My reasoning for putting the line “I made Snoke” over the shot of the Sith machinery was precisely to cut on the dead space between it and “The first order was just the begging”, connecting the two. It could probably be tightened and better paced by someone that knows proper editing.
I dunno, to me that single line is even more damaging to the plot of the previous movies than making Rey a Palpatine. Blurring the line between Snoke and Palpatine makes the struggles in VII & VIII feel like a joke. The whole fight against the First Order, and Kylo freeing himself from Snoke’s grasp. It all just feels like nothing (that + the Snoke pickle jar, it’s like they wanted it to feel like a joke). All of that just to insert a James Earl Jones cameo. If they’re kept as separate entities, at least they’d each be a separate threat that is dealt with in each movie.
I learned some time ago, with this movie, and all the sequel movies honestly, is to watch them with this viewpoint:
Makes sense when you don’t think about it.
They don’t care about what came before it or use logic, so why should we. Lol.