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Post #1571363

Author
EddieDean
Parent topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Date created
29-Dec-2023, 10:21 AM

Well then, perhaps simply-

“Rey… wherever you are… you are hard to find.”

“You are hard to get rid of.”

“I pushed you in the desert because I needed to see it… I needed you to see it… who you are. I know the darkness that lives in you, Rey…”

“You’re lying.”

“You were right… your parents were once nobodies. Junkers, seduced by the Sith to join the cult on Exegol.”

“Don’t!”

“They were trusted to raise you, alongside other dark… experiments.”

“I don’t want this!”

But they betrayed that trust… out of love."

“No!”

They stole you away from him. From Palpatine.

(Rey sees the vision of her parents and her abandonment.)
“Rey, my love… be brave.”
“You’ll be safe here… I promise.”
“Come back! Nooo!”

“They paid for your freedom… in more than one way.”

“Stop talking.”

“Rey… I learned what happened to them.”

(Cutaway to heroes capture)

“Your parents sought Luke’s protection, searching the Jakku desert for his allies… but Palpatine’s assassins tracked them down. They wouldn’t give you up, and so they died, forgotten by the galaxy once more.

(Rey sees her parents get killed.)

“So that’s where you are.”

“You know why the Emperor’s always wanted you dead. I’ll come tell you.”

…etc

“Why did the Emperor come for me? Why did he want to kill a child? Tell me.”

“The Sith cult made many attempts to create a stable host vessel for his fading spirit. Rey, you’re a clone of the Emperor. You… are a Palpatine.”

“But his essence chose another body, making the rest of you… rivals. But what Palpatine could not foresee is that we’d become a Dyad in the Force, Rey… two, linked by pure power. With that power we can end him and the Sith, and create something better, together…”

(Removes his helmet)

“You know what you need to do. You know?”

“I do.”