EDIT: Cool thoughts Starkiller! I think having Kylo’s search be for the fleet would be a good alternate. Do you think you could transcribe Poe’s exposition about the fleet and “Somehow, Palpatine returned.” To see how if excising any mention from that scene is possible?
This is what the theatrical version of the Resistance briefing scene sounds like:
Poe: “We retrieved the intel from the First Order spy, and it confirms the worst. Somehow, Palpatine returned.”
Rose: “Wait, do we believe this?”
Alien guy: “It cannot be! The emperor is dead!”
Human guy: “Dark science. Cloning. Secrets only the Sith knew.”
Poe: “He’s been planning his return. His followers have been building something: the largest fleet the galaxy has ever known. He calls it the Final Order. In 16 hours, attacks on all free worlds begin. The emperor and his supporters have been hiding in the Unknown Regions, on a world called Exogol.”
C-3PO: “Exogol does not appear on any star chart, but legend describes it as the hidden world of the Sith.”
Poe: “So Palpatine’s been out there all this time, pulling the strings.”
Leia: “Always, in the shadows from the very beginning.”
Maz: “If we want to stop him, we must find him. We must find Exogol.”
Rey: “General, may I speak with you for a moment?”
Here’s how I was planning to change it, with some redubbed dialogue for Poe:
Poe: “We retrieved the intel from the First Order spy, and it confirms the worst. Kylo Ren has retrieved some kind of artifact, that will help him retrieve a lost Imperial fleet: the largest fleet the galaxy has ever known. He calls it the Final Order. Once he retrieves the fleet, attacks on all free worlds will begin. Rumors say the fleet is hidden in the Unknown Regions, on a world called Exogol.”
C-3PO: “Exogol does not appeas on any star chart, but legend describes it as the hidden world of the Sith.”
Maz: “If we want to stop him, we must find Exogol.”
Rey: “General, may I speak with you for a moment?”
I think it could be pulled off convincingly. Poe seems like a role that would be easy to voice act, and there are many reaction shots of Resistance officers that new dialogue could be inserted over.