EddieDean said:
JakeRyan17 said:
I still feel like connecting Palpatine to the Son raises more questions than it answers…
Definitely agree. Though red doesn’t necessarily directly equate to Son.
I’ve always been a big advocate of Clone Wars nods, but I always found the popular Mortis arc way too on the nose and demistifying.
I like that arc, but trying to pull out those elements and equivocate Palpatine with the Son seems wrong to me. That arc was about balance, and if that balance is being reshaped in the dyad of Rey and Ben both Son and Daughter should be represented. Palpatine isn’t channelling the Daughter, so I don’t understand how taking power from both of them would allow him to channel the Son.
If it isn’t going to be that deep mythologically, then it just feels like a video game power up.
Introducing new powers and power levels in the final episode is tough, as there’s no setup. There’s already too many new powers and abilities here, having Palpatine get a new and unexplained power after Rey and Ben get several new and unexplained powers only makes the film less sensical.
Adding Nightsister magic with green fog is less intrusive, as it could be inferred to be natural (similar to a Malastare) just as much as a callback to the Nightsisters.