Indeed! There will always be two versions, Rey Palpatine and Rey Nobody, but now the Palpatine version can stand as a worthy alternative to the admittedly more interesting nobody version, and be perhaps more robust because it uses more of TROS’s plot scaffolding.
A lot of that is an improvement over what I wrote, but you definitely need to replace “unwanted children” with “dark children”.
I’m also not sure what Kylo’s motivation is in your version. Yeah, he wants to kill Palpatine with her, but then what? That’s why I did a callback to TLJ in my version. He still clearly wants to let old things die, and wants Rey by his side regardless of the recent revelations.
Fair points.
Kylo’s motivation is a bit of a black box for sure. He’s being pulled in a bunch of directions, with his desire to be like Vader and serve the Emperor, his desire to let everything die and do his own thing with the galaxy, and his desire to be with Rey even though she is a Palpatine and will presumably be a continuation of Palpatine’s rule if she accepts Kylo’s offer.
Maybe since she is revealed to be a Palpatine, he considers that their union is something new, and like a political marriage in the Middle Ages, the union of a Skywalker and a Palpatine will bring true peace to the galaxy.
“Why did the Emperor come for me? Why did he want to kill a child? Tell me.”
“Because he saw what you would become. You don’t just have power. You have his power. You’re his clone.”
“For generations, this war has pitted Skywalker against Palpatine. But we are connected, Rey, and we can heal these wounds of war. Let’s destroy the past…let it die, and write a new future for the galaxy.”
“We can kill him, Rey…together.”
(Removes his helmet)
“You know what you need to do. You know.”
“I know.”