I saw your clips and I absolutely admire the direction you take with them, Palpatine emerging at the end of Force Awakens feels very natural and, as you say, helps further Kylo’s modus operandi in the movie, and I like the twist of the “kill the past” narrative, that way it’s not just something he can flip flop over, there’s a clear intention that can be accomplished whether he stays good or evil.
Here’s where I’d place Rey finding out about her grandfather towards the end of Last Jedi
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Thanks, glad you liked the clips. I like that idea conceptually, of having Kylo talk to Rey in that scene, but Kylo’s voiceover being the mask before it’s repaired (which was very ritualistic and significant for his character) seems odd to me. I had frankenbit some of Palpatine’s lines and placed there to urge Kylo to attack her, that way their last look at each other can keep that feeling of uneasiness, rather than putting a major reveal there.
I guess after the reveal of Snoke and Palpatine, I just treat them as one character. So, Palpatine is effectively throughout The Last Jedi, disguised as Snoke. In the order of events, Palpatine reveals himself to Kylo only in Force Awakens, then after Kylo kills Snoke to save Rey Palpatine reveals himself to the entire galaxy, taking away the autonomy and power Kylo was fighting to gain throughout The Last Jedi. This way the character arcs in all three films stay largely in tact.