Star Wars idea explains how Rey hid from Palpatine

As Star Wars theories go, this one actually takes the ‘it is mindless’ cake. We’re simply placing that on the market from the beginning. But we are able to perceive the impetus to create it as a result of… a lot of what The Rise of Skywalker did made no sense.

When Palpatine was revealed to be the large unhealthy, the one rationalization we received was “somehow, Palpatine returned.” When it turned out he had a fleet of star destroyers, we received no rationalization in any respect.

So followers have taken to studying between the strains of the movies – and subsequent books, comics and shorts – to fill in among the gaps. Unfortunately, these theories usually trigger extra issues than they remedy.

In this case, followers started to surprise how Palpatine – an awesome Sith lord with simple energy – was at the hours of darkness about Rey for therefore lengthy. After all, if he’d wished to he most likely might have used the identical methods he used on Kylo Ren with Rey.

Rise of Skywalker revealed that every one the voices Kylo Ren had heard encouraging him to the darkish aspect had been Palpatine. Even Snoke was a clone by way of which Palpatine managed his protégé.

The idea explains this merely: Palpatine’s son met Luke Skywalker on Jakku, and Luke helped protect them from Palpatine. It sounds wild, however the precedent is definitely there.

Thanks to a 2017 Star Wars novel, The Legends of Luke Skywalker by Ken Liu, we all know that Luke was on Jakku in the course of the notorious battle which ended the Galactic Empire.

Of course, that is additionally up for debate because the whole novel is exploring the ‘legend’ of Luke.

Liu informed Entertainment Weekly: “I thought it’d be interesting to try to write a book of stories about Luke that would treat him as a figure of legend.” This signifies that every part within the novel must be taken with a pinch of salt, as legends can usually be exaggerated.

Setting that apart, if we take it as true that Luke was on Jakku in 5 ABY, in the course of the Battle of Jakku, it stands to purpose he would have run into Rey’s father who, as we noticed in The Rise of Skywalker, was clearly averse to the darkish aspect and his “father’s” legacy.

There are lots of assumptions that need to be made for this idea to carry water. We need to assume Palpatine did not know that his son’s companion (performed by Jodie Comer in The Rise of Skywalker) was pregnant.

We additionally need to assume the clone-son believed Palpatine had died. Why, you ask? Because if he hadn’t then certainly he would have informed Luke, which might then make Luke’s remaining on Ach To actually a egocentric choice since he would have recognized the risk he had left to develop.

So, we take for truth that every one Rey’s father wished to do was shield himself and his daughter from the darkish aspect and different Sith. This is the place Luke is available in.

As the highly effective Jedi that he’s, Luke might possible have shielded Rey’s mom and father from the darkish aspect. Given that Rey was born ten years after the Battle of Jakku, he possible did not shield Rey herself however by way of his safety of her mother and father, she was additionally shielded.

This explains a couple of issues, particularly how Leia knew that Rey was a Palpatine earlier than they even knew Palpatine was nonetheless on the market. It additionally explains Luke’s obsession with Rey not attempting to determine who her mother and father are.

Of course, it’s a flimsily constructed idea, and likewise opens up far more plot holes than it fills. But it goes to indicate that The Rise of Skywalker’s chosen technique of rationalization – ‘as a result of we stated so’ – would not all the time fly with followers, and they’ll provide you with their very own justifictions, as bananas as they could appear.

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