I think cutting Rey Palpatine is doable. At the very least, I think you could imply that he “influenced the midichlorians” to create her. Almost like a reverse Anakin. An anti-chosen one. If this was the case, the audience of Sith loyalists would add a lot of weight to that. In my opinion it is better than her being his literal grandchild, and it would mirror Episode I, where Anakin was introduced as the chosen one who was born from the Force.
I still would prefer Rey Nobody, but I think the former idea is doable at least. Just changing/cutting some lines.
It’s preferable, sure, but I think only marginally. I’m really more interested in Rey Nobody but I’m not sure how that’d be accomplished.
Unfortunately it’d require even more trimming to scenes that already feel too fast. I think at the very least this would be worth attempting once the film comes out.
My feeling coming out of the film isn’t that the film should be shortened via fan edit but rather extended through deleted scenes.
I hope to god they have them on the bluray and that they don’t have the timecodes like TFA.
I get that, but I feel some things could be cut. I feel like the opening battle with Kylo is totally worthless.