Since there is no Palpatine in my edit, Exogol serves only as the staging area for the Final Order fleet, which necessitates pushing the Ren/Rey DSII Duel to the third act, AFTER Leia has gone off to help Ben. Which means that the Duel itself no longer acts as a catalyst for Leia realising she needs to help her son.

So I’m working on constructing a new scene using the “Ren/Palps Force convo” and “Leia reacts to Ben” scenes. But changing it so we’re seeing Ren connecting to Leia through the Force to challenge her. This will be her catalyst for trying to help Rey defeat him.

This is what I’m toying with having him say.

“Mother.” (This will be what gets her attention and causes her to drop her headset)

“I know where she’s going. Your apprentice.”

“I will find her. And turn her to the darkside.”

“You can’t stop me.”

Thoughts?