Entirely possible. I’m expecting something. Big or small, subtle or hammer-on-the-head. The timing, overlap and plotting is just too aligned and teed up, IMO. This Mando show could've been kicked off 2-3 weeks early, or after the new year. Premiering, and airing it, to where the next to final episode hits two days before the final saga chapter hits is just a little on-the-nose in my book.
Again, Palpatine's return, in whatever form it takes, needs to be satisfactorily explained. Scientist types seeking this Force-sensitive child decades earlier could very well be tied to that...and that's what I'm gonna believe until I'm shown otherwise in the multiplex, 10 or so days from now.