- Kylo frees himself of the oppression of his Master Snoke, except now he just works for another evil mastermind.
Except the way I see it, not really. Palpatine never formally takes him on as an apprentice. It’s more of an equal alliance of two people who wanna kill each other and know it. I think we should lean to this more by removing the implication that Kylo is following the Emperor’s orders by finding Rey. By leaving out Palpatine telling Kylo to bring Rey to him, maybe we could imply that Kylo is seeking her out out of his own free will so she can help him take out the Emperor.
That’s part of why I introduced Palpatine so much earlier, it recontextualises his desire for Rey to join him in TLJ. It also makes us question where Kylo is, mentally, throughout TROS… making his return to Ben more fleshed out.