After Palpatine's return, on May 20, 9BBY, the Imperial Celebration, which had been postponed for more than half a year, was finally held in grand fashion. This celebration was known as—the Emperor's Celebration.
Because Palpatine had just returned after vanishing for nearly two months, almost no one knew what he had gone through or what he had been thinking during that time. Nor did they know what his sudden return would bring to the Galactic Empire.
Moreover, during Palpatine's disappearance, nearly everyone in the Galactic Empire had begun to stir. They had frantically amassed wealth, lined their own pockets, formed cliques, all hoping to claim a share of the enormous power vacuum left by Palpatine's absence.
Naturally, those people had guilty consciences. Imperial Chancellor Sate Pestage in particular had, after Palpatine vanished, even begun preparing His Majesty the Emperor's funeral in order to seize the initiative in the political struggle to come!
After all, if His Majesty the Emperor's funeral were presided over by Sate Pestage, that would indirectly establish him as the Emperor's heir.
Yet halfway through the funeral preparations, His Majesty the Emperor actually returned! Sate Pestage hurriedly explained to Palpatine that the event he was organizing was absolutely not a funeral, but preparations to expand the scale of the celebration.
Palpatine paid no attention to that Joker. He merely told Sate Pestage to continue preparing the Emperor's Celebration, then went off to handle other matters himself.
Thus, this Emperor's Celebration was far larger in scale than originally planned. After all, it had also absorbed half a funeral's budget.
Of course, the side effect was... if you happened to glimpse some white wreaths normally used only at funerals during the celebration, please do not panic, do not be afraid, and certainly do not let your imagination run wild—they