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Just to play Snoke’s advocate for a second regarding the consistency in plans: could we potentially assume that Palpatine just didn’t know Rey was his granddaughter in the last two movies? Her first public appearance and the Battle of Crait are only like a week apart, after all. It could have been in the time gap that followed, after she’s shown her strength and Snoke has died, that Palpatine realized who Rey really is, not unlike Palpatine and Vader learning who Luke is between IV and V. Sure, Snoke probed her mind in the throne scene, but he was preoccupied with Luke’s location and died very soon after, and it’s not like her memory was a steel trap considering Kylo mind-linked with her and came away assuming her parents were random drunks.
An extremely powerful Force user like her? Unlikely that he didn’t know, especially considering he told Kylo to bring her to him in TFA (indicating that his suspicions were up regarding her true identity).
On another note, I may have found another line change that might be suitable for this edit. In the beginning, Palpatine says, “End the Jedi. And become what your grandfather Vader could not.” I am suggesting that the line is changed to, “And complete what your grandfather Vader could not.” This is because Kylo has already become in-part what Vader couldn’t do; killing his master and solely ruling his own faction. The only thing Vader could never do was end the Jedi because of his relationship to Luke.
By changing Palpatine’s line there, it makes it more clear that it is the final task he needs Kylo to do before he can essence transfer into him.
As for where the “complete” word can be taken from, look no further than ROTJ’s “…and your journey to the dark side will be complete…”