The Rise of Skywalker's Palpatine twist was undoubtedly controversial, but it did make one aspect of Palpatine's Anakin plan ...

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Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious. Courtesy of Lucasfilm Ltd. Rey, the main character of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, is an orphan who ' s able to use the Force without training. Based on her ...

In 2016, New York Times' best-selling author and chef J. Kenji López-Alt wrote a very thorough and convincing explanation for why he believed Rey is a Palpatine.

With this new canon fact, Rey isn’t necessarily Palpatine’s granddaughter as was revealed in The Rise of Skywalker. Instead, she’s Palpatine’s clone’s daughter.

Rey Palpatine failed as an idea purely because of execution, and Rey Kenobi could have fallen into the same trap, so speculation is no way to judge the two concepts.

And Rey, possibly a Palpatine, is on the good side . . . for now. There's so much more to unpack: the fact that Supreme Leader Snoke and Kylo Ren are obsessed with getting their hands on Rey, ...

Palpatine's never-ending greed and an unquenchable thirst for power are his downfalls. He simply came up against the wrong person. In some ways, Rey always was a foil for Palpatine.

After Rey asks why Palpatine would want her, a child, Kylo responds, "You're his granddaughter. You don't just have power, you have his power. You are a Palpatine." ...

The Palpatine puzzle: The twist of Rey's grandfather in the sequels (Image via Lucasfilm) In the final installment of the sequel trilogy, Star Wars: ...

For one, Palpatine’s a clone. And Rey and Ben Solo’s kiss might mean something different than the movie suggested. Plus, a new revelation affects Rey’s father.