What Actually Is Project Necromancer?
Project Necromancer was first mentioned in the Mandalorian season three episode “The Spies,” in a single line uttered by Shadow Council member—and EU returning support star as the right hand of Grand Admiral Thrawn—Captain Gillad Pellaeon. There, the project is mentioned as being under the auspices of Brendol Hux (the father of Armitage Hux from the sequels), with the return of Thrawn to the Imperial Remnant’s military intended to buy Hux time to deliver on Necromancer. With a name like “Necromancer,” Star Wars fans immediately pegged it as a reference to whatever plans were made by the upper echelons of the Imperial order to return Palpatine to life in some form.
The third episode of this week’s Bad Batch season three premiere, “Shadows of Tantiss,” made that reference explicit. Palpatine himself arrived at Mount Tantiss to get an update on the project from Imperial research scientist Doctor Hemlock, and went a little further: Necromancer sought a clone template with a viable M-Count, one that it was struggling to find… until Omega’s blood passed testing thresholds.
