I’m back! I’ve been having some computer and internet issues, but at least I’ve got very basic connectivity for the time being.
I’ve decided to go back and add Dark Side Whispers surrounding the Dagger, using RogueLeader’s idea:
…if the wielder embraces/taps into the dark side, the blade will point them in the right direction.
It’ll require me to add that explanation from 3PO at some point (I think that’s the easiest and most unobtrusive way to explain it to the reader), and there’s a good place to add a small scene on the Falcon after they leave Kijimi where Rey can take out the Dagger and listen to it.
With that in mind, I’ve decided to change 3PO’s Sith translation to replace the latitude-and-longitude style coordinates with something that could only be useful to a Force-wielder. Here’s the original:
“The Emperor’s wayfinder,” he said, “is sealed inside the Imperial Vaults. At delta-three-six transient nine-three-six bearing three-two on a moon in the Endor system. From the southern shore. Only this blade tells, only this blade tells…”
But instead of naming Kef Bir directly, I want to give it a title - a counterpart to “the Sanctuary Moon,” as the Emperor calls the moon in ROTJ. A forest moon and an ocean moon; the Sanctuary Moon and the Something Moon. I don’t know what the Something should be, though. Is there an aquatic counterpart of a wildlife sanctuary, with hopefully as mystical-sounding of a double-meaning? Regardless, this is the type of fun detail that other people seem better at supplying.
Here’s what I have currently:
“The Emperor’s Wayfinder,” he said, “is sealed inside the Imperial Vaults on the [something] Moon of the Endor system. From the southern shore, only this blade tells. Only this blade tells…”