Also I like that the current version leaves it ambiguous if Palpatine directly “made” Anakin & Rey, or if they were creations of the Force (to ultimately bring it to balance) motivated by Palpatine’s dark machinations. The proposed changes to Luke’s dialogue would suggest the latter, while Palpatine himself aims to take credit for their existence and claim them as his own.
Burbin out here speaking facts.
But hinventon does bring up the good point that perhaps we’ve technically already seen this type of character conflict before in Anakin (and perhaps even Luke). I do want to share a couple differences that might make it a tad different:
- This time, Palpatine is announcing his perceived ownership of his “creation” whereas with Anakin he only implies it. This is particularly relevant in Rey’s case if she has parents that abandoned her.
- Rey’s vision is different than Anakin’s because it suggests she is certain to fall to the dark side instead of merely losing a loved one.