Rise of Skywalker’s Force dyad reveal created Last Jedi plot gap

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s most divisive second (effectively, one in all them, anyway) revolved across the shock return of Palpatine.

The climactic chapter of the Skywalker Saga retconned the sequel trilogy to indicate that the Sith Lord had been in cost all alongside, making a Snoke clone to manage the galaxy as he chilled out on Exegol and constructed his Final Order.

But in addition to creating a number of fan confusion (how did he come again and who’re these Sith hanging round?), Palpatine’s revelation that Rey and Ben Solo are a Force dyad additionally created a sequel trilogy plot gap.

(Yes, one other one, we all know.)

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So, throughout their closing confrontation, Palpatine is initially all about getting his granddaughter Rey to kill him with the intention to change into Empress Palpatine.

But then when the newly-redeemed Ben Solo comes to assist Rey in her battle in opposition to Palpatine, he decides to only kill the each of them for some motive, which is when he involves a shocking realisation.

“The life Force of your bond… a dyad in the Force. A power like life itself, unseen for generations and now, the power of two restores the one true Emperor.”

Palpatine is clearly surprised by this Force dyad enterprise – you’ll be able to see it in his face.

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And, nice, it hasn’t been seen for “generations”, so it is maybe believable that Palpatine wasn’t anticipating to see it from his granddaughter and the son of Han and Leia.

The drawback comes whenever you suppose again to The Last Jedi and the Throne Room scene when Snoke reveals what he is been as much as.

Rey thinks she will flip Kylo Ren to the Light Side given the Force bond conversations they have been having. However, these moments had been all of the creation of Snoke, as he introduced the 2 of them collectively.

“Have you seen something? A weakness in my apprentice, is that why you came?,” he mocks.

“Young fool, it was I who bridged your minds. I stoked Ren’s conflicted soul. I knew he was not strong enough to hide it from you, and you were not wise enough to resist the bait.”

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But as The Rise of Skywalker revealed, Snoke is little greater than a mouthpiece for Palpatine, so Palpatine is definitely the one who introduced Rey and Kylo Ren collectively.

Surely, with all his Dark Side powers, Palpatine may have sensed the power of their bond from the very starting. After all, Snoke (AKA Palpatine) even made strikes to strengthen their connection throughout The Last Jedi.

At greatest, this proves to be extraordinarily dangerous planning from Palpatine as their bond is what in the end results in their downfall, so he’d have been higher served holding them aside throughout the whole sequel trilogy.

And if draining them of their Force dyad juice was all the time Palpatine’s final plan to revive him to his former glory, then why did he act so shocked when he was jolted by it in The Rise of Skywalker?

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You may argue that the Force bond in The Last Jedi is completely different to the Force dyad, and Palpatine must bodily be within the room and about to assault Ben and Rey to get the complete image.

It’s a really particular set of circumstances, however the Force dyad is a once-in-several-generations sort of factor.

And if that is the case, then we apologise to the fallen Sith Lord and settle for that he is not only a horrible planner, blinded by his personal ambition.

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