And something like “the Force chose us, to bring balance” doesn’t also diffuse the tension in the same way? Or anything suggesting the idea that Rey’s vision doesn’t really mean squat if she just tries hard enough? See how we’ve come full circle? This is why such a heavy-handed statement like they were made to end him was kinda necessary. It has to be something that could be perceived as good in the moment, only for it to be turned into something terrifying by Palpatine later on. In other words, whatever Luke says HAS to have a double meaning which could satisfy both of this project’s valid takeaways:
- The Force made the Skywalkers and Rey because Palpatine (and the Sith) were creating an imbalance in the Force. Palpatine, who believes himself to be a master over the Force, is merely taking credit for the life which was created to oppose him.
- Perhaps the Force did want to create this life to counter him, but Palpatine influenced how the Force made it so they had a greater portion of the dark side and a destiny for power. This would explain Anakin’s pull to the dark, the struggles of each of his descendants with the dark in the sequels, and finally Rey’s own darkness that she grapples with - in this film particularly.
I’m yet to see an alternative that is satisfying in this way. The canon answer IS literally that Anakin was made to kill Palpatine and the Sith. It makes sense that Rey would be made to do the same thing when he cheats death, as no other Sith has done that before according to RotS. The concept this edit proposes is that Palpatine himself may have had a hand in how his cosmic adversaries were made so they’d only end up helping him.