The Palpatine reference is appropriate because it left the fans wanting to know so much more that they made the expanded universe and the prequels.
Right, but somehow it's now "bad" that the character was handled exactly the same way. Hell, maybe they're saving the revelations for his own movie in the future!
TFA setup the tone that the identity of her parents once revealed would be of some importance. As in the exact opposite of nobodies. Kylo could be lying. JJ can fix this.
I don't remember this. I remember Rey constantly wanting to know, and being told no one was coming back but someone might be out there waiting. Maybe people took that to mean her parents were waiting, but it could just as easily have meant Luke or another mentor we have yet to meet.
It seemed like a generational hand off and a continuation of the lineage that resounded so well with fans of the last movie.
Fans hated the last movie. :P I know guys who say The Force Awakens killed the Star Wars fan in them forever...
All the main Star Wars movies have revolved around the Skywalker lineage and it's a reasonable expectation.
Which means those same fans would be just as butt hurt if Obi Wan had been her dad.
And yes, they are doing completely independent story lines... which is why this needed to keep the universe opened up. You can't build a universe around one family.
I think this review encapsulates my position that the expectations were set in the previous movie.
Yeah his little rant pretty much cemented my opinion that it's fanboys pissed off they didn't get their way. :p