I actually am hoping for a stronger connection to Snoke and Palpatine. It would help explain exactly what happened in his return.
It makes sense to me that after Operation Cinder and the fall of the Empire at Jakku that Gideon was tasked with the job of reviving Palps. It’s a long process. And during that process of Snoke is created or Gideon uses that tech to create new troopers than that’s fun all around.