Yeah, basically, the only way Palpatine’s plan has any logic is if getting Rey and/or Kylo there helps his cause.
The problem is that Kylo already voluntarily went there at the start, demonstrating Palpatine doesn’t actually NEED Kylo.
So for the climax requiring Rey’s presence, it would need to be either:
- Palpatine specifically needs her there for the soul/genetic transfer.
I’m thinking I’ll go with this one. I’ll also eliminate the “Dyad” thing. Ben attempts to rescue her but he dies. That’s the climax of his own redemption story. Rey’s left to kill Palpatine - and she doesn’t revive Ben, either (and no friggin’ “Reylo”!!!) - but she’s able to retrieve Ben’s lightsaber to do help her do it.
I’ll try to streamline Ben/Kylo’s plotline so that his objective (before turning back to the Light Side) is simply to bring Rey to Palpatine.
Honestly, the Palpatine-Rey connection is the weakest part of her story since his plot makes no sense. If he HAD NOT told her that striking him down would result in him possessing her, she probably would have done it in anger and he’d have won. So why did JJ have Palps monologue like that?
Hmm . . . I’m wondering if that explanation from Palpatine could be transferred either to (a) his words to Kylo (either in person or via a message); (b) to the opening crawl; or ( c) dramatized in a prologue involving a Sith cult.