott: I don't know how they get back to the fleet to do anything. Yanni: Where is Palpatine throughout this and just how much is he in control of the situation? Scott: My guess is that, you know, his what was left of his physical body is probably in some sort of stasis. The filmmakers knew exactly what they were doing to us audience members going into this episode because we'd be pointing the finger at everyone.