EddieDean and I were brainstorming in the other thread, and we came up with a really fantastic idea that could improve the genetic Rey Palpatine storyline. The essence of it is that, due to her parents hiding her, Palpatine never knew about Rey until the time of the sequels themselves. He only ever sent Ochi to look for her father. This fixes the problem of why her parents were on board Ochi’s ship, because he had just taken them without knowing they had a child. It also answers why the Emperor didn’t send any more of his followers to look for Rey on Jakku or the galaxy in general, because he didn’t even know she existed until she was already a Jedi, thus why he “always” wanted her dead.

Not much would need to be changed in order for this to work:

"It was Palpatine who had your parents taken. He was looking for your father. But he learned he had no potential in the Force. So he gave the order.”

This would help IMMENSELY in making it so that her father really is a nobody, despite his genetic relation. This is the canon answer, by the way, that her father couldn’t use the Force. It’s just an extremely relevant piece of information that’s omitted. And then Rey’s own statement would need to be whittled down later on:

Kylo: “I know why Palpatine discovered you.”

Rey: “Tell me.”

Kylo: “Because he saw what you would become. You don’t just have power. You have his power. You’re his granddaughter.”

By the way, I could substantially improve all of Kylo’s lines in these scenes due to my new voice model. Mostly the “become a dyad” one and “You were right”. The previous model was based on his Lego TFA voice lines.

EDIT: Ah, darn, Finn’s lines with Poe and D-O later would contradict this idea. So some thought would need to be given to that. But if we could figure this all out, it would be an elegant solution to make genetic Rey Palpatine more tolerable, to me at least.