To be clear, Palpy’s plan for Rey is:
- Order Kylo to kill Rey.
- Anticipate him both trying to mow her down with his ship. But actually not want to kill her after all.
He realizes that Kylo is conflicted, but that isn’t deterring him from hoping for the best with him.
- Secretly lure Rey to him by means of…Ochi’s Dagger?
What? Rey and gang’s adventure to find Exegol was in no way orchestrated by Palpatine. There is no “lure”
- Convince her to kill him by telling her it’s what he wants?
He convinces her to kill him because he claims its the only way to stop her friends from dying.
- Send his guards to try and kill Rey in the throne room as she’s about to kill him anyway
He needs Rey to kill him out of anger and vengeance. Not as a Jedi.
- Try to kill Rey anyway once the guards fail to do so
I believe he was actually intending on torturing them into submission. Possibly kill one in the process which would then result in the other wanting to kill him out of vengeance.
- Resurrect himself…some other way, I guess?
Yes, he found out that the dyad can restore him, so all of his antics were unneeded. He only ever needed the two together.
- Rule over a galaxy that he’s completely destroyed.
Sounds like an authoritarian leader to me alright.
All of this convoluted nonsense could be avoided if his plan can be retooled to “Kill Rey because she is the last great threat to his return.”
Too boring imo