Were there any explicit references to Rey’s dad being a failed clone of Palpatine?
I do not think the timeline would add up on that, plus it would feel really forced. Another clone? Fully with HAL on this one, we should not even try.
I was asking if there was any direct implication of it in the theatrical film. Because that actually is the explanation in canon; Rey’s father was a “failed” Palpatine clone. I want any trace of that gone just as much as anyone else does, lol.
There is not. That information came from the novelisation.