I kinda disagree on all of those points 😂

It might be Snoke, but I’d assume that was already underway on Exegol, just as Palpatine’s failed clone (Rey’s father) would already be old enough to conceive Rey. I think this is Moff Gideon’s own separate plan and machination.

I also think the M-Count is a good thing to have there. Love or hate Midiclorians, it makes sense that non-Force Users would search for something biological to replicate to clone Force abilities. Most of the Galaxy is atheistic at this point in time, where the Jedi (who were a major force in Din’s childhood) are all but completely forgotten and The Force is referred to as children’s stories by Han less than 10 years prior. “M-Count” is the scientific explaining away of Force abilities, without having to subscribe to the theological implications of Jedi, Sith, Bendu, Whills, etc.