For Rey’s identity, I basically think there are three options, ranking from most preferred to least:
• She is no one.
• She was created by Palpatine.
• She is Palpatine’s biological granddaughter.If we are stuck with Rey Palpatine, maybe we could explore ways it could be better set up throughout the trilogy. The one interesting thought I did have is that if Rey is a Palpatine but we had Ben Solo survive, a Palpatine and a Skywalker creating a new Jedi Order together could be an interesting implication that this new generation of Jedi will be different, along the lines of what Outbound Flight said.
I need to think more about the actual moment of Palpatine’s death, but I do agree something needs to be altered with it. I think it would be funny if he said, “I’m all the Sith” and she said, “I’m no one.”
Remember a fan theory that she was the clone of Palpatine, especially because of the TLJ cave scene. Sounds bad, but with this sort of presentation, it could be done well.