Yeah. It’s a bit flimsy, but that’s how the films have done it. Vader turned at the end and lobbed Palpatine down the shaft, and that plus a little chat with Luke were all we really needed to accept he’s now so good he gets to become a ghost.

Kylo wouldn’t be much different. He joined the fight versus Palpatine, healed Rey, got a kiss, then died. That’s roughly equivalent, for these purposes, and that’s why folks support it.

This is why I’m leaning way more to survival and exile. Firstly, the whole heal > kiss > die scene was just super clumsy either way. Secondly, that it just mirrors Vader’s too closely, and I’d rather see something different. But mainly, because I think it’s more potent to see someone initially full of rage and confusion choose a life of penitence and peace.