cranky about Star Wars again
The idea that he’d have a grandchild growing up in obscurity until the time is right “feels” very Palpatine. I just wish it’d been a consistent plot point for all three movies (rather than an obvious “oops sudden change of direction”) and they’d done something different than the “kill me in order to make me more powerful” thing. Like the love-hate between Kylo and Rey is EXACTLY the sort of bullshit Palpatine would love to exploit.