It’s funny to me how even Ian McDiarmid thinks the only logical way to justify Rey Palpatine is either that Palpatine has sex, OR that he manipulated the midichlorians:
https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a46783801/star-wars-palpatine-sex/
He’s probably unfamiliar with the canon explanation of her father being a clone, but honestly as I consider that more it’s just so convoluted compared to the two options listed above. Genetically speaking, that would make Rey his daughter, not his granddaughter. When a novelization is retconning its own movie, and you can argue semantics with all of it, it’s definitely not a good look.
I’m definitely going to see this project through to the end as it seems like the most logical alternative to preserving the reveal while also (somewhat) denying it by the end to enhance taking on the Skywalker name and her genetic nobody-ness. But I want to make sure Ascendant v5 is complete first as that is what I intend on using as a base for this. I’ll still be uploading various tests like the Vader duel and stuff but I expect things to slow down here for a bit.