The more I think about this movie, the less sense it makes. The Sith dagger is one of the most baffling plot points for me. So Ochi wrote the location of the wayfinder on the dagger, and also designed the dagger to resemble the skyline of the Death Star wreckage? Why? As far as I can tell, nothing in the movie explains this.

Palpatine’s plan is confusing too. First he wants Rey dead, but later he wants to transfer his soul into her body. Rey eventually kills him, but his spirit doesn’t possess her body.

Also, how did Palpatine raise such a huge fleet all on his own on Exegol? Who’s piloting all those ships? Who is training all the Sith troopers? Who is developing all the new weapons? I can buy the empire or the first order having a massive military because they’re ruling over many different planets. It’s a bit tougher to swallow one planet raising an army substantially larger than the first order.