Star Wars: How Rey As A Palpatine Could Have Made Sense

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Prior to the release of Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker, director and co-writer JJ Abrams was part of the large group of cast and crew that embarked on a weeks-long press tour to promote the project. This began in April 2019 with Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, where the first trailer was shown and Emperor Palpatine’s return was revealed. Fans were ecstatic about this prospect at the convention, as seen by the reaction videos that garnered hundreds of thousands of views. Afterwards, Abrams was asked about Rey’s parentage, and revealed that they would be building on the «nobody» concept introduced in The Last Jedi. However, that that wasn’t the end of the story.

This teasing continued up until the film’s release, when many fans’ predictions came true: Rey was a Palpatine. Not just that, she is the granddaughter of the Emperor, who had a son presumably in the time between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Who this son was, who Rey’s mother was, and how Palpatine had a son are just a few of the questions that came from the revelation. The film moves at such a quick pace that it never truly slows down for anything, not even this key moment in the trilogy andthe Skywalker saga more broadly. Thus, it leaves some plot gaps and unanswered questions. However, there was a way that JJ Abrams and co. could have improved this familial reveal and pushed it to make more sense.

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As stated, there were a variety of unanswered questions that stemmed from the reveal in the film. Ultimately, this comes down to the fact that the explanation for Rey being a Palpatine is too simple and predictable. Palpatine had a son, who is never explained, and that son