I don’t think I suggested that a few pages back, but I’m sure I’ve suggested a similar idea in the past. Since Palpatine mentioned in ROTS that Plagueis had the power to create life, and it was never confirmed that Anakin was created by Plagueis (it seems like the Force created Anakin on its own, or the very least as a response to what the Sith were doing), perhaps Rey could be like an anti-Chosen One. A perfect vessel created by Palpatine.
Just a question to think about though. Does any alternate version where Rey is somehow inherently special/unique sort of defeat the purpose of a Rey Nobody edit? Based on TLJ, the only thing that makes Rey significant is her natural talent and connection with Kylo. She doesn’t have some kind of special destiny. So if you make Rey a product of Palpatine’s machinations, whether she is his descendant, his creation, his pupil, etc., you’re just replacing one thing that contradicts the message of TLJ with another.
And again, if you’re talking about canon, would making something close to “Rey Palpatine” but not “granddaughter Palpatine” be more contradictory to canon than just just bringing it up at all? If you make her whole dilemma in TROS be based on her visions of the future rather than her past, her self-doubt, etc., you don’t have to contradict her canon backstory. You’re just omitting it, and then the audience can fill in the gaps however they want, Rey Palpatine or not.
I see what you’re saying about maybe coming up with some solution so if she is referred to as a Palpatine or Palpatine’s granddaughter in future content it could still make sense, but honestly don’t you think we’d edit that stuff anyway if it gets brought up again? At this point we don’t even know if/how it will be relevant in future content. There also is a risk that these alternate backstories could make addressing narrative hiccups even more complicated if you’re worried about potentially contradicting future content.
Again, I’m not saying “my way is the right way”, just genuinely trying to brainstorm a solid option. Like I said, I’m sure I suggested Rey as a new “chosen one” or “anti-chosen one” at some point in the past, a part of me still finds it appealing! But another problem with all of these ideas is that everyone is gonna have different opinions on if they like this alternate backstory, or that alternate backstory. Because we’re having to make a new origin story for Rey almost whole-cloth, using only what we’re visually given in TROS as a skeleton, you could see how people would have different opinions about these ideas.
This is, again, a benefit of just trying to nail a version of Rey Nobody that doesn’t try to replace the Rey Palpatine reveal with some other backstory alternative. Rey’s worries about her future vision and her concerns with her ability to actually control her power are already there, so maybe we should beef that up instead. It doesn’t contradict anything because that narrative stuff is already there, it’s just sharing runtime with all of the Rey Palpatine stuff.