Take this with a giant, Winterfell-sized grain of salt. Ned Stark could be returning to Game of Thrones. POSSIBLY.
In a recent interview, Sean Bean discussed his time on Game of Thrones and - just, casually, y'know, no big deal - confirmed that fan theory everyone's been talking about. Yes, he said it. That makes it real.
Bean went on to discuss the show's continued success and teased a possible return to the show, albeit via flashbacks. After all, Bran's now doing his whole vision-quest thing with the tree people so he could potentially see his dear old mucker in one of them, right?
Would we like to see Sean Bean / Ned Stark return to Game of Thrones? Do the Lannisters pay their debts? The answer is yes.