Honestly that still would have sucked shit. I’m not sure in what way it would have been better.
No confusion as to when Palpatine procreated and with whom? The previous two movies setting up that Rey is “nobody”. Her “cave vision” seeing a bunch if duplicates of herself would actually make sense instead of being imagery for imagery sake?
I admit it’s not the most spectacular idea, but it at least makes more sense than what we got.
Contrary to the opinion of those who liked the “nobody” idea from TLJ, Rey had to have forebears (either parents or further back) who were “somebodies” in order to explain her Force prowess. It’s really as simple as that. Either you provide a believable explanation as to why she’s so powerful, or else the fact that she’s so powerful (sans training) is absurd.
This just occurred to me: what if Rey were the descendant of Darth Plagueis, who wanted to use her to get vengeance on Palpatine . . . ?