Well, here’s the scene with a temp audio clip for Palpatine. Could select a different portion to use, but having the static conclusion to prompt the crowd reaction seems to work.
JEDIT: https://vimeo.com/442206729
This is already pretty good but I think it can be improved further, due to:
If there were ten seconds more footage we could get most of the message in, ideally.
I agree with you here. Maybe this is one instance in which one could actually either reuse 2 or 3 seconds of an ealier (or later) shot. Do that three times and we got it. For example, we could simply add a still image of the C3PO-shot later (“Exogol does not appear…)” as C3PO has no facial expressions anyway, same for R2.
Gives them both a little more screen presence (as they are part of the “party” of these movies) AND gives us a few previous seconds.
Maybe the same can even be achived with Maz (the shot from this scene later), which would establish her presence as well.
Everyone listening to the message, that is the idea here right?