Am I the only one who feels Rey Palpatine is far more compelling than “Rey nobody”?
Yes, because of her power levels. I love the idea of Rey Nobody because I never truly liked the idea of Force genetics, but this simply doesn’t fit with her godlike abilities. Plus her obvious anger when she kicked Kylo’s butt in TFA made me think she was accessing the Dark Side pretty strongly. I think the Rey Palpatine stuff - especially the accidental Force Lightning bit - made great sense. Just being a Skywalker or a Kenobi wouldn’t have cut it for me, but Sith powers and descendants are such an unknown quantity in the movies (not talking EU here) so it’s a nice fit. Having Palpatine as a kind of gothic sorcerer with his Gregorian chanting acolytes really added to the vibe of this for me.