Sariana21 posted... Rey being a nobody would be no different than Ahsoka or Caleb/Kanan or any of the other powerful Jedi in the franchise. We already had that story.
She didnt need to be a Palpatine, but her being one worked just fine. The generations were off, though; she should have been a great-grandchild descended from one of Senator Palpatines (allegedly canon) children.
The clone story was unnecessary but not entirely out of left field. But the big bad should have been Plagueis (and technically still could be). Who card if its too predictable or whatever? The entire franchise started as a space opera version of Joseph Campbells hero trope. Its supposed to be predictable.
If Ep 9 had revealed that Plagueis was still alive, that would have preserved Anakins redemption arc while emphasizing that Palpatines fatal flaw was his hubris. His certainty that he had defeated the one who had defeated death was a key part of his character, and the story never really went anywhere with it.
Also, in a franchise that has a canon World Between the Worlds, there were other avenues besides random clone Palpatine or whatever they did.
But we've also had the stories of the Chosen One's family too, you know? I don't think you can argue that, "We've already seen this!" for one side of the fandom so it's irrelevant to their desires when that same argument applies to "More Skywalker stories. That is all the films should be"
Just as a general argument, heh.