Is it really a big change to the mythos? It seemed like this was the direction the stuff with Luke in TLJ was going in. In ROTJ, Luke uses both the dark side to defeat Vader, but also the light to spare him. Vader becomes a Jedi in his final moments because he saves his son BY killing Palpatine.

I mean, in a perfect world the ending would’ve been quite different from what we got, but it would be hard to change the fact that Rey kills Palpatine here. And she doesn’t do it because she hates Palpatine, but because she loves her friends.

Maybe we can make it less obviously that Rey is blowing lightning back in his face, but if we do that then what lesson is Rey learning?

At least with this idea, it actually ties the climax of the film into the internal conflict Rey has been having this entire movie. Maybe you don’t have Leia’s line right as Palpatine blows up, but during the “voices of the Jedi” montage.

I dunno. I just feel like the final battle feels so hollow because it isn’t trying to say anything. This might actually give people something to think about. And all this would require would be to recolor some lightning and maybe change some of the Jedi lines.